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Wind in Fishing Creek

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 11:40 pm (EDT)
Now · from the east-southeast 5 mph
Gusts
10 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
7 mph at 3:00 pm
In knots
5 kn
Cross-onshore

Today the wind in Fishing Creek is a light breeze from the east-southeast: 3 mph to 7 mph, peaking at 3:00 pm with gusts of 16 mph. The windiest day of the week is Saturday 31: up to 11 mph from the north-northeast, with gusts of 18 mph.

Measured now at the airport

Patuxent River NAS (KNHK), 10 mi away · 48 min ago

WindCalm
Gusts—
Visibility9.9 mi or more
WeatherNothing to note

It's what the airport's weather station measured, not a forecast: on the coast, wind and fog can be different. Airports report every 30 or 60 minutes.

Airport METAR report, via NOAA's Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov). Sources and licenses

Wind for the next 7 days, hour by hour

Arrows point where the wind blows to, every 12 hours. Each hour comes from the best model covering this spot: regional ones first (HRRR and NBM in the U.S., AROME, ICON-EU), then ECMWF and GFS.

  • Today, Wed 28 3–7 mph · gusts 16 NE · Beaufort 2
  • Thu 29 1–8 mph · gusts 12 SSE · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 6–10 mph · gusts 16 WNW · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 3–11 mph · gusts 18 NNE · Beaufort 3
  • Sun 1 3–6 mph · gusts 9 SE · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 4–6 mph · gusts 9 SSE · Beaufort 2
  • Tue 3 5–10 mph · gusts 17 E · Beaufort 3

Every 3 hours

Today
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 44546754
Gusts 11713118765
Direction ESENEENENEENEWNWE
Beaufort 22222222
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRR
Thu 29
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 56323746
Gusts 101283109710
Direction ESEESEESEEWSWSSESS
Beaufort 22111222
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRNBMNBM
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 66679989
Gusts 1010101013131214
Direction SSWSWWSWWNWNNWNNWNNW
Beaufort 22223333
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 101111119853
Gusts 17181716141185
Direction NNNENNENNENNENNNEENE
Beaufort 33333321
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM

Do the models agree on the wind?

High confidence

The models agree on the wind for the next few days.

What 6 forecast models say for the next few days. The closer they are, the more reliable the forecast.

Do the models agree on the wind?
Wind (mph) TodayThu 29Fri 30Sat 31Sun 1Mon 2Tue 3
ECMWF 7148131423132262311181221
AIFS 991213479
GFS 6168121326920818713614
ICON 513491021715817613715
HRRR 71611191424————
NBM 7117111016111869691017
Confidence highhighhighhighhighhighhigh

Each model's day runs midnight to midnight local time; models that reach fewer days are left blank. Rain: daily total. Wind: the day's highest average wind and, in small type, the strongest gust. Highlighted: values that stand out from the rest. The chance of rain comes from many runs of the same model with slightly different starting data.

Onshore or offshore wind?

Today, from the east-southeast: cross-onshore. A bit more surf at the shore and drift along the coast, toward land.

On Saturday 31, from the north-northeast: offshore.

The coast here faces south. We work it out from the OpenStreetMap coastline.

How to read the Beaufort scale

ForceNamemphAt sea
1 Light air 1–3 Ripples, no foam
2 Light breeze · today 4–7 Small wavelets
3 Gentle breeze · week peak 8–12 Scattered whitecaps
4 Moderate breeze 13–18 Frequent whitecaps
5 Fresh breeze 19–24 Moderate waves, many whitecaps
6 Strong breeze 25–31 Large waves, foam crests

Questions about the wind in Fishing CreekQuestions

What's the wind like today in Fishing Creek?

Light breeze from the east-southeast: 5 mph now, peaking at 7 mph at 3:00 pm with gusts of 16 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Saturday 31: up to 11 mph from the north-northeast, with gusts of 18 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light breeze and waves are 0.2 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Cross-onshore: the coast faces south.

More about Fishing Creek today

Wind near Fishing Creek

Only places with a different forecast: spots a few miles apart share the same model cell and wouldn't add anything.

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Wind: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0, with the best model for each spot and lead time (NOAA HRRR and NBM in the U.S., Météo-France AROME, DWD ICON-EU, ECMWF IFS and NOAA GFS; the table shows each hour's model); offshore, ECMWF and GFS at the nearest sea grid point, 5.8 mi away. Coast orientation: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 11:40 pm (local time).

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