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Wind in Piney Point

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 7:43 pm (EDT)
Now · from the east-southeast 4 mph
Gusts
10 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
7 mph at 12:00 pm
In knots
4 kn
Cross-onshore

Today the wind in Piney Point is a light breeze from the east-southeast: 3 mph to 7 mph, peaking at 12:00 pm with gusts of 14 mph. The windiest day of the week is Friday 30: up to 8 mph from the west-northwest, with gusts of 13 mph.

Measured now at the airport

Patuxent River NAS (KNHK), 11 mi away · 51 min ago

Wind3 mph from the west-southwest
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 14 E · Beaufort 2
  • Thu 29 1–5 mph · gusts 9 SE · Beaufort 2
  • Fri 30 4–8 mph · gusts 13 WNW · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 1–8 mph · gusts 14 NNE · Beaufort 3
  • Sun 1 2–5 mph · gusts 8 SE · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 3–5 mph · gusts 7 SE · Beaufort 2
  • Tue 3 4–8 mph · gusts 13 ENE · 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) 44547435
Gusts 139131297914
Direction EENENENNEENESESSEESE
Beaufort 22222212
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRR
Thu 29
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 45413334
Gusts 99825558
Direction EEENNESWSSWSSES
Beaufort 22211112
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRNBMNBMNBM
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 44556856
Gusts 899810121012
Direction SSWSWWSWWWNWNWNNWNNW
Beaufort 22222322
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 77777531
Gusts 1314141311853
Direction NNNNENNENNENNENNEENE
Beaufort 22222211
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 615611919817726617922
AIFS 76109666
GFS 7166111025917818515521
ICON 61348921716716513816
HRRR 714913—————
NBM 610488138145857813
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 Friday 30, from the west-northwest: cross-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 Piney PointQuestions

What's the wind like today in Piney Point?

Light breeze from the east-southeast: 4 mph now, peaking at 7 mph at 12:00 pm with gusts of 14 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Friday 30: up to 8 mph from the west-northwest, with gusts of 13 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light breeze and waves are 0.3 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 Piney Point today

Wind near Piney Point

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, 16 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 7:43 pm (local time).

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