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Wind in Tolchester

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 5:39 am (EDT)
Now · from the southeast 3 mph
Gusts
4 mph
Beaufort scale
1 · light air
Today's peak
8 mph at 9:00 pm
In knots
3 kn
Offshore

Today the wind in Tolchester is a light air from the southeast: 2 mph to 8 mph, peaking at 9:00 pm with gusts of 16 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Baltimore/Martin State (KMTN), 11 mi away · 24 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, Thu 29 2–8 mph · gusts 16 S · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 5–9 mph · gusts 15 NW · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 1–8 mph · gusts 15 N · Beaufort 3
  • Sun 1 1–4 mph · gusts 7 SE · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 2–5 mph · gusts 8 SSW · Beaufort 2
  • Tue 3 3–7 mph · gusts 13 SSE · Beaufort 2
  • Wed 4 5–9 mph · gusts 16 ESE · 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) 24335658
Gusts 864468716
Direction SSEESESSESSWSSWSS
Beaufort 12112223
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRR
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 55568997
Gusts 1010101114151514
Direction SSWSWWSWWNWNWNNWNNW
Beaufort 22223332
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 78877421
Gusts 1415151311743
Direction NNNNNNNENE
Beaufort 23322210
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sun 1
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 12344322
Gusts 34567656
Direction ENEESEESEESESSESSSESSE
Beaufort 11122111
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) TodayFri 30Sat 31Sun 1Mon 2Tue 3Wed 4
ECMWF 7159198155226214221326
AIFS 81094566
GFS 916152313227107108161525
ICON 512102071451161346613
HRRR 8161625—————
NBM 6119158154758713916
Confidence highhighhighhighhighhighmedium

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 southeast: offshore. Calm shore and clean waves, but watch the drift out to sea.

On Friday 30, from the northwest: onshore.

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

How to read the Beaufort scale

ForceNamemphAt sea
0 Calm 0–1 Sea like a mirror
1 Light air · today 1–3 Ripples, no foam
2 Light breeze 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

Questions about the wind in TolchesterQuestions

What's the wind like today in Tolchester?

Light air from the southeast: 3 mph now, peaking at 8 mph at 9:00 pm with gusts of 16 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Friday 30: up to 9 mph from the northwest, with gusts of 15 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light air and waves are 0.1 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Offshore: the coast faces northwest.

More about Tolchester today

Wind near Tolchester

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, 2.0 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 5:39 am (local time).

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