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Wind in Avalon

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 7:01 pm (EDT)
Now · from the east-southeast 6 mph
Gusts
11 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
12 mph at 1:00 pm
In knots
5 kn
Onshore

Today the wind in Avalon is a light breeze from the east-southeast: 3 mph to 12 mph, peaking at 1:00 pm with gusts of 17 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Wildwood/Cape May Cnty (KWWD), 12 mi away · 1 h 5 min ago

Wind6 mph from the east-northeast
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 3–12 mph · gusts 17 ENE · Beaufort 4
  • Thu 29 1–6 mph · gusts 11 SSE · Beaufort 2
  • Fri 30 4–9 mph · gusts 16 WNW · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 0–8 mph · gusts 17 N · Beaufort 3
  • Sun 1 0–4 mph · gusts 8 SE · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 1–5 mph · gusts 9 SSE · Beaufort 2
  • Tue 3 2–9 mph · gusts 16 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) 654611976
Gusts 1013121315121211
Direction ESEENENENNEENEEESEESE
Beaufort 22223322
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRR
Thu 29
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 66313444
Gusts 10117247810
Direction ESEESESENSSESSSSW
Beaufort 22111222
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRNBMNBMNBM
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 44569976
Gusts 1112131415151415
Direction WSWWSWWSWWWNWWNWNWNNW
Beaufort 22223322
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 66787421
Gusts 1617161613753
Direction NNNNNNENEENEE
Beaufort 22232210
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 819614920818620619820
AIFS 881110566
GFS 1012713132691568581222
ICON 9195111122919816715715
HRRR 1217616—————
NBM 8154119168174859916
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: onshore. More surf and backwash at the shore, and bait and boats drift toward land.

The coast here faces southeast. 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 8–12 Scattered whitecaps
4 Moderate breeze · week peak 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 AvalonQuestions

What's the wind like today in Avalon?

Light breeze from the east-southeast: 6 mph now, peaking at 12 mph at 1:00 pm with gusts of 17 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Wednesday 28: up to 12 mph from the east-northeast, with gusts of 17 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light breeze and waves are 2.2 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Onshore: the coast faces southeast.

More about Avalon today

Wind near Avalon

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, 7.2 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 7:01 pm (local time).

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