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Wind in Port Reading

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 9:02 am (EDT)
Now · from the southwest 1 mph
Gusts
6 mph
Beaufort scale
0 · calm
Today's peak
9 mph at 2:00 pm
In knots
1 kn
Cross-shore

Today the wind in Port Reading is a calm from the southwest: 0 mph to 9 mph, peaking at 2:00 pm with gusts of 16 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Linden (KLDJ), 3.6 mi away · 10 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 0–9 mph · gusts 16 SW · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 5–10 mph · gusts 20 WNW · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 1–5 mph · gusts 13 NNW · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 1–3 mph · gusts 7 WSW · Beaufort 1
  • Mon 2 2–4 mph · gusts 10 WSW · Beaufort 2
  • Tue 3 1–5 mph · gusts 12 E · Beaufort 2
  • Wed 4 3–7 mph · gusts 15 E · Beaufort 2

Every 3 hours

Today
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 24316856
Gusts 763613121015
Direction SEESSWSWSWSWSSWSW
Beaufort 12102322
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRR
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 575681096
Gusts 1416131317191916
Direction SWSWWSWWNWNWNNWNNW
Beaufort 22223332
Model HRRRHRRRNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 54445421
Gusts 1311111010864
Direction NNWNNWNWNNWNNWNNWNNWNNW
Beaufort 22222211
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sun 1
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 11112322
Gusts 33345765
Direction NNWNNWNWWNWWSWSWSWSW
Beaufort 11111111
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 820112661851810237191331
AIFS 91386668
GFS 919142892751391411221122
ICON 7171023716411716411613
HRRR 9161425—————
NBM 713102051337410512715
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 southwest: cross-shore. Drift and current run parallel to the beach.

On Friday 30, from the west-northwest: offshore.

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

How to read the Beaufort scale

ForceNamemphAt sea
0 Calm · today 0–1 Sea like a mirror
1 Light air 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 Port ReadingQuestions

What's the wind like today in Port Reading?

Calm from the southwest: 1 mph now, peaking at 9 mph at 2:00 pm with gusts of 16 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Friday 30: up to 10 mph from the west-northwest, with gusts of 20 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is calm and waves are 1.2 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Cross-shore: the coast faces southeast.

More about Port Reading today

Wind near Port Reading

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, 14 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 9:02 am (local time).

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