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Wind in Tiki Island

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 6:01 pm (CDT)
Now · from the southeast 9 mph
Gusts
12 mph
Beaufort scale
3 · gentle breeze
Today's peak
13 mph at 11:00 am
In knots
8 kn
Cross-onshore

Today the wind in Tiki Island is a gentle breeze from the southeast: 5 mph to 13 mph, peaking at 11:00 am with gusts of 19 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Galveston/Scholes (KGLS), 3.7 mi away · 1 h 9 min ago

Wind12 mph from the east
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 5–13 mph · gusts 19 ESE · Beaufort 4
  • Thu 29 5–12 mph · gusts 15 ESE · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 7–14 mph · gusts 18 E · Beaufort 4
  • Sat 31 4–8 mph · gusts 12 E · Beaufort 3
  • Sun 1 3–8 mph · gusts 10 E · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 5–12 mph · gusts 17 SE · Beaufort 3
  • Tue 3 11–15 mph · gusts 19 S · Beaufort 4

Every 3 hours

Today
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 5788131298
Gusts 1117161917151213
Direction EESEESEESEESEESEESE
Beaufort 22234333
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRR
Thu 29
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 7655912108
Gusts 131191011151312
Direction SEESEEEEEEESE
Beaufort 22223333
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRNBMNBMNBM
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 7891214141311
Gusts 1213141618171715
Direction ESEEEEEEEE
Beaufort 23334443
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 87788765
Gusts 12111112111098
Direction ESEESEEEESEESEEE
Beaufort 32233222
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 112111221425112192314301531
AIFS 111010891416
GFS 14181312151881481013191925
ICON 11219181120715917815919
HRRR 13191219—————
NBM 13161215141881281012171519
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 southeast: cross-onshore. A bit more surf at the shore and drift along the coast, toward land.

On Tuesday 3, from the south: onshore.

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

How to read the Beaufort scale

ForceNamemphAt sea
2 Light breeze 4–7 Small wavelets
3 Gentle breeze · today 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
7 Near gale 32–38 Heaped sea, streaks of foam

Questions about the wind in Tiki IslandQuestions

What's the wind like today in Tiki Island?

Gentle breeze from the southeast: 9 mph now, peaking at 13 mph at 11:00 am with gusts of 19 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Tuesday 3: up to 15 mph from the south, with gusts of 19 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is gentle breeze and waves are 2.4 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 Tiki Island today

Wind near Tiki Island

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, 6.0 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 6:01 pm (local time).

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