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Wind in Indianola

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 5:49 pm (PDT)
Now · from the northwest 5 mph
Gusts
10 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
11 mph at 12:00 am
In knots
4 kn
Cross-offshore

Today the wind in Indianola is a light breeze from the northwest: 2 mph to 11 mph, peaking at 12:00 am with gusts of 26 mph. The windiest day of the week is Thursday 29: up to 13 mph from the south, with gusts of 24 mph.

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 2–11 mph · gusts 26 S · Beaufort 3
  • Thu 29 1–13 mph · gusts 24 S · Beaufort 4
  • Fri 30 1–5 mph · gusts 6 SE · Beaufort 2
  • Sat 31 1–5 mph · gusts 6 ENE · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 0–4 mph · gusts 5 S · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 2–4 mph · gusts 6 NNE · Beaufort 2
  • Tue 3 2–6 mph · gusts 7 NNE · 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) 114334755
Gusts 26144491597
Direction SSSEWNWNNESSSENSW
Beaufort 32112222
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRR
Thu 29
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 1165106532
Gusts 2116132010843
Direction SSSSSSSWSS
Beaufort 32232211
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRNBMNBMNBMNBM
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 11234521
Gusts 33446632
Direction SSSENEESESSESSESSE
Beaufort 11112211
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 21234542
Gusts 33345644
Direction SSESESESEENNENNWNNW
Beaufort 11112221
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM

Do the models agree on the wind?

Medium confidence

They roughly agree; there's more spread in the wind today.

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 18291017610915617611812
AIFS 16937433
GFS 9277216155114751258
ICON 1227817410919411411615
HRRR 11261324—————
NBM 12219165656454667
Confidence mediumhighhighhighhighhighhigh

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 northwest: cross-offshore. Calmer water near the shore, and bait and boats drift out to sea.

On Thursday 29, 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
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 IndianolaQuestions

What's the wind like today in Indianola?

Light breeze from the northwest: 5 mph now, peaking at 11 mph at 12:00 am with gusts of 26 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Thursday 29: up to 13 mph from the south, with gusts of 24 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light breeze 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?

Cross-offshore: the coast faces south.

More about Indianola today

Wind near Indianola

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, 22 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 5:49 pm (local time).

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