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Wind in La Conner

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 6:29 pm (PDT)
Now · from the southeast 11 mph
Gusts
18 mph
Beaufort scale
3 · gentle breeze
Today's peak
12 mph at 6:00 pm
In knots
10 kn
Cross-shore

Today the wind in La Conner is a gentle breeze from the southeast: 3 mph to 12 mph, peaking at 6:00 pm with gusts of 26 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Burlington/Skagit Rgnl (KBVS), 6.6 mi away · 14 min ago

Wind7 mph from the east-southeast
Gusts—
Visibility4.0 mi
WeatherMist

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 26 SSE · Beaufort 4
  • Thu 29 2–12 mph · gusts 27 SE · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 2–4 mph · gusts 7 ESE · Beaufort 2
  • Sat 31 1–4 mph · gusts 7 ENE · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 0–2 mph · gusts 3 SE · Beaufort 1
  • Mon 2 1–2 mph · gusts 3 E · Beaufort 1
  • Tue 3 0–2 mph · gusts 3 N · Beaufort 1

Every 3 hours

Today
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 6454104124
Gusts 2668111591916
Direction SSESEESESSSSEE
Beaufort 22223242
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRR
Thu 29
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 5881111423
Gusts 2023242622645
Direction SESESESESSESEESESE
Beaufort 23333211
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRNBMNBMNBM
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 32222323
Gusts 64333446
Direction EEEESESEESEESE
Beaufort 11111111
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 42112321
Gusts 75322433
Direction EEEEENNENNWNNE
Beaufort 21111111
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 13231222612815422412610
AIFS 111245343
GFS 917821712612464647
ICON 91610196136134939511
HRRR 12261227—————
NBM 122312244747232323
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-shore. Drift and current run parallel to the beach.

The coast here faces southwest. 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 La ConnerQuestions

What's the wind like today in La Conner?

Gentle breeze from the southeast: 11 mph now, peaking at 12 mph at 6:00 pm with gusts of 26 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Wednesday 28: up to 12 mph from the south-southeast, with gusts of 26 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is gentle breeze and waves are 0.3 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 southwest.

More about La Conner today

Wind near La Conner

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, 9.6 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 6:29 pm (local time).

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