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Wind in Marrowstone

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 4:32 pm (PDT)
Now · from the north 6 mph
Gusts
8 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
10 mph at 6:00 pm
In knots
5 kn
Cross-shore

Today the wind in Marrowstone is a light breeze from the north: 1 mph to 10 mph, peaking at 6:00 pm with gusts of 24 mph. The windiest day of the week is Thursday 29: up to 16 mph from the south-southeast, with gusts of 31 mph.

Measured now at the airport

Port Townsend/Jefferson Cnty (K0S9), 5.6 mi away · 17 min ago

WindCalm
Gusts—
Visibility3.0 mi
WeatherRain

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 1–10 mph · gusts 24 ESE · Beaufort 3
  • Thu 29 6–16 mph · gusts 31 SSE · Beaufort 4
  • Fri 30 3–9 mph · gusts 10 SE · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 4–7 mph · gusts 9 S · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 2–6 mph · gusts 6 SSE · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 2–6 mph · gusts 7 ESE · Beaufort 2
  • Tue 3 2–7 mph · gusts 8 N · 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) 1047574108
Gusts 2441351241311
Direction SSWENENWEESEESEENEESE
Beaufort 32222133
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRR
Thu 29
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 11101214161286
Gusts 22212726191497
Direction SSESSESSESSESSESSSSE
Beaufort 33344332
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRNBMNBMNBMNBM
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 54358986
Gusts 654691098
Direction SSESESESESESESESE
Beaufort 22123332
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 76446764
Gusts 97557885
Direction SESESESESSESSWWNWWNW
Beaufort 22222222
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 12231325919917720513713
AIFS 101156564
GFS 6892081012195665911
ICON 7141123816919614411715
HRRR 10241431—————
NBM 1722182491079666778
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 north: cross-shore. Drift and current run parallel to the beach.

On Thursday 29, from the south-southeast: cross-shore.

The coast here faces east. 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 MarrowstoneQuestions

What's the wind like today in Marrowstone?

Light breeze from the north: 6 mph now, peaking at 10 mph at 6:00 pm with gusts of 24 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Thursday 29: up to 16 mph from the south-southeast, with gusts of 31 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-shore: the coast faces east.

More about Marrowstone today

Wind near Marrowstone

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 4:32 pm (local time).

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