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Last update: 17:40 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
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Wind gusts (max kts)
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Time
Tide height (m)

Thursday, Jan 15

Wind
Weather
Tides
01h
250° WSW
7 kts
max 16 kts
98%
7° C
997 hpa
00:00
0.0 m
04h
295° WNW
12 kts
max 23 kts
99%
0.43 mm
3° C
999 hpa
0.5 m
07h
293° WNW
11 kts
max 23 kts
3%
-1° C
1002 hpa
05:53
0.6 m
10h
290° WNW
11 kts
max 17 kts
62%
0° C
1004 hpa
0.1 m
13h
281° W
11 kts
max 15 kts
54%
1° C
1003 hpa
11:41
0.0 m
16h
300° WNW
11 kts
max 17 kts
38%
-1° C
1004 hpa
0.6 m
19h
297° WNW
11 kts
max 21 kts
4%
-4° C
1006 hpa
18:04
0.7 m
22h
292° WNW
11 kts
max 23 kts
4%
-5° C
1008 hpa
0.3 m

Friday, Jan 16

Wind
Weather
Tides
01h
291° WNW
11 kts
max 27 kts
0%
-5° C
1009 hpa
00:49
0.0 m
04h
283° WNW
10 kts
max 26 kts
0%
-5° C
1012 hpa
0.4 m
07h
273° W
7 kts
max 20 kts
1%
-4° C
1014 hpa
06:40
0.6 m
10h
259° W
6 kts
max 12 kts
18%
-1° C
1016 hpa
0.2 m
13h
207° SSW
7 kts
max 11 kts
55%
2° C
1015 hpa
12:33
16h
202° SSW
7 kts
max 15 kts
5%
3° C
1015 hpa
0.5 m
19h
181° S
8 kts
max 27 kts
4%
1° C
1015 hpa
18:49
0.7 m
22h
194° SSW
8 kts
max 30 kts
95%
1° C
1016 hpa
0.4 m
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / 3h)
Air temperature (°C)
Air pressure (hPa)
Tide type
Time
Tide height (m)

Saturday, Jan 17

Wind
Weather
Tides
01h
191° S
9 kts
max 29 kts
99%
2° C
1015 hpa
01:35
04h
190° S
8 kts
max 28 kts
99%
2° C
1015 hpa
0.3 m
07h
186° S
8 kts
max 31 kts
99%
2° C
1014 hpa
07:24
0.6 m
10h
208° SSW
10 kts
max 26 kts
98%
5° C
1015 hpa
0.3 m
13h
226° SW
11 kts
max 24 kts
99%
7° C
1014 hpa
13:22
0.0 m
16h
226° SW
7 kts
max 17 kts
31%
9° C
1015 hpa
0.3 m
19h
234° SW
4 kts
max 11 kts
9%
4° C
1018 hpa
19:30
0.8 m
22h
303° WNW
2 kts
max 2 kts
23%
2° C
1018 hpa
0.5 m

Sunday, Jan 18

Wind
Weather
Tides
01h
208° SSW
2 kts
max 3 kts
99%
2° C
1018 hpa
02:18
0.0 m
04h
343° NNW
6 kts
max 15 kts
99%
2° C
1018 hpa
0.1 m
07h
357° N
5 kts
max 10 kts
99%
0.6 mm
-1° C
1019 hpa
08:03
0.7 m
10h
346° NNW
7 kts
max 10 kts
99%
1.04 mm
0° C
1019 hpa
0.5 m
13h
345° NNW
7 kts
max 9 kts
99%
0° C
1016 hpa
14:09
0.0 m
16h
320° NW
5 kts
max 10 kts
88%
2° C
1015 hpa
0.1 m
19h
307° NW
6 kts
max 14 kts
72%
-1° C
1017 hpa
20:09
0.8 m
22h
316° NW
5 kts
max 13 kts
3%
-3° C
1017 hpa
0.6 m
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / 3h)
Air temperature (°C)
Air pressure (hPa)
Tide type
Time
Tide height (m)

Monday, Jan 19

Wind
Weather
Tides
01h
286° WNW
4 kts
max 7 kts
99%
-3° C
1017 hpa
0.1 m
04h
216° SW
3 kts
max 6 kts
7%
-3° C
1016 hpa
02:58
0.0 m
07h
191° S
5 kts
max 13 kts
3%
-4° C
1015 hpa
0.6 m
10h
222° SW
7 kts
max 15 kts
1%
0° C
1015 hpa
08:39
0.7 m
13h
239° WSW
11 kts
max 21 kts
99%
4° C
1012 hpa
0.1 m
16h
252° WSW
11 kts
max 22 kts
72%
4° C
1012 hpa
14:53
0.0 m
19h
266° W
12 kts
max 24 kts
0%
0° C
1017 hpa
0.6 m
22h
285° WNW
10 kts
max 22 kts
25%
-3° C
1019 hpa
20:46
0.8 m

Tuesday, Jan 20

Wind
Weather
Tides
01h
287° WNW
10 kts
max 25 kts
4%
-4° C
1021 hpa
0.2 m
04h
295° WNW
9 kts
max 22 kts
0%
-5° C
1023 hpa
03:35
-0.1 m
07h
291° WNW
9 kts
max 23 kts
71%
-7° C
1026 hpa
0.5 m
10h
291° WNW
8 kts
max 15 kts
99%
-6° C
1027 hpa
09:13
0.7 m
13h
266° W
8 kts
max 15 kts
70%
-2° C
1025 hpa
0.2 m
16h
258° WSW
7 kts
max 16 kts
0%
0° C
1025 hpa
15:36
-0.1 m
19h
301° WNW
6 kts
max 13 kts
0%
-3° C
1027 hpa
0.5 m
22h
279° W
5 kts
max 16 kts
0%
-4° C
1028 hpa
21:23
0.8 m
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / 3h)
Air temperature (°C)
Air pressure (hPa)
Tide type
Time
Tide height (m)

Wednesday, Jan 21

Wind
Weather
Tides
01h
261° W
4 kts
max 12 kts
0%
-5° C
1029 hpa
0.3 m
04h
237° WSW
3 kts
max 7 kts
40%
-5° C
1029 hpa
04:11
-0.1 m
07h
231° SW
3 kts
max 5 kts
4%
-5° C
1031 hpa
0.4 m
10h
207° SSW
3 kts
max 6 kts
7%
-2° C
1032 hpa
09:48
0.7 m
13h
220° SW
5 kts
max 8 kts
71%
2° C
1030 hpa
0.3 m
16h
181° S
5 kts
max 10 kts
6%
2° C
1028 hpa
16:19
-0.1 m
19h
158° SSE
7 kts
max 23 kts
4%
-1° C
1026 hpa
0.3 m
22h
190° S
11 kts
max 36 kts
92%
1° C
1023 hpa
22:02
0.8 m

Thursday, Jan 22

Wind
Weather
Tides
01h
218° SW
12 kts
max 36 kts
99%
3° C
1022 hpa
0.4 m
04h
217° SW
10 kts
max 30 kts
95%
3° C
1021 hpa
04:45
-0.1 m
07h
215° SW
7 kts
max 26 kts
59%
2° C
1021 hpa
0.2 m
10h
220° SW
8 kts
max 22 kts
87%
5° C
1022 hpa
10:25
0.8 m
13h
227° SW
8 kts
max 16 kts
99%
10° C
1021 hpa
0.5 m
16h
207° SSW
4 kts
max 9 kts
99%
7° C
1021 hpa
17:03
-0.1 m
19h
200° SSW
3 kts
max 5 kts
99%
0.69 mm
5° C
1023 hpa
0.1 m
22h
151° SSE
2 kts
max 3 kts
99%
3.16 mm
4° C
1023 hpa
22:44
0.8 m
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / 3h)
Air temperature (°C)
Air pressure (hPa)
Tide type
Time
Tide height (m)

Friday, Jan 23

Wind
Weather
Tides
01h
148° SSE
2 kts
max 3 kts
99%
3.32 mm
4° C
1022 hpa
0.5 m
04h
131° SE
3 kts
max 4 kts
99%
1.03 mm
4° C
1021 hpa
05:20
-0.1 m
07h
149° SSE
4 kts
max 11 kts
99%
0.9 mm
3° C
1021 hpa
0.0 m
10h
139° SE
4 kts
max 12 kts
99%
4.73 mm
4° C
1020 hpa
11:07
0.8 m
13h
137° SE
4 kts
max 14 kts
99%
5.86 mm
4° C
1016 hpa
0.6 m
16h
174° S
4 kts
max 19 kts
99%
3.44 mm
5° C
1015 hpa
0.1 m
19h
219° SW
3 kts
max 13 kts
99%
6° C
1015 hpa
17:50
0.0 m
22h
235° SW
3 kts
max 7 kts
99%
7° C
1015 hpa
23:30
0.8 m

Saturday, Jan 24

Wind
Weather
Tides
01h
333° NNW
2 kts
max 2 kts
99%
6° C
1016 hpa
0.6 m
04h
348° NNW
3 kts
max 3 kts
99%
6° C
1016 hpa
0.1 m
07h
31° NNE
4 kts
max 9 kts
99%
6° C
1018 hpa
05:58
-0.1 m
10h
59° ENE
4 kts
max 11 kts
99%
0.53 mm
6° C
1020 hpa
0.6 m
13h
74° ENE
4 kts
max 8 kts
99%
0.49 mm
5° C
1019 hpa
11:53
0.8 m
16h
72° ENE
5 kts
max 13 kts
99%
5° C
1017 hpa
0.2 m
19h
50° NE
3 kts
max 10 kts
99%
0.57 mm
4° C
1017 hpa
18:42
0.0 m
22h
53° NE
4 kts
max 10 kts
99%
3.96 mm
4° C
1015 hpa
0.4 m

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