Daily forecast
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Last update: 23:36 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
Friday, Feb 27
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
9 kts
max 12 kts
1.05 mm
13° C
1019 hpa
1.4 m
6 s
04h
7 kts
max 10 kts
0.51 mm
12° C
1019 hpa
1.3 m
6 s
07h
7 kts
max 9 kts
0.64 mm
12° C
1020 hpa
1.2 m
6 s
10h
6 kts
max 8 kts
11° C
1022 hpa
1.1 m
6 s
13h
5 kts
max 6 kts
12° C
1023 hpa
1.0 m
6 s
16h
3 kts
max 4 kts
12° C
1023 hpa
0.9 m
6 s
19h
3 kts
max 3 kts
13° C
1024 hpa
0.8 m
6 s
22h
0 kts
max 2 kts
12° C
1026 hpa
0.8 m
6 s
Saturday, Feb 28
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
2 kts
max 2 kts
11° C
1026 hpa
0.7 m
5 s
04h
3 kts
max 3 kts
10° C
1025 hpa
0.7 m
5 s
07h
3 kts
max 4 kts
10° C
1025 hpa
0.7 m
6 s
10h
5 kts
max 6 kts
14° C
1025 hpa
0.6 m
6 s
13h
8 kts
max 8 kts
17° C
1023 hpa
0.8 m
7 s
16h
9 kts
max 10 kts
17° C
1021 hpa
1.0 m
2 s
19h
9 kts
max 10 kts
16° C
1020 hpa
1.1 m
2 s
22h
5 kts
max 6 kts
14° C
1020 hpa
1.0 m
3 s
Sunday, Mar 01
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
2 kts
max 2 kts
14° C
1018 hpa
0.8 m
4 s
04h
3 kts
max 3 kts
13° C
1016 hpa
0.7 m
7 s
07h
3 kts
max 4 kts
13° C
1014 hpa
0.7 m
9 s
10h
6 kts
max 7 kts
16° C
1014 hpa
0.7 m
10 s
13h
8 kts
max 9 kts
18° C
1013 hpa
0.8 m
9 s
16h
8 kts
max 9 kts
15° C
1012 hpa
0.9 m
8 s
19h
13 kts
max 16 kts
8.07 mm
10° C
1016 hpa
1.5 m
5 s
22h
9 kts
max 13 kts
4.2 mm
9° C
1017 hpa
1.7 m
7 s
Monday, Mar 02
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
12 kts
max 19 kts
9° C
1017 hpa
1.8 m
10 s
04h
13 kts
max 20 kts
10° C
1017 hpa
2.1 m
13 s
07h
14 kts
max 23 kts
0.91 mm
9° C
1018 hpa
2.5 m
14 s
10h
14 kts
max 23 kts
0.69 mm
9° C
1021 hpa
2.7 m
14 s
13h
13 kts
max 21 kts
0.4 mm
10° C
1020 hpa
2.7 m
14 s
16h
15 kts
max 20 kts
14° C
1019 hpa
2.6 m
13 s
19h
12 kts
max 16 kts
13° C
1020 hpa
2.4 m
13 s
22h
7 kts
max 9 kts
11° C
1021 hpa
2.2 m
13 s
Tuesday, Mar 03
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
5 kts
max 6 kts
10° C
1021 hpa
2.0 m
12 s
04h
2 kts
max 3 kts
10° C
1021 hpa
1.9 m
12 s
07h
3 kts
max 3 kts
10° C
1022 hpa
1.9 m
12 s
10h
5 kts
max 6 kts
15° C
1023 hpa
1.8 m
12 s
13h
7 kts
max 7 kts
17° C
1022 hpa
1.8 m
12 s
16h
6 kts
max 7 kts
18° C
1022 hpa
1.7 m
11 s
19h
3 kts
max 3 kts
16° C
1022 hpa
1.7 m
11 s
22h
4 kts
max 4 kts
15° C
1024 hpa
1.6 m
11 s
Wednesday, Mar 04
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
4 kts
max 5 kts
14° C
1024 hpa
1.5 m
11 s
04h
2 kts
max 2 kts
14° C
1024 hpa
1.4 m
11 s
07h
3 kts
max 3 kts
14° C
1024 hpa
1.3 m
10 s
10h
3 kts
max 3 kts
18° C
1025 hpa
1.3 m
10 s
13h
4 kts
max 5 kts
20° C
1024 hpa
1.2 m
10 s
16h
4 kts
max 5 kts
21° C
1023 hpa
1.2 m
10 s
19h
3 kts
max 4 kts
20° C
1022 hpa
1.1 m
10 s
22h
2 kts
max 3 kts
18° C
1022 hpa
1.0 m
10 s
Thursday, Mar 05
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
3 kts
max 3 kts
18° C
1021 hpa
0.9 m
9 s
04h
4 kts
max 4 kts
17° C
1020 hpa
0.8 m
9 s
07h
3 kts
max 3 kts
17° C
1020 hpa
0.8 m
9 s
10h
1 kts
max 3 kts
21° C
1021 hpa
0.7 m
9 s
13h
4 kts
max 4 kts
22° C
1021 hpa
0.7 m
9 s
16h
4 kts
max 4 kts
22° C
1020 hpa
0.7 m
9 s
19h
4 kts
max 6 kts
21° C
1019 hpa
0.7 m
9 s
22h
4 kts
max 5 kts
19° C
1019 hpa
0.6 m
9 s
Friday, Mar 06
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
3 kts
max 4 kts
19° C
1017 hpa
0.6 m
9 s
04h
5 kts
max 5 kts
18° C
1015 hpa
0.5 m
10 s
07h
5 kts
max 6 kts
17° C
1014 hpa
0.5 m
11 s
10h
3 kts
max 5 kts
21° C
1014 hpa
0.5 m
12 s
13h
3 kts
max 6 kts
24° C
1014 hpa
0.5 m
11 s
16h
3 kts
max 7 kts
24° C
1012 hpa
0.6 m
10 s
19h
3 kts
max 5 kts
21° C
1012 hpa
0.6 m
11 s
22h
4 kts
max 4 kts
19° C
1013 hpa
0.6 m
11 s
Saturday, Mar 07
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
5 kts
max 5 kts
18° C
1013 hpa
0.7 m
12 s
04h
6 kts
max 6 kts
17° C
1012 hpa
0.7 m
13 s
07h
6 kts
max 6 kts
16° C
1012 hpa
0.8 m
13 s
10h
3 kts
max 4 kts
21° C
1014 hpa
0.8 m
13 s
13h
4 kts
max 6 kts
24° C
1014 hpa
0.9 m
13 s
16h
5 kts
max 7 kts
23° C
1014 hpa
1.1 m
13 s
19h
6 kts
max 6 kts
19° C
1015 hpa
1.1 m
13 s
22h
4 kts
max 5 kts
16° C
1017 hpa
1.0 m
13 s
Sunday, Mar 08
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
3 kts
max 4 kts
16° C
1016 hpa
0.9 m
13 s
04h
4 kts
max 5 kts
15° C
1015 hpa
0.9 m
13 s
07h
7 kts
max 8 kts
15° C
1016 hpa
0.9 m
13 s
10h
8 kts
max 11 kts
0.53 mm
15° C
1018 hpa
0.9 m
13 s
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