Daily forecast
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Last update: 23:38 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
Thursday, Jan 22
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
13 kts
max 18 kts
4.34 mm
16° C
1003 hpa
2.6 m
8 s
04h
10 kts
max 17 kts
5.62 mm
16° C
999 hpa
2.6 m
8 s
07h
10 kts
max 16 kts
18.27 mm
16° C
997 hpa
2.5 m
9 s
10h
5 kts
max 10 kts
16.3 mm
16° C
995 hpa
2.4 m
9 s
13h
4 kts
max 8 kts
4.18 mm
17° C
994 hpa
2.5 m
9 s
16h
10 kts
max 15 kts
0.44 mm
19° C
993 hpa
2.5 m
10 s
19h
10 kts
max 15 kts
17° C
993 hpa
2.6 m
10 s
22h
7 kts
max 11 kts
16° C
994 hpa
2.7 m
10 s
Friday, Jan 23
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
4 kts
max 6 kts
16° C
992 hpa
2.7 m
11 s
04h
2 kts
max 3 kts
15° C
992 hpa
2.7 m
11 s
07h
3 kts
max 5 kts
16° C
991 hpa
2.6 m
11 s
10h
4 kts
max 5 kts
19° C
990 hpa
2.5 m
11 s
13h
5 kts
max 8 kts
1.08 mm
20° C
988 hpa
2.4 m
11 s
16h
1 kts
max 6 kts
6.08 mm
17° C
987 hpa
2.3 m
11 s
19h
5 kts
max 8 kts
3.31 mm
18° C
986 hpa
2.2 m
10 s
22h
8 kts
max 10 kts
3.17 mm
15° C
988 hpa
2.2 m
10 s
Saturday, Jan 24
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
6 kts
max 7 kts
1.97 mm
14° C
986 hpa
2.1 m
10 s
04h
16 kts
max 22 kts
22.31 mm
12° C
986 hpa
2.0 m
10 s
07h
16 kts
max 25 kts
13.55 mm
11° C
988 hpa
1.9 m
10 s
10h
16 kts
max 27 kts
6.36 mm
11° C
989 hpa
1.8 m
10 s
13h
12 kts
max 22 kts
1.48 mm
13° C
989 hpa
1.8 m
9 s
16h
10 kts
max 19 kts
16° C
989 hpa
1.7 m
9 s
19h
14 kts
max 25 kts
15° C
991 hpa
1.8 m
9 s
22h
14 kts
max 24 kts
0.88 mm
14° C
993 hpa
1.9 m
9 s
Sunday, Jan 25
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
10 kts
max 18 kts
13° C
993 hpa
2.0 m
9 s
04h
5 kts
max 7 kts
13° C
992 hpa
2.0 m
10 s
07h
4 kts
max 7 kts
13° C
993 hpa
2.2 m
11 s
10h
7 kts
max 8 kts
16° C
993 hpa
2.4 m
12 s
13h
7 kts
max 9 kts
17° C
992 hpa
2.5 m
13 s
16h
4 kts
max 7 kts
16° C
993 hpa
2.5 m
13 s
19h
6 kts
max 12 kts
1.86 mm
14° C
997 hpa
2.5 m
13 s
22h
5 kts
max 7 kts
14° C
999 hpa
2.6 m
12 s
Monday, Jan 26
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
4 kts
max 5 kts
14° C
999 hpa
2.6 m
12 s
04h
1 kts
max 3 kts
14° C
999 hpa
2.5 m
12 s
07h
2 kts
max 3 kts
14° C
1001 hpa
2.4 m
12 s
10h
5 kts
max 6 kts
16° C
1002 hpa
2.4 m
11 s
13h
5 kts
max 6 kts
16° C
1002 hpa
2.3 m
11 s
16h
6 kts
max 6 kts
15° C
1002 hpa
2.3 m
11 s
19h
5 kts
max 6 kts
0.46 mm
14° C
1003 hpa
2.2 m
11 s
22h
3 kts
max 4 kts
0.4 mm
14° C
1005 hpa
2.2 m
11 s
Tuesday, Jan 27
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
1 kts
max 2 kts
2.7 mm
13° C
1006 hpa
2.1 m
11 s
04h
1 kts
max 3 kts
5.76 mm
13° C
1005 hpa
2.0 m
10 s
07h
2 kts
max 3 kts
2.51 mm
13° C
1007 hpa
1.9 m
10 s
10h
2 kts
max 3 kts
1.07 mm
13° C
1008 hpa
1.9 m
10 s
13h
2 kts
max 2 kts
0.93 mm
13° C
1008 hpa
1.8 m
10 s
16h
4 kts
max 5 kts
14° C
1008 hpa
1.8 m
10 s
19h
5 kts
max 6 kts
15° C
1008 hpa
1.7 m
10 s
22h
5 kts
max 6 kts
14° C
1009 hpa
1.6 m
10 s
Wednesday, Jan 28
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
6 kts
max 7 kts
14° C
1009 hpa
1.6 m
10 s
04h
7 kts
max 8 kts
13° C
1007 hpa
1.5 m
10 s
07h
5 kts
max 6 kts
14° C
1007 hpa
1.4 m
9 s
10h
4 kts
max 4 kts
17° C
1007 hpa
1.4 m
9 s
13h
4 kts
max 5 kts
19° C
1005 hpa
1.4 m
9 s
16h
4 kts
max 4 kts
20° C
1004 hpa
1.3 m
9 s
19h
2 kts
max 3 kts
20° C
1003 hpa
1.3 m
9 s
22h
3 kts
max 3 kts
18° C
1002 hpa
1.2 m
9 s
Thursday, Jan 29
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
5 kts
max 6 kts
18° C
1000 hpa
1.1 m
9 s
04h
9 kts
max 16 kts
17° C
999 hpa
1.0 m
9 s
07h
6 kts
max 10 kts
17° C
1000 hpa
1.0 m
9 s
10h
5 kts
max 9 kts
20° C
999 hpa
0.9 m
9 s
13h
5 kts
max 9 kts
21° C
996 hpa
0.9 m
9 s
16h
3 kts
max 10 kts
22° C
995 hpa
0.9 m
8 s
19h
2 kts
max 6 kts
21° C
994 hpa
0.9 m
8 s
22h
14 kts
max 21 kts
19° C
997 hpa
0.9 m
8 s
Friday, Jan 30
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
16 kts
max 25 kts
3.34 mm
13° C
1004 hpa
0.9 m
8 s
04h
13 kts
max 21 kts
0.62 mm
13° C
1005 hpa
0.9 m
8 s
07h
12 kts
max 18 kts
0.42 mm
12° C
1009 hpa
0.9 m
8 s
10h
12 kts
max 16 kts
12° C
1011 hpa
0.9 m
8 s
13h
12 kts
max 13 kts
16° C
1010 hpa
1.0 m
8 s
16h
12 kts
max 13 kts
17° C
1010 hpa
1.0 m
7 s
19h
7 kts
max 7 kts
14° C
1012 hpa
1.0 m
8 s
22h
5 kts
max 6 kts
13° C
1014 hpa
1.0 m
9 s
Saturday, Jan 31
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
1 kts
max 2 kts
13° C
1014 hpa
1.0 m
9 s
04h
2 kts
max 2 kts
12° C
1014 hpa
1.0 m
9 s
07h
5 kts
max 6 kts
13° C
1014 hpa
1.0 m
10 s
10h
8 kts
max 9 kts
16° C
1014 hpa
1.0 m
9 s
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