Daily forecast
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Last update: 16:41 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
Friday, Jan 02
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
8 kts
max 15 kts
-9° C
987 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
03h
8 kts
max 15 kts
-9° C
986 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
06h
9 kts
max 16 kts
-10° C
987 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
09h
8 kts
max 12 kts
-9° C
989 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
12h
8 kts
max 10 kts
-7° C
989 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
15h
7 kts
max 9 kts
-6° C
989 hpa
0.1 m
1 s
18h
7 kts
max 12 kts
-7° C
990 hpa
0.1 m
1 s
21h
7 kts
max 13 kts
-7° C
991 hpa
0.1 m
1 s
Saturday, Jan 03
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
7 kts
max 11 kts
-7° C
991 hpa
0.1 m
1 s
03h
7 kts
max 9 kts
-7° C
992 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
06h
5 kts
max 7 kts
-7° C
992 hpa
0.1 m
3 s
09h
6 kts
max 9 kts
-6° C
993 hpa
0.1 m
3 s
12h
4 kts
max 5 kts
-5° C
992 hpa
0.1 m
4 s
15h
6 kts
max 9 kts
-3° C
991 hpa
0.1 m
4 s
18h
7 kts
max 12 kts
-4° C
993 hpa
0.1 m
3 s
21h
8 kts
max 15 kts
-5° C
993 hpa
0.1 m
1 s
Sunday, Jan 04
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
7 kts
max 13 kts
-6° C
994 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
03h
6 kts
max 9 kts
-7° C
996 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
06h
4 kts
max 6 kts
-7° C
996 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
09h
2 kts
max 2 kts
-6° C
998 hpa
0.1 m
4 s
12h
3 kts
max 5 kts
-4° C
997 hpa
0.1 m
4 s
15h
5 kts
max 9 kts
-2° C
995 hpa
0.1 m
4 s
18h
8 kts
max 15 kts
-2° C
992 hpa
0.1 m
4 s
21h
10 kts
max 25 kts
-1° C
991 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
Monday, Jan 05
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
11 kts
max 30 kts
-1° C
988 hpa
0.2 m
3 s
03h
11 kts
max 27 kts
-1° C
986 hpa
0.2 m
4 s
06h
10 kts
max 25 kts
-1° C
985 hpa
0.2 m
4 s
09h
8 kts
max 19 kts
-1° C
986 hpa
0.1 m
4 s
12h
6 kts
max 13 kts
2° C
986 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
15h
4 kts
max 5 kts
2° C
986 hpa
0.0 m
2 s
18h
3 kts
max 3 kts
1° C
987 hpa
0.0 m
2 s
21h
3 kts
max 3 kts
1° C
987 hpa
0.0 m
2 s
Tuesday, Jan 06
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
4 kts
max 5 kts
2° C
986 hpa
0.0 m
3 s
03h
5 kts
max 7 kts
2° C
984 hpa
0.0 m
8 s
06h
5 kts
max 6 kts
2° C
982 hpa
0.0 m
8 s
09h
5 kts
max 10 kts
3° C
981 hpa
0.0 m
4 s
12h
5 kts
max 11 kts
5° C
978 hpa
0.0 m
2 s
15h
6 kts
max 10 kts
4° C
976 hpa
0.0 m
2 s
18h
6 kts
max 15 kts
4° C
975 hpa
0.0 m
2 s
21h
8 kts
max 23 kts
5° C
975 hpa
0.0 m
2 s
Wednesday, Jan 07
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
9 kts
max 24 kts
5° C
974 hpa
0.0 m
2 s
03h
13 kts
max 28 kts
3° C
977 hpa
0.0 m
2 s
06h
10 kts
max 22 kts
2° C
980 hpa
0.0 m
1 s
09h
6 kts
max 15 kts
2° C
982 hpa
0.0 m
1 s
12h
8 kts
max 14 kts
5° C
984 hpa
0.0 m
1 s
15h
5 kts
max 11 kts
6° C
983 hpa
0.0 m
1 s
18h
4 kts
max 4 kts
4° C
984 hpa
0.0 m
1 s
21h
5 kts
max 5 kts
3° C
985 hpa
0.0 m
2 s
Thursday, Jan 08
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
4 kts
max 4 kts
3° C
985 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
03h
2 kts
max 2 kts
3° C
986 hpa
0.1 m
3 s
06h
4 kts
max 4 kts
3° C
986 hpa
0.1 m
3 s
09h
6 kts
max 8 kts
4° C
986 hpa
0.2 m
3 s
12h
7 kts
max 18 kts
5° C
984 hpa
0.2 m
4 s
15h
6 kts
max 10 kts
2.04 mm
4° C
982 hpa
0.2 m
4 s
18h
11 kts
max 24 kts
6.83 mm
5° C
977 hpa
0.2 m
4 s
21h
9 kts
max 26 kts
9.15 mm
8° C
972 hpa
Friday, Jan 09
Wind
Weather
00h
15 kts
max 32 kts
2.07 mm
13° C
971 hpa
03h
18 kts
max 36 kts
0.58 mm
14° C
971 hpa
06h
19 kts
max 38 kts
13° C
973 hpa
09h
16 kts
max 33 kts
11° C
976 hpa
12h
11 kts
max 24 kts
11° C
977 hpa
15h
8 kts
max 15 kts
11° C
978 hpa
18h
6 kts
max 13 kts
7° C
981 hpa
21h
5 kts
max 9 kts
5° C
984 hpa
Saturday, Jan 10
Wind
Weather
00h
8 kts
max 8 kts
3° C
986 hpa
03h
10 kts
max 14 kts
2° C
987 hpa
06h
9 kts
max 14 kts
1° C
988 hpa
09h
8 kts
max 13 kts
0.74 mm
1° C
989 hpa
12h
8 kts
max 10 kts
0.46 mm
1° C
988 hpa
15h
8 kts
max 10 kts
2° C
989 hpa
18h
11 kts
max 14 kts
0° C
992 hpa
21h
10 kts
max 15 kts
-2° C
994 hpa
Sunday, Jan 11
Wind
Weather
00h
9 kts
max 13 kts
-2° C
995 hpa
03h
10 kts
max 15 kts
-2° C
996 hpa
06h
9 kts
max 16 kts
-3° C
997 hpa
09h
9 kts
max 13 kts
-3° C
999 hpa
12h
8 kts
max 11 kts
0° C
999 hpa
15h
9 kts
max 13 kts
0° C
999 hpa
18h
8 kts
max 18 kts
-1° C
999 hpa
21h
11 kts
max 24 kts
0° C
998 hpa
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General
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Forecast
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