Daily forecast
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Last update: 10:35 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
Thursday, Jan 08
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
9 kts
max 26 kts
5° C
986 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
03h
9 kts
max 28 kts
5° C
986 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
06h
10 kts
max 28 kts
6° C
985 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
09h
10 kts
max 27 kts
7° C
984 hpa
0.2 m
2 s
12h
11 kts
max 30 kts
8° C
982 hpa
0.3 m
3 s
15h
13 kts
max 30 kts
10° C
979 hpa
0.3 m
4 s
18h
14 kts
max 33 kts
2.64 mm
9° C
974 hpa
0.6 m
5 s
21h
10 kts
max 28 kts
10.45 mm
11° C
972 hpa
0.6 m
6 s
Friday, Jan 09
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
12 kts
max 28 kts
13° C
971 hpa
0.5 m
6 s
03h
16 kts
max 33 kts
12° C
972 hpa
0.3 m
4 s
06h
18 kts
max 30 kts
6° C
976 hpa
0.3 m
2 s
09h
19 kts
max 29 kts
5° C
984 hpa
0.3 m
2 s
12h
13 kts
max 21 kts
6° C
989 hpa
0.2 m
2 s
15h
6 kts
max 8 kts
6° C
993 hpa
0.2 m
3 s
18h
3 kts
max 4 kts
5° C
995 hpa
0.2 m
6 s
21h
4 kts
max 4 kts
3° C
996 hpa
0.2 m
7 s
Saturday, Jan 10
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
6 kts
max 10 kts
3° C
995 hpa
0.3 m
6 s
03h
4 kts
max 5 kts
2° C
993 hpa
0.3 m
6 s
06h
3 kts
max 3 kts
2° C
991 hpa
0.2 m
5 s
09h
4 kts
max 7 kts
3.55 mm
1° C
989 hpa
0.2 m
5 s
12h
6 kts
max 13 kts
2.43 mm
1° C
987 hpa
0.2 m
5 s
15h
9 kts
max 18 kts
3° C
987 hpa
0.2 m
3 s
18h
8 kts
max 18 kts
2° C
987 hpa
0.2 m
2 s
21h
16 kts
max 24 kts
0.52 mm
-2° C
988 hpa
0.2 m
2 s
Sunday, Jan 11
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
15 kts
max 23 kts
-5° C
990 hpa
0.2 m
2 s
03h
16 kts
max 26 kts
-5° C
991 hpa
0.2 m
2 s
06h
17 kts
max 28 kts
-5° C
993 hpa
0.3 m
2 s
09h
16 kts
max 28 kts
-4° C
997 hpa
0.3 m
2 s
12h
14 kts
max 22 kts
-2° C
999 hpa
0.3 m
2 s
15h
11 kts
max 17 kts
-1° C
1000 hpa
0.4 m
8 s
18h
9 kts
max 17 kts
-2° C
1001 hpa
0.4 m
8 s
21h
9 kts
max 20 kts
-2° C
1001 hpa
0.4 m
8 s
Monday, Jan 12
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
10 kts
max 23 kts
-2° C
999 hpa
0.3 m
7 s
03h
12 kts
max 28 kts
-1° C
995 hpa
0.3 m
7 s
06h
14 kts
max 34 kts
-1° C
992 hpa
0.2 m
6 s
09h
13 kts
max 26 kts
0° C
992 hpa
0.2 m
5 s
12h
11 kts
max 20 kts
2° C
991 hpa
0.2 m
2 s
15h
8 kts
max 18 kts
3° C
991 hpa
0.1 m
1 s
18h
9 kts
max 22 kts
1° C
991 hpa
0.1 m
1 s
21h
9 kts
max 23 kts
1° C
990 hpa
0.1 m
1 s
Tuesday, Jan 13
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
10 kts
max 26 kts
1° C
988 hpa
0.1 m
1 s
03h
13 kts
max 32 kts
2° C
984 hpa
0.1 m
1 s
06h
14 kts
max 35 kts
3° C
980 hpa
0.1 m
1 s
09h
16 kts
max 34 kts
4° C
978 hpa
0.1 m
1 s
12h
14 kts
max 29 kts
5° C
976 hpa
0.1 m
1 s
15h
13 kts
max 24 kts
6° C
976 hpa
0.1 m
1 s
18h
13 kts
max 23 kts
4° C
979 hpa
0.1 m
1 s
21h
13 kts
max 22 kts
2° C
981 hpa
0.1 m
1 s
Wednesday, Jan 14
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
13 kts
max 21 kts
2° C
982 hpa
0.1 m
2 s
03h
12 kts
max 19 kts
1° C
985 hpa
0.2 m
2 s
06h
14 kts
max 18 kts
-2° C
988 hpa
0.3 m
3 s
09h
14 kts
max 19 kts
-3° C
992 hpa
0.4 m
5 s
12h
14 kts
max 18 kts
-2° C
994 hpa
0.5 m
6 s
15h
14 kts
max 17 kts
-2° C
996 hpa
0.6 m
7 s
18h
13 kts
max 17 kts
-3° C
998 hpa
0.7 m
7 s
21h
11 kts
max 15 kts
-2° C
998 hpa
Thursday, Jan 15
Wind
Weather
00h
8 kts
max 11 kts
-3° C
999 hpa
03h
5 kts
max 6 kts
-3° C
999 hpa
06h
3 kts
max 4 kts
-4° C
999 hpa
09h
5 kts
max 5 kts
-3° C
999 hpa
12h
7 kts
max 7 kts
-2° C
997 hpa
15h
8 kts
max 10 kts
-1° C
995 hpa
18h
10 kts
max 15 kts
-1° C
994 hpa
21h
12 kts
max 21 kts
-1° C
992 hpa
Friday, Jan 16
Wind
Weather
00h
13 kts
max 26 kts
-1° C
991 hpa
03h
15 kts
max 30 kts
-1° C
988 hpa
06h
16 kts
max 33 kts
-2° C
986 hpa
09h
16 kts
max 30 kts
-2° C
986 hpa
12h
15 kts
max 28 kts
0° C
984 hpa
15h
14 kts
max 26 kts
3° C
984 hpa
18h
13 kts
max 24 kts
2° C
985 hpa
21h
11 kts
max 22 kts
0° C
986 hpa
Saturday, Jan 17
Wind
Weather
00h
9 kts
max 20 kts
-1° C
986 hpa
03h
9 kts
max 16 kts
-1° C
986 hpa
06h
9 kts
max 14 kts
-2° C
986 hpa
09h
7 kts
max 10 kts
-2° C
985 hpa
12h
11 kts
max 12 kts
-4° C
984 hpa
15h
14 kts
max 17 kts
-5° C
985 hpa
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General
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Forecast
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