Daily forecast
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Last update: 19:36 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
Saturday, Jan 17
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
7 kts
max 9 kts
-4° C
1009 hpa
0.5 m
5 s
00:57
0.2
m
03h
6 kts
max 7 kts
-4° C
1009 hpa
0.5 m
5 s
0.2
m
06h
5 kts
max 5 kts
-4° C
1009 hpa
0.5 m
4 s
0.1
m
09h
4 kts
max 5 kts
-3° C
1010 hpa
0.4 m
4 s
09:35
0.0
m
12h
5 kts
max 8 kts
-1° C
1008 hpa
0.4 m
4 s
0.0
m
15h
7 kts
max 8 kts
-1° C
1007 hpa
0.3 m
4 s
0.1
m
18h
10 kts
max 15 kts
1.13 mm
-2° C
1008 hpa
0.3 m
4 s
18:21
0.2
m
21h
12 kts
max 17 kts
0.67 mm
-3° C
1008 hpa
0.3 m
4 s
21:03
0.2
m
Sunday, Jan 18
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
13 kts
max 18 kts
0.81 mm
-3° C
1008 hpa
0.4 m
4 s
0.2
m
03h
18 kts
max 24 kts
2.09 mm
-2° C
1009 hpa
0.6 m
4 s
01:44
0.2
m
06h
18 kts
max 21 kts
1.43 mm
-2° C
1012 hpa
1.0 m
7 s
0.1
m
09h
13 kts
max 17 kts
-2° C
1014 hpa
1.1 m
7 s
10:07
0.0
m
12h
9 kts
max 12 kts
0.65 mm
-1° C
1015 hpa
1.1 m
7 s
0.0
m
15h
9 kts
max 12 kts
0.4 mm
-1° C
1016 hpa
1.2 m
8 s
0.1
m
18h
6 kts
max 7 kts
-2° C
1017 hpa
1.2 m
7 s
18:25
0.2
m
21h
4 kts
max 4 kts
-3° C
1017 hpa
1.1 m
7 s
21:28
0.1
m
Monday, Jan 19
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
5 kts
max 5 kts
-5° C
1017 hpa
1.1 m
7 s
0.2
m
03h
6 kts
max 6 kts
-5° C
1016 hpa
0.9 m
7 s
02:27
0.2
m
06h
6 kts
max 6 kts
-5° C
1015 hpa
0.8 m
7 s
0.1
m
09h
5 kts
max 7 kts
-2° C
1014 hpa
0.7 m
7 s
0.0
m
12h
3 kts
max 5 kts
-1° C
1012 hpa
0.6 m
6 s
10:37
0.0
m
15h
3 kts
max 3 kts
0.66 mm
-1° C
1009 hpa
0.5 m
6 s
0.1
m
18h
1 kts
max 2 kts
2.1 mm
-2° C
1008 hpa
0.5 m
6 s
18:31
0.2
m
21h
8 kts
max 8 kts
1.7 mm
-2° C
1004 hpa
0.4 m
6 s
21:56
0.1
m
Tuesday, Jan 20
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
15 kts
max 18 kts
2.79 mm
-3° C
1002 hpa
0.5 m
5 s
0.2
m
03h
18 kts
max 23 kts
1.62 mm
-5° C
1000 hpa
0.6 m
5 s
03:07
0.2
m
06h
18 kts
max 23 kts
0.96 mm
-7° C
999 hpa
0.9 m
5 s
0.1
m
09h
21 kts
max 25 kts
1.05 mm
-7° C
999 hpa
1.1 m
6 s
12h
24 kts
max 30 kts
1.24 mm
-6° C
997 hpa
1.7 m
8 s
11:05
0.0
m
15h
30 kts
max 38 kts
2.27 mm
-3° C
994 hpa
2.3 m
9 s
0.1
m
18h
16 kts
max 22 kts
3.98 mm
-3° C
998 hpa
2.5 m
10 s
18:39
0.2
m
21h
25 kts
max 32 kts
8.27 mm
-4° C
1000 hpa
2.5 m
9 s
22:27
0.1
m
Wednesday, Jan 21
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
19 kts
max 22 kts
2.78 mm
-4° C
1002 hpa
2.3 m
9 s
0.1
m
03h
15 kts
max 18 kts
0.82 mm
-5° C
1003 hpa
1.9 m
9 s
03:48
0.2
m
06h
11 kts
max 13 kts
0.45 mm
-6° C
1004 hpa
1.7 m
8 s
0.2
m
09h
10 kts
max 14 kts
1.03 mm
-5° C
1004 hpa
1.5 m
8 s
0.0
m
12h
12 kts
max 14 kts
1.3 mm
-4° C
1003 hpa
1.4 m
8 s
11:31
0.0
m
15h
10 kts
max 12 kts
1.46 mm
-4° C
1003 hpa
1.2 m
7 s
0.1
m
18h
9 kts
max 11 kts
1.3 mm
-5° C
1003 hpa
1.1 m
7 s
18:48
0.2
m
21h
7 kts
max 8 kts
0.89 mm
-7° C
1003 hpa
1.0 m
7 s
0.1
m
Thursday, Jan 22
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
7 kts
max 8 kts
0.51 mm
-8° C
1003 hpa
1.0 m
7 s
23:03
0.1
m
03h
8 kts
max 8 kts
0.42 mm
-8° C
1003 hpa
0.9 m
7 s
0.2
m
06h
8 kts
max 8 kts
-8° C
1003 hpa
0.8 m
7 s
04:31
0.2
m
09h
9 kts
max 11 kts
0.4 mm
-5° C
1003 hpa
0.8 m
7 s
0.0
m
12h
7 kts
max 12 kts
2.19 mm
-4° C
1003 hpa
0.8 m
7 s
11:57
0.0
m
15h
6 kts
max 13 kts
3.18 mm
-4° C
1003 hpa
0.9 m
7 s
0.0
m
18h
6 kts
max 6 kts
0.56 mm
-7° C
1005 hpa
1.0 m
7 s
18:58
0.2
m
21h
7 kts
max 7 kts
0.51 mm
-6° C
1006 hpa
0.9 m
7 s
0.1
m
Friday, Jan 23
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
6 kts
max 11 kts
2.44 mm
-5° C
1006 hpa
0.9 m
6 s
23:43
0.1
m
03h
13 kts
max 17 kts
2.23 mm
-4° C
1006 hpa
0.9 m
6 s
0.1
m
06h
9 kts
max 11 kts
0.48 mm
-6° C
1007 hpa
0.8 m
6 s
05:20
0.2
m
09h
8 kts
max 10 kts
-5° C
1008 hpa
0.7 m
6 s
0.1
m
12h
10 kts
max 11 kts
0.85 mm
-4° C
1007 hpa
0.7 m
6 s
12:21
15h
9 kts
max 11 kts
0.99 mm
-4° C
1007 hpa
0.7 m
6 s
0.0
m
18h
7 kts
max 9 kts
0.81 mm
-6° C
1007 hpa
0.7 m
6 s
19:08
0.2
m
21h
6 kts
max 6 kts
-9° C
1007 hpa
0.7 m
6 s
0.1
m
Saturday, Jan 24
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
7 kts
max 7 kts
-8° C
1006 hpa
0.7 m
6 s
00:29
0.1
m
03h
6 kts
max 7 kts
0.44 mm
-8° C
1006 hpa
0.7 m
6 s
0.1
m
06h
6 kts
max 8 kts
0.47 mm
-8° C
1005 hpa
0.7 m
6 s
06:19
0.2
m
09h
6 kts
max 9 kts
1.14 mm
-7° C
1005 hpa
0.7 m
6 s
0.1
m
12h
11 kts
max 14 kts
1.01 mm
-5° C
1003 hpa
0.7 m
6 s
12:43
0.0
m
15h
17 kts
max 22 kts
0.72 mm
-5° C
1002 hpa
0.7 m
6 s
0.1
m
18h
20 kts
max 28 kts
1.23 mm
-3° C
999 hpa
0.7 m
6 s
19:19
0.2
m
21h
18 kts
max 23 kts
1.83 mm
-3° C
1000 hpa
0.7 m
6 s
0.1
m
Sunday, Jan 25
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
10 kts
max 14 kts
1.6 mm
-4° C
1000 hpa
0.8 m
6 s
01:20
0.0
m
03h
6 kts
max 6 kts
1.52 mm
-5° C
1000 hpa
0.8 m
6 s
0.1
m
06h
7 kts
max 7 kts
-8° C
1000 hpa
0.8 m
7 s
0.1
m
09h
8 kts
max 9 kts
-6° C
1001 hpa
0.9 m
7 s
07:37
0.1
m
12h
5 kts
max 5 kts
-5° C
1002 hpa
0.8 m
7 s
13:00
0.1
m
15h
3 kts
max 4 kts
-5° C
1003 hpa
0.9 m
7 s
0.1
m
18h
11 kts
max 14 kts
2.45 mm
-5° C
1006 hpa
0.9 m
7 s
0.2
m
21h
9 kts
max 12 kts
-6° C
1007 hpa
0.9 m
7 s
19:32
0.2
m
Monday, Jan 26
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
8 kts
max 11 kts
-7° C
1008 hpa
0.9 m
7 s
0.1
m
03h
8 kts
max 10 kts
-7° C
1009 hpa
0.9 m
7 s
02:21
0.0
m
06h
7 kts
max 8 kts
0.43 mm
-7° C
1010 hpa
0.9 m
7 s
0.1
m
09h
6 kts
max 8 kts
-5° C
1012 hpa
0.9 m
7 s
09:24
0.1
m
12h
7 kts
max 10 kts
0.45 mm
-3° C
1011 hpa
0.9 m
7 s
13:08
0.1
m
15h
9 kts
max 10 kts
0.78 mm
-3° C
1012 hpa
0.9 m
7 s
0.1
m
18h
5 kts
max 5 kts
-7° C
1013 hpa
0.9 m
7 s
0.2
m
21h
5 kts
max 5 kts
-7° C
1013 hpa
0.9 m
6 s
19:48
0.2
m
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Forecast
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