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Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / h)
Air temperature (°C)
Feels like (°C)
Relative humidity (%)
Air pressure (hPa)
Wave direction
Wave height (m)
Wave period (s)
Tide type
Time
Tide height (m)

Wednesday, Jan 21

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
139° SE
00h
139° SE
22 kts
max 33 kts
84%
0.06 mm
6° C
1
94%
995 hpa
164° sse
3.3 m
9 s
00:23
2.1 m
135° SE
01h
135° SE
22 kts
max 32 kts
96%
6° C
1
91%
994 hpa
164° sse
3.4 m
10 s
2.0 m
136° SE
02h
136° SE
22 kts
max 35 kts
99%
6° C
0
92%
994 hpa
164° sse
3.5 m
10 s
1.8 m
135° SE
03h
135° SE
21 kts
max 35 kts
99%
5° C
0
93%
993 hpa
164° sse
3.6 m
10 s
1.4 m
135° SE
04h
135° SE
22 kts
max 37 kts
99%
5° C
0
92%
993 hpa
163° sse
3.7 m
10 s
1.1 m
134° SE
05h
134° SE
23 kts
max 37 kts
99%
5° C
0
90%
992 hpa
163° sse
3.9 m
10 s
0.9 m
135° SE
06h
135° SE
24 kts
max 39 kts
99%
0.06 mm
5° C
-1
91%
992 hpa
163° sse
4.0 m
10 s
06:09
0.8 m
131° SE
07h
131° SE
24 kts
max 38 kts
99%
0.15 mm
4° C
-2
91%
991 hpa
162° sse
4.2 m
10 s
0.8 m
131° SE
08h
131° SE
24 kts
max 38 kts
99%
0.08 mm
4° C
-2
88%
991 hpa
162° sse
4.3 m
10 s
1.1 m
130° SE
09h
130° SE
25 kts
max 38 kts
99%
4° C
-3
87%
991 hpa
161° sse
4.5 m
10 s
1.4 m
129° SE
10h
129° SE
25 kts
max 39 kts
99%
4° C
-3
87%
991 hpa
160° sse
4.6 m
10 s
1.8 m
129° SE
11h
129° SE
26 kts
max 39 kts
99%
4° C
-3
86%
990 hpa
159° sse
4.7 m
11 s
2.1 m
131° SE
12h
131° SE
26 kts
max 40 kts
99%
3° C
-3
87%
990 hpa
158° sse
4.8 m
11 s
12:23
2.3 m
126° SE
13h
126° SE
26 kts
max 40 kts
99%
0.08 mm
3° C
-3
88%
990 hpa
155° sse
5.0 m
11 s
2.2 m
134° SE
14h
134° SE
25 kts
max 40 kts
99%
1.28 mm
3° C
-4
96%
989 hpa
152° sse
5.2 m
11 s
2.0 m
131° SE
15h
131° SE
24 kts
max 40 kts
99%
2.11 mm
3° C
-4
98%
989 hpa
148° sse
5.4 m
11 s
1.6 m
132° SE
16h
132° SE
24 kts
max 40 kts
99%
0.41 mm
3° C
-3
96%
989 hpa
148° sse
5.4 m
11 s
1.2 m
138° SE
17h
138° SE
25 kts
max 32 kts
99%
0.23 mm
4° C
-3
93%
989 hpa
147° sse
5.5 m
12 s
0.8 m
137° SE
18h
137° SE
25 kts
max 39 kts
99%
0.2 mm
4° C
-3
92%
989 hpa
147° sse
5.5 m
12 s
0.6 m
138° SE
19h
138° SE
26 kts
max 32 kts
99%
0.09 mm
3° C
-3
91%
989 hpa
146° se
5.6 m
12 s
18:40
0.5 m
137° SE
20h
137° SE
26 kts
max 41 kts
99%
0.3 mm
3° C
-3
93%
989 hpa
145° se
5.6 m
12 s
0.7 m
136° SE
21h
136° SE
26 kts
max 42 kts
99%
0.95 mm
3° C
-4
94%
989 hpa
144° se
5.7 m
12 s
1.0 m
136° SE
22h
136° SE
26 kts
max 43 kts
99%
1.13 mm
3° C
-3
95%
989 hpa
143° se
5.8 m
12 s
1.3 m
140° SE
23h
140° SE
27 kts
max 38 kts
99%
1.45 mm
4° C
-3
93%
989 hpa
142° se
5.8 m
12 s
1.7 m
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / h)
Air temperature (°C)
Feels like (°C)
Relative humidity (%)
Air pressure (hPa)
Wave direction
Wave height (m)
Wave period (s)
Tide type
Time
Tide height (m)

Thursday, Jan 22

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
142° SE
00h
142° SE
27 kts
max 43 kts
99%
0.66 mm
4° C
-3
93%
989 hpa
141° se
5.9 m
12 s
1.9 m
140° SE
01h
140° SE
28 kts
max 43 kts
99%
0.38 mm
3° C
-3
92%
989 hpa
140° se
6.0 m
12 s
00:59
2.0 m
140° SE
02h
140° SE
27 kts
max 43 kts
99%
0.08 mm
3° C
-4
93%
989 hpa
140° se
6.0 m
12 s
1.9 m
141° SE
03h
141° SE
27 kts
max 43 kts
99%
3° C
-4
92%
990 hpa
139° se
6.0 m
12 s
1.6 m
141° SE
04h
141° SE
27 kts
max 42 kts
99%
3° C
-4
91%
990 hpa
138° se
6.0 m
12 s
1.3 m
141° SE
05h
141° SE
27 kts
max 41 kts
99%
3° C
-4
92%
990 hpa
138° se
6.0 m
12 s
1.0 m
139° SE
06h
139° SE
26 kts
max 42 kts
99%
0.11 mm
3° C
-4
92%
990 hpa
137° se
6.0 m
12 s
0.8 m
138° SE
07h
138° SE
27 kts
max 42 kts
99%
0.08 mm
3° C
-4
91%
991 hpa
136° se
6.0 m
12 s
06:45
0.7 m
138° SE
08h
138° SE
27 kts
max 42 kts
99%
0.07 mm
3° C
-4
91%
991 hpa
136° se
6.0 m
12 s
0.9 m
141° SE
09h
141° SE
26 kts
max 41 kts
99%
0.07 mm
3° C
-4
91%
992 hpa
135° se
6.0 m
12 s
1.2 m
140° SE
10h
140° SE
26 kts
max 40 kts
99%
0.09 mm
3° C
-4
92%
992 hpa
135° se
6.0 m
12 s
1.6 m
141° SE
11h
141° SE
25 kts
max 39 kts
99%
0.06 mm
3° C
-4
91%
992 hpa
135° se
6.0 m
12 s
1.9 m
137° SE
12h
137° SE
26 kts
max 40 kts
99%
0.09 mm
3° C
-4
91%
992 hpa
135° se
5.9 m
12 s
2.1 m
139° SE
13h
139° SE
25 kts
max 40 kts
99%
0.07 mm
3° C
-4
91%
993 hpa
135° se
5.9 m
12 s
12:59
2.3 m
136° SE
14h
136° SE
25 kts
max 39 kts
99%
0.07 mm
3° C
-4
89%
993 hpa
135° se
5.8 m
12 s
2.1 m
132° SE
15h
132° SE
25 kts
max 39 kts
99%
0.22 mm
2° C
-5
88%
993 hpa
135° se
5.8 m
11 s
1.8 m
131° SE
16h
131° SE
26 kts
max 39 kts
99%
0.21 mm
2° C
-5
88%
993 hpa
137° se
5.7 m
12 s
1.4 m
129° SE
17h
129° SE
26 kts
max 39 kts
99%
0.11 mm
2° C
-5
87%
993 hpa
139° se
5.6 m
12 s
1.0 m
130° SE
18h
130° SE
25 kts
max 38 kts
99%
2° C
-6
86%
993 hpa
141° se
5.6 m
12 s
0.7 m
130° SE
19h
130° SE
25 kts
max 36 kts
99%
1° C
-6
86%
993 hpa
142° se
5.6 m
12 s
19:16
0.5 m
131° SE
20h
131° SE
25 kts
max 35 kts
99%
1° C
-6
85%
994 hpa
142° se
5.5 m
12 s
0.6 m
133° SE
21h
133° SE
25 kts
max 37 kts
99%
1° C
-6
86%
994 hpa
143° se
5.5 m
12 s
0.8 m
132° SE
22h
132° SE
25 kts
max 36 kts
99%
0.12 mm
1° C
-6
85%
994 hpa
143° se
5.5 m
12 s
1.1 m
132° SE
23h
132° SE
24 kts
max 36 kts
99%
0.06 mm
1° C
-6
84%
994 hpa
143° se
5.5 m
12 s
1.4 m
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / h)
Air temperature (°C)
Feels like (°C)
Relative humidity (%)
Air pressure (hPa)
Wave direction
Wave height (m)
Wave period (s)
Tide type
Time
Tide height (m)

Friday, Jan 23

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
132° SE
00h
132° SE
24 kts
max 36 kts
99%
0.05 mm
1° C
-6
84%
994 hpa
143° se
5.5 m
12 s
1.8 m
130° SE
01h
130° SE
24 kts
max 36 kts
99%
1° C
-6
84%
994 hpa
144° se
5.4 m
12 s
2.0 m
127° SE
02h
127° SE
24 kts
max 36 kts
99%
1° C
-6
83%
994 hpa
145° se
5.4 m
12 s
01:36
2.0 m
129° SE
03h
129° SE
24 kts
max 35 kts
99%
1° C
-6
81%
994 hpa
146° se
5.3 m
12 s
1.8 m
129° SE
04h
129° SE
24 kts
max 35 kts
99%
1° C
-6
81%
994 hpa
146° se
5.3 m
12 s
1.5 m
129° SE
05h
129° SE
24 kts
max 35 kts
99%
1° C
-6
79%
994 hpa
146° se
5.2 m
12 s
1.2 m
127° SE
06h
127° SE
24 kts
max 34 kts
99%
1° C
-6
79%
994 hpa
146° se
5.2 m
12 s
0.9 m
125° SE
07h
125° SE
24 kts
max 33 kts
99%
0.05 mm
1° C
-6
79%
995 hpa
146° se
5.1 m
12 s
07:22
0.7 m
125° SE
08h
125° SE
24 kts
max 33 kts
99%
0.05 mm
1° C
-6
79%
995 hpa
147° sse
5.1 m
12 s
0.8 m
125° SE
09h
125° SE
23 kts
max 33 kts
99%
1° C
-7
78%
995 hpa
147° sse
5.0 m
12 s
1.0 m
125° SE
10h
125° SE
23 kts
max 31 kts
91%
1° C
-7
77%
995 hpa
147° sse
5.0 m
12 s
1.3 m
124° SE
11h
124° SE
23 kts
max 32 kts
95%
1° C
-6
75%
996 hpa
147° sse
4.9 m
12 s
1.6 m
123° ESE
12h
123° ESE
22 kts
max 31 kts
99%
1° C
-6
74%
996 hpa
147° sse
4.8 m
12 s
2.0 m
124° SE
13h
124° SE
22 kts
max 30 kts
99%
1° C
-6
74%
996 hpa
147° sse
4.7 m
12 s
2.2 m
124° SE
14h
124° SE
21 kts
max 29 kts
99%
1° C
-6
76%
996 hpa
147° sse
4.6 m
12 s
13:38
2.2 m
124° SE
15h
124° SE
21 kts
max 29 kts
99%
1° C
-6
77%
996 hpa
148° sse
4.6 m
11 s
2.0 m
123° ESE
16h
123° ESE
20 kts
max 29 kts
99%
1° C
-6
78%
996 hpa
148° sse
4.5 m
11 s
1.6 m
122° ESE
17h
122° ESE
19 kts
max 27 kts
99%
1° C
-6
79%
997 hpa
148° sse
4.4 m
11 s
1.2 m
121° ESE
18h
121° ESE
19 kts
max 27 kts
99%
0.09 mm
1° C
-6
78%
997 hpa
148° sse
4.3 m
11 s
0.9 m
121° ESE
19h
121° ESE
19 kts
max 27 kts
99%
0.1 mm
1° C
-6
79%
997 hpa
148° sse
4.3 m
11 s
0.6 m
122° ESE
20h
122° ESE
19 kts
max 26 kts
99%
0.09 mm
1° C
-5
79%
997 hpa
148° sse
4.2 m
11 s
19:55
0.5 m
122° ESE
21h
122° ESE
18 kts
max 26 kts
99%
0.08 mm
1° C
-5
79%
998 hpa
148° sse
4.1 m
11 s
0.7 m
123° ESE
22h
123° ESE
18 kts
max 25 kts
99%
1° C
-5
79%
998 hpa
148° sse
4.0 m
11 s
0.9 m
122° ESE
23h
122° ESE
17 kts
max 24 kts
99%
1° C
-5
79%
998 hpa
148° sse
4.0 m
11 s
1.2 m

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