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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 08

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
134° SE
00h
134° SE
9 kts
max 12 kts
99%
0° C
-5
67%
989 hpa
143° se
1.7 m
9 s
1.5 m
136° SE
01h
136° SE
7 kts
max 12 kts
99%
-1° C
-6
71%
989 hpa
142° se
1.7 m
9 s
1.8 m
139° SE
02h
139° SE
8 kts
max 12 kts
99%
0° C
-4
66%
989 hpa
141° se
1.6 m
9 s
02:11
2.0 m
139° SE
03h
139° SE
9 kts
max 13 kts
99%
0° C
-5
66%
989 hpa
140° se
1.6 m
9 s
1.9 m
132° SE
04h
132° SE
9 kts
max 12 kts
99%
1° C
-4
64%
989 hpa
138° se
1.6 m
9 s
1.6 m
130° SE
05h
130° SE
10 kts
max 13 kts
99%
0° C
-5
68%
989 hpa
137° se
1.5 m
9 s
1.4 m
134° SE
06h
134° SE
11 kts
max 13 kts
99%
1° C
-4
64%
988 hpa
136° se
1.5 m
9 s
1.1 m
136° SE
07h
136° SE
12 kts
max 15 kts
99%
1° C
-4
65%
988 hpa
137° se
1.5 m
9 s
0.9 m
138° SE
08h
138° SE
12 kts
max 16 kts
99%
1° C
-4
68%
988 hpa
139° se
1.6 m
8 s
07:50
0.9 m
149° SSE
09h
149° SSE
13 kts
max 18 kts
99%
0.11 mm
1° C
-4
81%
988 hpa
141° se
1.6 m
8 s
1.0 m
153° SSE
10h
153° SSE
14 kts
max 18 kts
99%
0.6 mm
1° C
-5
86%
988 hpa
145° se
1.6 m
8 s
1.2 m
142° SE
11h
142° SE
15 kts
max 21 kts
99%
0.93 mm
1° C
-5
90%
987 hpa
149° sse
1.7 m
8 s
1.5 m
145° SE
12h
145° SE
20 kts
max 24 kts
92%
1.01 mm
1° C
-5
84%
987 hpa
153° sse
1.8 m
7 s
1.8 m
148° SSE
13h
148° SSE
18 kts
max 24 kts
92%
0.12 mm
1° C
-5
92%
986 hpa
156° sse
1.8 m
7 s
2.0 m
142° SE
14h
142° SE
18 kts
max 25 kts
99%
0.69 mm
1° C
-5
96%
986 hpa
160° sse
1.9 m
7 s
14:14
2.2 m
138° SE
15h
138° SE
18 kts
max 24 kts
99%
0.44 mm
1° C
-5
96%
986 hpa
163° sse
1.9 m
7 s
2.1 m
185° S
16h
185° S
13 kts
max 20 kts
88%
2.41 mm
2° C
-3
97%
985 hpa
166° sse
2.0 m
7 s
1.9 m
170° S
17h
170° S
19 kts
max 22 kts
99%
2.77 mm
3° C
-3
97%
984 hpa
168° sse
2.0 m
7 s
1.5 m
175° S
18h
175° S
15 kts
max 19 kts
99%
0.16 mm
3° C
-2
91%
984 hpa
170° s
2.1 m
7 s
1.2 m
161° SSE
19h
161° SSE
18 kts
max 22 kts
99%
0.1 mm
3° C
-3
97%
984 hpa
171° s
2.2 m
7 s
0.8 m
167° SSE
20h
167° SSE
12 kts
max 20 kts
99%
3° C
-2
99%
984 hpa
172° s
2.2 m
7 s
0.6 m
192° SSW
21h
192° SSW
17 kts
max 22 kts
99%
0.05 mm
3° C
-2
91%
984 hpa
173° s
2.3 m
7 s
20:38
0.6 m
187° S
22h
187° S
15 kts
max 22 kts
99%
3° C
-2
92%
984 hpa
173° s
2.3 m
7 s
0.7 m
176° S
23h
176° S
22 kts
max 26 kts
87%
0.49 mm
3° C
-3
92%
985 hpa
173° s
2.2 m
7 s
1.0 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 09

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
177° S
00h
177° S
18 kts
max 24 kts
99%
0.14 mm
3° C
-3
92%
985 hpa
174° s
2.2 m
7 s
1.3 m
172° S
01h
172° S
19 kts
max 22 kts
99%
0.39 mm
3° C
-3
88%
985 hpa
174° s
2.2 m
7 s
1.6 m
172° S
02h
172° S
17 kts
max 20 kts
99%
3° C
-3
84%
986 hpa
173° s
2.1 m
7 s
1.8 m
173° S
03h
173° S
14 kts
max 18 kts
72%
2° C
-3
85%
986 hpa
173° s
2.0 m
7 s
02:54
1.8 m
174° S
04h
174° S
12 kts
max 20 kts
99%
3° C
-2
91%
986 hpa
173° s
2.1 m
7 s
1.7 m
179° S
05h
179° S
12 kts
max 20 kts
95%
2° C
-3
90%
987 hpa
172° s
2.2 m
7 s
1.5 m
165° SSE
06h
165° SSE
16 kts
max 20 kts
99%
3° C
-2
97%
987 hpa
172° s
2.2 m
8 s
1.3 m
166° SSE
07h
166° SSE
17 kts
max 18 kts
97%
0.16 mm
3° C
-3
89%
988 hpa
169° s
2.4 m
8 s
1.1 m
165° SSE
08h
165° SSE
17 kts
max 19 kts
88%
2° C
-3
88%
989 hpa
165° sse
2.5 m
8 s
1.0 m
162° SSE
09h
162° SSE
17 kts
max 17 kts
99%
3° C
-3
86%
990 hpa
162° sse
2.6 m
8 s
08:33
0.9 m
166° SSE
10h
166° SSE
16 kts
max 21 kts
99%
2° C
-4
87%
991 hpa
159° sse
2.7 m
9 s
1.1 m
156° SSE
11h
156° SSE
17 kts
max 21 kts
99%
3° C
-3
90%
992 hpa
157° sse
2.9 m
9 s
1.3 m
164° SSE
12h
164° SSE
17 kts
max 23 kts
99%
3° C
-3
90%
992 hpa
154° sse
3.0 m
9 s
1.5 m
175° S
13h
175° S
17 kts
max 24 kts
99%
2° C
-4
90%
992 hpa
155° sse
3.1 m
9 s
1.8 m
161° SSE
14h
161° SSE
21 kts
max 23 kts
99%
0.2 mm
2° C
-4
87%
993 hpa
156° sse
3.2 m
9 s
2.0 m
167° SSE
15h
167° SSE
18 kts
max 21 kts
99%
3° C
-3
82%
994 hpa
156° sse
3.3 m
9 s
15:00
2.1 m
168° SSE
16h
168° SSE
18 kts
max 20 kts
99%
2° C
-4
79%
995 hpa
156° sse
3.4 m
10 s
2.0 m
166° SSE
17h
166° SSE
18 kts
max 19 kts
99%
2° C
-4
83%
995 hpa
156° sse
3.4 m
10 s
1.7 m
166° SSE
18h
166° SSE
17 kts
max 18 kts
99%
2° C
-4
81%
996 hpa
157° sse
3.5 m
10 s
1.4 m
166° SSE
19h
166° SSE
17 kts
max 17 kts
99%
2° C
-4
79%
997 hpa
157° sse
3.5 m
10 s
1.1 m
166° SSE
20h
166° SSE
16 kts
max 16 kts
99%
2° C
-4
80%
998 hpa
158° sse
3.5 m
10 s
0.9 m
167° SSE
21h
167° SSE
16 kts
max 17 kts
99%
2° C
-4
79%
998 hpa
159° sse
3.5 m
10 s
21:26
0.8 m
166° SSE
22h
166° SSE
17 kts
max 17 kts
99%
2° C
-4
83%
999 hpa
159° sse
3.4 m
10 s
0.8 m
169° S
23h
169° S
16 kts
max 16 kts
99%
1° C
-4
79%
999 hpa
160° sse
3.4 m
10 s
0.9 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)

Saturday, Jan 10

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
172° S
00h
172° S
15 kts
max 18 kts
99%
1° C
-4
77%
999 hpa
160° sse
3.4 m
11 s
1.1 m
175° S
01h
175° S
16 kts
max 19 kts
99%
2° C
-4
79%
1000 hpa
161° sse
3.3 m
11 s
1.3 m
175° S
02h
175° S
14 kts
max 18 kts
99%
1° C
-4
77%
1000 hpa
161° sse
3.3 m
11 s
1.6 m
179° S
03h
179° S
15 kts
max 19 kts
99%
2° C
-4
81%
1000 hpa
161° sse
3.3 m
11 s
1.7 m
174° S
04h
174° S
15 kts
max 19 kts
99%
2° C
-4
84%
1000 hpa
161° sse
3.2 m
11 s
03:39
1.8 m
172° S
05h
172° S
14 kts
max 17 kts
99%
2° C
-4
81%
1001 hpa
161° sse
3.2 m
11 s
1.6 m
174° S
06h
174° S
17 kts
max 20 kts
99%
2° C
-4
84%
1001 hpa
162° sse
3.2 m
11 s
1.4 m
178° S
07h
178° S
17 kts
max 22 kts
99%
0.06 mm
2° C
-4
87%
1001 hpa
161° sse
3.1 m
11 s
1.2 m
176° S
08h
176° S
18 kts
max 24 kts
99%
0.65 mm
2° C
-4
94%
1001 hpa
161° sse
3.1 m
11 s
1.1 m
172° S
09h
172° S
18 kts
max 23 kts
99%
0.37 mm
2° C
-4
85%
1001 hpa
161° sse
3.1 m
10 s
09:20
1.0 m
183° S
10h
183° S
17 kts
max 21 kts
99%
2° C
-4
78%
1002 hpa
161° sse
3.1 m
10 s
1.0 m
180° S
11h
180° S
19 kts
max 23 kts
99%
2° C
-4
87%
1002 hpa
161° sse
3.1 m
10 s
1.1 m
183° S
12h
183° S
18 kts
max 21 kts
99%
2° C
-3
84%
1001 hpa
162° sse
3.1 m
10 s
1.3 m
187° S
13h
187° S
18 kts
max 22 kts
99%
0.07 mm
3° C
-3
86%
1001 hpa
161° sse
3.1 m
10 s
1.5 m
194° SSW
14h
194° SSW
17 kts
max 25 kts
99%
0.65 mm
3° C
-3
92%
1001 hpa
161° sse
3.1 m
10 s
1.7 m
197° SSW
15h
197° SSW
17 kts
max 21 kts
99%
1.13 mm
3° C
-3
84%
1001 hpa
161° sse
3.0 m
10 s
1.9 m
192° SSW
16h
192° SSW
16 kts
max 21 kts
88%
3° C
-3
90%
1001 hpa
161° sse
3.0 m
10 s
15:49
1.9 m
203° SSW
17h
203° SSW
16 kts
max 20 kts
99%
3° C
-2
84%
1000 hpa
162° sse
3.0 m
10 s
1.8 m
199° SSW
18h
199° SSW
17 kts
max 22 kts
31%
3° C
-3
86%
1000 hpa
162° sse
3.0 m
10 s
1.6 m
202° SSW
19h
202° SSW
17 kts
max 22 kts
31%
3° C
-3
86%
1000 hpa
162° sse
2.9 m
10 s
1.4 m
201° SSW
20h
201° SSW
16 kts
max 22 kts
0%
3° C
-3
85%
1000 hpa
162° sse
2.9 m
10 s
1.1 m
203° SSW
21h
203° SSW
16 kts
max 22 kts
55%
3° C
-3
86%
1000 hpa
162° sse
2.9 m
9 s
1.0 m
200° SSW
22h
200° SSW
16 kts
max 21 kts
99%
3° C
-2
85%
1000 hpa
162° sse
2.8 m
9 s
22:18
0.9 m
197° SSW
23h
197° SSW
16 kts
max 22 kts
75%
3° C
-3
88%
999 hpa
162° sse
2.8 m
9 s
0.9 m

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