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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)

Tuesday, Jan 13

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
211° SSW
00h
211° SSW
18 kts
max 26 kts
95%
0.17 mm
7° C
2
93%
975 hpa
174° s
3.4 m
10 s
00:28
1.0 m
231° SW
01h
231° SW
13 kts
max 21 kts
40%
6° C
2
93%
976 hpa
173° s
3.2 m
10 s
1.1 m
240° WSW
02h
240° WSW
13 kts
max 19 kts
99%
7° C
3
88%
977 hpa
172° s
3.0 m
10 s
1.1 m
263° W
03h
263° W
11 kts
max 16 kts
99%
0.07 mm
6° C
3
86%
978 hpa
172° s
2.9 m
10 s
1.3 m
278° W
04h
278° W
9 kts
max 15 kts
39%
4° C
0
90%
979 hpa
171° s
2.7 m
10 s
1.4 m
245° WSW
05h
245° WSW
6 kts
max 12 kts
59%
3° C
0
93%
980 hpa
170° s
2.6 m
9 s
1.6 m
266° W
06h
266° W
4 kts
max 10 kts
63%
4° C
3
89%
980 hpa
169° s
2.5 m
9 s
06:25
1.7 m
225° SW
07h
225° SW
4 kts
max 9 kts
72%
4° C
2
92%
981 hpa
166° sse
2.4 m
9 s
1.7 m
226° SW
08h
226° SW
6 kts
max 11 kts
72%
2° C
-1
89%
981 hpa
163° sse
2.3 m
9 s
1.6 m
266° W
09h
266° W
4 kts
max 11 kts
80%
0.42 mm
5° C
3
96%
982 hpa
160° sse
2.2 m
9 s
1.5 m
245° WSW
10h
245° WSW
6 kts
max 10 kts
99%
4° C
1
95%
982 hpa
153° sse
2.2 m
9 s
1.4 m
220° SW
11h
220° SW
4 kts
max 9 kts
99%
4° C
2
95%
982 hpa
146° se
2.1 m
9 s
1.2 m
218° SW
12h
218° SW
5 kts
max 10 kts
99%
4° C
2
95%
982 hpa
139° se
2.1 m
9 s
1.2 m
227° SW
13h
227° SW
5 kts
max 10 kts
31%
4° C
2
90%
982 hpa
133° se
2.0 m
9 s
13:13
1.1 m
218° SW
14h
218° SW
5 kts
max 8 kts
99%
3° C
1
90%
981 hpa
128° se
2.0 m
9 s
1.1 m
223° SW
15h
223° SW
5 kts
max 9 kts
99%
5° C
3
92%
981 hpa
123° ese
2.0 m
9 s
1.2 m
239° WSW
16h
239° WSW
5 kts
max 7 kts
99%
3° C
0
91%
981 hpa
121° ese
1.9 m
9 s
1.4 m
245° WSW
17h
245° WSW
5 kts
max 8 kts
96%
3° C
1
91%
981 hpa
119° ese
1.9 m
9 s
1.5 m
296° WNW
18h
296° WNW
5 kts
max 10 kts
99%
0.13 mm
4° C
2
96%
980 hpa
117° ese
1.8 m
9 s
1.6 m
304° NW
19h
304° NW
6 kts
max 11 kts
99%
0.16 mm
3° C
0
96%
980 hpa
119° ese
1.7 m
9 s
18:59
1.7 m
294° WNW
20h
294° WNW
7 kts
max 14 kts
92%
3° C
0
91%
980 hpa
121° ese
1.7 m
9 s
1.6 m
288° WNW
21h
288° WNW
8 kts
max 16 kts
72%
3° C
0
96%
979 hpa
123° ese
1.6 m
9 s
1.6 m
296° WNW
22h
296° WNW
11 kts
max 19 kts
65%
4° C
0
93%
979 hpa
134° se
1.6 m
8 s
1.4 m
288° WNW
23h
288° WNW
12 kts
max 17 kts
53%
4° C
-1
87%
979 hpa
146° se
1.6 m
8 s
1.2 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)

Wednesday, Jan 14

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
285° WNW
00h
285° WNW
15 kts
max 20 kts
56%
4° C
-1
86%
979 hpa
158° sse
1.6 m
8 s
1.1 m
283° WNW
01h
283° WNW
16 kts
max 21 kts
68%
4° C
-1
82%
979 hpa
174° s
1.5 m
8 s
1.1 m
280° W
02h
280° W
16 kts
max 20 kts
88%
4° C
-1
79%
979 hpa
192° ssw
1.5 m
8 s
01:33
1.1 m
280° W
03h
280° W
15 kts
max 20 kts
96%
4° C
-1
79%
979 hpa
208° ssw
1.5 m
8 s
1.2 m
273° W
04h
273° W
14 kts
max 19 kts
76%
4° C
-1
83%
979 hpa
210° ssw
1.5 m
8 s
1.3 m
286° WNW
05h
286° WNW
17 kts
max 21 kts
95%
0.15 mm
4° C
-1
88%
980 hpa
212° ssw
1.4 m
8 s
1.5 m
284° WNW
06h
284° WNW
17 kts
max 22 kts
99%
0.16 mm
4° C
-1
88%
981 hpa
215° sw
1.4 m
8 s
1.6 m
282° WNW
07h
282° WNW
17 kts
max 22 kts
99%
0.11 mm
4° C
-1
89%
982 hpa
219° sw
1.4 m
7 s
1.7 m
292° WNW
08h
292° WNW
14 kts
max 19 kts
99%
0.15 mm
4° C
-1
91%
983 hpa
224° sw
1.3 m
7 s
07:38
1.8 m
300° WNW
09h
300° WNW
12 kts
max 17 kts
99%
0.11 mm
4° C
0
90%
984 hpa
228° sw
1.3 m
7 s
1.7 m
286° WNW
10h
286° WNW
11 kts
max 17 kts
99%
0.13 mm
4° C
-1
87%
986 hpa
227° sw
1.2 m
7 s
1.6 m
276° W
11h
276° W
9 kts
max 13 kts
51%
4° C
0
84%
986 hpa
227° sw
1.2 m
7 s
1.4 m
262° W
12h
262° W
9 kts
max 14 kts
40%
4° C
0
77%
987 hpa
226° sw
1.1 m
7 s
1.2 m
250° WSW
13h
250° WSW
9 kts
max 13 kts
60%
4° C
0
81%
987 hpa
227° sw
1.1 m
7 s
1.1 m
238° WSW
14h
238° WSW
8 kts
max 15 kts
74%
3° C
0
83%
987 hpa
228° sw
1.0 m
7 s
14:18
1.0 m
229° SW
15h
229° SW
11 kts
max 13 kts
91%
4° C
0
80%
987 hpa
228° sw
1.0 m
7 s
1.1 m
213° SSW
16h
213° SSW
9 kts
max 15 kts
56%
3° C
-1
92%
987 hpa
230° sw
1.0 m
6 s
1.2 m
206° SSW
17h
206° SSW
12 kts
max 18 kts
92%
4° C
0
91%
987 hpa
232° sw
1.0 m
6 s
1.3 m
198° SSW
18h
198° SSW
13 kts
max 20 kts
76%
4° C
0
92%
987 hpa
234° sw
1.0 m
6 s
1.5 m
202° SSW
19h
202° SSW
13 kts
max 21 kts
79%
5° C
0
89%
986 hpa
231° sw
1.1 m
6 s
1.6 m
194° SSW
20h
194° SSW
14 kts
max 22 kts
85%
5° C
0
89%
986 hpa
227° sw
1.1 m
6 s
20:20
1.7 m
189° S
21h
189° S
14 kts
max 23 kts
99%
5° C
0
86%
986 hpa
224° sw
1.2 m
6 s
1.7 m
188° S
22h
188° S
15 kts
max 22 kts
99%
5° C
0
87%
985 hpa
219° sw
1.3 m
6 s
1.6 m
187° S
23h
187° S
16 kts
max 23 kts
99%
0.26 mm
4° C
-1
90%
985 hpa
214° sw
1.4 m
6 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)

Thursday, Jan 15

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
186° S
00h
186° S
16 kts
max 26 kts
99%
5° C
0
93%
984 hpa
209° ssw
1.5 m
6 s
1.3 m
187° S
01h
187° S
18 kts
max 26 kts
99%
0.19 mm
5° C
0
93%
983 hpa
205° ssw
1.6 m
6 s
1.1 m
191° S
02h
191° S
19 kts
max 23 kts
99%
0.34 mm
5° C
0
93%
982 hpa
201° ssw
1.8 m
7 s
02:27
1.0 m
191° S
03h
191° S
19 kts
max 24 kts
99%
0.13 mm
5° C
0
94%
982 hpa
198° ssw
1.9 m
7 s
1.1 m
191° S
04h
191° S
18 kts
max 23 kts
99%
0.27 mm
5° C
0
94%
981 hpa
196° ssw
1.9 m
7 s
1.2 m
191° S
05h
191° S
18 kts
max 22 kts
99%
0.35 mm
5° C
0
94%
980 hpa
194° ssw
2.0 m
7 s
1.4 m
191° S
06h
191° S
18 kts
max 22 kts
99%
0.37 mm
5° C
0
93%
980 hpa
192° ssw
2.1 m
7 s
1.5 m
194° SSW
07h
194° SSW
17 kts
max 23 kts
99%
0.78 mm
5° C
0
95%
980 hpa
194° ssw
2.1 m
8 s
1.7 m
196° SSW
08h
196° SSW
15 kts
max 22 kts
99%
1.0 mm
4° C
-1
95%
980 hpa
195° ssw
2.1 m
8 s
1.8 m
186° S
09h
186° S
15 kts
max 22 kts
99%
1.16 mm
5° C
0
96%
980 hpa
196° ssw
2.1 m
8 s
08:41
1.8 m
194° SSW
10h
194° SSW
11 kts
max 19 kts
99%
0.85 mm
4° C
0
96%
980 hpa
200° ssw
2.1 m
8 s
1.8 m
203° SSW
11h
203° SSW
9 kts
max 15 kts
99%
0.8 mm
4° C
1
96%
980 hpa
204° ssw
2.1 m
8 s
1.6 m
205° SSW
12h
205° SSW
8 kts
max 14 kts
99%
0.36 mm
4° C
1
96%
980 hpa
208° ssw
2.0 m
8 s
1.4 m
228° SW
13h
228° SW
9 kts
max 14 kts
82%
0.12 mm
5° C
2
98%
980 hpa
210° ssw
2.0 m
8 s
1.2 m
232° SW
14h
232° SW
10 kts
max 13 kts
95%
5° C
2
96%
980 hpa
211° ssw
2.0 m
8 s
1.0 m
221° SW
15h
221° SW
9 kts
max 16 kts
92%
6° C
2
96%
980 hpa
213° ssw
1.9 m
8 s
15:08
1.0 m
231° SW
16h
231° SW
10 kts
max 15 kts
95%
6° C
2
92%
981 hpa
213° ssw
1.9 m
8 s
1.0 m
222° SW
17h
222° SW
10 kts
max 15 kts
99%
5° C
1
93%
982 hpa
213° ssw
1.9 m
8 s
1.2 m
209° SSW
18h
209° SSW
8 kts
max 17 kts
99%
5° C
2
93%
982 hpa
213° ssw
1.8 m
8 s
1.3 m
206° SSW
19h
206° SSW
10 kts
max 16 kts
99%
5° C
1
93%
983 hpa
213° ssw
1.8 m
8 s
1.5 m
190° S
20h
190° S
11 kts
max 16 kts
56%
0.09 mm
5° C
1
94%
984 hpa
213° ssw
1.8 m
8 s
1.7 m
225° SW
21h
225° SW
9 kts
max 16 kts
47%
0.69 mm
5° C
1
93%
984 hpa
214° sw
1.8 m
8 s
21:19
1.8 m
203° SSW
22h
203° SSW
9 kts
max 15 kts
40%
0.16 mm
5° C
2
93%
985 hpa
213° ssw
1.8 m
8 s
1.8 m
210° SSW
23h
210° SSW
8 kts
max 13 kts
59%
5° C
2
93%
985 hpa
212° ssw
1.7 m
8 s
1.6 m

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