Daily forecast
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Last update: 11:35 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
Saturday, Sep 20
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
24 kts
max 34 kts
13° C
1003 hpa
1.6 m
8 s
04h
21 kts
max 26 kts
13° C
1002 hpa
1.6 m
8 s
07h
25 kts
max 26 kts
12° C
1005 hpa
1.7 m
7 s
10h
21 kts
max 22 kts
12° C
1007 hpa
1.7 m
7 s
13h
23 kts
max 24 kts
0.8 mm
11° C
1009 hpa
1.9 m
7 s
16h
21 kts
max 23 kts
11° C
1011 hpa
1.9 m
7 s
19h
22 kts
max 22 kts
11° C
1011 hpa
1.8 m
8 s
22h
23 kts
max 24 kts
10° C
1012 hpa
1.7 m
7 s
Sunday, Sep 21
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
29 kts
max 31 kts
0.79 mm
11° C
1011 hpa
2.0 m
7 s
04h
32 kts
max 34 kts
0.88 mm
10° C
1012 hpa
2.3 m
8 s
07h
30 kts
max 31 kts
0.57 mm
10° C
1013 hpa
2.6 m
8 s
10h
28 kts
max 31 kts
0.45 mm
10° C
1016 hpa
2.6 m
9 s
13h
28 kts
max 29 kts
0.75 mm
10° C
1019 hpa
2.5 m
9 s
16h
25 kts
max 26 kts
10° C
1021 hpa
2.3 m
10 s
19h
23 kts
max 24 kts
10° C
1023 hpa
2.1 m
11 s
22h
19 kts
max 23 kts
11° C
1023 hpa
1.9 m
12 s
Monday, Sep 22
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
23 kts
max 24 kts
0.44 mm
11° C
1023 hpa
1.9 m
10 s
04h
24 kts
max 27 kts
0.74 mm
12° C
1022 hpa
1.9 m
10 s
07h
26 kts
max 28 kts
12° C
1022 hpa
1.8 m
9 s
10h
26 kts
max 29 kts
12° C
1023 hpa
1.7 m
9 s
13h
26 kts
max 30 kts
12° C
1023 hpa
1.7 m
9 s
16h
26 kts
max 30 kts
12° C
1023 hpa
1.7 m
8 s
19h
24 kts
max 28 kts
12° C
1024 hpa
1.6 m
8 s
22h
22 kts
max 24 kts
12° C
1024 hpa
1.5 m
8 s
Tuesday, Sep 23
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
20 kts
max 22 kts
12° C
1025 hpa
1.3 m
8 s
04h
15 kts
max 18 kts
12° C
1025 hpa
1.1 m
9 s
07h
12 kts
max 14 kts
0.5 mm
12° C
1027 hpa
1.0 m
8 s
10h
11 kts
max 13 kts
0.51 mm
13° C
1028 hpa
0.9 m
9 s
13h
10 kts
max 11 kts
13° C
1028 hpa
0.8 m
10 s
16h
13 kts
max 13 kts
13° C
1029 hpa
0.8 m
11 s
19h
9 kts
max 10 kts
13° C
1029 hpa
0.7 m
10 s
22h
4 kts
max 6 kts
13° C
1030 hpa
0.7 m
10 s
Wednesday, Sep 24
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
8 kts
max 10 kts
12° C
1030 hpa
0.8 m
10 s
04h
14 kts
max 15 kts
13° C
1029 hpa
0.8 m
9 s
07h
10 kts
max 10 kts
12° C
1029 hpa
0.8 m
10 s
10h
11 kts
max 12 kts
12° C
1029 hpa
0.8 m
9 s
13h
11 kts
max 12 kts
12° C
1029 hpa
0.8 m
9 s
16h
12 kts
max 13 kts
12° C
1028 hpa
0.8 m
9 s
19h
10 kts
max 13 kts
13° C
1027 hpa
0.8 m
9 s
22h
11 kts
max 14 kts
13° C
1027 hpa
0.8 m
8 s
Thursday, Sep 25
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
9 kts
max 12 kts
13° C
1026 hpa
0.8 m
8 s
04h
10 kts
max 13 kts
13° C
1025 hpa
0.8 m
8 s
07h
12 kts
max 13 kts
12° C
1025 hpa
0.8 m
7 s
10h
12 kts
max 12 kts
12° C
1025 hpa
0.8 m
7 s
13h
16 kts
max 18 kts
13° C
1025 hpa
0.9 m
8 s
16h
17 kts
max 21 kts
13° C
1024 hpa
0.9 m
8 s
19h
15 kts
max 21 kts
14° C
1023 hpa
0.9 m
8 s
22h
17 kts
max 24 kts
14° C
1023 hpa
1.0 m
8 s
Friday, Sep 26
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
20 kts
max 26 kts
14° C
1023 hpa
1.1 m
8 s
04h
21 kts
max 25 kts
13° C
1023 hpa
1.2 m
9 s
07h
17 kts
max 21 kts
13° C
1023 hpa
1.2 m
8 s
10h
19 kts
max 24 kts
13° C
1024 hpa
1.2 m
8 s
13h
14 kts
max 18 kts
14° C
1024 hpa
1.4 m
8 s
16h
14 kts
max 17 kts
14° C
1024 hpa
1.4 m
8 s
19h
6 kts
max 7 kts
14° C
1024 hpa
1.5 m
8 s
22h
3 kts
max 4 kts
14° C
1025 hpa
1.6 m
8 s
Saturday, Sep 27
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
5 kts
max 6 kts
14° C
1025 hpa
1.6 m
8 s
04h
9 kts
max 10 kts
14° C
1024 hpa
1.6 m
8 s
07h
11 kts
max 13 kts
13° C
1024 hpa
1.5 m
8 s
10h
11 kts
max 14 kts
13° C
1024 hpa
1.5 m
8 s
13h
10 kts
max 11 kts
13° C
1024 hpa
1.4 m
8 s
16h
12 kts
max 17 kts
14° C
1023 hpa
1.3 m
8 s
19h
19 kts
max 26 kts
14° C
1023 hpa
1.2 m
8 s
22h
19 kts
max 25 kts
13° C
1023 hpa
1.3 m
8 s
Sunday, Sep 28
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
17 kts
max 23 kts
13° C
1024 hpa
1.2 m
8 s
04h
14 kts
max 17 kts
13° C
1024 hpa
1.2 m
8 s
07h
13 kts
max 17 kts
13° C
1023 hpa
1.2 m
8 s
10h
17 kts
max 24 kts
13° C
1024 hpa
1.2 m
8 s
13h
20 kts
max 29 kts
13° C
1023 hpa
1.2 m
8 s
16h
18 kts
max 26 kts
13° C
1023 hpa
1.1 m
8 s
19h
18 kts
max 25 kts
14° C
1022 hpa
1.1 m
8 s
22h
18 kts
max 25 kts
13° C
1022 hpa
1.1 m
8 s
Monday, Sep 29
Wind
Weather
Waves
01h
16 kts
max 23 kts
13° C
1021 hpa
1.1 m
8 s
04h
15 kts
max 21 kts
13° C
1020 hpa
1.1 m
8 s
07h
14 kts
max 18 kts
13° C
1019 hpa
1.1 m
8 s
10h
16 kts
max 22 kts
13° C
1018 hpa
1.1 m
8 s
13h
15 kts
max 21 kts
13° C
1017 hpa
1.0 m
8 s
16h
16 kts
max 23 kts
13° C
1016 hpa
1.0 m
8 s
19h
16 kts
max 22 kts
13° C
1015 hpa
1.0 m
8 s
22h
17 kts
max 23 kts
13° C
1015 hpa
1.0 m
8 s
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