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Last update: 10:35 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / 3h)
Air temperature (°C)
Air pressure (hPa)

Friday, Sep 12

Wind
Weather
00h
284° WNW
6 kts
max 11 kts
99%
23° C
900 hpa
03h
336° NNW
7 kts
max 10 kts
99%
22° C
900 hpa
06h
326° NW
7 kts
max 12 kts
6%
19° C
901 hpa
09h
338° NNW
8 kts
max 10 kts
55%
24° C
902 hpa
12h
21° NNE
5 kts
max 5 kts
99%
29° C
901 hpa
15h
77° ENE
5 kts
max 5 kts
89%
32° C
900 hpa
18h
81° E
7 kts
max 10 kts
99%
30° C
899 hpa
21h
184° S
19 kts
max 28 kts
99%
0.94 mm
23° C
901 hpa

Saturday, Sep 13

Wind
Weather
00h
223° SW
7 kts
max 15 kts
99%
0.65 mm
23° C
900 hpa
03h
349° N
9 kts
max 17 kts
99%
18° C
900 hpa
06h
302° WNW
6 kts
max 8 kts
58%
1.03 mm
17° C
900 hpa
09h
23° NNE
3 kts
max 3 kts
99%
0.45 mm
20° C
900 hpa
12h
187° S
4 kts
max 5 kts
96%
25° C
900 hpa
15h
115° ESE
10 kts
max 10 kts
8%
28° C
898 hpa
18h
82° E
10 kts
max 10 kts
39%
26° C
898 hpa
21h
99° E
5 kts
max 11 kts
99%
0.66 mm
21° C
899 hpa
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / 3h)
Air temperature (°C)
Air pressure (hPa)

Sunday, Sep 14

Wind
Weather
00h
160° SSE
3 kts
max 8 kts
99%
5.35 mm
18° C
899 hpa
03h
330° NNW
11 kts
max 16 kts
99%
7.83 mm
17° C
898 hpa
06h
331° NNW
14 kts
max 24 kts
99%
4.05 mm
16° C
897 hpa
09h
314° NW
9 kts
max 20 kts
99%
0.68 mm
16° C
898 hpa
12h
249° WSW
2 kts
max 5 kts
99%
18° C
898 hpa
15h
141° SE
4 kts
max 6 kts
99%
18° C
898 hpa
18h
203° SSW
14 kts
max 20 kts
99%
16° C
898 hpa
21h
211° SSW
11 kts
max 20 kts
99%
16° C
898 hpa

Monday, Sep 15

Wind
Weather
00h
195° SSW
11 kts
max 20 kts
98%
16° C
899 hpa
03h
185° S
9 kts
max 15 kts
47%
15° C
898 hpa
06h
186° S
6 kts
max 10 kts
73%
15° C
898 hpa
09h
207° SSW
5 kts
max 8 kts
0%
21° C
899 hpa
12h
211° SSW
10 kts
max 14 kts
35%
30° C
899 hpa
15h
226° SW
13 kts
max 18 kts
56%
31° C
899 hpa
18h
181° S
5 kts
max 5 kts
99%
28° C
899 hpa
21h
330° NNW
2 kts
max 8 kts
99%
0.8 mm
21° C
903 hpa
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / 3h)
Air temperature (°C)
Air pressure (hPa)

Tuesday, Sep 16

Wind
Weather
00h
263° W
6 kts
max 14 kts
50%
20° C
902 hpa
03h
303° WNW
6 kts
max 8 kts
92%
20° C
902 hpa
06h
295° WNW
2 kts
max 3 kts
18%
17° C
904 hpa
09h
324° NW
12 kts
max 18 kts
12%
19° C
905 hpa
12h
353° N
14 kts
max 14 kts
10%
23° C
905 hpa
15h
338° NNW
15 kts
max 16 kts
51%
0.54 mm
21° C
906 hpa
18h
316° NW
8 kts
max 16 kts
48%
0.66 mm
20° C
905 hpa
21h
316° NW
9 kts
max 18 kts
99%
17° C
906 hpa

Wednesday, Sep 17

Wind
Weather
00h
310° NW
6 kts
max 12 kts
69%
15° C
907 hpa
03h
292° WNW
5 kts
max 6 kts
17%
15° C
907 hpa
06h
299° WNW
5 kts
max 7 kts
4%
14° C
907 hpa
09h
319° NW
5 kts
max 10 kts
58%
18° C
907 hpa
12h
14° NNE
3 kts
max 6 kts
96%
22° C
906 hpa
15h
110° ESE
4 kts
max 6 kts
62%
24° C
905 hpa
18h
89° E
5 kts
max 6 kts
0%
23° C
904 hpa
21h
148° SSE
4 kts
max 4 kts
0%
19° C
903 hpa
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / 3h)
Air temperature (°C)
Air pressure (hPa)

Thursday, Sep 18

Wind
Weather
00h
210° SSW
4 kts
max 4 kts
0%
17° C
903 hpa
03h
231° SW
5 kts
max 5 kts
0%
17° C
903 hpa
06h
294° WNW
7 kts
max 7 kts
0%
17° C
902 hpa
09h
348° NNW
14 kts
max 19 kts
0%
19° C
905 hpa
12h
10° N
15 kts
max 16 kts
0%
21° C
906 hpa
15h
18° NNE
14 kts
max 15 kts
0%
22° C
906 hpa
18h
32° NNE
11 kts
max 13 kts
0%
20° C
907 hpa
21h
47° NE
6 kts
max 12 kts
0%
15° C
909 hpa

Friday, Sep 19

Wind
Weather
00h
22° NNE
2 kts
max 2 kts
3%
13° C
910 hpa
03h
64° ENE
2 kts
max 3 kts
0%
12° C
911 hpa
06h
93° E
4 kts
max 7 kts
6%
10° C
911 hpa
09h
132° SE
9 kts
max 10 kts
98%
12° C
912 hpa
12h
131° SE
10 kts
max 11 kts
91%
15° C
911 hpa
15h
120° ESE
12 kts
max 13 kts
99%
18° C
910 hpa
18h
109° ESE
13 kts
max 15 kts
99%
16° C
908 hpa
21h
136° SE
7 kts
max 15 kts
75%
13° C
909 hpa
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / 3h)
Air temperature (°C)
Air pressure (hPa)

Saturday, Sep 20

Wind
Weather
00h
136° SE
8 kts
max 16 kts
67%
12° C
908 hpa
03h
143° SE
9 kts
max 18 kts
98%
11° C
905 hpa
06h
159° SSE
11 kts
max 21 kts
69%
12° C
904 hpa
09h
158° SSE
7 kts
max 9 kts
78%
15° C
904 hpa
12h
107° ESE
5 kts
max 5 kts
4%
20° C
903 hpa
15h
59° ENE
4 kts
max 4 kts
21%
23° C
901 hpa
18h
13° NNE
6 kts
max 8 kts
97%
21° C
901 hpa
21h
336° NNW
6 kts
max 9 kts
99%
0.54 mm
17° C
901 hpa

Sunday, Sep 21

Wind
Weather
00h
316° NW
3 kts
max 4 kts
99%
16° C
902 hpa
03h
330° NNW
13 kts
max 24 kts
0%
13° C
902 hpa
06h
330° NNW
13 kts
max 25 kts
0%
12° C
904 hpa
09h
357° N
12 kts
max 17 kts
14%
12° C
906 hpa
12h
26° NNE
8 kts
max 9 kts
0%
15° C
906 hpa
15h
75° ENE
8 kts
max 8 kts
0%
18° C
905 hpa

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