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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)

Wednesday, Jan 14

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
23° NNE
00h
23° NNE
11 kts
max 17 kts
62%
7° C
3
84%
1000 hpa
227° sw
1.2 m
11 s
00:07
1.3 m
19° NNE
01h
19° NNE
9 kts
max 14 kts
0%
6° C
3
87%
1001 hpa
227° sw
1.2 m
11 s
1.4 m
25° NNE
02h
25° NNE
9 kts
max 13 kts
0%
6° C
2
89%
1000 hpa
227° sw
1.1 m
11 s
1.5 m
26° NNE
03h
26° NNE
9 kts
max 12 kts
2%
5° C
2
90%
1001 hpa
227° sw
1.1 m
11 s
1.6 m
28° NNE
04h
28° NNE
8 kts
max 11 kts
2%
5° C
2
91%
1002 hpa
227° sw
1.0 m
11 s
1.7 m
34° NE
05h
34° NE
7 kts
max 10 kts
16%
4° C
1
93%
1002 hpa
227° sw
1.0 m
11 s
1.7 m
49° NE
06h
49° NE
7 kts
max 8 kts
38%
4° C
2
93%
1002 hpa
227° sw
0.9 m
11 s
1.7 m
37° NE
07h
37° NE
6 kts
max 7 kts
51%
3° C
0
99%
1003 hpa
227° sw
0.9 m
11 s
1.8 m
40° NE
08h
40° NE
7 kts
max 9 kts
62%
3° C
-1
99%
1003 hpa
227° sw
0.9 m
11 s
08:24
1.8 m
55° NE
09h
55° NE
7 kts
max 9 kts
62%
3° C
0
100%
1003 hpa
227° sw
0.9 m
11 s
1.8 m
67° ENE
10h
67° ENE
7 kts
max 10 kts
62%
3° C
0
99%
1003 hpa
227° sw
0.9 m
10 s
1.7 m
92° E
11h
92° E
7 kts
max 10 kts
65%
5° C
2
97%
1003 hpa
227° sw
0.8 m
10 s
1.5 m
115° ESE
12h
115° ESE
9 kts
max 12 kts
99%
6° C
3
93%
1002 hpa
227° sw
0.8 m
10 s
1.3 m
124° SE
13h
124° SE
11 kts
max 13 kts
99%
7° C
4
94%
1001 hpa
227° sw
0.8 m
10 s
12:55
1.3 m
128° SE
14h
128° SE
12 kts
max 14 kts
99%
8° C
4
96%
1000 hpa
227° sw
0.8 m
10 s
1.4 m
163° SSE
15h
163° SSE
10 kts
max 12 kts
99%
9° C
6
100%
999 hpa
227° sw
0.8 m
10 s
1.5 m
201° SSW
16h
201° SSW
17 kts
max 23 kts
99%
0.08 mm
9° C
5
100%
999 hpa
227° sw
0.9 m
10 s
1.6 m
213° SSW
17h
213° SSW
17 kts
max 25 kts
99%
9° C
5
96%
998 hpa
228° sw
0.9 m
10 s
1.6 m
196° SSW
18h
196° SSW
18 kts
max 24 kts
99%
9° C
5
97%
998 hpa
228° sw
0.9 m
11 s
1.6 m
197° SSW
19h
197° SSW
19 kts
max 26 kts
99%
0.05 mm
9° C
5
98%
997 hpa
226° sw
1.0 m
9 s
1.6 m
201° SSW
20h
201° SSW
22 kts
max 28 kts
99%
0.26 mm
9° C
5
98%
997 hpa
224° sw
1.1 m
7 s
1.7 m
273° W
21h
273° W
14 kts
max 20 kts
83%
2.01 mm
8° C
5
87%
997 hpa
222° sw
1.1 m
6 s
1.7 m
246° WSW
22h
246° WSW
12 kts
max 18 kts
99%
8° C
4
92%
997 hpa
222° sw
1.2 m
5 s
21:41
1.7 m
245° WSW
23h
245° WSW
16 kts
max 21 kts
99%
9° C
5
83%
997 hpa
222° sw
1.3 m
5 s
1.6 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
234° SW
00h
234° SW
18 kts
max 25 kts
77%
0.05 mm
9° C
4
87%
996 hpa
222° sw
1.4 m
4 s
1.4 m
226° SW
01h
226° SW
20 kts
max 25 kts
54%
9° C
5
91%
996 hpa
223° sw
1.5 m
5 s
01:14
1.3 m
225° SW
02h
225° SW
21 kts
max 28 kts
89%
9° C
5
94%
995 hpa
223° sw
1.6 m
5 s
1.3 m
226° SW
03h
226° SW
17 kts
max 24 kts
68%
0.21 mm
9° C
5
95%
995 hpa
224° sw
1.7 m
6 s
1.5 m
264° W
04h
264° W
14 kts
max 22 kts
99%
9° C
6
94%
995 hpa
224° sw
1.6 m
6 s
1.7 m
235° SW
05h
235° SW
10 kts
max 17 kts
99%
9° C
6
96%
994 hpa
225° sw
1.6 m
6 s
1.7 m
219° SW
06h
219° SW
8 kts
max 12 kts
99%
9° C
7
96%
994 hpa
225° sw
1.6 m
6 s
1.8 m
177° S
07h
177° S
6 kts
max 10 kts
99%
0.12 mm
9° C
7
98%
993 hpa
225° sw
1.6 m
6 s
1.8 m
226° SW
08h
226° SW
12 kts
max 22 kts
99%
5.48 mm
9° C
6
99%
993 hpa
224° sw
1.6 m
6 s
1.8 m
195° SSW
09h
195° SSW
15 kts
max 25 kts
99%
2.37 mm
9° C
6
99%
992 hpa
224° sw
1.6 m
6 s
1.8 m
184° S
10h
184° S
23 kts
max 31 kts
99%
1.94 mm
9° C
5
97%
991 hpa
221° sw
1.7 m
8 s
09:44
1.8 m
184° S
11h
184° S
23 kts
max 32 kts
99%
2.37 mm
9° C
4
97%
990 hpa
218° sw
1.8 m
10 s
1.7 m
175° S
12h
175° S
24 kts
max 34 kts
99%
1.65 mm
9° C
4
96%
989 hpa
215° sw
1.9 m
12 s
1.5 m
187° S
13h
187° S
28 kts
max 39 kts
99%
1.81 mm
8° C
3
96%
987 hpa
215° sw
2.1 m
12 s
1.2 m
179° S
14h
179° S
22 kts
max 31 kts
99%
2.82 mm
8° C
4
97%
986 hpa
215° sw
2.2 m
12 s
13:46
1.1 m
178° S
15h
178° S
23 kts
max 32 kts
99%
2.98 mm
8° C
4
97%
984 hpa
215° sw
2.3 m
13 s
1.3 m
182° S
16h
182° S
28 kts
max 41 kts
99%
1.13 mm
9° C
4
94%
982 hpa
217° sw
2.2 m
14 s
1.5 m
218° SW
17h
218° SW
19 kts
max 22 kts
99%
0.76 mm
9° C
4
96%
981 hpa
220° sw
2.2 m
15 s
1.6 m
319° NW
18h
319° NW
26 kts
max 38 kts
37%
5° C
-1
88%
984 hpa
222° sw
2.1 m
15 s
1.6 m
307° NW
19h
307° NW
24 kts
max 35 kts
0%
5° C
-1
87%
987 hpa
224° sw
2.0 m
16 s
1.6 m
291° WNW
20h
291° WNW
18 kts
max 27 kts
0%
5° C
0
90%
989 hpa
226° sw
1.9 m
16 s
1.7 m
281° W
21h
281° W
17 kts
max 25 kts
54%
6° C
1
90%
990 hpa
227° sw
1.8 m
16 s
1.7 m
268° W
22h
268° W
15 kts
max 20 kts
8%
6° C
2
90%
991 hpa
227° sw
1.8 m
16 s
1.8 m
264° W
23h
264° W
13 kts
max 18 kts
17%
6° C
2
90%
992 hpa
228° sw
1.7 m
17 s
22:45
1.8 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 16

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
260° W
00h
260° W
14 kts
max 18 kts
16%
7° C
3
86%
992 hpa
228° sw
1.6 m
17 s
1.6 m
234° SW
01h
234° SW
14 kts
max 20 kts
59%
8° C
5
81%
992 hpa
228° sw
1.6 m
17 s
1.4 m
205° SSW
02h
205° SSW
15 kts
max 20 kts
75%
9° C
5
80%
992 hpa
228° sw
1.6 m
17 s
02:03
1.2 m
189° S
03h
189° S
20 kts
max 25 kts
99%
9° C
4
83%
992 hpa
228° sw
1.6 m
16 s
1.3 m
208° SSW
04h
208° SSW
24 kts
max 30 kts
88%
1.56 mm
8° C
3
94%
991 hpa
228° sw
1.6 m
16 s
1.6 m
223° SW
05h
223° SW
22 kts
max 28 kts
99%
9° C
4
87%
991 hpa
229° sw
1.7 m
15 s
1.8 m
254° WSW
06h
254° WSW
14 kts
max 19 kts
90%
0.11 mm
8° C
4
89%
992 hpa
229° sw
1.8 m
15 s
1.8 m
236° SW
07h
236° SW
21 kts
max 23 kts
46%
0.15 mm
9° C
4
84%
993 hpa
229° sw
1.8 m
15 s
07:16
1.8 m
238° WSW
08h
238° WSW
16 kts
max 21 kts
25%
8° C
4
81%
993 hpa
230° sw
1.8 m
15 s
1.8 m
229° SW
09h
229° SW
19 kts
max 22 kts
42%
9° C
5
79%
994 hpa
230° sw
1.8 m
15 s
09:23
1.8 m
215° SW
10h
215° SW
18 kts
max 21 kts
16%
9° C
5
83%
995 hpa
230° sw
1.8 m
14 s
1.8 m
215° SW
11h
215° SW
18 kts
max 23 kts
10%
9° C
5
77%
995 hpa
229° sw
1.8 m
14 s
10:44
1.8 m
209° SSW
12h
209° SSW
21 kts
max 25 kts
19%
9° C
5
83%
995 hpa
229° sw
1.8 m
14 s
1.7 m
215° SW
13h
215° SW
19 kts
max 25 kts
62%
9° C
5
85%
995 hpa
229° sw
1.8 m
14 s
1.3 m
218° SW
14h
218° SW
21 kts
max 28 kts
33%
9° C
4
85%
995 hpa
228° sw
1.8 m
13 s
14:27
1.0 m
220° SW
15h
220° SW
16 kts
max 20 kts
57%
0.14 mm
9° C
5
90%
996 hpa
228° sw
1.8 m
13 s
1.0 m
216° SW
16h
216° SW
22 kts
max 26 kts
27%
0.33 mm
9° C
4
85%
996 hpa
228° sw
1.8 m
14 s
1.3 m
211° SSW
17h
211° SSW
19 kts
max 22 kts
25%
9° C
5
85%
997 hpa
228° sw
1.8 m
15 s
1.5 m
204° SSW
18h
204° SSW
16 kts
max 20 kts
28%
9° C
5
86%
997 hpa
228° sw
1.8 m
15 s
1.6 m
200° SSW
19h
200° SSW
15 kts
max 19 kts
34%
9° C
5
84%
998 hpa
228° sw
1.8 m
16 s
1.7 m
227° SW
20h
227° SW
16 kts
max 19 kts
64%
0.16 mm
8° C
5
88%
998 hpa
229° sw
1.8 m
16 s
19:54
1.7 m
214° SW
21h
214° SW
7 kts
max 10 kts
59%
0.48 mm
8° C
6
88%
999 hpa
229° sw
1.8 m
16 s
21:12
1.7 m
194° SSW
22h
194° SSW
15 kts
max 18 kts
94%
9° C
6
85%
999 hpa
229° sw
1.8 m
16 s
1.7 m
186° S
23h
186° S
16 kts
max 17 kts
88%
9° C
5
88%
999 hpa
229° sw
1.8 m
16 s
1.8 m

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