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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
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
46° NE
07h
46° NE
7 kts
max 7 kts
0%
5° C
2
86%
1003 hpa
227° sw
0.9 m
11 s
1.8 m
46° NE
08h
46° NE
7 kts
max 8 kts
49%
5° C
2
88%
1003 hpa
227° sw
0.9 m
11 s
08:24
1.8 m
71° ENE
09h
71° ENE
7 kts
max 8 kts
89%
5° C
2
87%
1003 hpa
227° sw
0.9 m
11 s
1.8 m
102° ESE
10h
102° ESE
9 kts
max 11 kts
99%
6° C
2
86%
1003 hpa
227° sw
0.9 m
10 s
1.7 m
112° ESE
11h
112° ESE
9 kts
max 12 kts
99%
0.05 mm
6° C
3
89%
1003 hpa
227° sw
0.8 m
10 s
1.5 m
119° ESE
12h
119° ESE
12 kts
max 14 kts
99%
0.23 mm
7° C
3
94%
1002 hpa
227° sw
0.8 m
10 s
1.3 m
121° ESE
13h
121° ESE
12 kts
max 15 kts
99%
7° C
4
96%
1001 hpa
227° sw
0.9 m
10 s
12:55
1.3 m
144° SE
14h
144° SE
12 kts
max 16 kts
99%
0.07 mm
8° C
5
98%
1000 hpa
227° sw
0.9 m
10 s
1.4 m
193° SSW
15h
193° SSW
14 kts
max 21 kts
99%
0.13 mm
9° C
5
100%
999 hpa
227° sw
0.9 m
10 s
1.5 m
200° SSW
16h
200° SSW
16 kts
max 21 kts
76%
9° C
5
99%
998 hpa
226° sw
0.9 m
10 s
1.6 m
200° SSW
17h
200° SSW
16 kts
max 20 kts
99%
8° C
4
100%
998 hpa
225° sw
1.0 m
9 s
1.6 m
203° SSW
18h
203° SSW
17 kts
max 22 kts
99%
9° C
5
99%
998 hpa
223° sw
1.0 m
9 s
1.6 m
198° SSW
19h
198° SSW
19 kts
max 26 kts
97%
9° C
5
98%
997 hpa
223° sw
1.1 m
8 s
1.6 m
211° SSW
20h
211° SSW
18 kts
max 28 kts
99%
0.3 mm
9° C
5
96%
997 hpa
222° sw
1.1 m
6 s
1.7 m
258° WSW
21h
258° WSW
16 kts
max 24 kts
99%
3.56 mm
8° C
4
90%
997 hpa
222° sw
1.2 m
5 s
1.7 m
244° WSW
22h
244° WSW
12 kts
max 19 kts
69%
8° C
5
91%
996 hpa
222° sw
1.2 m
5 s
21:41
1.7 m
248° WSW
23h
248° WSW
17 kts
max 23 kts
41%
8° C
4
84%
996 hpa
223° sw
1.3 m
4 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
233° SW
00h
233° SW
19 kts
max 26 kts
54%
8° C
4
87%
996 hpa
223° sw
1.4 m
4 s
1.4 m
225° SW
01h
225° SW
21 kts
max 30 kts
84%
9° C
5
91%
996 hpa
224° sw
1.4 m
5 s
01:14
1.3 m
226° SW
02h
226° SW
19 kts
max 26 kts
70%
9° C
5
94%
995 hpa
225° sw
1.6 m
5 s
1.3 m
218° SW
03h
218° SW
23 kts
max 33 kts
97%
0.11 mm
9° C
5
95%
994 hpa
225° sw
1.7 m
6 s
1.5 m
253° WSW
04h
253° WSW
18 kts
max 23 kts
99%
0.23 mm
9° C
5
96%
994 hpa
225° sw
1.6 m
6 s
1.7 m
245° WSW
05h
245° WSW
13 kts
max 17 kts
99%
9° C
6
97%
994 hpa
226° sw
1.6 m
6 s
1.7 m
229° SW
06h
229° SW
8 kts
max 12 kts
99%
9° C
6
98%
994 hpa
226° sw
1.6 m
6 s
1.8 m
199° SSW
07h
199° SSW
6 kts
max 7 kts
99%
0.23 mm
9° C
7
99%
993 hpa
225° sw
1.6 m
6 s
1.8 m
190° S
08h
190° S
5 kts
max 12 kts
99%
1.06 mm
9° C
7
100%
992 hpa
223° sw
1.6 m
6 s
1.8 m
200° SSW
09h
200° SSW
20 kts
max 27 kts
99%
1.08 mm
9° C
5
98%
992 hpa
222° sw
1.6 m
6 s
1.8 m
199° SSW
10h
199° SSW
20 kts
max 26 kts
99%
2.85 mm
9° C
5
96%
991 hpa
217° sw
1.8 m
7 s
09:44
1.8 m
180° S
11h
180° S
19 kts
max 25 kts
99%
1.58 mm
8° C
4
98%
990 hpa
213° ssw
2.0 m
9 s
1.7 m
177° S
12h
177° S
26 kts
max 35 kts
99%
2.51 mm
8° C
4
95%
989 hpa
208° ssw
2.3 m
10 s
1.5 m
180° S
13h
180° S
25 kts
max 36 kts
99%
1.84 mm
8° C
3
96%
987 hpa
209° ssw
2.4 m
10 s
1.2 m
176° S
14h
176° S
26 kts
max 37 kts
99%
2.64 mm
8° C
3
97%
985 hpa
210° ssw
2.5 m
10 s
13:46
1.1 m
182° S
15h
182° S
27 kts
max 35 kts
99%
2.34 mm
8° C
3
96%
984 hpa
211° ssw
2.6 m
10 s
1.3 m
188° S
16h
188° S
33 kts
max 43 kts
99%
0.81 mm
9° C
3
93%
982 hpa
212° ssw
2.5 m
11 s
1.5 m
230° SW
17h
230° SW
21 kts
max 25 kts
99%
0.34 mm
8° C
4
95%
982 hpa
214° sw
2.5 m
12 s
1.6 m
298° WNW
18h
298° WNW
25 kts
max 34 kts
99%
5° C
-1
90%
984 hpa
216° sw
2.4 m
12 s
1.6 m
296° WNW
19h
296° WNW
22 kts
max 32 kts
27%
5° C
-1
88%
986 hpa
219° sw
2.3 m
13 s
1.6 m
283° WNW
20h
283° WNW
18 kts
max 26 kts
4%
5° C
0
89%
988 hpa
222° sw
2.2 m
14 s
1.7 m
276° W
21h
276° W
18 kts
max 26 kts
0%
6° C
1
88%
989 hpa
225° sw
2.1 m
15 s
1.7 m
271° W
22h
271° W
18 kts
max 27 kts
0%
6° C
2
90%
990 hpa
226° sw
2.0 m
16 s
1.8 m
266° W
23h
266° W
16 kts
max 22 kts
0%
7° C
2
88%
991 hpa
226° sw
1.9 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
256° WSW
00h
256° WSW
15 kts
max 20 kts
26%
7° C
3
85%
992 hpa
227° sw
1.8 m
17 s
1.6 m
236° SW
01h
236° SW
16 kts
max 22 kts
27%
8° C
4
80%
992 hpa
227° sw
1.7 m
17 s
1.4 m
221° SW
02h
221° SW
15 kts
max 20 kts
73%
8° C
5
81%
992 hpa
227° sw
1.7 m
17 s
02:03
1.2 m
203° SSW
03h
203° SSW
17 kts
max 22 kts
44%
9° C
5
81%
992 hpa
228° sw
1.6 m
16 s
1.3 m
193° SSW
04h
193° SSW
20 kts
max 27 kts
85%
9° C
4
86%
992 hpa
228° sw
1.6 m
16 s
1.6 m
204° SSW
05h
204° SSW
24 kts
max 31 kts
99%
0.23 mm
8° C
4
93%
992 hpa
229° sw
1.7 m
16 s
1.8 m
226° SW
06h
226° SW
18 kts
max 24 kts
24%
8° C
4
84%
992 hpa
229° sw
1.7 m
16 s
1.8 m
214° SW
07h
214° SW
20 kts
max 26 kts
70%
0.08 mm
8° C
4
86%
993 hpa
230° sw
1.7 m
16 s
07:16
1.8 m
226° SW
08h
226° SW
15 kts
max 18 kts
26%
0.83 mm
8° C
5
85%
993 hpa
230° sw
1.7 m
16 s
1.8 m
222° SW
09h
222° SW
15 kts
max 22 kts
29%
0.56 mm
8° C
4
86%
994 hpa
230° sw
1.7 m
16 s
09:23
1.8 m
223° SW
10h
223° SW
13 kts
max 18 kts
13%
8° C
5
83%
995 hpa
230° sw
1.7 m
15 s
1.8 m
220° SW
11h
220° SW
16 kts
max 20 kts
46%
9° C
5
82%
995 hpa
229° sw
1.7 m
15 s
10:44
1.8 m
207° SSW
12h
207° SSW
20 kts
max 25 kts
22%
0.41 mm
9° C
4
86%
995 hpa
229° sw
1.8 m
14 s
1.7 m
202° SSW
13h
202° SSW
19 kts
max 24 kts
12%
9° C
4
87%
995 hpa
229° sw
1.8 m
14 s
1.3 m
204° SSW
14h
204° SSW
20 kts
max 25 kts
26%
9° C
5
86%
996 hpa
229° sw
1.8 m
14 s
14:27
1.0 m
196° SSW
15h
196° SSW
19 kts
max 23 kts
39%
9° C
5
87%
996 hpa
228° sw
1.8 m
13 s
1.0 m
192° SSW
16h
192° SSW
19 kts
max 23 kts
39%
9° C
5
87%
996 hpa
229° sw
1.8 m
14 s
1.3 m
188° S
17h
188° S
20 kts
max 23 kts
56%
9° C
5
86%
997 hpa
229° sw
1.8 m
14 s
1.5 m
189° S
18h
189° S
22 kts
max 25 kts
17%
9° C
5
83%
997 hpa
229° sw
1.8 m
15 s
1.6 m
190° S
19h
190° S
21 kts
max 24 kts
34%
9° C
5
85%
998 hpa
229° sw
1.8 m
15 s
1.7 m
190° S
20h
190° S
18 kts
max 22 kts
37%
9° C
5
85%
998 hpa
229° sw
1.8 m
16 s
19:54
1.7 m
189° S
21h
189° S
18 kts
max 22 kts
38%
9° C
5
87%
999 hpa
229° sw
1.8 m
16 s
21:12
1.7 m
185° S
22h
185° S
17 kts
max 21 kts
39%
9° C
5
89%
999 hpa
229° sw
1.8 m
16 s
1.7 m
188° S
23h
188° S
17 kts
max 20 kts
39%
9° C
5
88%
999 hpa
229° sw
1.8 m
16 s
1.8 m

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