Details: the drivers behind the forecast St. Peter-Ording
This page shows the main drivers of the wind system on the lake as a forecast for the next 4 days. How the forecast works
Dashed lines are limits we derived from our measurements at the spot.
Wind: forecast and measurement
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Wind systems at this spot
At the measuring station in St. Peter-Ording the wind mostly comes from the west, south-west and north-west. On sunny days with weak upper winds, an onshore sea breeze blows from the west from April to September, strongest in the late afternoon.
The drivers
Upper wind west/east
Shown is the wind at about 1.5 km altitude (850 hPa) above the spot: upwards the share from the west, downwards the share from the east, plus the direction (right axis).
This wind depends on the large-scale weather pattern. When it blows strongly from one direction, the surface wind usually comes from a similar one.
Upper wind north/south
The wind is calculated and displayed at an altitude of approximately 1.5 km (850 hPa) above the spot: the northern component is shown at the top, and the southern component at the bottom.
A strong southern component precedes fronts, while a northern component often brings cooler air.
Sea breeze: land warmer than sea
Shown is the temperature on land (Oldenburg) minus the temperature over Helgoland, plus the wind at about 1.5 km height (right axis).
The sun heats the land much faster than the water. Over the warm land the air pressure drops and cooler air flows in from the sea. The sea breeze usually sets in around midday and only develops when the large-scale wind is weak.
In our measurements in St. Peter-Ording, with weak upper winds and land at least 3 degrees warmer, the wind blew onshore in the afternoon on 50 % of the days, with land hardly warmer on 37 %.
Wetterdaten: Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), Modelle u.a. DWD ICON – modifiziert (MOS-Windvorhersage) durch addicted-sports. Messdaten: Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD). · Open-Meteo.com
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