DANA · Bird Island

Made 3:50 PM Central, updated hourly at :50 · 12 models

Dana's Forecast · the next 2 days

Light north wind fades into light east wind Wednesday; a warm front brings higher rain chances Thursday.

Wed: probably too light to windsurf; light wind winging 12pm–4pm with NNE–NE 8–9 kt but weeds possible
Thu: light east wind, building to ENE 9–10 kt midday.

Dana's Forecast written 3:50 PM by Claude from DANA, the HRRR, NAM and RRFS, and the NWS forecast and discussion.

Tuesday, Nov 3

Under 13 kt all day: at most 12 kt NNW around 5pm.

Time	Wind	Gust	From
4pm	9	13	NNW
5pm	12	16	NNW
6pm	11	16	N

Night hours (5)

Time	Wind	Gust	From
7pm	12	17	N
8pm	12	16	N
9pm	12	16	N
10pm	11	14	N
11pm	10	13	N

Wednesday, Nov 4

Light north wind lingers behind yesterday's front under dry high pressure, veering northeast then east through the day.

Not a windsurfing day: too light; good winging 12pm–4pm, 5pm, NNE–NE 8–9 kt.
N 11–12 kt in the morning, easing to NNE–NE 8–10 kt midday.
Fading to light ENE 5–7 kt by evening.

Time	Wind	Gust	From
7am	12	16	N
8am	12	16	N
9am	12	16	N
10am	11	15	N
11am	10	14	N
12pm	9	12	NNE
1pm	8	12	NNE
2pm	8	12	NNE
3pm	8	12	NE
4pm	8	11	NE
5pm	8	11	NE
6pm	7	9	ENE

Night hours (12)

Time	Wind	Gust	From
12am	11	15	N
1am	13	17	N
2am	14	18	N
3am	14	18	N
4am	14	18	N
5am	13	17	N
6am	12	16	N
7pm	5	8	ENE
8pm	5	7	ENE
9pm	5	7	ENE
10pm	4	6	E
11pm	4	6	E

Thursday, Nov 5

A warm front lifts north as the old front fades, bringing light east-northeast wind and higher rain chances.

E 5–6 kt in the morning, building to ENE 9–10 kt by midday.
ENE 9–10 kt through the afternoon, easing to NE 7–8 kt evening.
Showers likely with the warm front overhead.

Time	Wind	Gust	From
7am	5	7	E
8am	6	9	ENE
9am	8	11	ENE
10am	9	13	ENE
11am	10	14	ENE
12pm	10	15	ENE
1pm	10	14	ENE
2pm	9	14	ENE
3pm	10	14	ENE
4pm	10	14	ENE
5pm	9	13	ENE
6pm	8	11	NE

Night hours (12)

Time	Wind	Gust	From
12am	4	6	E
1am	4	6	ESE
2am	4	6	E
3am	4	6	E
4am	4	6	E
5am	4	6	E
6am	5	7	E
7pm	8	11	NE
8pm	8	10	NE
9pm	7	9	NE
10pm	6	8	NE
11pm	7	9	NNE

Friday, Nov 6

13+ kt 7am to 3pm, from the NNW; up to 15 gusting 19 at 9am.

Time	Wind	Gust	From
7am	13	18	N
8am	14	18	N
9am	15	19	NNW
10am	14	18	N
11am	13	18	N
12pm	13	17	N
1pm	13	17	N
2pm	13	17	N
3pm	12	16	N

Night hours (7)

Time	Wind	Gust	From
12am	7	10	NNE
1am	7	10	N
2am	8	10	N
3am	9	12	N
4am	10	13	N
5am	11	15	N
6am	13	18	N

DANA: speed and gust in knots at the Bird Island sensor (NOAA 8776139), corrected from 12 weather models by machine learning trained on the sensor's own record; hours of 13 kt or more highlighted. The bar is the speed, its pale end the gust. The arrow points where the wind blows to. Model trained 2026-11-03 on 2024-06 to 2026-11. Status and accuracy · JSON