Daily Superforecast
asLast update: 10:40 local time
Thursday, Jul 04
Wind
Weather
209°
SSW
00h
4 kts
max 5 kts
21° C
21
91%
980 hpa
211°
SSW
01h
3 kts
max 3 kts
20° C
20
96%
979 hpa
130°
SE
02h
3 kts
max 3 kts
20° C
20
100%
979 hpa
117°
ESE
03h
3 kts
max 3 kts
19° C
19
100%
978 hpa
77°
ENE
04h
1 kts
max 1 kts
19° C
19
100%
978 hpa
64°
ENE
05h
1 kts
max 1 kts
19° C
19
100%
977 hpa
136°
SE
06h
3 kts
max 3 kts
19° C
19
100%
978 hpa
123°
ESE
07h
3 kts
max 8 kts
20° C
20
98%
977 hpa
100°
E
08h
4 kts
max 4 kts
0.07 mm
21° C
21
96%
979 hpa
100°
E
09h
2 kts
max 4 kts
21° C
21
96%
979 hpa
140°
SE
10h
4 kts
max 7 kts
25° C
25
79%
978 hpa
162°
SSE
11h
8 kts
max 9 kts
26° C
26
73%
977 hpa
171°
S
12h
9 kts
max 10 kts
24° C
24
83%
978 hpa
177°
S
13h
6 kts
max 8 kts
26° C
26
78%
977 hpa
176°
S
14h
8 kts
max 10 kts
1.76 mm
23° C
23
92%
977 hpa
185°
S
15h
10 kts
max 12 kts
27° C
29
68%
976 hpa
189°
S
16h
11 kts
max 14 kts
27° C
27
75%
975 hpa
224°
SW
17h
10 kts
max 16 kts
3.48 mm
24° C
24
90%
975 hpa
225°
SW
18h
5 kts
max 13 kts
4.72 mm
25° C
25
89%
974 hpa
273°
W
19h
12 kts
max 19 kts
25° C
25
75%
974 hpa
315°
NW
20h
8 kts
max 20 kts
0.45 mm
23° C
23
89%
974 hpa
308°
NW
21h
8 kts
max 21 kts
22° C
22
92%
975 hpa
306°
NW
22h
8 kts
max 20 kts
20° C
20
92%
975 hpa
313°
NW
23h
6 kts
max 19 kts
18° C
18
94%
976 hpa
Friday, Jul 05
Wind
Weather
276°
W
00h
4 kts
max 15 kts
18° C
18
92%
976 hpa
241°
WSW
01h
4 kts
max 5 kts
17° C
17
95%
976 hpa
234°
SW
02h
4 kts
max 4 kts
16° C
16
98%
975 hpa
225°
SW
03h
3 kts
max 4 kts
15° C
15
99%
975 hpa
248°
WSW
04h
6 kts
max 24 kts
15° C
15
99%
974 hpa
285°
WNW
05h
10 kts
max 27 kts
15° C
15
95%
975 hpa
298°
WNW
06h
11 kts
max 25 kts
16° C
16
95%
975 hpa
314°
NW
07h
10 kts
max 23 kts
17° C
17
91%
976 hpa
292°
WNW
08h
8 kts
max 20 kts
18° C
18
91%
976 hpa
286°
WNW
09h
9 kts
max 18 kts
18° C
18
93%
977 hpa
295°
WNW
10h
11 kts
max 19 kts
18° C
18
89%
977 hpa
290°
WNW
11h
12 kts
max 18 kts
19° C
19
86%
977 hpa
291°
WNW
12h
13 kts
max 18 kts
19° C
19
85%
978 hpa
295°
WNW
13h
13 kts
max 18 kts
20° C
20
80%
978 hpa
297°
WNW
14h
14 kts
max 17 kts
21° C
21
77%
978 hpa
299°
WNW
15h
13 kts
max 17 kts
21° C
21
74%
978 hpa
299°
WNW
16h
13 kts
max 16 kts
22° C
22
72%
978 hpa
302°
WNW
17h
12 kts
max 16 kts
23° C
23
69%
978 hpa
308°
NW
18h
12 kts
max 15 kts
23° C
23
67%
978 hpa
311°
NW
19h
10 kts
max 14 kts
23° C
23
69%
978 hpa
314°
NW
20h
9 kts
max 16 kts
22° C
22
76%
978 hpa
313°
NW
21h
7 kts
max 15 kts
19° C
19
86%
978 hpa
313°
NW
22h
6 kts
max 16 kts
18° C
18
91%
979 hpa
309°
NW
23h
6 kts
max 16 kts
19° C
19
88%
979 hpa
Saturday, Jul 06
Wind
Weather
304°
NW
00h
5 kts
max 11 kts
17° C
17
94%
979 hpa
302°
WNW
01h
5 kts
max 10 kts
17° C
17
96%
979 hpa
292°
WNW
02h
5 kts
max 8 kts
16° C
16
98%
979 hpa
281°
W
03h
5 kts
max 5 kts
15° C
15
98%
980 hpa
274°
W
04h
4 kts
max 5 kts
15° C
15
100%
980 hpa
273°
W
05h
4 kts
max 4 kts
14° C
14
100%
980 hpa
285°
WNW
06h
2 kts
max 3 kts
14° C
14
100%
980 hpa
302°
WNW
07h
1 kts
max 1 kts
14° C
14
98%
981 hpa
334°
NNW
08h
2 kts
max 3 kts
17° C
17
96%
981 hpa
344°
NNW
09h
4 kts
max 4 kts
19° C
19
88%
981 hpa
290°
WNW
10h
2 kts
max 2 kts
21° C
21
83%
981 hpa
234°
SW
11h
4 kts
max 7 kts
22° C
22
78%
982 hpa
230°
SW
12h
6 kts
max 8 kts
24° C
24
72%
981 hpa
239°
WSW
13h
6 kts
max 10 kts
25° C
25
65%
980 hpa
237°
WSW
14h
7 kts
max 11 kts
26° C
26
60%
980 hpa
231°
SW
15h
6 kts
max 11 kts
27° C
27
59%
980 hpa
222°
SW
16h
6 kts
max 8 kts
27° C
27
58%
979 hpa
211°
SSW
17h
5 kts
max 8 kts
27° C
27
59%
978 hpa
196°
SSW
18h
6 kts
max 9 kts
27° C
27
59%
978 hpa
155°
SSE
19h
6 kts
max 9 kts
26° C
26
64%
977 hpa
211°
SSW
20h
6 kts
max 12 kts
4.11 mm
21° C
21
91%
976 hpa
178°
S
21h
5 kts
max 8 kts
5.78 mm
19° C
19
94%
976 hpa
146°
SE
22h
4 kts
max 5 kts
7.45 mm
18° C
18
98%
977 hpa
144°
SE
23h
5 kts
max 9 kts
4.99 mm
18° C
18
98%
976 hpa
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Additional information
General
This is the wind, wave and weather Superforecast for Ames in Iowa, United States of America. Windfinder specializes in wind, waves, tides and weather reports & forecasts for wind related sports like kitesurfing, windsurfing, surfing, sailing or paragliding.
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Units
We use knots and degrees Celsius as our default units. These units are often used by sailors, kiters, surfers, windsurfers and paragliders. Use website settings to switch between units and 7 different languages at any time. For converting between wind speed units such as knots, km/h (kilometers per hour), m/s (meters per second), and mph (miles per hour) use our wind speed calculator.