Beach 2 Tower wind

Beach 2 Tower is a land weather station near Erie in the Lake Erie sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 2 kn from E (80°), gusting 8 kn, 2026-11-04 00:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:00 America/New_York). Air 18°C.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 3 kn, 14 readings, gust 21 kn, peak mean 5 kn, mostly SSE (160°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:00 UTC: 2 kn from E (80°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 23:00 UTC: 2 kn from E (100°), gust 3 kn
2026-11-03 19:00 UTC: 4 kn from S (190°), gust 18 kn
2026-11-03 18:00 UTC: 3 kn from S (180°), gust 21 kn
2026-11-03 17:00 UTC: 3 kn from S (170°), gust 19 kn
2026-11-03 16:00 UTC: 3 kn from S (170°), gust 17 kn
2026-11-03 14:00 UTC: 5 kn from SSE (150°), gust 17 kn
2026-11-03 13:00 UTC: 4 kn from SSE (150°), gust 13 kn

Position 42.153, -80.131; exposure coastal. Beach 2 Tower is on the shore: it reads sea wind well, land wind less so.

Forecast against this station

Judged on the forecast published by 6 am the same morning, over the last 7 days HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Beach 2 Tower: 4.0 kn on average across 86 hourly comparisons, against 4.3 kn for HRDPS continental 2.5 km.

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Beach 2 Tower: 4.1 kn on average across 86 hourly comparisons, against 4.4 kn for HRDPS continental 2.5 km.

How forecasts are checked.

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