Brandywine Shoal Light, DE wind

Brandywine Shoal Light, DE is a land weather station near Villas in the Delaware Bay sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 13 kn from S (190°), gusting 16 kn, 2026-11-04 00:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:30 America/New_York). Air 17°C. 1025 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 9 kn, 79 readings, gust 16 kn, peak mean 15 kn, mostly SSW (197°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:30 UTC: 13 kn from S (190°), gust 16 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 13 kn from S (180°), gust 15 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 13 kn from S (170°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 12 kn from SSE (150°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 12 kn from SSE (150°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 11 kn from SSE (150°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 11 kn from SSE (150°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 7 kn from SE (140°), gust 8 kn

Position 38.987, -75.113; exposure coastal. Brandywine Shoal Light, DE 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 Brandywine Shoal Light, DE: 1.9 kn on average across 155 hourly comparisons, against 3.0 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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 Brandywine Shoal Light, DE: 2.2 kn on average across 155 hourly comparisons, against 2.8 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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