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Buoy I01 wind

Buoy I01 is a weather buoy in the Penobscot Bay and midcoast Maine sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Buoy I01 has not reported a wind speed recently, so there is no latest reading to show.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 9 kn, 12 readings, gust 16 kn, peak mean 12 kn, mostly E (83°).

Recent readings

Position 44.103, -68.112; exposure marine. Buoy I01 is on open water.

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 Buoy I01: 2.3 kn on average across 67 hourly comparisons, against 2.8 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 Buoy I01: 2.8 kn on average across 67 hourly comparisons, against 3.2 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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