Caribou Point (aut) wind

Caribou Point (aut) is a land weather station near New Glasgow in the Northumberland Strait sailing area. Readings from Environment Canada.

Latest observation

Now 10 kn from ESE (119°), gusting 12 kn, 2026-11-04 01:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 21:00 America/Halifax). Air 6°C. 1029 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 9 kn, 24 readings, gust 21 kn, peak mean 17 kn, mostly NNE (15°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 01:00 UTC: 10 kn from ESE (119°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-04 00:00 UTC: 8 kn from E (88°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 23:00 UTC: 7 kn from ENE (74°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 22:00 UTC: 8 kn from ENE (72°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 21:00 UTC: 6 kn from E (86°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 20:00 UTC: 8 kn from ESE (109°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 19:00 UTC: 1 kn from ENE (64°), gust 3 kn
2026-11-03 18:00 UTC: 2 kn from NE (44°), gust 3 kn

Position 45.764, -62.680; exposure coastal. Caribou Point (aut) 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 HRDPS continental 2.5 km has had the smallest wind-speed error at Caribou Point (aut): 2.8 kn on average across 39 hourly comparisons, against 3.3 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days HRDPS continental 2.5 km has had the smallest wind-speed error at Caribou Point (aut): 1.8 kn on average across 21 hourly comparisons.

How forecasts are checked.

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Stations near Caribou Point (aut)

Caribou Pt, 0.0 nm away
FW9205 weather, 21.3 nm away