Channel Lightship wind

Channel Lightship is a land weather station. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 28 kn from NE (50°), 2026-11-04 03:00 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 03:00 Europe/Guernsey). Air 12°C. 1026 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 26 kn, 24 readings, peak mean 31 kn, mostly NE (49°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 03:00 UTC: 28 kn from NE (50°)
2026-11-04 02:00 UTC: 29 kn from NE (50°)
2026-11-04 01:00 UTC: 31 kn from ENE (70°)
2026-11-04 00:00 UTC: 28 kn from ENE (70°)
2026-11-03 23:00 UTC: 27 kn from NE (50°)
2026-11-03 22:00 UTC: 28 kn from NE (50°)
2026-11-03 21:00 UTC: 29 kn from NE (50°)
2026-11-03 20:00 UTC: 28 kn from NE (50°)

Position 49.900, -2.900; exposure coastal. Channel Lightship 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 ECMWF IFS 0.25° has had the smallest wind-speed error at Channel Lightship: 2.0 kn on average across 56 hourly comparisons.

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days ECMWF IFS 0.25° has had the smallest wind-speed error at Channel Lightship: 1.9 kn on average across 53 hourly comparisons.

How forecasts are checked.

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Stations near Channel Lightship

DW0630 weather, 9.8 nm away