Columbia River Bar wind

Columbia River Bar is a weather buoy near Warrenton. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 16 kn from S (170°), gusting 19 kn, 2026-11-04 23:00 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 15:00 America/Los_Angeles). Air 12°C. 1016 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 9 kn, 81 readings, gust 21 kn, peak mean 16 kn, mostly SSE (166°).

The last 7 days

Over the last 7 days Columbia River Bar reported 628 readings, mean 10 kn, strongest mean wind 19 kn, strongest gust 25 kn, mostly from SSE (151°).

What it reports

Columbia River Bar reports wind speed, gusts, wind direction, air temperature and sea-level pressure, hourly.

Recent readings

2026-11-04 23:00 UTC: 16 kn from S (170°), gust 19 kn
2026-11-04 22:40 UTC: 16 kn from S (170°), gust 19 kn
2026-11-04 21:40 UTC: 16 kn from S (170°), gust 19 kn
2026-11-04 20:30 UTC: 14 kn from S (170°), gust 17 kn
2026-11-04 19:50 UTC: 14 kn from SSE (150°), gust 16 kn
2026-11-04 18:40 UTC: 14 kn from SSE (160°), gust 16 kn
2026-11-04 17:40 UTC: 12 kn from SSE (160°), gust 16 kn
2026-11-04 16:40 UTC: 10 kn from SSE (150°), gust 12 kn

Position 46.148, -124.508; exposure marine. Columbia River Bar is on open water.

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 Columbia River Bar: 2.8 kn on average across 52 hourly comparisons, against 3.3 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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 Columbia River Bar: 2.7 kn on average across 52 hourly comparisons, against 3.6 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

How forecasts are checked.

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