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Dauphin Island Sea Lab, AL wind

Dauphin Island Sea Lab, AL is a land weather station near Theodore. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 10 kn, 2026-11-04 00:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:00 America/Chicago). Air 24°C. 1013 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 13 kn, 19 readings, peak mean 18 kn.

Recent readings

Position 30.251, -88.078; exposure coastal. Dauphin Island Sea Lab, AL 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 Dauphin Island Sea Lab, AL: 2.3 kn on average across 118 hourly comparisons, against 2.7 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 Dauphin Island Sea Lab, AL: 2.8 kn on average across 118 hourly comparisons, against 3.9 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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