Eel River wind

Eel River is a weather buoy near Eureka. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 2 kn from NW (320°), gusting 4 kn, 2026-11-04 23:00 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 15:00 America/Los_Angeles). Air 16°C. 1020 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 7 kn, 84 readings, gust 16 kn, peak mean 14 kn, mostly NE (45°).

The last 7 days

Over the last 7 days Eel River reported 698 readings, mean 8 kn, strongest mean wind 19 kn, strongest gust 23 kn, mostly from NNE (26°).

What it reports

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

Recent readings

2026-11-04 23:00 UTC: 2 kn from NW (320°), gust 4 kn
2026-11-04 22:50 UTC: 0 kn, gust 2 kn
2026-11-04 21:40 UTC: 2 kn from NNE (20°), gust 4 kn
2026-11-04 20:30 UTC: 8 kn from W (280°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-04 19:40 UTC: 4 kn from W (280°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-04 18:50 UTC: 4 kn from SSW (200°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-04 17:40 UTC: 8 kn from SE (140°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-04 16:40 UTC: 8 kn from SE (140°), gust 12 kn

Position 40.716, -124.540; exposure marine. Eel River 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 Eel River: 2.6 kn on average across 50 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 Eel River: 2.7 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 3.0 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

How forecasts are checked.

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