Freshwater Canal Locks, LA wind

Freshwater Canal Locks, LA is a land weather station near Abbeville. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 7 kn from W (280°), gusting 9 kn, 2026-11-04 22:48 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 16:48 America/Chicago). 1012 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 7 kn, 75 readings, gust 14 kn, peak mean 11 kn, mostly NW (305°).

The last 7 days

Over the last 7 days Freshwater Canal Locks, LA reported 589 readings, mean 8 kn, strongest mean wind 17 kn, strongest gust 21 kn, mostly from ENE (75°).

What it reports

Freshwater Canal Locks, LA reports wind speed, gusts, wind direction and sea-level pressure, hourly.

Recent readings

2026-11-04 22:48 UTC: 7 kn from W (280°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-04 21:48 UTC: 8 kn from W (270°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-04 20:48 UTC: 7 kn from WNW (300°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-04 19:48 UTC: 6 kn from WNW (300°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-04 18:30 UTC: 7 kn from WNW (300°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-04 17:48 UTC: 8 kn from WNW (290°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-04 16:48 UTC: 8 kn from NW (320°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-04 15:48 UTC: 10 kn from NW (320°), gust 13 kn

Position 29.552, -92.305; exposure coastal. Freshwater Canal Locks, LA 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 Freshwater Canal Locks, LA: 2.4 kn on average across 149 hourly comparisons, against 2.4 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 Freshwater Canal Locks, LA: 2.2 kn on average across 149 hourly comparisons, against 2.4 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

How forecasts are checked.

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