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Frying Pan Shoals, NC wind
Frying Pan Shoals, NC is a weather buoy. Readings from NOAA NDBC.
Latest observation
Now 6 kn from ESE (120°), gusting 12 kn, 2026-11-04 23:00 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 18:00 America/New_York). Air 24°C. 1017 hPa.
The last 24 hours
24 h: mean 11 kn, 73 readings, gust 19 kn, peak mean 16 kn, mostly E (88°).
The last 7 days
Over the last 7 days Frying Pan Shoals, NC reported 542 readings, mean 17 kn, strongest mean wind 25 kn, strongest gust 29 kn, mostly from NE (44°).
What it reports
Frying Pan Shoals, NC reports wind speed, gusts, wind direction, air temperature and sea-level pressure, hourly.
Recent readings
- 2026-11-04 23:00 UTC: 6 kn from ESE (120°), gust 12 kn
- 2026-11-04 22:50 UTC: 4 kn from ESE (120°), gust 6 kn
- 2026-11-04 21:50 UTC: 6 kn from SE (130°), gust 8 kn
- 2026-11-04 20:30 UTC: 10 kn from ESE (120°), gust 14 kn
- 2026-11-04 19:30 UTC: 8 kn from SE (130°), gust 12 kn
- 2026-11-04 18:50 UTC: 8 kn from ESE (120°), gust 12 kn
- 2026-11-04 17:50 UTC: 8 kn from ESE (120°), gust 10 kn
- 2026-11-04 16:40 UTC: 10 kn from ESE (120°), gust 12 kn
Position 33.436, -77.764; exposure marine. Frying Pan Shoals, NC 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 Frying Pan Shoals, NC: 2.0 kn on average across 52 hourly comparisons, against 2.1 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 Frying Pan Shoals, NC: 2.2 kn on average across 52 hourly comparisons, against 2.3 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).