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I-295 Buckman Bridge, St Johns River, FL wind

I-295 Buckman Bridge, St Johns River, FL is a land weather station near Orange Park. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 9 kn from E (90°), gusting 11 kn, 2026-11-03 23:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:30 America/New_York). Air 25°C. 1018 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 10 kn, 78 readings, gust 23 kn, peak mean 19 kn, mostly E (83°).

Recent readings

Position 30.192, -81.692; exposure coastal. I-295 Buckman Bridge, St Johns River, FL 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 ECMWF IFS 0.25° has had the smallest wind-speed error at I-295 Buckman Bridge, St Johns River, FL: 2.1 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 2.9 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 I-295 Buckman Bridge, St Johns River, FL: 2.2 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 2.7 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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