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LAWMA, Amerada Pass, LA wind

LAWMA, Amerada Pass, LA is a land weather station near Patterson. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 6 kn from W (280°), gusting 10 kn, 2026-11-04 22:48 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 16:48 America/Chicago). 1011 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 4 kn, 75 readings, gust 13 kn, peak mean 9 kn, mostly W (268°).

The last 7 days

Over the last 7 days LAWMA, Amerada Pass, LA reported 590 readings, mean 5 kn, strongest mean wind 12 kn, strongest gust 19 kn, mostly from ENE (78°).

What it reports

LAWMA, Amerada Pass, LA reports wind speed, gusts, wind direction and sea-level pressure, hourly.

Recent readings

Position 29.450, -91.338; exposure coastal. LAWMA, Amerada Pass, 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 LAWMA, Amerada Pass, LA: 3.2 kn on average across 149 hourly comparisons, against 3.4 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 LAWMA, Amerada Pass, LA: 3.3 kn on average across 149 hourly comparisons, against 3.5 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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