Los Angeles Berth 161, CA wind

Los Angeles Berth 161, CA is a land weather station near Wilmington in the Los Angeles and Catalina sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 6 kn from W (270°), gusting 9 kn, 2026-11-04 00:48 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 16:48 America/Los_Angeles).

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 4 kn, 78 readings, gust 20 kn, peak mean 12 kn, mostly NW (306°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:48 UTC: 6 kn from W (270°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 4 kn from W (280°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 22:30 UTC: 12 kn from WNW (300°), gust 18 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 7 kn from W (280°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 7 kn from NW (320°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 4 kn from W (280°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 4 kn from NW (310°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 4 kn from NW (320°), gust 6 kn

Position 33.764, -118.265; exposure coastal. Los Angeles Berth 161, CA 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 Los Angeles Berth 161, CA: 1.5 kn on average across 153 hourly comparisons, against 1.6 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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 Los Angeles Berth 161, CA: 1.5 kn on average across 49 hourly comparisons, against 1.5 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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