Mentor Harbor Buoy wind

Mentor Harbor Buoy is a weather buoy near Mentor-on-the-Lake in the Lake Erie sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 4 kn from E (100°), gusting 6 kn, 2026-11-03 23:50 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:50 America/New_York). Air 19°C.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 8 kn, 95 readings, gust 19 kn, peak mean 14 kn, mostly SSE (166°).

Recent readings

2026-11-03 23:50 UTC: 4 kn from E (100°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 22:30 UTC: 6 kn from SSE (150°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 8 kn from SSE (160°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 20:50 UTC: 8 kn from S (170°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 19:50 UTC: 6 kn from SW (230°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 18:50 UTC: 10 kn from S (190°), gust 16 kn
2026-11-03 17:40 UTC: 10 kn from S (180°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-03 16:30 UTC: 12 kn from SSE (160°), gust 16 kn

Position 41.731, -81.367; exposure marine. Mentor Harbor Buoy is on open water.

Forecast against this station

Judged on the forecast published by 6 am the same morning, over the last 7 days HRDPS continental 2.5 km has had the smallest wind-speed error at Mentor Harbor Buoy: 1.9 kn on average across 166 hourly comparisons, against 2.0 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 Mentor Harbor Buoy: 2.0 kn on average across 166 hourly comparisons, against 2.1 kn for HRDPS continental 2.5 km.

How forecasts are checked.

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Stations near Mentor Harbor Buoy

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