Middle Tampa Bay, FL wind

Middle Tampa Bay, FL is a land weather station near Memphis in the Tampa Bay sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 5 kn from E (90°), gusting 7 kn, 2026-11-04 00:48 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:48 America/New_York). Air 25°C. 1016 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 13 kn, 79 readings, gust 23 kn, peak mean 19 kn, mostly ESE (113°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:48 UTC: 5 kn from E (90°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 6 kn from SE (140°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 7 kn from ESE (120°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 21:18 UTC: 10 kn from SE (140°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 13 kn from SE (140°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 13 kn from SE (130°), gust 18 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 11 kn from SE (140°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 18 kn from SE (130°), gust 23 kn

Position 27.661, -82.594; exposure coastal. Middle Tampa Bay, 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 HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Middle Tampa Bay, FL: 3.0 kn on average across 154 hourly comparisons, against 3.3 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 Middle Tampa Bay, FL: 2.9 kn on average across 154 hourly comparisons, against 3.3 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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