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Old Port Tampa, FL wind

Old Port Tampa, FL is a land weather station near Lealman in the Tampa Bay sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 5 kn from E (100°), gusting 10 kn, 2026-11-04 00:48 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:48 America/New_York). Air 26°C. 1016 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 6 kn, 79 readings, gust 21 kn, peak mean 13 kn, mostly E (91°).

Recent readings

Position 27.858, -82.553; exposure coastal. Old Port Tampa, 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 Old Port Tampa, FL: 3.4 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 3.5 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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 Old Port Tampa, FL: 3.3 kn on average across 154 hourly comparisons, against 3.3 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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