OOI Pioneer wind

OOI Pioneer is a weather buoy in the Pamlico Sound and the Outer Banks sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 6 kn from ENE (60°), 2026-11-03 23:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:00 America/New_York). Air 19°C. 1024 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 8 kn, 24 readings, peak mean 10 kn, mostly NE (37°).

Recent readings

2026-11-03 23:00 UTC: 6 kn from ENE (60°)
2026-11-03 22:00 UTC: 10 kn from NE (50°)
2026-11-03 21:00 UTC: 8 kn from NE (40°)
2026-11-03 20:00 UTC: 8 kn from NE (50°)
2026-11-03 19:00 UTC: 10 kn from NE (40°)
2026-11-03 18:00 UTC: 10 kn from NNE (30°)
2026-11-03 17:00 UTC: 10 kn from NE (40°)
2026-11-03 16:00 UTC: 10 kn from NE (50°)

Position 35.950, -75.125; exposure marine. OOI Pioneer is on open water.

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 OOI Pioneer: 2.2 kn on average across 162 hourly comparisons, against 2.2 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 OOI Pioneer: 2.3 kn on average across 54 hourly comparisons, against 2.3 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

How forecasts are checked.

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