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Pilot's Station East, SW Pass, LA wind
Pilot's Station East, SW Pass, LA is a land weather station. Readings from NOAA NDBC.
Latest observation
Now 7 kn from E (90°), gusting 8 kn, 2026-11-03 23:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 17:30 America/Chicago). Air 26°C. 1013 hPa.
The last 24 hours
24 h: mean 13 kn, 78 readings, gust 26 kn, peak mean 22 kn, mostly E (92°).
Recent readings
- 2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 7 kn from E (90°), gust 8 kn
- 2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 7 kn from E (100°), gust 8 kn
- 2026-11-03 21:18 UTC: 7 kn from E (100°), gust 8 kn
- 2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 10 kn from ESE (110°), gust 12 kn
- 2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 10 kn from E (100°), gust 13 kn
- 2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 9 kn from E (100°), gust 10 kn
- 2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 9 kn from E (100°), gust 10 kn
- 2026-11-03 16:48 UTC: 7 kn from ESE (110°), gust 9 kn
Position 28.932, -89.407; exposure coastal. Pilot's Station East, SW Pass, LA 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 Pilot's Station East, SW Pass, LA: 2.4 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 4.4 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).
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 Pilot's Station East, SW Pass, LA: 2.9 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 4.3 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).
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