Potato Point, AK wind

Potato Point, AK is a land weather station. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 9 kn from N (10°), gusting 13 kn, 2026-11-03 22:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 13:30 America/Anchorage). Air 6°C. 996 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 15 kn, 43 readings, gust 22 kn, peak mean 21 kn, mostly NNE (24°).

Recent readings

2026-11-03 22:30 UTC: 9 kn from N (10°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 17 kn from NNE (30°), gust 19 kn
2026-11-03 20:30 UTC: 15 kn from NNE (20°), gust 18 kn
2026-11-03 19:30 UTC: 13 kn from NNE (20°), gust 16 kn
2026-11-03 18:30 UTC: 14 kn from NNE (20°), gust 18 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 21 kn from NNE (30°), gust 22 kn
2026-11-03 16:30 UTC: 14 kn from NNE (20°), gust 17 kn
2026-11-03 15:30 UTC: 18 kn from NNE (20°), gust 20 kn

Position 61.056, -146.697; exposure coastal. Potato Point, AK 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 Potato Point, AK: 12.4 kn on average across 55 hourly comparisons.

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 Potato Point, AK: 12.3 kn on average across 55 hourly comparisons.

How forecasts are checked.

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