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Potter Cove, Prudence Island, RI wind

Potter Cove, Prudence Island, RI is a land weather station near Bristol in the Buzzards Bay and the Vineyard sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 3 kn from SW (230°), gusting 7 kn, 2026-11-03 23:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:30 America/New_York). Air 15°C. 1023 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 4 kn, 80 readings, gust 14 kn, peak mean 9 kn, mostly WSW (243°).

Recent readings

Position 41.638, -71.340; exposure coastal. Potter Cove, Prudence Island, RI 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 Potter Cove, Prudence Island, RI: 3.0 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 6.4 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 Potter Cove, Prudence Island, RI: 3.0 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 6.7 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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