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Potters Cove, Narragansett Bay Reserve, RI wind

Potters Cove, Narragansett Bay Reserve, RI is a land weather station near Bristol in the Buzzards Bay and the Vineyard sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 4 kn from NE (50°), 2026-11-04 00:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:00 America/New_York). Air 15°C. 1023 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 4 kn, 24 readings, peak mean 8 kn, mostly ENE (56°).

Recent readings

Position 41.637, -71.339; exposure coastal. Potters Cove, Narragansett Bay Reserve, 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 Potters Cove, Narragansett Bay Reserve, RI: 2.9 kn on average across 56 hourly comparisons, against 6.0 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 Potters Cove, Narragansett Bay Reserve, RI: 2.8 kn on average across 56 hourly comparisons, against 6.3 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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