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Saginaw Bay Light #1, MI wind
Saginaw Bay Light #1, MI is a land weather station near Bay City. Readings from NOAA NDBC.
Latest observation
Now 13 kn from SSW (200°), gusting 14 kn, 2026-11-03 22:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 17:00 America/Detroit).
The last 24 hours
24 h: mean 13 kn, 23 readings, gust 18 kn, peak mean 15 kn, mostly SSW (194°).
Recent readings
- 2026-11-03 22:00 UTC: 13 kn from SSW (200°), gust 14 kn
- 2026-11-03 21:00 UTC: 14 kn from SSW (200°), gust 15 kn
- 2026-11-03 20:00 UTC: 10 kn from SSW (210°), gust 12 kn
- 2026-11-03 19:00 UTC: 14 kn from S (190°), gust 15 kn
- 2026-11-03 18:00 UTC: 14 kn from SSW (200°), gust 16 kn
- 2026-11-03 16:00 UTC: 14 kn from SSW (200°), gust 16 kn
- 2026-11-03 15:00 UTC: 15 kn from SSW (210°), gust 15 kn
- 2026-11-03 14:00 UTC: 13 kn from S (190°), gust 14 kn
Position 43.810, -83.720; exposure coastal. Saginaw Bay Light #1, MI 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 Saginaw Bay Light #1, MI: 1.8 kn on average across 56 hourly comparisons, against 1.9 kn for HRDPS continental 2.5 km.
Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days HRDPS continental 2.5 km has had the smallest wind-speed error at Saginaw Bay Light #1, MI: 1.8 kn on average across 166 hourly comparisons, against 1.8 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.
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