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Sandettie Lightship wind

Sandettie Lightship is a land weather station near Calais. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 27 kn from E (80°), 2026-11-04 03:00 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 04:00 Europe/Paris). Air 10°C. 1030 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 25 kn, 24 readings, peak mean 32 kn, mostly ENE (70°).

Recent readings

Position 51.102, 1.800; exposure coastal. Sandettie Lightship 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 Sandettie Lightship: 3.6 kn on average across 56 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 Sandettie Lightship: 3.9 kn on average across 53 hourly comparisons.

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