Shell Beach, LA wind

Shell Beach, LA is a land weather station near Meraux. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 2 kn from WNW (300°), gusting 4 kn, 2026-11-04 22:48 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 16:48 America/Chicago). 1010 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 6 kn, 75 readings, gust 16 kn, peak mean 12 kn, mostly S (175°).

The last 7 days

Over the last 7 days Shell Beach, LA reported 590 readings, mean 11 kn, strongest mean wind 20 kn, strongest gust 24 kn, mostly from ENE (75°).

What it reports

Shell Beach, LA reports wind speed, gusts, wind direction and sea-level pressure, hourly.

Recent readings

2026-11-04 22:48 UTC: 2 kn from WNW (300°), gust 4 kn
2026-11-04 21:48 UTC: 4 kn from NW (320°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-04 20:48 UTC: 6 kn from SSW (200°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-04 19:48 UTC: 8 kn from S (190°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-04 18:30 UTC: 5 kn from S (180°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-04 17:48 UTC: 11 kn from S (190°), gust 16 kn
2026-11-04 16:48 UTC: 10 kn from S (190°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-04 15:48 UTC: 11 kn from S (190°), gust 13 kn

Position 29.868, -89.673; exposure coastal. Shell Beach, LA 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 Shell Beach, LA: 2.8 kn on average across 49 hourly comparisons, against 3.7 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 Shell Beach, LA: 3.3 kn on average across 49 hourly comparisons, against 4.0 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

How forecasts are checked.

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