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Ship Shoal 178 (Apache Corp) wind

Ship Shoal 178 (Apache Corp) is a land weather station. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 9 kn from SE (130°), 2026-11-03 23:50 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 17:50 America/Chicago). Air 25°C.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 14 kn, 65 readings, gust 26 kn, peak mean 22 kn, mostly ESE (115°).

Recent readings

Position 28.599, -91.206; exposure coastal. Ship Shoal 178 (Apache Corp) 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 Ship Shoal 178 (Apache Corp): 3.3 kn on average across 54 hourly comparisons, against 3.4 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Ship Shoal 178 (Apache Corp): 3.1 kn on average across 163 hourly comparisons, against 3.6 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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