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Smith Island wind
Smith Island is a weather buoy near Oak Harbor in the San Juan Islands sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.
Latest observation
Now 5 kn from WNW (300°), gusting 6 kn, 2026-11-03 23:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 15:00 America/Los_Angeles). Air 10°C. 1018 hPa.
The last 24 hours
24 h: mean 4 kn, 87 readings, gust 12 kn, peak mean 10 kn, mostly NW (318°).
Recent readings
- 2026-11-03 23:00 UTC: 5 kn from WNW (300°), gust 6 kn
- 2026-11-03 22:50 UTC: 5 kn from WNW (300°), gust 6 kn
- 2026-11-03 21:50 UTC: 3 kn from W (260°), gust 4 kn
- 2026-11-03 20:40 UTC: 5 kn from W (270°), gust 6 kn
- 2026-11-03 19:20 UTC: 2 kn from ENE (70°), gust 3 kn
- 2026-11-03 18:50 UTC: 4 kn from ENE (60°), gust 4 kn
- 2026-11-03 17:50 UTC: 3 kn from N (350°), gust 4 kn
- 2026-11-03 16:50 UTC: 4 kn from WNW (290°), gust 5 kn
Position 48.321, -122.831; exposure marine. Smith Island is on open water.
Forecast against this station
Judged on the forecast published by 6 am the same morning, over the last 7 days HRDPS West 1 km (experimental) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Smith Island: 2.7 kn on average across 161 hourly comparisons, against 2.7 kn for HRDPS continental 2.5 km.
Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days HRDPS West 1 km (experimental) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Smith Island: 2.7 kn on average across 161 hourly comparisons, against 2.8 kn for HRDPS continental 2.5 km.
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