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South Bird Island, TX wind

South Bird Island, TX is a land weather station near Corpus Christi. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 3 kn from SE (130°), gusting 5 kn, 2026-11-03 23:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 17:30 America/Chicago). Air 27°C. 1011 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 10 kn, 78 readings, gust 18 kn, peak mean 15 kn, mostly SSE (149°).

Recent readings

Position 27.480, -97.322; exposure coastal. South Bird Island, TX 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 South Bird Island, TX: 2.3 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 2.3 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 South Bird Island, TX: 2.4 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 2.5 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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