Sparkman Channel Entrance, FL wind

Sparkman Channel Entrance, FL is a land weather station near Tampa in the Tampa Bay sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 7 kn from NE (40°), gusting 11 kn, 2026-11-03 23:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 18:30 America/New_York).

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 8 kn, 78 readings, gust 19 kn, peak mean 15 kn, mostly NE (56°).

Recent readings

2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 7 kn from NE (40°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 7 kn from NE (50°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 21:18 UTC: 8 kn from NE (40°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 10 kn from E (100°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 9 kn from E (90°), gust 16 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 11 kn from E (100°), gust 16 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 12 kn from E (100°), gust 17 kn
2026-11-03 16:48 UTC: 11 kn from E (90°), gust 18 kn

Position 27.921, -82.445; exposure coastal. Sparkman Channel Entrance, FL 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 HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Sparkman Channel Entrance, FL: 2.2 kn on average across 154 hourly comparisons, against 2.4 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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 Sparkman Channel Entrance, FL: 2.2 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 2.2 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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