Tacoma MET wind

Tacoma MET is a land weather station near Tacoma in the Puget Sound sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 2 kn from NE (51°), gusting 5 kn, 2026-11-04 00:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 16:30 America/Los_Angeles).

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 3 kn, 240 readings, gust 11 kn, peak mean 9 kn, mostly WNW (288°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:30 UTC: 2 kn from NE (51°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 23:54 UTC: 1 kn from WNW (301°), gust 1 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 4 kn from WNW (300°), gust 4 kn
2026-11-03 21:54 UTC: 6 kn from WNW (284°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 20:54 UTC: 6 kn from WNW (295°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 6 kn from WNW (299°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 18:54 UTC: 6 kn from WNW (294°), gust 8 kn
2026-11-03 17:54 UTC: 2 kn from W (264°), gust 3 kn

Position 47.276, -122.418; exposure coastal. Tacoma MET 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 Tacoma MET: 2.2 kn on average across 168 hourly comparisons, against 2.3 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 Tacoma MET: 2.2 kn on average across 56 hourly comparisons, against 2.3 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

How forecasts are checked.

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Stations near Tacoma MET

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FW7055 weather, 4.8 nm away