TPA Cruise Terminal 2, Tampa, FL wind

TPA Cruise Terminal 2, Tampa, FL is a land weather station near Tampa in the Tampa Bay sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 6 kn from E (80°), gusting 12 kn, 2026-11-04 00:48 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:48 America/New_York).

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 7 kn, 78 readings, gust 19 kn, peak mean 13 kn, mostly ENE (58°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:48 UTC: 6 kn from E (80°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 7 kn from NE (40°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 8 kn from ENE (60°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 21:18 UTC: 8 kn from ENE (60°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 7 kn from E (90°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 9 kn from ESE (110°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 7 kn from E (100°), gust 18 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 11 kn from E (90°), gust 18 kn

Position 27.933, -82.433; exposure coastal. TPA Cruise Terminal 2, Tampa, 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 TPA Cruise Terminal 2, Tampa, FL: 2.0 kn on average across 155 hourly comparisons, against 2.1 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 TPA Cruise Terminal 2, Tampa, FL: 2.0 kn on average across 52 hourly comparisons, against 2.1 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

How forecasts are checked.

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