Viola Turning Basin, TX wind

Viola Turning Basin, TX is a land weather station near Corpus Christi. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 7 kn from N (350°), gusting 9 kn, 2026-11-03 23:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 17:30 America/Chicago). Air 26°C. 1010 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 8 kn, 78 readings, gust 19 kn, peak mean 14 kn, mostly SSE (168°).

Recent readings

2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 7 kn from N (350°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 9 kn from NNW (330°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-03 21:18 UTC: 11 kn from NW (310°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 9 kn from NW (310°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 8 kn from NW (310°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 6 kn from SW (230°), gust 9 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 7 kn from WNW (290°), gust 11 kn
2026-11-03 16:48 UTC: 5 kn from WSW (240°), gust 8 kn

Position 27.841, -97.520; exposure coastal. Viola Turning Basin, 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 Viola Turning Basin, TX: 1.6 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 1.9 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 Viola Turning Basin, TX: 1.7 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 2.2 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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Stations near Viola Turning Basin, TX

Corpus Christi Intl, 4.1 nm away
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La Quinta, TX MET (8775132), 12.7 nm away
Sinton/Thomas Arpt, 12.1 nm away
FW6717 weather, 9.4 nm away