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Viosca Knoll 786 / Petronius (Chevron) wind

Viosca Knoll 786 / Petronius (Chevron) is a land weather station. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 0 kn, 2026-11-03 23:55 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 17:55 America/Chicago). Air 27°C.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 2 kn, 64 readings, gust 22 kn, peak mean 15 kn, mostly ENE (62°).

Recent readings

Position 29.229, -87.781; exposure coastal. Viosca Knoll 786 / Petronius (Chevron) 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 Viosca Knoll 786 / Petronius (Chevron): 10.9 kn on average across 54 hourly comparisons, against 11.2 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Viosca Knoll 786 / Petronius (Chevron): 10.7 kn on average across 161 hourly comparisons, against 10.9 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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