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Whipray Basin, FL wind

Whipray Basin, FL is a land weather station near Islamorada in the Florida Keys sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 8 kn from E (80°), 2026-11-03 22:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 17:00 America/New_York).

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 6 kn, 17 readings, peak mean 10 kn, mostly ESE (101°).

Recent readings

Position 25.072, -80.735; exposure coastal. Whipray Basin, 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 ECMWF IFS 0.25° has had the smallest wind-speed error at Whipray Basin, FL: 2.7 kn on average across 32 hourly comparisons, against 4.8 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 Whipray Basin, FL: 3.5 kn on average across 32 hourly comparisons, against 4.7 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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