You guys might be saying the same thing, but using the term Skyway differently. Assuming I am right, (and H too) it's just about always less windy where we ride at the Skyway than what the Skyway sensor (now called C-Cut on PORTS, and still Sunshine Skyway on iBite) reports, especially on ENE, NE and NNEs.
It is however, a little windier where we ride the Skyway than what the Albert Whitted station reports.
It seems like the when the wind is out of the SE, S, SSW... the wind where we ride (at Skyway or East Beast) is about the same as what the C-Cut sensor reports.
It's still called "Sunshine Skyway" on iBite... but iKite hasn't been forwarding the data for the sensor for several months now. Here is where you can get data from C-Cut and several others -
http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/ports_screens/tbscreen.shtml
Oh yeah, PORTS also gives wind speeds in knots and iMight gives the same data (from same source) in mph and seems to add a couple... just to get you excited.
So, the formula is sumtin' like ( WS * 1.15) plus a couple = iKite WS.
How is that for adding confusion?