Station 42040 - Search and Rescue Data

LUKE OFFSHORE TEST PLATFORM - 63 NM South of Dauphin Island, AL
29.207 N 88.237 W (29°12'24" N 88°14'12" W)

This buoy is located within the highly endangered Rice's whale (a newly identified species) habitat. Vessels can kill or injure whales - please use slow speeds and be prepared to avoid surfacing whales. To report sightings call 1-877-WHALE-HELP. This buoy is located within important Rice's whale habitat. Vessels can kill or injure whales - please use slow speeds and be prepared to avoid surfacing whales. To report sightings call 1-877-WHALE-HELP. To learn more, go to: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/rices-whale

Average surface winds - six hour block.

Date (UTC)	Average Wind Dir (True)	Average Wind Spd (Knots)	Wind Obs	Average Seas (Feet)	Wave Obs	Air Temp. (Degrees F.)	Air Temp. Obs	Water Temp. (Degrees F.)	Water Temp. Obs
2024-06-02 0000Z	147	12	34	6	20	78	34	-	0
2024-06-01 1800Z	135	5	36	5	19	80	36	-	0
2024-06-01 1200Z	206	13	36	4	21	83	36	-	0
2024-06-01 0600Z	157	16	36	3	20	82	36	-	0
2024-06-01 0000Z	151	11	33	3	18	82	33	-	0
2024-05-31 1800Z	122	13	36	4	21	82	36	-	0
2024-05-31 1200Z	109	10	36	2	19	82	36	-	0
2024-05-31 0600Z	141	11	36	2	22	82	36	-	0
2024-05-31 0000Z	122	13	34	3	19	82	34	-	0
2024-05-30 1800Z	87	12	36	1	21	83	36	-	0
2024-05-30 1200Z	154	6	36	1	21	82	36	-	0
2024-05-30 0600Z	140	8	36	1	20	82	36	-	0
2024-05-30 0000Z	95	9	34	1	18	83	34	-	0
2024-05-29 1800Z	88	7	36	1	20	84	36	-	0
2024-05-29 1200Z	54	7	36	1	22	83	36	-	0
2024-05-29 0600Z	299	3	36	1	18	83	36	-	0
2024-05-29 0000Z	306	3	35	2	20	84	35	-	0
2024-05-28 1800Z	6	5	35	2	17	83	35	-	0
2024-05-28 1200Z	282	7	36	3	20	82	36	-	0
2024-05-28 0600Z	271	5	36	3	19	81	36	-	0
2024-05-28 0000Z	230	12	34	4	21	83	34	-	0
2024-05-27 1800Z	213	12	36	4	19	83	36	-	0
2024-05-27 1200Z	214	13	35	4	20	82	35	-	0
2024-05-27 0600Z	183	18	36	4	22	82	36	-	0
2024-05-27 0000Z	176	15	33	3	20	83	33	-	0
2024-05-26 1800Z	185	11	36	3	21	82	36	-	0
2024-05-26 1200Z	173	14	36	2	21	81	36	-	0
2024-05-26 0600Z	176	13	35	2	14	82	35	-	0
2024-05-26 0000Z	168	9	35	2	22	82	35	-	0
2024-05-25 1800Z	186	8	36	2	21	81	36	-	0
2024-05-25 1200Z	199	9	36	2	19	81	36	-	0
2024-05-25 0600Z	178	11	35	2	19	81	35	-	0
2024-05-25 0000Z	177	9	34	2	20	82	34	-	0
2024-05-24 1800Z	187	9	36	2	16	81	36	-	0
2024-05-24 1200Z	166	12	36	2	22	80	36	-	0
2024-05-24 0600Z	160	10	36	2	21	80	36	-	0
2024-05-24 0000Z	148	4	34	2	17	80	34	-	0
2024-05-23 1800Z	162	10	36	2	20	80	36	-	0
2024-05-23 1200Z	141	8	36	2	17	79	36	-	0
2024-05-23 0600Z	96	5	36	1	21	78	36	-	0
2024-05-23 0000Z	137	7	34	2	18	79	34	-	0
2024-05-22 1800Z	118	10	36	2	20	79	36	-	0
2024-05-22 1200Z	132	8	36	2	21	78	36	-	0
2024-05-22 0600Z	131	12	36	3	20	78	36	-	0
2024-05-22 0000Z	99	11	34	2	18	79	34	-	0
2024-05-21 1800Z	92	11	35	2	19	79	35	-	0
2024-05-21 1200Z	111	9	36	2	21	79	36	-	0
2024-05-21 0600Z	121	8	36	2	19	79	36	-	0
2024-05-21 0000Z	92	9	34	2	19	79	34	-	0
2024-05-20 1800Z	83	10	36	2	18	79	36	-	0
2024-05-20 1200Z	30	7	36	2	19	78	36	-	0
2024-05-20 0600Z	196	1	36	2	18	78	36	-	0
2024-05-20 0000Z	109	4	35	2	18	79	35	-	0
2024-05-19 1800Z	54	5	36	3	21	78	36	-	0
2024-05-19 1200Z	311	5	36	3	20	76	36	-	0
2024-05-19 0600Z	245	8	36	4	18	77	36	-	0
2024-05-19 0000Z	198	2	36	3	21	77	36	-	0
2024-05-18 1800Z	106	14	36	4	20	75	36	-	0
2024-05-18 1200Z	358	7	36	4	19	75	36	-	0
2024-05-18 0600Z	189	9	36	5	20	79	36	-	0
2024-05-18 0000Z	182	9	36	4	18	80	36	-	0
2024-05-17 1800Z	180	11	36	4	20	80	36	-	0
2024-05-17 1200Z	132	13	36	3	21	77	36	-	0
2024-05-17 0600Z	126	9	36	3	20	77	36	-	0
2024-05-17 0000Z	117	14	35	2	19	79	35	-	0
2024-05-16 1800Z	89	8	36	2	21	78	36	-	0
2024-05-16 1200Z	206	1	36	2	21	77	36	-	0
2024-05-16 0600Z	186	8	36	2	18	78	36	-	0
2024-05-16 0000Z	270	4	36	2	12	79	36	-	0
2024-05-15 1800Z	306	9	36	3	14	77	36	-	0
2024-05-15 1200Z	277	11	36	4	20	76	36	-	0
2024-05-15 0600Z	249	15	36	5	19	77	36	-	0
2024-05-15 0000Z	227	14	36	6	20	77	36	-	0
2024-05-14 1800Z	197	17	35	5	21	78	35	-	0
2024-05-14 1200Z	173	14	36	5	20	75	36	-	0
2024-05-14 0600Z	63	5	36	6	20	75	36	-	0
2024-05-14 0000Z	100	21	34	6	18	75	34	-	0
2024-05-13 1800Z	71	9	36	5	20	76	36	-	0
2024-05-13 1200Z	154	14	36	4	18	79	36	-	0
2024-05-13 0600Z	122	17	36	4	21	79	36	-	0
2024-05-13 0000Z	102	14	35	3	20	78	35	-	0
2024-05-12 1800Z	101	16	36	3	17	78	36	-	0
2024-05-12 1200Z	71	15	36	2	20	77	36	-	0
2024-05-12 0600Z	45	5	36	1	19	76	36	-	0
2024-05-12 0000Z	38	7	34	2	19	75	34	-	0
2024-05-11 1800Z	50	10	36	3	20	76	36	-	0
2024-05-11 1200Z	37	17	36	4	22	77	36	-	0
2024-05-11 0600Z	350	9	36	3	19	80	36	-	0
2024-05-11 0000Z	263	4	34	3	18	80	34	-	0
2024-05-10 1800Z	232	12	36	4	20	80	36	-	0
2024-05-10 1200Z	206	8	36	5	20	80	36	-	0
2024-05-10 0600Z	194	13	36	5	21	80	36	-	0
2024-05-10 0000Z	182	14	34	5	18	80	34	-	0
2024-05-09 1800Z	156	11	34	4	21	80	34	-	0
2024-05-09 1200Z	170	8	36	4	20	79	36	-	0
2024-05-09 0600Z	161	15	36	4	17	79	36	-	0
2024-05-09 0000Z	140	13	35	3	21	79	35	-	0
2024-05-08 1800Z	152	10	36	3	20	78	36	-	0
2024-05-08 1200Z	158	11	36	3	18	77	36	-	0
2024-05-08 0600Z	145	10	36	3	21	77	36	-	0
2024-05-08 0000Z	141	8	34	3	20	78	34	-	0
2024-05-07 1800Z	145	8	36	3	19	78	36	-	0
2024-05-07 1200Z	152	10	36	3	19	77	36	-	0
2024-05-07 0600Z	154	11	36	3	18	77	36	-	0
2024-05-07 0000Z	138	8	34	3	16	77	34	-	0
2024-05-06 1800Z	128	8	36	3	18	78	36	-	0
2024-05-06 1200Z	123	6	36	3	21	77	36	-	0
2024-05-06 0600Z	140	10	36	3	17	77	36	-	0
2024-05-06 0000Z	142	7	34	3	17	77	34	-	0
2024-05-05 1800Z	127	6	36	2	20	77	36	-	0
2024-05-05 1200Z	91	6	36	2	17	76	36	-	0
2024-05-05 0600Z	129	6	36	2	16	76	36	-	0
2024-05-05 0000Z	132	3	35	2	17	77	35	-	0
2024-05-04 1800Z	94	5	36	2	22	77	36	-	0
2024-05-04 1200Z	66	5	36	2	19	76	36	-	0
2024-05-04 0600Z	128	6	35	2	17	76	35	-	0
2024-05-04 0000Z	117	7	34	2	18	77	34	-	0
2024-05-03 1800Z	109	2	36	3	18	77	36	74	4
2024-05-03 1200Z	135	8	36	3	18	77	36	-	0
2024-05-03 0600Z	146	11	36	3	19	77	36	-	0
2024-05-03 0000Z	125	9	35	2	20	77	35	-	0
2024-05-02 1800Z	127	8	36	2	17	77	36	-	0
2024-05-02 1200Z	116	6	36	1	18	75	36	-	0
2024-05-02 0600Z	124	6	36	1	18	76	36	-	0
2024-05-02 0000Z	104	6	34	2	17	76	34	-	0
2024-05-01 1800Z	89	6	36	2	16	75	36	-	0
2024-05-01 1200Z	62	6	36	2	20	73	36	72	2
2024-05-01 0600Z	87	1	35	3	14	74	35	73	19
2024-05-01 0000Z	200	5	33	3	18	77	33	74	5
2024-04-30 1800Z	211	7	36	4	20	76	36	-	0
2024-04-30 1200Z	164	9	36	5	20	76	36	-	0
2024-04-30 0600Z	130	17	36	6	18	75	36	-	0
2024-04-30 0000Z	136	13	34	6	17	75	34	-	0
2024-04-29 1800Z	130	14	36	6	20	76	36	-	0
2024-04-29 1200Z	129	16	36	7	21	75	36	-	0
2024-04-29 0600Z	121	19	36	7	18	75	36	-	0
2024-04-29 0000Z	119	16	35	8	19	73	35	75	1
2024-04-28 1800Z	116	19	36	8	19	75	36	-	0
2024-04-28 1200Z	119	21	36	7	21	76	36	-	0
2024-04-28 0600Z	110	20	36	7	20	75	36	-	0
2024-04-28 0000Z	104	19	35	7	20	75	35	-	0
2024-04-27 1800Z	117	17	36	6	19	75	36	-	0
2024-04-27 1200Z	120	20	36	6	20	76	36	-	0
2024-04-27 0600Z	119	17	36	4	17	75	36	-	0
2024-04-27 0000Z	119	16	33	4	18	75	33	-	0
2024-04-26 1800Z	129	16	36	3	18	74	36	-	0
2024-04-26 1200Z	142	14	36	2	19	73	36	-	0
2024-04-26 0600Z	148	10	36	1	18	73	36	-	0
2024-04-26 0000Z	139	7	35	1	17	73	35	-	0
2024-04-25 1800Z	113	7	36	1	20	73	36	-	0
2024-04-25 1200Z	48	2	36	1	20	71	36	73	10
2024-04-25 0600Z	191	8	36	1	18	72	36	-	0
2024-04-25 0000Z	139	4	36	2	20	73	36	-	0
2024-04-24 1800Z	133	7	36	2	20	72	36	-	0
2024-04-24 1200Z	141	5	36	3	19	72	36	72	28
2024-04-24 0600Z	163	9	36	3	20	71	36	72	10
2024-04-24 0000Z	129	3	34	2	18	72	34	-	0
2024-04-23 1800Z	131	10	36	2	18	71	36	-	0
2024-04-23 1200Z	104	9	36	1	19	69	36	72	20
2024-04-23 0600Z	49	5	36	1	20	66	36	-	0
2024-04-23 0000Z	12	5	36	2	22	64	36	-	0
2024-04-22 1800Z	29	12	36	4	19	62	36	-	0
2024-04-22 1200Z	24	20	36	6	19	63	36	-	0
2024-04-22 0600Z	11	19	36	5	21	67	36	73	1
2024-04-22 0000Z	360	16	34	4	19	68	34	-	0
2024-04-21 1800Z	2	14	36	3	21	67	36	-	0
2024-04-21 1200Z	337	6	36	2	19	71	36	-	0
2024-04-21 0600Z	190	10	36	1	20	75	36	-	0
2024-04-21 0000Z	169	7	34	1	19	75	34	-	0
2024-04-20 1800Z	156	4	36	1	18	75	36	-	0
2024-04-20 1200Z	188	3	36	1	17	74	36	-	0
2024-04-20 0600Z	172	8	36	2	18	74	36	-	0
2024-04-20 0000Z	171	6	34	2	19	75	34	-	0
2024-04-19 1800Z	148	5	36	2	20	74	36	-	0
2024-04-19 1200Z	118	2	36	2	19	73	36	73	1
2024-04-19 0600Z	161	9	36	2	20	73	36	74	3
2024-04-19 0000Z	167	8	34	3	17	74	34	-	0
2024-04-18 1800Z	146	11	36	3	19	74	36	-	0
2024-04-18 1200Z	113	6	36	3	20	73	36	73	23
2024-04-18 0600Z	149	8	36	3	21	73	36	73	11
2024-04-18 0000Z	138	13	18	3	11	74	18	73	6

The six-hour averages are calculated as follows:

The 0000Z average uses data from 2100Z to 0259Z.
The 0600Z average uses data from 0300Z to 0859Z.
The 1200Z average uses data from 0900Z to 1459Z.
The 1800Z average uses data from 1500Z to 2059Z.

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