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Station 21600 - Drifter

Owned and maintained by Japanese Meteorological Agency
Drifting Buoy
Currently located at 30.50 N 127.73 E

Meteorological Observations from Nearby Stations and Ships

Conditions at 21600 as of
0000 GMT on 05/26/2013:
Unit of Measure: Time Zone: Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation.
	Water Temperature (WTMP):	74.1 °F
	Atmospheric Pressure (PRES):	29.97 in

Data from this station are not quality controlled by NDBC

Previous 25 observations

MM	DD	HHMM GMT	LAT deg	LON deg	WDIR	WSPD kts	GST kts	PRES in	PTDY in	ATMP °F	WTMP °F
05	25	2100	30.50	127.79	-	-	-	29.96	-	-	73.9
05	25	1800	30.54	127.78	-	-	-	29.96	-	-	73.0
05	25	1500	30.54	127.75	-	-	-	29.98	-	-	72.0
05	25	1200	30.50	127.79	-	-	-	29.98	-	-	72.1
05	25	0900	30.47	127.87	-	-	-	29.95	-	-	72.3
05	25	0600	30.46	127.92	-	-	-	29.95	-	-	75.6
05	25	0300	30.49	127.93	-	-	-	29.96	-	-	75.4
05	25	0000	30.51	127.95	-	-	-	29.94	-	-	75.0
05	24	2100	30.51	127.97	-	-	-	29.93	-	-	74.8
05	24	1800	30.55	127.98	-	-	-	29.91	-	-	74.8
05	24	1500	30.59	127.96	-	-	-	29.94	-	-	75.0
05	24	1200	30.58	127.94	-	-	-	29.91	-	-	75.2
05	24	0900	30.56	127.99	-	-	-	29.89	-	-	75.2
05	24	0600	30.58	128.02	-	-	-	29.89	-	-	74.8
05	24	0300	30.60	128.03	-	-	-	29.94	-	-	74.3
05	24	0000	30.61	128.05	-	-	-	29.93	-	-	73.6
05	23	2100	30.62	128.09	-	-	-	29.90	-	-	73.2
05	23	1800	30.63	128.13	-	-	-	29.88	-	-	73.6
05	23	1500	30.63	128.17	-	-	-	29.91	-	-	73.9
05	23	1200	30.65	128.20	-	-	-	29.90	-	-	73.9
05	23	0900	30.64	128.23	-	-	-	29.86	-	-	73.4
05	23	0600	30.63	128.28	-	-	-	29.88	-	-	73.2
05	23	0300	30.63	128.35	-	-	-	29.91	-	-	73.4
05	23	0000	30.63	128.43	-	-	-	29.91	-	-	73.8

Detailed Wave Summary
for 21600 as of
0000 GMT on 05/26/2013:
These wave data are displayed in rounded times. Unit of Measure: Time Zone: Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation.
	Significant Wave Height (WVHT):	5.2 ft
	Wave Steepness (STEEPNESS):	STEEP

Previous observations

MM	DD	TIME (GMT)		WVHT ft		SwH ft		SwP sec		SwD	WWH ft	WWP sec		WWD	STEEPNESS	APD sec
05	25	2100		5.6		-		-		-	-	-		-	STEEP	-
05	25	1800		5.2		-		-		-	-	-		-	STEEP	-
05	25	1500		3.9		-		-		-	-	-		-	STEEP	-
05	25	1200		2.3		-		-		-	-	-		-	N/A	-
05	25	0900		2.0		-		-		-	-	-		-	N/A	-
05	25	0600		2.0		-		-		-	-	-		-	N/A	-
05	25	0300		2.3		-		-		-	-	-		-	N/A	-

Description of Measurements

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Real Time Data in tabular form for the last forty-five days.

Historical Data & Climatic Summaries for quality controlled data for the current month, previous months, and previous years.