Station 41002 (LLNR 830) - S HATTERAS - 250 NM East of Charleston, SC

Owned and maintained by National Data Buoy Center
6-meter NOMAD buoy
ARES payload
32.382 N 75.415 W (32°22'56" N 75°24'53" W)

Site elevation: sea level
Air temp height: 4 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 5 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: sea level
Sea temp depth: 1m below site elevation
Water depth: 3546 m
Watch circle radius: 3335 yards

Station 41002 went adrift on 12/04/2008 and the last report from its moored position was at 1842Z. The buoy has been recovered as of 04/01/2009. This buoy will be restored to service when it can be worked into the schedule. When the service date is known, it will be posted in the maintenance report.

Right whales are active off SC. Speed restrictions of 10 knots apply to vessels 65 feet or greater in specific areas and times along the U.S. East Coast. It is illegal to approach right whales within 500 yards. To learn more about right whales and rules protecting them, go to: http://rightwhalessouth.nmfs.noaa.gov

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Quality controlled data for 2009 (data descriptions)
- Continuous winds data: Jan Feb Mar Apr
- Spectral wave density data: Jan Feb Mar Apr
Historical data (data descriptions)
- Standard meteorological data: 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
- Continuous winds data: 1989 1992 1993 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
- Spectral wave density data: 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2007b 2008
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The weekly status report and the weekly maintenance report also provide valuable station information.

Note that the payload types and the station locations occasionally change.
Please refer to the NDBC data inventory for the data history of each station.

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