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Station 42885 - Development Driller II - Mississippi Canyon 727

Station operated by BP Inc
Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit
28.249 N 88.828 W (28°14'57" N 88°49'40" W)

Water depth: 1872 m

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Ocean Current Data for 42885

Unit of Measure:   Time Zone:   
    3:14 am CDT    3:04 am CDT    2:54 am CDT    2:44 am CDT    2:34 am CDT    2:24 am CDT    2:14 am CDT    2:04 am CDT
Depth
ft		   Dir
°		Speed
kts		    Dir
°		Speed
kts		    Dir
°		Speed
kts		    Dir
°		Speed
kts		    Dir
°		Speed
kts		    Dir
°		Speed
kts		    Dir
°		Speed
kts		    Dir
°		Speed
kts
234.2     127 0.20    121 0.21    117 0.24    117 0.22    109 0.23    123 0.30    118 0.26    117 0.31
339.2     118 0.16    121 0.14    112 0.16    113 0.18    108 0.17    121 0.17    111 0.16    115 0.16
444.2     158 0.03    151 0.03    157 0.05    172 0.04    132 0.07    172 0.06    151 0.04    130 0.05
549.2     56 0.08    47 0.07    49 0.06    135 0.03    101 0.05    108 0.07    103 0.06    97 0.06
654.2     85 0.13    92 0.13    87 0.12    97 0.12    93 0.12    96 0.11    110 0.13    90 0.11
759.2     100 0.10    103 0.11    97 0.10    102 0.10    113 0.12    112 0.08    133 0.10    126 0.12
864.2     119 0.11    123 0.12    116 0.11    124 0.12    119 0.13    124 0.12    145 0.13    129 0.13
969.1     127 0.21    132 0.23    133 0.22    136 0.25    129 0.23    126 0.24    131 0.25    122 0.24
1074.1     136 0.25    137 0.25    135 0.25    135 0.26    128 0.25    129 0.27    132 0.25    124 0.26
1179.1     149 0.11    144 0.10    127 0.08    135 0.09    131 0.09    128 0.09    134 0.11    115 0.10
1284.1     104 0.10    84 0.09    91 0.09    89 0.10    78 0.08    60 0.08    78 0.07    61 0.09
1389.1     79 0.10    62 0.11    56 0.09    53 0.11    53 0.11    55 0.12    45 0.10    30 0.13
1494.1     51 0.11    53 0.12    42 0.11    42 0.12    48 0.14    42 0.15    36 0.13    35 0.16
1599.1     43 0.13    45 0.12    24 0.14    38 0.13    28 0.15    36 0.13    28 0.11    33 0.14
1704.0     42 0.09    51 0.12    46 0.12    44 0.10    39 0.10    49 0.12    42 0.12    49 0.11
1809.0     83 0.07    70 0.09    66 0.09    65 0.07    60 0.08    75 0.10    62 0.10    75 0.07
1914.0     65 0.04    69 0.05    58 0.06    29 0.06    45 0.05    81 0.03    31 0.05    37 0.04
2019.0     35 0.10    51 0.09    37 0.09    33 0.11    37 0.10    36 0.09    21 0.10    12 0.10
2124.0     38 0.10    29 0.13    28 0.12    37 0.13    24 0.11    34 0.10    18 0.08    29 0.09
2229.0     35 0.11    49 0.11    43 0.09    57 0.09    47 0.10    56 0.09    40 0.08    47 0.10
2334.0     35 0.11    39 0.11    27 0.10    43 0.11    38 0.10    39 0.10    36 0.08    44 0.08
2438.9     28 0.12    39 0.11    28 0.09    27 0.10    29 0.09    20 0.09    34 0.07    43 0.07
2543.9     45 0.05    39 0.04    36 0.05    47 0.04    29 0.05    56 0.03    342 0.02    180 0.00
2648.9     310 0.03    299 0.02    330 0.02    264 0.02    21 0.03    360 0.01    246 0.02    184 0.03
2753.9     284 0.04    285 0.02    261 0.01    225 0.03    165 0.02    207 0.03    186 0.04    173 0.06
2858.9     204 0.03   --    184 0.03    194 0.06    146 0.06    162 0.05    202 0.09    180 0.08
2963.9    --   --    183 0.08    222 0.05   --   --    197 0.07   --
3068.9    --   --   --   --   --   --    237 0.09   --

Previous (up to 48) reports of ocean current data for 42885

Ocean Current Stick Plots are available in metric units only:
     1-day plot - ocean current 1-day plot      3-day plot - ocean current 3-day plot      5-day plot - ocean current 5-day plot

Ocean Conditions at 42885 as of
(3:14 am CDT)
0814 GMT on 05/22/2013:
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.

 Depth (DEPTH): 72.2 ft
5-day plot - Ocean TemperatureOcean Temperature (OTMP):69.80 °F
Previous observations
5-day plot - Ocean Temperature 5-day plot - Conductivity 5-day plot - Salinity 5-day plot - Oxygen Concentration (O2PCT) 5-day plot - Oxygen Concentration (O2PPM) 5-day plot - Chlorophyll 5-day plot - Turbidity 5-day plot - pH 5-day plot - Eh
MM   DD    TIME
(CDT)		 DEPTH
ft		        OTMP
°F		    COND
mS/cm		   SAL
psu		   O2%
%		    O2PPM
ppm		 CLCON
ug/l		 TURB
FTU		 PH EH
mv
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Description of Measurements

Links which are specific to this station are listed below:

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.

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