Station 45020 - Grand Traverse Bay Observing System Station 1

Currently selected station Stations with recent data Stations with no data in last 8 hours      (24 hours for tsunami stations) Disclaimer Station operated by University of Michigan Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratories Moored Buoy 44.789 N 85.604 W (44°47'20" N 85°36'16" W) Site elevation: 176 m above mean sea level Air temp height: 2.4 m above site elevation Anemometer height: 2.4 m above site elevation For Great Lakes marine forecasts, select: GREAT LAKES FORECASTS. Search And Rescue (SAR) Data Meteorological Observations from Nearby Stations and Ships Latest Satellite Wind Map for this Area

Conditions at 45020 as of
0356 GMT on 11/25/2009:

Unit of Measure: English Metric    Time Zone: Station Local Time Greenwich Mean Time [GMT] British Summer Time [GMT+1] Eastern Greenland [GMT-1] Azores [GMT-2] Western Greenland [GMT-3] Atlantic Standard [GMT-4] US/Eastern Standard US/Central Standard US/Mountain Standard US/Pacific Standard Alaska Standard [GMT-9] Hawaii-Aleutian Standard [GMT-10] Samoa Standard [GMT-11] International Date Line West [GMT-12] Western European [GMT+0] Central European [GMT+1] Eastern European [GMT+2] Moscow [GMT+3] USSR Zone 3 [GMT+4] USSR Zone 4 [GMT+5] USSR Zone 5 [GMT+6] USSR Zone 6 [GMT+7] China Coast [GMT+8] Japan Standard [GMT+9] Guam Standard [GMT+10] GMT+11 International Date Line East [GMT+12]    Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation.
	Wind Direction (WDIR):	SSE ( 160 deg true )
	Wind Speed (WSPD):	2.0 m/s
	Wind Gust (GST):	2.0 m/s
	Wave Height (WVHT):	0.0 m
	Air Temperature (ATMP):	7.7 °C
	Wind Chill (CHILL):	6.5 °C
	Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure

Previous observations

MM	DD	TIME (GMT)		WDIR	WSPD m/s	GST m/s	WVHT m	DPD sec	APD sec	MWD	PRES mb	PTDY mb	ATMP °C	WTMP °C	DEWP °C	SAL psu	VIS km	TIDE m
11	25	0336		S	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.6	-	-	-	-	-
11	25	0326		S	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.6	-	-	-	-	-
11	25	0316		S	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.5	-	-	-	-	-
11	25	0306		S	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.6	-	-	-	-	-
11	25	0256		S	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.5	-	-	-	-	-
11	25	0246		S	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.5	-	-	-	-	-
11	25	0236		S	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.4	-	-	-	-	-
11	25	0226		S	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.3	-	-	-	-	-
11	25	0216		S	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.3	-	-	-	-	-
11	25	0206		S	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.3	-	-	-	-	-
11	25	0156		S	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.3	-	-	-	-	-
11	25	0146		S	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.3	-	-	-	-	-
11	25	0136		SW	1.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.3	-	-	-	-	-
11	25	0126		S	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.3	-	-	-	-	-
11	25	0116		SSE	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.4	-	-	-	-	-
11	25	0106		SSE	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.4	-	-	-	-	-
11	25	0056		ESE	3.0	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.4	-	-	-	-	-
11	25	0046		SE	3.0	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.4	-	-	-	-	-
11	25	0036		SSE	3.0	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.5	-	-	-	-	-
11	25	0026		SE	3.0	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.5	-	-	-	-	-
11	25	0016		SE	3.0	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.5	-	-	-	-	-
11	25	0006		SE	3.0	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.7	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	2356		SSE	3.0	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.7	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	2346		SSE	3.0	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.8	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	2336		SE	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.8	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	2326		SE	3.0	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.8	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	2316		SE	3.0	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.8	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	2306		SE	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.0	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	2256		SSE	3.0	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.0	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	2246		SE	2.0	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.1	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	2236		SE	3.0	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.1	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	2226		SE	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.2	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	2216		ESE	3.0	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.2	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	2206		SE	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.4	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	2156		ESE	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.4	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	2146		SE	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.5	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	2136		SSE	2.0	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.6	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	2126		S	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.6	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	2116		S	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.7	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	2106		S	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.6	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	2056		SSE	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.7	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	2036		SSE	2.0	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.7	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	2026		SSE	2.0	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.7	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	2006		SE	3.0	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.8	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1956		SSE	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.8	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1946		SSE	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.8	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1936		SE	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.9	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1916		SSE	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.9	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1856		S	2.0	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.8	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1846		S	3.0	3.0	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	8.8	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1836		SSW	3.0	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.8	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1826		S	3.0	4.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.7	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1816		S	3.0	3.0	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	8.6	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1806		S	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.6	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1726		S	4.0	4.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	8.5	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1716		S	3.0	3.0	0.3	6	-	-	-	-	8.3	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1706		S	3.0	3.0	0.2	-	-	-	-	-	8.2	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1656		S	4.0	6.0	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	8.2	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1646		S	4.0	4.0	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	8.2	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1636		S	4.0	4.0	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	8.1	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1626		S	4.0	5.0	0.3	4	-	-	-	-	7.9	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1606		SSE	4.0	5.0	0.2	-	-	-	-	-	7.8	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1546		S	2.0	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.8	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1536		S	4.0	4.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.8	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1526		S	3.0	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.7	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1456		S	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.6	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1436		SSE	2.0	2.0	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	7.4	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1426		S	1.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.1	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1416		S	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	7.0	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1356		WSW	2.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.8	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1336		WSW	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.9	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1326		S	1.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.8	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1316		-	0.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.6	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1306		SSE	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.5	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1256		S	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.4	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1246		SSW	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.4	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1236		SW	1.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.5	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1226		SW	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.3	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1216		SW	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.2	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1206		SW	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.1	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1156		S	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.1	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1146		S	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.1	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1136		S	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.1	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1126		S	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.2	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1116		S	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.3	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1106		SW	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.3	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1056		SW	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.3	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1046		WSW	1.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.4	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1036		-	0.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.3	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1026		SW	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.2	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1016		WSW	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.2	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	1006		-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.1	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0956		-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.1	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0946		-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.0	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0936		-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.0	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0926		WSW	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.0	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0916		-	0.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.0	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0906		-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	5.9	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0856		-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	5.8	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0846		SW	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	5.9	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0836		SW	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.0	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0826		S	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.1	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0816		ESE	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.1	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0806		E	1.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.2	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0756		E	2.0	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.3	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0746		E	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.0	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0736		-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	5.9	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0726		-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	5.7	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0716		-	0.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	5.8	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0706		SE	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	5.8	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0656		S	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	5.9	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0646		WSW	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.2	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0636		W	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.3	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0626		-	0.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.2	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0616		-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.2	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0606		-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.1	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0556		-	0.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.1	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0546		-	0.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.1	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0536		-	0.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.0	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0526		-	0.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	5.9	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0516		E	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.0	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0506		SE	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.0	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0456		E	1.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.1	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0446		-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	5.9	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0436		-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.0	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0426		-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.4	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0416		-	0.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.6	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0406		-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.6	-	-	-	-	-
11	24	0356		-	0.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	6.7	-	-	-	-	-

Disclaimer: Ocean current directions are measured to the nearest 10 degrees and speeds are measured to the nearest whole centimeter per second.

Ocean Current Data for 45020

Previous (up to 48) reports of ocean current data for 45020

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