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Station 46204 - West Sea Otter

Owned and maintained by Environment Canada
3-meter discus buoy
51.384 N 128.767 W (51°23'2" N 128°46'1" W)

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Data from this station are not quality controlled by NDBC

Conditions at 46204 as of
(1:00 am PDT)
0800 GMT on 05/25/2013:
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.
	Wind Direction (WDIR):	S ( 180 deg true )
	Wind Speed (WSPD):	5.8 kts
	Wind Gust (GST):	7.8 kts
	Wave Height (WVHT):	3.6 ft
	Dominant Wave Period (DPD):	11 sec
	Atmospheric Pressure (PRES):	30.04 in
	Pressure Tendency (PTDY):	-0.01 in ( Falling )
	Air Temperature (ATMP):	48.2 °F
	Wind Chill (CHILL):	45.1 °F
	Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure

Data from this station are not quality controlled by NDBC

Previous observations

MM	DD	TIME (PDT)		WDIR	WSPD kts	GST kts	WVHT ft	DPD sec	APD sec	MWD	PRES in	PTDY in	ATMP °F	WTMP °F	DEWP °F	SAL psu	VIS nmi	TIDE ft
05	25	12:00 am		S	3.9	5.8	3.9	14	-	-	30.04	-0.01	48.4	-	-	-	-	-
05	24	11:00 pm		SSW	5.8	7.8	3.9	12	-	-	30.04	+0.00	48.6	-	-	-	-	-
05	24	10:00 pm		SSW	7.8	9.7	3.9	14	-	-	30.05	+0.01	48.6	-	-	-	-	-
05	24	9:00 pm		S	7.8	9.7	3.9	12	-	-	30.05	+0.00	48.7	-	-	-	-	-
05	24	8:00 pm		S	7.8	9.7	3.6	13	-	-	30.04	+0.00	48.9	-	-	-	-	-
05	24	7:00 pm		SSW	7.8	7.8	3.6	14	-	-	30.04	-0.00	49.1	-	-	-	-	-
05	24	6:00 pm		SSW	5.8	7.8	3.6	13	-	-	30.05	+0.03	49.6	-	-	-	-	-
05	24	5:00 pm		SSW	9.7	11.7	3.9	14	-	-	30.04	+0.04	49.1	-	-	-	-	-
05	24	4:00 pm		S	9.7	11.7	3.6	14	-	-	30.04	+0.04	49.1	-	-	-	-	-
05	24	3:00 pm		SSW	9.7	11.7	3.6	13	-	-	30.02	+0.02	48.9	-	-	-	-	-
05	24	2:00 pm		SSW	9.7	11.7	4.3	13	-	-	30.01	+0.01	48.6	-	-	-	-	-
05	24	1:00 pm		S	9.7	11.7	4.6	13	-	-	30.01	+0.01	48.4	-	-	-	-	-
05	24	12:00 pm		S	9.7	11.7	4.9	14	-	-	30.00	+0.01	48.2	-	-	-	-	-
05	24	11:00 am		S	9.7	11.7	4.9	13	-	-	29.99	+0.00	48.0	-	-	-	-	-
05	24	10:00 am		S	9.7	11.7	4.6	15	-	-	29.99	+0.01	48.2	-	-	-	-	-
05	24	9:00 am		S	7.8	9.7	4.6	16	-	-	29.99	+0.01	48.0	-	-	-	-	-
05	24	8:00 am		S	9.7	9.7	4.6	14	-	-	29.99	+0.01	48.0	-	-	-	-	-
05	24	7:00 am		S	7.8	9.7	4.3	14	-	-	29.98	+0.01	48.0	-	-	-	-	-
05	24	6:00 am		S	7.8	9.7	4.3	14	-	-	29.98	-0.00	48.2	-	-	-	-	-
05	24	5:00 am		SSW	9.7	11.7	4.3	15	-	-	29.97	-0.00	48.0	-	-	-	-	-
05	24	4:00 am		SSW	9.7	11.7	4.3	15	-	-	29.98	-0.00	48.2	-	-	-	-	-
05	24	3:00 am		SSW	9.7	11.7	4.3	16	-	-	29.98	-0.01	48.4	-	-	-	-	-
05	24	2:00 am		SSW	9.7	11.7	4.9	15	-	-	29.98	-0.01	48.6	-	-	-	-	-

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.

Canadian Moored Buoy Historical Data