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Station SAUF1 - St. Augustine, FL Image indicating link to RSS feed of recent meteorological observations for station SAUF1

Station SAUF1

Owned and maintained by National Data Buoy Center
C-MAN Station
ARES payload
29.857 N 81.265 W (29°51'24" N 81°15'54" W)

Site elevation: 0 m above mean sea level
Air temp height: 7.6 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 16.5 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: 8.8 m above mean sea level

SAUF1 is transmitting data intermittently.  This station will be fully 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 FL.  Speed restrictions of 10 knots apply to vessels 65 feet or greater within the vicinity of this station.  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

Latest NWS Marine Forecast

Important Notice to Mariners

Search And Rescue (SAR) Data

Meteorological Observations from Nearby Stations and Ships Image indicating link to RSS feed of recent meteorological observations near station SAUF1

The QuikSCAT wind data are no longer available.

Sector pictures are available for this station at 0, 45, 90, 135, 180, 225, 270, 315 degrees.

(SECTOR PHOTOS ARE NOT IN REAL-TIME AND ARE NOT UPDATED!)

Conditions at SAUF1 as of
(10:00 pm EST on 02/09/2010)
0300 GMT on 02/10/2010:

Note: This report is more than two hours old
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.

5-day plot - Wind SpeedWind Speed (WSPD): 5 kts
5-day plot - Atmospheric PressureAtmospheric Pressure (PRES):29.83 in
5-day plot - Water TemperatureWater Temperature (WTMP): 54.3 °F
5-day plot - Wind Speed, Wind Gust and Atmospheric PressureCombined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure
 
Previous observations
5-day plot - Wind Direction5-day plot - Wind Speed5-day plot - Wind Gust5-day plot - Wave Height5-day plot - Dominant Wave Period5-day plot - Average Period5-day plot - Mean Wave Direction5-day plot - Atmospheric Pressure5-day plot - Pressure Tendency5-day plot - Air Temperature5-day plot - Water Temperature5-day plot - Dew Point5-day plot - Salinity5-day plot - Visibility5-day plot - Tide (above MLLW)
MM DD TIME
(EST)		   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
0209 9:00 pm  WNW 5-----29.82- 58.5- 56.5---
0209 7:00 pm   SW 6-------------
0209 5:02 pm   S 17-----29.78-0.14------
0209 3:00 pm   N 6-----29.89- 55.2- 53.1---
0209 2:00 pm  NNE 2-----29.93-0.04- 54.0----
0209 1:00 pm  -------29.94-- 54.0----
020911:00 am  SSW 4 5----29.97+0.00- 53.8----
0209 9:00 am   S 8 8----29.96+0.01 56.8 53.6 51.1---
0209 8:00 am   S 5 6----29.97+0.00 54.3 53.6 52.0---
0209 7:00 am   S 2 3------ 53.4- 51.6---
0209 6:00 am  SSE 2 2----29.95-0.06- 53.6----
0209 5:00 am   N 3-----29.98-0.06- 53.6----
0209 4:00 am  NNE 3 3----29.98-0.07 52.5 53.6 50.0---
0209 3:00 am  NNE 5 5----30.01-0.04- 53.6----
0209 2:00 am   N 7 8----30.03- 51.3 53.6 48.2---
0209 1:00 am   N 7 7----30.05-------

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.

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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