Station 42001 - Search and Rescue Data

MID GULF - 180 nm South of Southwest Pass, LA
25.926 N 89.662 W (25°55'32" N 89°39'43" W)

The highly endangered Rice's whale, a newly identified species, inhabit the northeastern Gulf of Mexico year-round along the continental shelf-break between 100m and 400m depth. Vessels can kill or injure whales - please use slow speeds and be prepared to avoid surfacing whales. To report sightings call 1-877-WHALE-HELP.

Average surface winds - six hour block.

Date (UTC)	Average Wind Dir (True)	Average Wind Spd (Knots)	Wind Obs	Average Seas (Feet)	Air Temp. (Degrees F.)	Air Temp. Obs	Water Temp. (Degrees F.)	Water Temp. Obs
2024-12-14 1200Z	99	18	20	-	76	20	79	20
2024-12-14 0600Z	84	19	36	-	76	34	79	35
2024-12-14 0000Z	84	18	35	-	76	35	79	33
2024-12-13 1800Z	80	12	36	-	75	36	79	35
2024-12-13 1200Z	78	12	36	-	72	35	79	35
2024-12-13 0600Z	81	13	36	-	71	36	79	33
2024-12-13 0000Z	72	15	35	-	71	35	80	35
2024-12-12 1800Z	57	14	36	-	69	35	80	36
2024-12-12 1200Z	35	14	36	-	68	36	80	35
2024-12-12 0600Z	20	16	36	-	66	36	80	36
2024-12-12 0000Z	7	20	35	-	65	35	80	35
2024-12-11 1800Z	349	25	36	-	66	36	80	36
2024-12-11 1200Z	337	27	36	-	71	36	80	36
2024-12-11 0600Z	244	17	36	-	79	36	80	34
2024-12-11 0000Z	192	11	35	-	79	35	80	35
2024-12-10 1800Z	170	14	36	-	79	36	80	36
2024-12-10 1200Z	163	12	36	-	78	36	79	36
2024-12-10 0600Z	171	11	36	-	78	36	80	36
2024-12-10 0000Z	173	13	35	-	79	35	80	35
2024-12-09 1800Z	174	14	36	-	79	36	80	36
2024-12-09 1200Z	183	11	36	-	78	36	79	36
2024-12-09 0600Z	173	12	36	-	77	36	79	36
2024-12-09 0000Z	151	11	35	-	77	35	80	35
2024-12-08 1800Z	133	9	36	-	77	36	79	35
2024-12-08 1200Z	120	11	36	-	75	36	79	36
2024-12-08 0600Z	104	13	36	-	74	36	79	36
2024-12-08 0000Z	87	14	36	-	75	30	80	32
2024-12-07 1800Z	83	14	36	-	75	36	79	36
2024-12-07 1200Z	73	12	36	-	73	36	80	36
2024-12-07 0600Z	58	13	36	-	72	36	80	36
2024-12-07 0000Z	42	15	35	-	73	35	79	35
2024-12-06 1800Z	30	16	36	-	74	36	79	35
2024-12-06 1200Z	5	10	36	-	75	36	79	36
2024-12-06 0600Z	279	5	36	-	76	36	79	34
2024-12-06 0000Z	215	6	35	-	76	35	80	34
2024-12-05 1800Z	176	5	36	-	76	36	80	35
2024-12-05 1200Z	161	9	36	-	74	36	79	36
2024-12-05 0600Z	145	11	36	-	74	36	79	34
2024-12-05 0000Z	113	10	35	-	73	35	80	35
2024-12-04 1800Z	111	8	36	-	73	36	80	36
2024-12-04 1200Z	99	11	36	-	72	36	80	36
2024-12-04 0600Z	81	15	36	-	73	36	80	36
2024-12-04 0000Z	63	17	36	-	73	36	80	36
2024-12-03 1800Z	59	16	36	-	73	36	80	36
2024-12-03 1200Z	68	17	36	-	73	35	79	33
2024-12-03 0600Z	73	17	36	-	74	36	80	36
2024-12-03 0000Z	75	15	35	-	74	35	80	35
2024-12-02 1800Z	74	13	36	-	74	35	80	36
2024-12-02 1200Z	78	11	36	-	73	36	81	36
2024-12-02 0600Z	75	10	36	-	74	36	81	36
2024-12-02 0000Z	63	10	35	-	74	35	81	34
2024-12-01 1800Z	81	11	36	-	74	36	81	36
2024-12-01 1200Z	67	11	36	-	74	36	81	36
2024-12-01 0600Z	59	12	36	-	73	36	81	36
2024-12-01 0000Z	62	13	32	-	74	31	81	31
2024-11-30 1800Z	67	13	36	-	74	36	81	36
2024-11-30 1200Z	50	16	36	-	73	36	81	35
2024-11-30 0600Z	32	19	36	-	73	35	81	34
2024-11-30 0000Z	26	20	35	-	73	35	80	35
2024-11-29 1800Z	13	16	36	-	75	36	81	35
2024-11-29 1200Z	232	5	36	-	79	36	81	35
2024-11-29 0600Z	325	1	36	-	79	36	81	36
2024-11-29 0000Z	292	7	35	-	79	35	81	35
2024-11-28 1800Z	275	5	36	-	79	36	81	36
2024-11-28 1200Z	271	4	36	-	78	36	81	36
2024-11-28 0600Z	182	8	36	-	78	36	80	36
2024-11-28 0000Z	185	10	35	-	78	35	80	34
2024-11-27 1800Z	159	9	36	-	77	36	80	36
2024-11-27 1200Z	158	6	36	-	77	36	80	36
2024-11-27 0600Z	87	1	36	-	77	36	81	35
2024-11-27 0000Z	338	4	35	-	78	35	81	35
2024-11-26 1800Z	345	1	36	-	79	36	81	36
2024-11-26 1200Z	73	2	36	-	77	36	80	36
2024-11-26 0600Z	90	5	36	-	77	36	81	35
2024-11-26 0000Z	103	5	34	-	78	34	81	33
2024-11-25 1800Z	140	5	36	-	79	36	81	35
2024-11-25 1200Z	148	7	36	-	77	36	81	36
2024-11-25 0600Z	149	9	36	-	77	36	81	36
2024-11-25 0000Z	138	5	35	-	76	35	81	34
2024-11-24 1800Z	165	6	36	-	76	36	81	36
2024-11-24 1200Z	163	8	36	-	75	35	81	36
2024-11-24 0600Z	143	7	36	-	74	36	81	36
2024-11-24 0000Z	107	5	35	-	74	35	81	35
2024-11-23 1800Z	56	3	36	-	74	36	81	34
2024-11-23 1200Z	337	4	36	-	72	36	81	35
2024-11-23 0600Z	323	8	36	-	72	36	81	36
2024-11-23 0000Z	332	11	36	-	72	36	81	36
2024-11-22 1800Z	329	13	36	-	73	36	81	35
2024-11-22 1200Z	339	14	36	-	72	35	81	35
2024-11-22 0600Z	335	15	36	-	71	35	81	35
2024-11-22 0000Z	345	13	36	-	70	36	81	35
2024-11-21 1800Z	359	16	36	-	70	36	81	34
2024-11-21 1200Z	1	19	36	-	71	35	81	35
2024-11-21 0600Z	347	20	36	-	74	35	82	35
2024-11-21 0000Z	342	18	36	-	77	36	82	34
2024-11-20 1800Z	344	17	36	-	78	35	82	36
2024-11-20 1200Z	335	19	36	-	79	36	82	36
2024-11-20 0600Z	314	13	36	-	80	35	83	35
2024-11-20 0000Z	292	12	35	-	80	35	83	35
2024-11-19 1800Z	190	24	36	-	81	36	83	35
2024-11-19 1200Z	159	25	36	-	83	36	83	35
2024-11-19 0600Z	135	24	36	-	82	35	83	33
2024-11-19 0000Z	126	22	35	-	82	34	84	34
2024-11-18 1800Z	137	23	36	-	82	33	84	27
2024-11-18 1200Z	114	21	36	-	81	35	83	36
2024-11-18 0600Z	105	17	36	-	80	36	82	36
2024-11-18 0000Z	97	19	36	-	80	35	83	34
2024-11-17 1800Z	94	14	36	-	80	35	84	35
2024-11-17 1200Z	115	13	36	-	79	36	84	35
2024-11-17 0600Z	106	17	36	-	80	36	82	35
2024-11-17 0000Z	89	16	36	-	80	36	84	33
2024-11-16 1800Z	77	13	35	-	78	35	83	35
2024-11-16 1200Z	78	11	36	-	78	36	84	34
2024-11-16 0600Z	66	11	36	-	78	36	84	35
2024-11-16 0000Z	61	13	36	-	79	36	84	35
2024-11-15 1800Z	48	13	36	-	80	35	84	36
2024-11-15 1200Z	30	14	36	-	78	36	84	35
2024-11-15 0600Z	15	15	36	-	77	36	83	36
2024-11-15 0000Z	9	16	35	-	78	35	83	33
2024-11-14 1800Z	1	16	36	-	79	36	82	35
2024-11-14 1200Z	349	14	36	-	79	36	81	35
2024-11-14 0600Z	356	6	36	-	80	36	81	36
2024-11-14 0000Z	319	6	35	-	81	35	81	34
2024-11-13 1800Z	252	7	36	-	81	36	81	35
2024-11-13 1200Z	202	5	35	-	79	35	81	36
2024-11-13 0600Z	142	15	36	-	80	36	81	36
2024-11-13 0000Z	116	12	35	-	80	35	81	35
2024-11-12 1800Z	123	6	36	-	79	36	81	36
2024-11-12 1200Z	190	2	36	-	80	36	81	35
2024-11-12 0600Z	332	12	36	-	79	36	81	36
2024-11-12 0000Z	329	16	35	-	79	35	81	35
2024-11-11 1800Z	313	12	36	-	80	36	81	36
2024-11-11 1200Z	244	9	36	-	80	36	81	36
2024-11-11 0600Z	192	11	36	-	80	36	81	35
2024-11-11 0000Z	172	17	35	-	80	35	81	30
2024-11-10 1800Z	171	19	36	-	80	36	81	36
2024-11-10 1200Z	150	24	36	-	79	36	81	34
2024-11-10 0600Z	135	25	36	-	80	36	81	34
2024-11-10 0000Z	122	24	36	-	78	36	81	34
2024-11-09 1800Z	126	23	36	-	78	36	81	35
2024-11-09 1200Z	115	27	36	-	80	36	81	36
2024-11-09 0600Z	102	31	36	-	80	36	82	34
2024-11-09 0000Z	76	29	35	-	83	35	81	33
2024-11-08 1800Z	52	26	36	-	83	36	82	34
2024-11-08 1200Z	42	23	36	-	82	36	81	35
2024-11-08 0600Z	27	20	36	-	82	36	81	34
2024-11-08 0000Z	22	18	35	-	82	35	81	35
2024-11-07 1800Z	23	14	36	-	82	36	81	36
2024-11-07 1200Z	29	9	36	-	81	36	81	35
2024-11-07 0600Z	39	9	36	-	80	36	81	36
2024-11-07 0000Z	29	9	35	-	81	35	81	35
2024-11-06 1800Z	18	12	36	-	81	36	81	35
2024-11-06 1200Z	32	7	36	-	81	36	81	36
2024-11-06 0600Z	75	8	36	-	81	36	81	36
2024-11-06 0000Z	95	9	35	-	81	35	81	35
2024-11-05 1800Z	114	13	36	-	82	36	81	36
2024-11-05 1200Z	122	16	36	-	81	36	81	36
2024-11-05 0600Z	119	18	36	-	81	36	81	35
2024-11-05 0000Z	103	17	36	-	81	36	81	35
2024-11-04 1800Z	109	17	36	-	81	36	81	36
2024-11-04 1200Z	113	18	36	-	81	36	81	36
2024-11-04 0600Z	109	19	36	-	81	36	81	36
2024-11-04 0000Z	105	15	35	-	81	35	81	35
2024-11-03 1800Z	110	15	36	-	81	36	81	34
2024-11-03 1200Z	108	16	36	-	81	36	81	35
2024-11-03 0600Z	97	18	36	-	81	36	81	36
2024-11-03 0000Z	91	16	35	-	81	35	81	35
2024-11-02 1800Z	88	15	36	-	82	36	81	35
2024-11-02 1200Z	97	13	36	-	80	36	81	36
2024-11-02 0600Z	75	16	36	-	80	36	81	36
2024-11-02 0000Z	79	13	35	-	81	35	81	35
2024-11-01 1800Z	101	13	36	-	81	36	81	36
2024-11-01 1200Z	112	14	36	-	81	36	81	34
2024-11-01 0600Z	111	15	36	-	81	36	81	35
2024-11-01 0000Z	112	12	33	-	80	33	81	30
2024-10-31 1800Z	110	15	36	-	82	36	81	35
2024-10-31 1200Z	99	17	36	-	82	36	81	35
2024-10-31 0600Z	100	17	36	-	82	36	81	34
2024-10-31 0000Z	99	20	36	-	82	36	81	32
2024-10-30 1800Z	94	17	36	-	82	36	81	34
2024-10-30 1200Z	98	18	36	-	81	36	81	32
2024-10-30 0600Z	96	19	36	-	81	36	81	33
2024-10-30 0000Z	86	19	18	-	81	18	81	18

The six-hour averages are calculated as follows:

The 0000Z average uses data from 2100Z to 0259Z.
The 0600Z average uses data from 0300Z to 0859Z.
The 1200Z average uses data from 0900Z to 1459Z.
The 1800Z average uses data from 1500Z to 2059Z.

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