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Station 42012 - Search and Rescue Data

ORANGE BEACH - 44 NM SE of Mobile, AL
30.061 N 87.547 W (30°3'39" N 87°32'48" W)

The system installed at 42012 is a prototype. Data is provisional pending rigorous review.
The highly endangered Rice's whale, a newly identified species, inhabit the northeastern Gulf of America 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)	Wave Obs	Air Temp. (Degrees F.)	Air Temp. Obs	Water Temp. (Degrees F.)	Water Temp. Obs
2026-10-24 1800Z	43	15	36	4	21	71	36	78	36
2026-10-24 1200Z	62	17	36	4	21	72	36	78	36
2026-10-24 0600Z	63	17	36	3	21	76	36	78	36
2026-10-24 0000Z	69	9	34	1	21	77	34	79	34
2026-10-23 1800Z	42	9	36	2	21	74	36	78	36
2026-10-23 1200Z	24	12	35	2	23	71	35	78	35
2026-10-23 0600Z	19	11	36	1	22	75	36	78	36
2026-10-23 0000Z	282	4	35	1	20	76	35	78	35
2026-10-22 1800Z	11	5	36	2	23	73	36	78	36
2026-10-22 1200Z	17	10	36	2	22	71	36	78	36
2026-10-22 0600Z	17	9	36	2	24	74	36	78	36
2026-10-22 0000Z	37	4	36	2	23	74	36	78	36
2026-10-21 1800Z	31	11	35	3	24	72	35	78	35
2026-10-21 1200Z	18	12	36	3	22	70	36	78	36
2026-10-21 0600Z	38	13	36	3	19	73	36	78	36
2026-10-21 0000Z	28	8	36	2	23	73	36	78	36
2026-10-20 1800Z	50	13	36	3	23	70	36	78	36
2026-10-20 1200Z	54	15	36	4	22	71	36	78	36
2026-10-20 0600Z	48	16	34	4	21	71	34	78	34
2026-10-20 0000Z	27	14	36	4	22	73	36	79	36
2026-10-19 1800Z	42	18	36	5	22	69	36	78	36
2026-10-19 1200Z	48	20	36	6	18	68	36	78	36
2026-10-19 0600Z	60	18	35	5	18	69	36	79	36
2026-10-19 0000Z	31	17	36	4	21	70	36	79	36
2026-10-18 1800Z	42	19	36	7	23	66	36	79	36
2026-10-18 1200Z	54	22	36	6	20	66	36	79	36
2026-10-18 0600Z	19	22	36	5	19	67	36	79	35
2026-10-18 0000Z	359	22	36	4	21	70	36	80	36
2026-10-17 1800Z	0	20	36	5	18	67	36	80	36
2026-10-17 1200Z	359	27	36	6	19	62	36	80	36
2026-10-17 0600Z	342	28	36	5	19	69	36	80	36
2026-10-17 0000Z	250	5	36	2	20	80	36	80	36
2026-10-16 1800Z	75	3	36	2	22	80	36	80	36
2026-10-16 1200Z	38	4	36	3	21	80	36	80	36
2026-10-16 0600Z	151	9	36	3	22	81	36	80	36
2026-10-16 0000Z	94	8	35	2	21	80	35	80	34
2026-10-15 1800Z	48	10	36	1	20	79	36	80	36
2026-10-15 1200Z	45	5	36	1	21	79	36	80	36
2026-10-15 0600Z	121	1	36	1	22	79	36	80	36
2026-10-15 0000Z	159	3	36	1	19	80	36	80	36
2026-10-14 1800Z	35	4	36	1	21	78	36	80	36
2026-10-14 1200Z	358	6	36	1	20	77	36	79	36
2026-10-14 0600Z	290	5	36	1	20	78	36	79	36
2026-10-14 0000Z	230	3	35	1	20	80	35	80	35
2026-10-13 1800Z	18	2	36	1	22	78	36	79	36
2026-10-13 1200Z	330	6	36	1	21	77	36	78	36
2026-10-13 0600Z	291	7	36	1	20	79	36	80	36
2026-10-13 0000Z	261	7	35	1	19	81	35	81	35
2026-10-12 1800Z	298	2	36	1	21	78	36	80	36
2026-10-12 1200Z	324	8	36	1	16	77	36	80	36
2026-10-12 0600Z	268	9	36	1	21	79	36	81	36
2026-10-12 0000Z	257	11	35	2	21	79	35	81	35
2026-10-11 1800Z	273	13	36	2	21	78	36	81	36
2026-10-11 1200Z	243	10	36	2	23	76	36	80	36
2026-10-11 0600Z	356	5	36	2	22	70	36	81	36
2026-10-11 0000Z	312	15	35	3	24	72	35	81	35
2026-10-10 1800Z	298	13	36	4	22	72	36	81	36
2026-10-10 1200Z	307	16	36	4	19	69	36	81	36
2026-10-10 0600Z	327	21	36	7	17	70	36	82	36
2026-10-10 0000Z	347	36	35	15	18	74	35	82	35
2026-10-09 1800Z	30	35	36	11	20	75	36	82	36
2026-10-09 1200Z	69	30	36	9	21	78	36	83	36
2026-10-09 0600Z	69	24	36	7	19	80	36	83	36
2026-10-09 0000Z	45	20	36	6	19	81	36	83	36
2026-10-08 1800Z	46	21	36	6	21	80	36	83	35
2026-10-08 1200Z	41	20	35	6	19	79	36	83	35
2026-10-08 0600Z	51	19	35	5	21	81	35	83	35
2026-10-08 0000Z	49	16	35	5	21	83	35	83	35
2026-10-07 1800Z	28	15	36	5	22	79	36	83	36
2026-10-07 1200Z	37	17	36	5	22	76	36	83	36
2026-10-07 0600Z	41	20	36	6	18	78	36	83	36
2026-10-07 0000Z	47	20	35	5	20	80	35	84	35
2026-10-06 1800Z	34	19	36	5	21	78	36	83	36
2026-10-06 1200Z	30	20	36	5	17	77	36	84	36
2026-10-06 0600Z	29	19	36	4	21	78	36	84	36
2026-10-06 0000Z	18	16	36	3	18	81	36	84	36
2026-10-05 1800Z	24	13	36	3	21	79	36	84	36
2026-10-05 1200Z	351	9	36	3	18	78	36	84	36
2026-10-05 0600Z	221	6	36	3	20	80	36	84	36
2026-10-05 0000Z	125	11	35	4	19	80	35	84	35
2026-10-04 1800Z	106	9	36	4	20	80	36	84	36
2026-10-04 1200Z	153	8	36	4	20	80	36	84	36
2026-10-04 0600Z	170	9	36	4	19	80	36	84	36
2026-10-04 0000Z	86	11	36	4	20	82	36	85	36
2026-10-03 1800Z	115	12	36	5	17	82	36	85	36
2026-10-03 1200Z	118	15	36	5	18	82	36	85	36
2026-10-03 0600Z	82	12	36	4	20	80	36	85	36
2026-10-03 0000Z	74	8	36	4	19	81	36	85	36
2026-10-02 1800Z	105	13	36	4	20	82	36	85	36
2026-10-02 1200Z	101	13	35	5	17	83	35	85	35
2026-10-02 0600Z	123	15	36	4	21	83	36	85	36
2026-10-02 0000Z	116	13	36	4	20	84	36	85	36
2026-10-01 1800Z	126	12	36	4	19	83	36	85	36
2026-10-01 1200Z	125	15	36	4	19	83	36	85	36
2026-10-01 0600Z	136	14	36	3	20	83	36	85	36
2026-10-01 0000Z	121	14	33	3	20	83	33	85	33
2026-09-30 1800Z	93	13	36	2	23	84	36	85	36
2026-09-30 1200Z	96	9	36	1	21	83	36	85	36
2026-09-30 0600Z	135	8	35	1	21	83	35	85	35
2026-09-30 0000Z	134	10	35	1	22	84	35	85	35
2026-09-29 1800Z	68	5	36	0	19	82	36	86	36
2026-09-29 1200Z	357	3	36	0	15	82	36	85	36
2026-09-29 0600Z	313	2	36	0	22	83	36	85	35
2026-09-29 0000Z	170	2	35	1	20	84	35	85	35
2026-09-28 1800Z	46	7	36	1	23	81	36	86	36
2026-09-28 1200Z	4	8	36	1	16	82	36	86	35
2026-09-28 0600Z	315	6	36	1	19	84	36	86	36
2026-09-28 0000Z	262	7	35	1	20	84	35	86	35
2026-09-27 1800Z	305	7	36	1	24	83	36	86	36
2026-09-27 1200Z	315	11	36	1	19	81	36	86	36
2026-09-27 0600Z	273	7	36	1	21	81	36	86	36
2026-09-27 0000Z	229	3	35	1	18	80	35	86	35
2026-09-26 1800Z	24	5	36	1	18	79	36	86	36
2026-09-26 1200Z	14	9	36	1	19	77	36	86	36
2026-09-26 0600Z	22	9	36	1	20	79	36	86	36
2026-09-26 0000Z	21	1	34	2	19	77	34	86	34
2026-09-25 1800Z	41	12	36	3	19	74	36	86	35
2026-09-25 1200Z	51	14	36	3	20	76	36	86	36
2026-09-25 0600Z	47	17	36	3	20	78	36	86	36
2026-09-25 0000Z	69	7	35	2	21	82	35	86	35
2026-09-24 1800Z	70	11	36	2	21	81	36	86	36
2026-09-24 1200Z	65	9	36	2	22	84	36	86	36
2026-09-24 0600Z	356	2	36	1	20	85	36	86	36
2026-09-24 0000Z	96	3	35	1	22	85	35	86	35
2026-09-23 1800Z	45	8	36	1	22	83	36	86	36
2026-09-23 1200Z	21	10	36	1	22	80	36	86	36
2026-09-23 0600Z	28	8	36	1	21	82	36	86	36
2026-09-23 0000Z	7	7	34	1	23	82	34	86	34
2026-09-22 1800Z	24	3	36	1	21	84	36	86	35
2026-09-22 1200Z	9	11	36	1	23	81	36	86	36
2026-09-22 0600Z	318	5	36	1	21	81	36	86	36
2026-09-22 0000Z	164	6	33	1	17	84	33	86	33
2026-09-21 1800Z	88	5	36	1	23	83	36	86	36
2026-09-21 1200Z	7	5	36	1	19	83	36	86	36
2026-09-21 0600Z	24	4	36	1	19	82	36	86	36
2026-09-21 0000Z	196	2	35	1	18	83	35	87	35
2026-09-20 1800Z	84	3	36	1	23	84	36	87	36
2026-09-20 1200Z	15	5	36	1	19	83	36	86	36
2026-09-20 0600Z	54	6	36	1	21	84	36	86	36
2026-09-20 0000Z	200	5	36	1	18	86	36	87	36
2026-09-19 1800Z	23	3	36	1	24	85	36	87	36
2026-09-19 1200Z	338	7	36	2	20	83	36	86	36
2026-09-19 0600Z	153	2	36	2	21	85	36	86	35
2026-09-19 0000Z	99	7	36	2	23	85	36	86	36
2026-09-18 1800Z	52	11	35	3	22	83	36	86	36
2026-09-18 1200Z	40	11	36	3	20	84	36	86	36
2026-09-18 0600Z	52	9	36	3	22	85	36	86	36
2026-09-18 0000Z	71	7	35	3	21	84	35	86	35
2026-09-17 1800Z	58	15	36	5	23	83	36	86	36
2026-09-17 1200Z	73	18	36	5	21	84	36	86	36
2026-09-17 0600Z	75	18	36	5	21	86	36	86	36
2026-09-17 0000Z	84	14	35	4	21	87	35	87	35
2026-09-16 1800Z	68	20	36	5	24	84	36	87	36
2026-09-16 1200Z	71	18	36	5	22	84	36	87	36
2026-09-16 0600Z	98	14	36	2	20	86	36	87	36
2026-09-16 0000Z	122	8	35	1	23	87	35	87	35
2026-09-15 1800Z	47	8	36	1	23	87	36	87	36
2026-09-15 1200Z	352	7	36	1	19	85	36	87	36
2026-09-15 0600Z	275	5	35	1	23	86	35	87	35
2026-09-15 0000Z	269	6	35	1	23	86	35	88	35
2026-09-14 1800Z	223	2	36	1	22	86	36	87	36
2026-09-14 1200Z	313	5	36	1	23	85	36	86	36
2026-09-14 0600Z	262	7	36	1	19	85	36	86	36
2026-09-14 0000Z	239	8	36	1	22	85	36	86	36
2026-09-13 1800Z	223	1	36	1	23	84	36	86	36
2026-09-13 1200Z	278	5	36	1	24	84	36	86	36
2026-09-13 0600Z	235	5	36	1	21	84	36	86	36
2026-09-13 0000Z	225	6	36	1	21	84	36	87	36
2026-09-12 1800Z	218	4	35	1	22	84	36	86	36
2026-09-12 1200Z	267	5	36	2	21	83	36	86	36
2026-09-12 0600Z	221	11	36	2	22	85	36	86	36
2026-09-12 0000Z	211	11	35	2	21	85	35	86	35
2026-09-11 1800Z	203	7	30	3	18	83	31	86	28
2026-09-11 1200Z	219	13	35	4	23	82	36	86	35
2026-09-11 0600Z	183	13	35	2	23	84	35	87	35
2026-09-11 0000Z	167	5	20	1	10	84	22	87	16
2026-09-10 1800Z	95	6	5	-	0	83	6	87	2
2026-09-10 1200Z	50	4	35	2	23	84	36	86	36
2026-09-10 0600Z	104	8	36	2	22	85	36	87	35
2026-09-10 0000Z	102	9	29	2	14	85	31	87	29
2026-09-09 1800Z	61	12	15	4	4	83	21	87	15
2026-09-09 1200Z	58	15	36	3	20	84	36	86	36
2026-09-09 0600Z	76	8	36	2	22	86	36	87	36
2026-09-09 0000Z	74	8	18	2	12	86	18	87	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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