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Station 42012 - Search and Rescue Data

ORANGE BEACH - 44 NM SE of Mobile, AL
30.060 N 87.548 W (30°3'36" N 87°32'54" W)

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
2025-05-16 0000Z	189	9	36	3	20	79	36	78	33
2025-05-15 1800Z	219	6	36	4	21	78	36	78	35
2025-05-15 1200Z	196	15	36	4	19	77	36	77	36
2025-05-15 0600Z	197	18	36	3	18	77	36	78	35
2025-05-15 0000Z	200	13	36	3	20	77	36	78	35
2025-05-14 1800Z	216	12	36	3	19	77	36	77	36
2025-05-14 1200Z	214	13	36	3	21	76	36	77	34
2025-05-14 0600Z	213	13	36	2	20	75	36	77	35
2025-05-14 0000Z	227	10	34	2	19	75	34	77	34
2025-05-13 1800Z	258	8	36	2	20	73	36	77	35
2025-05-13 1200Z	290	10	36	3	19	72	36	76	34
2025-05-13 0600Z	238	13	36	4	19	73	36	76	33
2025-05-13 0000Z	209	13	35	4	18	74	35	77	35
2025-05-12 1800Z	228	12	36	3	23	74	36	76	35
2025-05-12 1200Z	246	13	36	4	20	73	36	76	36
2025-05-12 0600Z	211	13	36	4	19	75	36	76	36
2025-05-12 0000Z	195	8	36	3	21	75	36	77	36
2025-05-11 1800Z	107	7	36	3	19	74	36	77	36
2025-05-11 1200Z	108	2	36	4	22	73	36	76	36
2025-05-11 0600Z	234	7	36	4	21	74	36	76	36
2025-05-11 0000Z	224	11	34	3	18	74	34	77	34
2025-05-10 1800Z	252	10	36	4	18	72	36	77	34
2025-05-10 1200Z	190	11	36	6	20	73	36	76	34
2025-05-10 0600Z	90	22	36	5	20	72	36	76	36
2025-05-10 0000Z	35	6	35	2	19	70	35	77	32
2025-05-09 1800Z	49	7	36	2	19	76	36	77	33
2025-05-09 1200Z	344	3	36	2	19	76	36	77	35
2025-05-09 0600Z	252	7	36	2	19	76	36	77	36
2025-05-09 0000Z	193	8	34	3	18	76	34	77	32
2025-05-08 1800Z	196	3	36	3	21	75	36	77	31
2025-05-08 1200Z	29	3	36	3	21	75	36	77	34
2025-05-08 0600Z	193	9	36	5	18	76	36	77	34
2025-05-08 0000Z	134	9	35	5	17	75	35	77	28
2025-05-07 1800Z	133	11	31	3	16	75	31	77	30
2025-05-07 1200Z	17	15	36	4	19	74	36	77	35
2025-05-07 0600Z	109	10	36	3	20	76	36	77	33
2025-05-07 0000Z	116	15	36	3	19	76	36	78	31
2025-05-06 1800Z	100	14	36	3	20	75	36	78	33
2025-05-06 1200Z	100	13	36	1	19	75	36	77	31
2025-05-06 0600Z	151	5	36	1	18	75	36	78	34
2025-05-06 0000Z	161	4	36	1	18	75	36	78	33
2025-05-05 1800Z	93	7	36	2	18	72	36	78	33
2025-05-05 1200Z	58	14	36	2	18	70	36	77	34
2025-05-05 0600Z	315	4	36	1	18	73	36	78	34
2025-05-05 0000Z	250	9	36	1	19	73	36	79	35
2025-05-04 1800Z	299	5	35	1	17	71	35	78	32
2025-05-04 1200Z	15	12	36	2	20	70	36	78	34
2025-05-04 0600Z	340	16	36	3	19	73	36	78	36
2025-05-04 0000Z	224	15	34	4	18	77	34	79	34
2025-05-03 1800Z	157	12	36	3	20	74	36	79	35
2025-05-03 1200Z	19	7	36	4	20	71	36	79	35
2025-05-03 0600Z	161	15	36	4	21	77	36	80	36
2025-05-03 0000Z	167	14	34	3	20	77	34	80	31
2025-05-02 1800Z	146	12	36	3	19	76	36	80	34
2025-05-02 1200Z	152	10	36	3	17	76	35	80	35
2025-05-02 0600Z	157	10	36	3	20	77	36	80	36
2025-05-02 0000Z	156	9	34	3	19	77	34	80	33
2025-05-01 1800Z	164	9	36	3	20	76	36	80	36
2025-05-01 1200Z	150	9	36	3	20	76	36	79	35
2025-05-01 0600Z	150	10	36	3	21	76	36	79	36
2025-05-01 0000Z	147	14	33	3	18	77	33	80	31
2025-04-30 1800Z	142	9	36	3	21	77	36	80	35
2025-04-30 1200Z	126	10	36	2	21	76	36	80	36
2025-04-30 0600Z	140	8	36	2	19	76	36	80	35
2025-04-30 0000Z	140	7	35	2	21	77	35	80	32
2025-04-29 1800Z	118	11	36	2	21	77	36	79	36
2025-04-29 1200Z	110	10	36	1	21	76	36	79	33
2025-04-29 0600Z	154	5	36	1	19	76	36	79	36
2025-04-29 0000Z	177	9	35	1	18	77	35	79	33
2025-04-28 1800Z	144	5	36	1	21	77	36	80	34
2025-04-28 1200Z	242	2	36	1	19	76	36	79	36
2025-04-28 0600Z	224	7	36	1	20	76	36	78	36
2025-04-28 0000Z	209	9	35	1	20	78	35	80	34
2025-04-27 1800Z	198	4	36	1	22	77	36	79	34
2025-04-27 1200Z	266	3	36	1	18	76	36	77	34
2025-04-27 0600Z	229	5	36	2	17	76	36	78	35
2025-04-27 0000Z	214	8	34	2	17	76	34	79	34
2025-04-26 1800Z	186	5	36	2	21	75	36	78	35
2025-04-26 1200Z	171	1	36	3	18	75	36	76	34
2025-04-26 0600Z	192	6	36	3	20	75	36	77	34
2025-04-26 0000Z	206	6	34	3	21	76	34	77	34
2025-04-25 1800Z	171	8	36	3	20	75	36	76	35
2025-04-25 1200Z	145	8	36	3	20	74	36	76	35
2025-04-25 0600Z	145	10	36	2	19	74	36	75	36
2025-04-25 0000Z	134	10	35	2	19	75	35	75	34
2025-04-24 1800Z	125	10	36	2	21	74	36	75	35
2025-04-24 1200Z	101	7	36	2	22	74	36	76	36
2025-04-24 0600Z	123	6	36	2	18	74	36	76	35
2025-04-24 0000Z	158	6	34	2	19	74	34	75	33
2025-04-23 1800Z	123	10	36	2	20	74	36	75	36
2025-04-23 1200Z	137	5	36	2	21	73	36	75	36
2025-04-23 0600Z	164	8	36	2	20	74	36	75	34
2025-04-23 0000Z	158	9	36	3	19	74	36	76	34
2025-04-22 1800Z	144	7	36	3	22	74	36	75	32
2025-04-22 1200Z	169	6	36	3	19	73	36	75	35
2025-04-22 0600Z	146	10	36	4	17	73	36	75	36
2025-04-22 0000Z	145	8	35	4	19	74	35	74	34
2025-04-21 1800Z	122	11	36	4	20	73	36	74	36
2025-04-21 1200Z	115	8	36	5	17	73	36	74	33
2025-04-21 0600Z	143	11	35	5	17	73	35	73	34
2025-04-21 0000Z	123	13	33	5	18	73	33	74	31
2025-04-20 1800Z	115	9	36	5	19	73	36	74	34
2025-04-20 1200Z	124	13	36	5	22	72	36	73	36
2025-04-20 0600Z	118	11	36	4	18	72	36	73	36
2025-04-20 0000Z	104	12	36	3	20	72	36	73	31
2025-04-19 1800Z	109	11	36	3	20	72	35	73	33
2025-04-19 1200Z	119	12	36	3	21	71	36	73	35
2025-04-19 0600Z	124	9	36	3	19	72	36	73	36
2025-04-19 0000Z	119	13	35	3	19	72	35	73	35
2025-04-18 1800Z	140	12	36	3	20	72	36	73	36
2025-04-18 1200Z	152	12	35	2	19	70	35	72	34
2025-04-18 0600Z	169	12	36	2	17	70	36	72	36
2025-04-18 0000Z	144	10	34	1	19	70	34	73	33
2025-04-17 1800Z	124	7	36	1	21	69	36	72	36
2025-04-17 1200Z	51	5	36	1	19	68	36	71	36
2025-04-17 0600Z	258	5	36	1	20	69	36	72	35
2025-04-17 0000Z	219	9	34	1	16	69	34	72	34
2025-04-16 1800Z	87	7	36	2	21	66	36	72	36
2025-04-16 1200Z	32	15	36	2	20	65	36	71	35
2025-04-16 0600Z	5	12	36	1	16	70	36	72	36
2025-04-16 0000Z	333	9	35	1	18	74	35	73	35
2025-04-15 1800Z	293	12	36	2	22	71	36	72	36
2025-04-15 1200Z	280	16	36	3	21	71	36	72	36
2025-04-15 0600Z	232	14	36	2	20	71	36	72	36
2025-04-15 0000Z	223	11	35	1	19	71	35	73	34
2025-04-14 1800Z	211	10	36	1	19	70	36	72	36
2025-04-14 1200Z	228	8	36	1	18	70	36	72	36
2025-04-14 0600Z	226	10	36	1	20	70	36	72	36
2025-04-14 0000Z	180	9	34	1	19	69	34	72	33
2025-04-13 1800Z	125	5	36	1	18	67	36	72	36
2025-04-13 1200Z	77	7	36	1	18	67	36	71	36
2025-04-13 0600Z	28	8	36	1	18	68	36	71	36
2025-04-13 0000Z	265	13	34	1	19	68	34	71	34
2025-04-12 1800Z	291	7	36	1	18	63	36	71	35
2025-04-12 1200Z	18	13	36	2	18	61	36	71	36
2025-04-12 0600Z	7	17	36	2	18	66	36	71	35
2025-04-12 0000Z	326	14	34	2	15	73	34	72	33
2025-04-11 1800Z	287	9	36	2	17	70	36	72	35
2025-04-11 1200Z	9	4	36	3	19	68	36	71	35
2025-04-11 0600Z	250	17	36	3	19	71	36	71	36
2025-04-11 0000Z	239	14	35	2	17	70	35	72	35
2025-04-10 1800Z	283	10	36	1	17	68	36	72	36
2025-04-10 1200Z	301	11	36	1	18	68	36	71	36
2025-04-10 0600Z	265	7	36	1	19	68	36	71	36
2025-04-10 0000Z	233	9	36	1	17	66	36	71	36
2025-04-09 1800Z	85	0	36	1	17	63	36	70	36
2025-04-09 1200Z	34	12	36	2	19	61	36	70	36
2025-04-09 0600Z	354	11	36	2	15	66	36	70	36
2025-04-09 0000Z	278	13	36	2	16	67	36	70	36
2025-04-08 1800Z	327	7	36	2	17	62	36	70	36
2025-04-08 1200Z	342	13	34	2	13	57	32	70	32
2025-04-08 0600Z	343	16	31	3	8	55	24	71	27
2025-04-08 0000Z	327	18	33	4	16	57	33	71	31
2025-04-07 1800Z	324	14	36	4	20	60	36	72	35
2025-04-07 1200Z	326	14	36	4	20	64	36	72	34
2025-04-07 0600Z	257	8	36	6	20	72	36	73	35
2025-04-07 0000Z	175	15	35	6	20	75	35	73	34
2025-04-06 1800Z	168	16	36	6	17	75	36	73	36
2025-04-06 1200Z	159	15	36	6	18	74	36	72	35
2025-04-06 0600Z	149	15	36	6	19	74	36	72	36
2025-04-06 0000Z	137	16	36	6	18	73	36	73	36
2025-04-05 1800Z	126	14	36	6	20	73	36	72	35
2025-04-05 1200Z	123	14	36	5	18	73	36	72	36
2025-04-05 0600Z	135	14	36	6	19	73	36	72	35
2025-04-05 0000Z	109	14	34	6	19	72	34	72	33
2025-04-04 1800Z	123	14	36	6	17	73	36	72	36
2025-04-04 1200Z	120	14	36	5	18	72	36	71	34
2025-04-04 0600Z	123	12	36	6	18	72	36	71	36
2025-04-04 0000Z	126	13	36	6	17	72	36	71	34
2025-04-03 1800Z	134	14	36	6	18	73	36	71	36
2025-04-03 1200Z	129	12	36	6	17	72	36	71	35
2025-04-03 0600Z	141	15	36	6	18	72	36	71	34
2025-04-03 0000Z	131	14	35	5	19	72	35	71	35
2025-04-02 1800Z	127	14	36	4	18	72	36	71	36
2025-04-02 1200Z	127	12	36	3	20	71	36	70	35
2025-04-02 0600Z	134	13	36	2	21	71	36	70	36
2025-04-02 0000Z	126	11	34	2	18	70	34	70	34
2025-04-01 1800Z	95	10	36	2	18	68	36	70	36
2025-04-01 1200Z	35	10	36	2	17	67	36	69	36
2025-04-01 0600Z	240	6	36	2	19	70	36	69	36
2025-04-01 0000Z	267	9	18	3	9	71	18	69	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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