Station 42019 - Search and Rescue Data

FREEPORT, TX - 60 NM South of Freeport, TX
27.908 N 95.343 W (27°54'28" N 95°20'34" 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)	Wave Obs	Air Temp. (Degrees F.)	Water Temp. (Degrees F.)	Water Temp. Obs
2024-04-19 1800Z	123	6	20	5	10	-	75	20
2024-04-19 1200Z	132	6	36	5	20	-	75	36
2024-04-19 0600Z	153	11	36	4	19	-	74	35
2024-04-19 0000Z	126	10	34	5	17	-	74	33
2024-04-18 1800Z	112	9	36	6	20	-	74	35
2024-04-18 1200Z	144	5	36	5	19	-	73	36
2024-04-18 0600Z	145	9	36	5	19	-	73	36
2024-04-18 0000Z	88	6	35	6	15	-	73	35
2024-04-17 1800Z	131	10	36	6	17	-	73	36
2024-04-17 1200Z	136	11	36	6	19	-	73	36
2024-04-17 0600Z	146	11	36	6	18	-	73	36
2024-04-17 0000Z	119	10	34	6	18	-	73	34
2024-04-16 1800Z	111	7	36	6	18	-	73	36
2024-04-16 1200Z	145	12	36	5	20	-	72	36
2024-04-16 0600Z	151	13	36	5	16	-	73	36
2024-04-16 0000Z	141	15	34	5	18	-	73	34
2024-04-15 1800Z	138	14	36	4	17	-	73	36
2024-04-15 1200Z	155	9	36	5	20	-	73	36
2024-04-15 0600Z	161	15	36	4	18	-	73	36
2024-04-15 0000Z	148	12	36	4	18	-	73	36
2024-04-14 1800Z	156	9	36	4	21	-	73	36
2024-04-14 1200Z	163	13	36	5	19	-	73	36
2024-04-14 0600Z	158	17	36	5	19	-	73	36
2024-04-14 0000Z	144	15	36	3	19	-	73	36
2024-04-13 1800Z	133	11	12	2	17	-	73	14
2024-04-13 1200Z	-	-	0	2	12	-	72	9
2024-04-13 0600Z	-	-	0	2	14	-	73	2
2024-04-13 0000Z	115	12	2	2	13	-	73	12
2024-04-12 1800Z	93	12	3	2	15	-	73	6
2024-04-12 1200Z	-	-	0	1	15	-	72	5
2024-04-12 0600Z	255	6	4	1	16	-	72	10
2024-04-12 0000Z	240	8	2	2	13	-	73	4
2024-04-11 1800Z	-	-	0	3	14	-	73	5
2024-04-11 1200Z	-	-	0	6	15	-	72	12
2024-04-11 0600Z	-	-	0	8	11	-	73	4
2024-04-11 0000Z	-	-	0	7	13	-	73	7
2024-04-10 1800Z	286	20	3	7	14	-	74	6
2024-04-10 1200Z	313	9	6	8	17	-	74	13
2024-04-10 0600Z	127	15	3	8	14	-	74	5
2024-04-10 0000Z	-	-	0	8	11	-	74	4
2024-04-09 1800Z	-	-	0	8	14	-	74	9
2024-04-09 1200Z	-	-	0	7	13	-	74	4
2024-04-09 0600Z	140	19	3	7	15	-	73	5
2024-04-09 0000Z	130	17	1	5	15	-	73	5
2024-04-08 1800Z	129	11	4	5	17	-	73	4
2024-04-08 1200Z	-	-	0	4	16	-	73	9
2024-04-08 0600Z	-	-	0	4	15	-	73	4
2024-04-08 0000Z	-	-	0	4	13	-	73	8
2024-04-07 1800Z	-	-	0	5	12	-	73	12
2024-04-07 1200Z	-	-	0	5	12	-	73	12
2024-04-07 0600Z	-	-	0	6	14	-	73	1
2024-04-07 0000Z	150	17	1	6	14	-	73	5
2024-04-06 1800Z	150	16	1	5	12	-	73	6
2024-04-06 1200Z	150	17	6	5	13	-	72	6
2024-04-06 0600Z	-	-	0	3	13	-	73	12
2024-04-06 0000Z	-	-	0	2	12	-	74	12
2024-04-05 1800Z	-	-	0	3	12	-	73	12
2024-04-05 1200Z	-	-	0	3	12	-	73	12
2024-04-05 0600Z	-	-	0	2	12	-	73	12
2024-04-05 0000Z	-	-	0	2	11	-	74	11
2024-04-04 1800Z	-	-	0	2	12	-	74	12
2024-04-04 1200Z	-	-	0	2	12	-	73	12
2024-04-04 0600Z	240	11	13	2	14	-	73	20
2024-04-04 0000Z	286	10	35	3	17	-	73	35
2024-04-03 1800Z	327	12	36	5	20	-	73	35
2024-04-03 1200Z	352	20	36	7	17	-	73	36
2024-04-03 0600Z	343	25	36	7	17	-	74	36
2024-04-03 0000Z	334	12	34	5	17	-	74	34
2024-04-02 1800Z	6	12	36	6	16	-	74	36
2024-04-02 1200Z	101	7	36	6	18	-	73	36
2024-04-02 0600Z	162	10	36	6	17	-	74	35
2024-04-02 0000Z	162	15	35	6	18	-	74	35
2024-04-01 1800Z	166	18	36	7	17	-	74	36
2024-04-01 1200Z	162	18	36	6	17	-	73	36
2024-04-01 0600Z	149	15	36	5	18	-	73	35
2024-04-01 0000Z	142	13	32	4	15	-	74	32
2024-03-31 1800Z	145	12	36	4	16	-	73	36
2024-03-31 1200Z	160	13	36	5	17	-	73	36
2024-03-31 0600Z	152	12	36	4	18	-	73	35
2024-03-31 0000Z	134	10	35	4	20	-	74	35
2024-03-30 1800Z	152	12	36	4	20	-	74	36
2024-03-30 1200Z	174	14	36	5	17	-	73	36
2024-03-30 0600Z	162	18	36	5	19	-	73	36
2024-03-30 0000Z	151	17	35	4	18	-	73	35
2024-03-29 1800Z	151	17	36	4	17	-	73	36
2024-03-29 1200Z	152	15	36	3	16	-	73	36
2024-03-29 0600Z	153	15	36	3	17	-	74	35
2024-03-29 0000Z	122	10	35	2	15	-	74	34
2024-03-28 1800Z	55	6	36	3	16	-	74	36
2024-03-28 1200Z	79	3	36	4	19	-	73	36
2024-03-28 0600Z	56	5	36	5	17	-	73	36
2024-03-28 0000Z	46	10	35	6	19	-	73	35
2024-03-27 1800Z	34	14	36	6	17	-	74	36
2024-03-27 1200Z	52	15	36	6	18	-	74	35
2024-03-27 0600Z	39	16	36	7	16	-	74	36
2024-03-27 0000Z	34	13	35	7	20	-	74	35
2024-03-26 1800Z	31	16	36	8	19	-	74	35
2024-03-26 1200Z	11	14	36	8	17	-	74	35
2024-03-26 0600Z	24	14	36	9	19	-	74	36
2024-03-26 0000Z	323	5	35	9	17	-	74	33
2024-03-25 1800Z	183	7	36	9	17	-	74	35
2024-03-25 1200Z	158	20	36	10	21	-	73	36
2024-03-25 0600Z	155	21	36	9	15	-	73	36
2024-03-25 0000Z	150	22	35	8	14	-	74	35
2024-03-24 1800Z	149	22	36	6	16	-	73	36
2024-03-24 1200Z	137	20	36	4	19	-	73	36
2024-03-24 0600Z	112	15	36	3	16	-	73	36
2024-03-24 0000Z	76	6	35	3	17	-	74	35
2024-03-23 1800Z	44	12	36	5	18	-	73	35
2024-03-23 1200Z	18	18	36	6	19	-	71	36
2024-03-23 0600Z	354	20	36	5	18	-	71	36
2024-03-23 0000Z	324	12	35	5	17	-	72	35
2024-03-22 1800Z	286	9	36	6	18	-	72	36
2024-03-22 1200Z	279	9	36	7	18	-	72	36
2024-03-22 0600Z	149	12	36	8	14	-	71	35
2024-03-22 0000Z	99	15	36	7	17	-	71	36
2024-03-21 1800Z	124	12	35	5	20	-	71	35
2024-03-21 1200Z	146	14	36	4	17	-	71	36
2024-03-21 0600Z	124	15	36	4	18	-	71	36
2024-03-21 0000Z	102	14	34	4	17	-	71	34
2024-03-20 1800Z	76	15	36	3	18	-	71	34
2024-03-20 1200Z	102	7	36	3	18	-	71	36
2024-03-20 0600Z	132	6	36	3	19	-	71	36
2024-03-20 0000Z	79	6	35	3	19	-	71	35
2024-03-19 1800Z	55	8	35	4	18	-	72	34
2024-03-19 1200Z	50	14	36	5	19	-	71	36
2024-03-19 0600Z	35	17	36	7	18	-	72	36
2024-03-19 0000Z	39	20	34	9	18	-	72	34
2024-03-18 1800Z	42	25	35	10	16	-	72	35
2024-03-18 1200Z	34	22	35	6	16	-	73	35
2024-03-18 0600Z	45	16	36	4	17	-	73	35
2024-03-18 0000Z	46	12	34	3	17	-	73	34
2024-03-17 1800Z	64	8	36	3	18	-	73	36
2024-03-17 1200Z	53	4	36	3	18	-	73	36
2024-03-17 0600Z	76	7	36	4	18	-	73	36
2024-03-17 0000Z	77	8	35	4	20	-	74	34
2024-03-16 1800Z	129	5	36	5	18	-	73	36
2024-03-16 1200Z	153	12	36	6	18	-	73	36
2024-03-16 0600Z	84	14	36	5	19	-	73	35
2024-03-16 0000Z	84	7	34	4	17	-	73	33
2024-03-15 1800Z	111	9	36	5	17	-	73	36
2024-03-15 1200Z	120	6	36	5	18	-	72	36
2024-03-15 0600Z	145	12	36	5	20	-	72	36
2024-03-15 0000Z	144	14	35	4	17	-	73	35
2024-03-14 1800Z	136	14	35	4	20	-	73	34
2024-03-14 1200Z	149	13	35	3	18	-	72	33
2024-03-14 0600Z	140	12	36	3	17	-	71	36
2024-03-14 0000Z	143	11	35	3	19	-	72	35
2024-03-13 1800Z	153	7	36	3	16	-	72	35
2024-03-13 1200Z	179	10	36	3	18	-	71	36
2024-03-13 0600Z	169	11	36	3	19	-	69	36
2024-03-13 0000Z	152	10	34	2	16	-	68	34
2024-03-12 1800Z	137	6	35	2	21	-	68	32
2024-03-12 1200Z	153	10	36	3	18	-	69	36
2024-03-12 0600Z	131	11	36	3	17	-	69	36
2024-03-12 0000Z	109	12	34	3	17	-	70	34
2024-03-11 1800Z	91	11	36	3	18	-	68	36
2024-03-11 1200Z	125	8	36	3	19	-	68	36
2024-03-11 0600Z	90	7	34	3	18	-	69	34
2024-03-11 0000Z	47	8	35	3	15	-	70	35
2024-03-10 1800Z	49	12	36	4	19	-	68	36
2024-03-10 1200Z	33	17	36	5	18	-	68	35
2024-03-10 0600Z	8	17	36	5	19	-	68	35
2024-03-10 0000Z	355	17	34	6	17	-	68	34
2024-03-09 1800Z	349	21	36	8	20	-	68	36
2024-03-09 1200Z	349	19	36	5	21	-	68	36
2024-03-09 0600Z	12	14	36	4	21	-	69	36
2024-03-09 0000Z	272	4	34	3	18	-	71	34
2024-03-08 1800Z	194	4	36	4	20	-	70	36
2024-03-08 1200Z	151	12	36	5	19	-	70	36
2024-03-08 0600Z	146	10	36	4	20	-	70	36
2024-03-08 0000Z	117	8	34	4	17	-	70	33
2024-03-07 1800Z	138	8	36	4	19	-	69	35
2024-03-07 1200Z	152	12	36	4	20	-	69	36
2024-03-07 0600Z	128	11	36	3	21	-	69	36
2024-03-07 0000Z	98	9	34	3	18	-	70	32
2024-03-06 1800Z	66	7	36	3	19	-	69	36
2024-03-06 1200Z	134	4	36	2	20	-	68	34
2024-03-06 0600Z	127	8	36	2	16	-	69	36
2024-03-06 0000Z	110	4	34	2	15	-	71	34
2024-03-05 1800Z	43	0	36	2	20	-	69	36
2024-03-05 1200Z	14	1	36	2	20	-	68	35
2024-03-05 0600Z	98	3	36	2	20	-	70	35
2024-03-05 0000Z	1	1	18	2	10	-	71	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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