Station 42040 - Search and Rescue Data

LUKE OFFSHORE TEST PLATFORM - 63 NM South of Dauphin Island, AL
29.207 N 88.237 W (29°12'24" N 88°14'12" W)

This buoy is located within the highly endangered Rice's whale (a newly identified species) habitat. 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. This buoy is located within important Rice's whale habitat. 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. To learn more, go to: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/rices-whale

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.)
2026-05-20 0000Z	118	9	35	3	18	-	0	-
2026-05-19 1800Z	110	9	36	3	20	-	0	-
2026-05-19 1200Z	125	10	35	4	21	-	0	-
2026-05-19 0600Z	122	12	36	4	22	-	0	-
2026-05-19 0000Z	116	12	34	3	20	-	0	-
2026-05-18 1800Z	119	12	36	3	22	-	0	-
2026-05-18 1200Z	121	9	35	2	20	-	0	-
2026-05-18 0600Z	105	12	36	3	21	-	0	-
2026-05-18 0000Z	112	9	34	3	18	-	0	-
2026-05-17 1800Z	132	11	36	2	19	-	0	-
2026-05-17 1200Z	129	8	36	2	20	-	0	-
2026-05-17 0600Z	143	10	36	1	18	-	0	-
2026-05-17 0000Z	123	8	36	1	20	-	0	-
2026-05-16 1800Z	139	6	35	1	22	-	0	-
2026-05-16 1200Z	137	8	36	1	21	-	0	-
2026-05-16 0600Z	130	7	36	1	19	-	0	-
2026-05-16 0000Z	111	6	34	1	17	-	0	-
2026-05-15 1800Z	80	6	36	1	18	-	0	-
2026-05-15 1200Z	88	8	36	1	22	-	0	-
2026-05-15 0600Z	337	1	36	1	21	-	0	-
2026-05-15 0000Z	302	6	34	1	19	-	0	-
2026-05-14 1800Z	325	6	35	1	20	-	0	-
2026-05-14 1200Z	291	6	36	1	20	-	0	-
2026-05-14 0600Z	274	8	36	1	20	-	0	-
2026-05-14 0000Z	294	8	34	2	20	-	0	-
2026-05-13 1800Z	359	10	36	4	19	-	0	-
2026-05-13 1200Z	16	14	36	5	19	-	0	-
2026-05-13 0600Z	39	16	35	6	18	-	0	-
2026-05-13 0000Z	39	19	36	5	19	-	0	-
2026-05-12 1800Z	24	19	34	5	19	-	0	-
2026-05-12 1200Z	26	13	35	4	21	-	0	-
2026-05-12 0600Z	127	12	36	2	19	-	0	-
2026-05-12 0000Z	111	13	34	2	19	-	0	-
2026-05-11 1800Z	57	9	34	2	21	-	0	-
2026-05-11 1200Z	62	6	36	1	20	-	0	-
2026-05-11 0600Z	92	5	36	2	18	-	0	-
2026-05-11 0000Z	94	7	34	2	17	-	0	-
2026-05-10 1800Z	75	9	36	2	18	-	0	-
2026-05-10 1200Z	57	9	36	2	15	-	0	-
2026-05-10 0600Z	148	6	36	2	21	-	0	-
2026-05-10 0000Z	329	5	34	3	19	-	0	-
2026-05-09 1800Z	13	10	36	4	19	-	0	-
2026-05-09 1200Z	165	9	36	2	20	-	0	-
2026-05-09 0600Z	113	15	36	3	21	-	0	-
2026-05-09 0000Z	51	16	36	3	19	-	0	-
2026-05-08 1800Z	70	12	36	2	17	-	0	-
2026-05-08 1200Z	61	9	36	2	19	-	0	-
2026-05-08 0600Z	31	6	36	3	19	-	0	-
2026-05-08 0000Z	245	6	34	3	17	-	0	-
2026-05-07 1800Z	230	10	35	3	19	-	0	-
2026-05-07 1200Z	197	13	36	3	20	-	0	-
2026-05-07 0600Z	175	14	36	3	18	-	0	-
2026-05-07 0000Z	150	12	34	3	17	-	0	-
2026-05-06 1800Z	152	8	36	3	19	-	0	-
2026-05-06 1200Z	171	14	35	4	17	-	0	-
2026-05-06 0600Z	159	15	36	2	17	-	0	-
2026-05-06 0000Z	166	9	34	2	20	-	0	-
2026-05-05 1800Z	170	9	36	1	19	-	0	-
2026-05-05 1200Z	178	9	36	1	22	-	0	-
2026-05-05 0600Z	151	8	35	1	21	-	0	-
2026-05-05 0000Z	138	3	35	1	19	-	0	-
2026-05-04 1800Z	91	5	36	1	20	-	0	-
2026-05-04 1200Z	60	7	36	1	22	-	0	-
2026-05-04 0600Z	304	5	36	2	22	-	0	-
2026-05-04 0000Z	286	1	34	3	19	-	0	-
2026-05-03 1800Z	34	12	36	3	21	-	0	-
2026-05-03 1200Z	41	15	36	4	23	-	0	-
2026-05-03 0600Z	31	19	36	5	19	-	0	-
2026-05-03 0000Z	10	18	34	5	22	-	0	-
2026-05-02 1800Z	17	20	36	7	21	-	0	-
2026-05-02 1200Z	22	22	36	6	20	-	0	-
2026-05-02 0600Z	45	22	36	6	18	-	0	-
2026-05-02 0000Z	49	5	35	3	20	-	0	-
2026-05-01 1800Z	205	6	36	1	21	-	0	-
2026-05-01 1200Z	167	4	36	1	22	-	0	-
2026-05-01 0600Z	131	7	36	2	20	-	0	-
2026-05-01 0000Z	115	6	33	2	20	-	0	-
2026-04-30 1800Z	358	1	36	2	17	-	0	-
2026-04-30 1200Z	219	12	36	2	20	-	0	-
2026-04-30 0600Z	230	5	36	2	19	-	0	-
2026-04-30 0000Z	214	10	35	2	20	-	0	-
2026-04-29 1800Z	171	8	36	2	21	-	0	-
2026-04-29 1200Z	181	7	36	3	19	-	0	-
2026-04-29 0600Z	170	12	36	3	21	-	0	-
2026-04-29 0000Z	151	11	36	3	20	-	0	-
2026-04-28 1800Z	145	10	32	3	18	-	0	-
2026-04-28 1200Z	138	9	36	3	19	-	0	-
2026-04-28 0600Z	141	16	34	3	18	-	0	-
2026-04-28 0000Z	118	13	33	2	20	-	0	-
2026-04-27 1800Z	114	10	36	1	21	-	0	-
2026-04-27 1200Z	126	8	36	1	19	-	0	-
2026-04-27 0600Z	131	6	36	1	21	-	0	-
2026-04-27 0000Z	197	4	35	1	17	-	0	-
2026-04-26 1800Z	51	3	36	2	21	-	0	-
2026-04-26 1200Z	178	4	36	1	20	-	0	-
2026-04-26 0600Z	187	7	36	2	19	-	0	-
2026-04-26 0000Z	227	5	36	2	20	-	0	-
2026-04-25 1800Z	210	4	36	3	18	-	0	-
2026-04-25 1200Z	183	3	36	3	22	-	0	-
2026-04-25 0600Z	173	9	36	3	20	-	0	-
2026-04-25 0000Z	144	10	35	3	18	-	0	-
2026-04-24 1800Z	142	9	36	4	19	-	0	-
2026-04-24 1200Z	148	11	36	4	18	-	0	-
2026-04-24 0600Z	152	13	35	4	19	-	0	-
2026-04-24 0000Z	119	11	35	4	14	-	0	-
2026-04-23 1800Z	105	15	36	4	22	-	0	-
2026-04-23 1200Z	113	10	36	4	22	-	0	-
2026-04-23 0600Z	125	14	35	5	19	-	0	-
2026-04-23 0000Z	115	15	36	5	21	-	0	-
2026-04-22 1800Z	131	13	36	4	19	-	0	-
2026-04-22 1200Z	129	13	36	4	20	-	0	-
2026-04-22 0600Z	121	14	36	5	17	-	0	-
2026-04-22 0000Z	110	15	36	5	17	-	0	-
2026-04-21 1800Z	110	18	35	5	17	-	0	-
2026-04-21 1200Z	81	15	36	4	18	-	0	-
2026-04-21 0600Z	59	11	36	4	17	-	0	-
2026-04-21 0000Z	73	13	34	5	19	-	0	-
2026-04-20 1800Z	61	18	36	6	16	-	0	-
2026-04-20 1200Z	53	22	35	7	20	-	0	-
2026-04-20 0600Z	35	21	34	6	19	-	0	-
2026-04-20 0000Z	19	21	33	7	19	-	0	-
2026-04-19 1800Z	21	23	35	7	17	-	0	-
2026-04-19 1200Z	1	19	36	4	16	-	0	-
2026-04-19 0600Z	245	9	32	1	20	-	0	-
2026-04-19 0000Z	187	8	34	1	15	-	0	-
2026-04-18 1800Z	132	7	35	1	19	-	0	-
2026-04-18 1200Z	170	7	36	1	17	-	0	-
2026-04-18 0600Z	182	8	36	1	18	-	0	-
2026-04-18 0000Z	120	8	33	2	17	-	0	-
2026-04-17 1800Z	103	5	35	2	21	-	0	-
2026-04-17 1200Z	107	4	34	2	21	-	0	-
2026-04-17 0600Z	185	2	34	2	19	-	0	-
2026-04-17 0000Z	167	7	34	3	17	-	0	-
2026-04-16 1800Z	136	9	36	3	18	-	0	-
2026-04-16 1200Z	156	6	34	3	19	-	0	-
2026-04-16 0600Z	149	11	35	3	17	-	0	-
2026-04-16 0000Z	124	12	34	3	18	-	0	-
2026-04-15 1800Z	123	10	34	3	19	-	0	-
2026-04-15 1200Z	157	10	33	3	19	-	0	-
2026-04-15 0600Z	129	13	35	3	17	-	0	-
2026-04-15 0000Z	99	11	33	3	20	-	0	-
2026-04-14 1800Z	109	9	36	3	18	-	0	-
2026-04-14 1200Z	151	9	36	3	16	-	0	-
2026-04-14 0600Z	121	11	34	3	18	-	0	-
2026-04-14 0000Z	101	12	34	3	17	-	0	-
2026-04-13 1800Z	111	11	34	3	21	-	0	-
2026-04-13 1200Z	145	13	33	3	17	-	0	-
2026-04-13 0600Z	131	14	34	3	19	-	0	-
2026-04-13 0000Z	113	12	32	3	19	-	0	-
2026-04-12 1800Z	111	14	34	4	20	-	0	-
2026-04-12 1200Z	123	15	35	4	19	-	0	-
2026-04-12 0600Z	119	14	35	3	20	-	0	-
2026-04-12 0000Z	92	10	32	3	16	-	0	-
2026-04-11 1800Z	80	13	34	3	18	-	0	-
2026-04-11 1200Z	58	13	36	3	20	-	0	-
2026-04-11 0600Z	67	10	33	3	20	-	0	-
2026-04-11 0000Z	87	13	35	4	18	-	0	-
2026-04-10 1800Z	82	17	36	5	17	-	0	-
2026-04-10 1200Z	100	17	35	6	20	-	0	-
2026-04-10 0600Z	91	18	36	5	20	-	0	-
2026-04-10 0000Z	82	17	34	6	19	-	0	-
2026-04-09 1800Z	72	21	36	8	17	-	0	-
2026-04-09 1200Z	80	23	35	9	19	-	0	-
2026-04-09 0600Z	79	26	32	9	17	-	0	-
2026-04-09 0000Z	76	22	34	7	21	-	0	-
2026-04-08 1800Z	72	19	36	7	18	-	0	-
2026-04-08 1200Z	74	21	36	7	17	-	0	-
2026-04-08 0600Z	75	15	35	5	20	-	0	-
2026-04-08 0000Z	68	16	35	6	16	-	0	-
2026-04-07 1800Z	52	20	33	6	18	-	0	-
2026-04-07 1200Z	56	19	33	6	21	67	1	-
2026-04-07 0600Z	45	20	32	5	18	67	18	-
2026-04-07 0000Z	37	18	32	5	19	64	2	-
2026-04-06 1800Z	35	17	34	6	18	64	31	-
2026-04-06 1200Z	33	21	35	6	20	65	9	-
2026-04-06 0600Z	29	20	33	5	21	69	24	-
2026-04-06 0000Z	8	12	32	3	20	70	8	-
2026-04-05 1800Z	98	2	32	3	18	-	0	-
2026-04-05 1200Z	171	7	33	4	22	-	0	-
2026-04-05 0600Z	151	8	29	4	17	-	0	-
2026-04-05 0000Z	132	10	15	5	10	-	0	-

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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