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.)
2025-12-05 0000Z	-	-	0	7	16	67	34	-
2025-12-04 1800Z	-	-	0	5	18	68	36	-
2025-12-04 1200Z	-	-	0	2	18	70	36	-
2025-12-04 0600Z	-	-	0	2	17	65	36	-
2025-12-04 0000Z	-	-	0	1	18	61	35	-
2025-12-03 1800Z	-	-	0	2	22	56	36	-
2025-12-03 1200Z	-	-	0	2	22	54	36	-
2025-12-03 0600Z	-	-	0	3	19	54	35	-
2025-12-03 0000Z	340	16	20	4	16	57	32	-
2025-12-02 1800Z	331	17	36	5	18	62	36	-
2025-12-02 1200Z	327	14	36	6	17	67	36	-
2025-12-02 0600Z	345	3	36	7	19	72	36	-
2025-12-02 0000Z	109	13	36	6	18	73	36	-
2025-12-01 1800Z	85	18	36	6	20	71	36	-
2025-12-01 1200Z	53	20	36	7	19	67	36	-
2025-12-01 0600Z	36	19	36	5	18	68	36	-
2025-12-01 0000Z	47	14	33	4	17	72	33	-
2025-11-30 1800Z	51	4	36	4	18	73	36	-
2025-11-30 1200Z	122	7	36	4	17	72	36	-
2025-11-30 0600Z	107	12	35	4	17	71	35	-
2025-11-30 0000Z	99	13	34	5	18	69	34	-
2025-11-29 1800Z	125	13	36	5	18	67	36	-
2025-11-29 1200Z	109	17	36	5	18	64	36	-
2025-11-29 0600Z	75	16	36	4	18	62	36	-
2025-11-29 0000Z	48	16	34	4	16	58	34	-
2025-11-28 1800Z	33	19	36	7	18	56	36	-
2025-11-28 1200Z	16	23	36	8	18	57	36	-
2025-11-28 0600Z	9	21	36	7	18	61	36	-
2025-11-28 0000Z	2	20	36	5	18	62	36	-
2025-11-27 1800Z	14	21	36	6	17	58	36	-
2025-11-27 1200Z	16	23	36	7	18	59	36	-
2025-11-27 0600Z	11	21	36	6	18	65	36	-
2025-11-27 0000Z	3	17	35	4	18	70	35	-
2025-11-26 1800Z	13	16	36	4	18	69	36	-
2025-11-26 1200Z	354	16	35	4	18	72	35	-
2025-11-26 0600Z	274	8	36	4	18	76	36	-
2025-11-26 0000Z	185	11	36	4	19	76	36	-
2025-11-25 1800Z	168	14	36	4	19	76	36	-
2025-11-25 1200Z	169	14	36	4	18	76	36	-
2025-11-25 0600Z	168	16	36	3	17	76	36	-
2025-11-25 0000Z	147	10	34	1	17	76	34	-
2025-11-24 1800Z	117	7	36	1	18	75	36	-
2025-11-24 1200Z	72	7	36	1	19	72	36	-
2025-11-24 0600Z	48	6	36	1	19	72	36	-
2025-11-24 0000Z	29	6	35	1	16	73	35	-
2025-11-23 1800Z	8	8	36	1	17	74	36	-
2025-11-23 1200Z	304	7	36	2	18	75	36	-
2025-11-23 0600Z	250	8	36	2	17	75	36	-
2025-11-23 0000Z	226	4	35	2	17	76	35	-
2025-11-22 1800Z	260	5	36	2	18	76	36	-
2025-11-22 1200Z	239	4	36	3	18	75	36	-
2025-11-22 0600Z	201	9	36	3	19	76	36	-
2025-11-22 0000Z	175	7	35	3	17	75	35	-
2025-11-21 1800Z	178	10	36	4	18	76	36	-
2025-11-21 1200Z	162	13	36	3	18	75	36	-
2025-11-21 0600Z	138	11	36	2	17	75	36	-
2025-11-21 0000Z	120	7	34	2	18	75	34	-
2025-11-20 1800Z	127	8	35	1	18	74	35	-
2025-11-20 1200Z	105	5	36	1	16	73	36	-
2025-11-20 0600Z	118	6	36	1	18	73	36	-
2025-11-20 0000Z	95	6	34	1	17	74	34	-
2025-11-19 1800Z	74	6	36	1	17	74	36	-
2025-11-19 1200Z	144	3	36	1	17	75	36	-
2025-11-19 0600Z	146	9	36	1	19	75	36	-
2025-11-19 0000Z	122	9	33	1	17	74	33	-
2025-11-18 1800Z	105	8	36	1	16	74	36	-
2025-11-18 1200Z	123	7	36	1	20	74	36	-
2025-11-18 0600Z	160	8	36	1	18	74	36	-
2025-11-18 0000Z	126	6	36	1	18	74	36	-
2025-11-17 1800Z	31	6	35	1	19	73	35	-
2025-11-17 1200Z	305	5	35	1	19	73	35	-
2025-11-17 0600Z	244	9	36	1	18	74	36	-
2025-11-17 0000Z	267	7	34	1	19	74	34	-
2025-11-16 1800Z	287	8	35	2	18	74	35	-
2025-11-16 1200Z	260	12	36	2	19	74	36	-
2025-11-16 0600Z	215	11	36	2	18	73	36	-
2025-11-16 0000Z	180	5	35	1	18	73	35	-
2025-11-15 1800Z	128	3	36	1	19	72	36	-
2025-11-15 1200Z	123	2	36	1	17	72	36	-
2025-11-15 0600Z	137	4	36	1	17	72	36	-
2025-11-15 0000Z	62	6	35	2	16	71	35	-
2025-11-14 1800Z	19	12	35	2	19	71	35	-
2025-11-14 1200Z	351	7	36	1	17	71	36	-
2025-11-14 0600Z	260	4	36	1	17	70	36	-
2025-11-14 0000Z	282	4	34	1	18	70	34	-
2025-11-13 1800Z	341	6	36	1	20	70	36	-
2025-11-13 1200Z	298	4	36	1	16	69	36	-
2025-11-13 0600Z	245	5	36	1	19	69	36	-
2025-11-13 0000Z	203	5	35	1	18	68	35	-
2025-11-12 1800Z	219	1	35	1	18	68	35	-
2025-11-12 1200Z	224	5	36	1	17	66	36	-
2025-11-12 0600Z	203	8	36	2	18	63	36	-
2025-11-12 0000Z	146	3	36	2	16	58	36	-
2025-11-11 1800Z	41	6	36	4	19	54	36	-
2025-11-11 1200Z	21	14	36	5	18	51	36	-
2025-11-11 0600Z	4	22	36	6	16	53	36	-
2025-11-11 0000Z	341	24	35	6	20	57	35	-
2025-11-10 1800Z	330	21	36	6	18	53	36	-
2025-11-10 1200Z	346	23	36	7	19	54	36	-
2025-11-10 0600Z	346	26	36	8	19	61	36	-
2025-11-10 0000Z	338	23	34	5	18	71	34	-
2025-11-09 1800Z	314	13	36	2	20	75	36	-
2025-11-09 1200Z	260	8	36	1	18	76	36	-
2025-11-09 0600Z	207	9	36	1	22	77	36	-
2025-11-09 0000Z	163	4	35	2	15	76	35	-
2025-11-08 1800Z	306	2	36	2	19	76	36	-
2025-11-08 1200Z	260	5	36	2	16	75	36	-
2025-11-08 0600Z	238	9	36	3	19	76	36	-
2025-11-08 0000Z	192	12	35	3	18	76	35	-
2025-11-07 1800Z	161	12	36	2	19	77	36	-
2025-11-07 1200Z	158	12	36	2	18	77	36	-
2025-11-07 0600Z	142	9	36	2	18	75	36	-
2025-11-07 0000Z	117	5	34	2	19	73	34	-
2025-11-06 1800Z	47	6	36	2	18	72	36	-
2025-11-06 1200Z	357	9	36	2	17	73	36	-
2025-11-06 0600Z	356	3	36	2	18	74	36	-
2025-11-06 0000Z	58	6	35	2	18	74	35	-
2025-11-05 1800Z	74	5	35	2	16	75	35	-
2025-11-05 1200Z	114	9	36	2	20	73	36	-
2025-11-05 0600Z	115	11	36	3	16	72	36	-
2025-11-05 0000Z	89	11	36	3	20	71	36	-
2025-11-04 1800Z	77	13	36	3	21	71	36	-
2025-11-04 1200Z	56	15	36	3	17	70	36	-
2025-11-04 0600Z	52	15	36	3	17	69	36	-
2025-11-04 0000Z	18	16	36	3	18	66	36	-
2025-11-03 1800Z	21	16	35	3	18	63	35	-
2025-11-03 1200Z	23	15	36	4	20	63	36	-
2025-11-03 0600Z	18	14	36	3	20	67	36	-
2025-11-03 0000Z	5	13	34	2	17	69	34	-
2025-11-02 1800Z	30	11	35	2	21	70	35	-
2025-11-02 1200Z	61	9	36	1	22	69	36	-
2025-11-02 0600Z	98	9	36	2	17	71	36	-
2025-11-02 0000Z	84	6	35	1	18	70	35	-
2025-11-01 1800Z	86	5	36	1	19	70	36	-
2025-11-01 1200Z	79	7	36	1	21	68	36	-
2025-11-01 0600Z	49	9	36	1	18	66	36	-
2025-11-01 0000Z	360	7	33	1	20	65	33	-
2025-10-31 1800Z	342	6	36	1	18	65	36	-
2025-10-31 1200Z	341	8	36	2	18	65	36	-
2025-10-31 0600Z	358	11	36	2	16	65	36	-
2025-10-31 0000Z	316	13	35	3	19	64	35	-
2025-10-30 1800Z	313	18	36	5	18	63	36	-
2025-10-30 1200Z	310	19	36	6	17	63	36	-
2025-10-30 0600Z	316	22	36	7	17	64	36	-
2025-10-30 0000Z	308	24	36	8	20	66	36	-
2025-10-29 1800Z	299	27	36	9	19	66	36	-
2025-10-29 1200Z	258	12	36	3	20	72	36	-
2025-10-29 0600Z	128	8	36	1	18	71	36	-
2025-10-29 0000Z	45	9	34	2	18	70	34	-
2025-10-28 1800Z	5	11	36	2	18	70	36	-
2025-10-28 1200Z	13	12	36	2	20	70	36	-
2025-10-28 0600Z	29	13	36	3	19	73	36	-
2025-10-28 0000Z	343	11	34	3	17	76	34	-
2025-10-27 1800Z	350	11	36	3	19	76	36	-
2025-10-27 1200Z	307	11	36	4	17	78	36	-
2025-10-27 0600Z	193	11	36	6	17	79	36	-
2025-10-27 0000Z	151	17	34	7	15	78	34	-
2025-10-26 1800Z	147	17	36	8	18	77	36	-
2025-10-26 1200Z	140	18	36	7	17	80	36	-
2025-10-26 0600Z	124	21	35	7	18	79	35	-
2025-10-26 0000Z	108	19	35	7	19	79	35	-
2025-10-25 1800Z	117	20	35	7	20	79	35	-
2025-10-25 1200Z	115	20	36	7	19	79	36	-
2025-10-25 0600Z	111	20	36	6	18	78	36	-
2025-10-25 0000Z	98	17	34	5	18	78	34	-
2025-10-24 1800Z	92	16	35	4	20	78	35	-
2025-10-24 1200Z	86	15	36	4	18	77	36	-
2025-10-24 0600Z	89	13	35	3	16	76	35	-
2025-10-24 0000Z	84	12	34	4	19	75	34	-
2025-10-23 1800Z	79	16	36	4	16	75	36	-
2025-10-23 1200Z	67	13	36	2	17	76	36	-
2025-10-23 0600Z	52	10	36	2	19	77	36	-
2025-10-23 0000Z	39	11	34	2	18	76	34	-
2025-10-22 1800Z	42	15	35	4	18	76	35	-
2025-10-22 1200Z	12	11	36	2	19	77	36	-
2025-10-22 0600Z	257	7	36	1	16	79	36	-
2025-10-22 0000Z	264	3	29	1	16	79	29	-
2025-10-21 1800Z	333	3	36	1	18	79	36	-
2025-10-21 1200Z	269	4	36	2	18	78	36	-
2025-10-21 0600Z	153	9	36	2	18	76	36	-
2025-10-21 0000Z	104	8	18	3	9	75	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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