Station BFTN7 - Search and Rescue Data

8656483 - Beaufort, NC
34.717 N 76.671 W (34°43'2" N 76°40'14" W)

Right whales are active off NC from November to April. Speed restrictions of 10 knots apply to vessels 65 feet or greater within the vicinity of this station between November 1 and April 30. To learn more about right whales and rules protecting them, go to: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/shipstrike.

Average surface winds - six hour block.

Date (UTC)	Average Wind Dir (True)	Average Wind Spd (Knots)	Wind Obs	Average Seas (Feet)	Air Temp. (Degrees F.)	Air Temp. Obs	Water Temp. (Degrees F.)	Water Temp. Obs
2026-04-15 0600Z	242	7	41	-	66	17	67	38
2026-04-15 0000Z	239	7	46	-	68	18	66	43
2026-04-14 1800Z	240	9	60	-	72	24	67	33
2026-04-14 1200Z	249	5	57	-	66	24	65	51
2026-04-14 0600Z	234	4	60	-	65	27	66	48
2026-04-14 0000Z	221	5	57	-	68	22	67	51
2026-04-13 1800Z	222	7	60	-	73	22	67	39
2026-04-13 1200Z	221	4	60	-	67	22	65	48
2026-04-13 0600Z	158	6	60	-	65	22	66	39
2026-04-13 0000Z	148	6	57	-	66	24	66	48
2026-04-12 1800Z	130	11	60	-	68	20	65	43
2026-04-12 1200Z	70	6	60	-	63	22	64	51
2026-04-12 0600Z	37	4	60	-	62	18	64	36
2026-04-12 0000Z	85	6	57	-	67	20	65	39
2026-04-11 1800Z	222	4	60	-	70	24	63	31
2026-04-11 1200Z	265	3	55	-	62	24	62	37
2026-04-11 0600Z	266	3	60	-	61	20	62	46
2026-04-11 0000Z	135	4	57	-	64	22	62	45
2026-04-10 1800Z	76	5	60	-	69	18	61	29
2026-04-10 1200Z	22	6	60	-	58	22	60	45
2026-04-10 0600Z	31	6	60	-	55	25	60	42
2026-04-10 0000Z	49	10	58	-	59	23	60	45
2026-04-09 1800Z	39	12	60	-	62	22	60	40
2026-04-09 1200Z	34	13	60	-	52	18	59	36
2026-04-09 0600Z	30	13	60	-	49	21	61	42
2026-04-09 0000Z	35	14	57	-	50	23	62	33
2026-04-08 1800Z	48	15	60	-	55	22	62	31
2026-04-08 1200Z	42	14	60	-	52	27	63	39
2026-04-08 0600Z	48	11	60	-	55	22	63	51
2026-04-08 0000Z	45	10	57	-	59	24	65	34
2026-04-07 1800Z	34	6	58	-	66	20	66	30
2026-04-07 1200Z	26	3	55	-	59	29	65	45
2026-04-07 0600Z	54	2	60	-	58	22	65	45
2026-04-07 0000Z	52	3	60	-	60	27	67	48
2026-04-06 1800Z	32	7	60	-	61	24	67	51
2026-04-06 1200Z	32	11	60	-	58	33	67	57
2026-04-06 0600Z	311	5	60	-	64	30	67	55
2026-04-06 0000Z	235	8	58	-	67	33	68	44
2026-04-05 1800Z	209	9	60	-	72	27	68	42
2026-04-05 1200Z	216	8	60	-	69	27	67	51
2026-04-05 0600Z	207	6	60	-	67	24	67	36
2026-04-05 0000Z	208	5	57	-	69	22	68	42
2026-04-04 1800Z	221	6	60	-	75	22	68	48
2026-04-04 1200Z	231	2	60	-	68	22	66	43
2026-04-04 0600Z	191	4	60	-	65	24	66	48
2026-04-04 0000Z	177	5	60	-	67	20	66	39
2026-04-03 1800Z	180	6	60	-	72	23	67	42
2026-04-03 1200Z	156	6	60	-	67	24	65	42
2026-04-03 0600Z	158	6	60	-	65	18	65	45
2026-04-03 0000Z	156	7	60	-	67	18	65	46
2026-04-02 1800Z	181	5	60	-	72	24	66	36
2026-04-02 1200Z	189	4	60	-	64	29	62	45
2026-04-02 0600Z	189	4	60	-	63	20	64	42
2026-04-02 0000Z	209	6	60	-	66	20	63	48
2026-04-01 1800Z	227	8	60	-	71	21	64	35
2026-04-01 1200Z	230	4	60	-	64	24	61	39
2026-04-01 0600Z	218	5	60	-	63	24	62	45
2026-04-01 0000Z	211	6	53	-	65	21	62	32
2026-03-31 1800Z	221	8	60	-	70	24	62	36
2026-03-31 1200Z	235	4	60	-	63	25	60	51
2026-03-31 0600Z	217	3	60	-	61	20	61	45
2026-03-31 0000Z	186	6	57	-	62	24	60	45
2026-03-30 1800Z	194	7	60	-	66	23	60	37
2026-03-30 1200Z	162	2	60	-	60	20	58	54
2026-03-30 0600Z	160	5	60	-	59	24	59	57
2026-03-30 0000Z	139	4	57	-	58	22	59	54
2026-03-29 1800Z	92	6	60	-	58	20	58	42
2026-03-29 1200Z	46	8	60	-	48	22	57	51
2026-03-29 0600Z	52	5	60	-	45	20	59	48
2026-03-29 0000Z	49	8	57	-	48	16	60	42
2026-03-28 1800Z	22	15	60	-	52	22	61	38
2026-03-28 1200Z	23	16	60	-	50	24	61	36
2026-03-28 0600Z	27	15	60	-	54	20	62	48
2026-03-28 0000Z	255	5	54	-	63	23	63	39
2026-03-27 1800Z	240	11	60	-	67	17	61	42
2026-03-27 1200Z	239	10	60	-	62	23	60	50
2026-03-27 0600Z	240	8	60	-	62	22	60	48
2026-03-27 0000Z	235	8	57	-	64	24	61	42
2026-03-26 1800Z	233	8	57	-	69	22	59	42
2026-03-26 1200Z	243	2	60	-	61	22	58	45
2026-03-26 0600Z	177	2	60	-	58	14	58	45
2026-03-26 0000Z	127	5	55	-	60	26	59	50
2026-03-25 1800Z	110	7	60	-	62	24	57	41
2026-03-25 1200Z	38	8	60	-	50	26	57	51
2026-03-25 0600Z	29	9	60	-	45	28	58	42
2026-03-25 0000Z	37	10	57	-	46	24	59	48
2026-03-24 1800Z	39	14	60	-	49	22	59	51
2026-03-24 1200Z	40	16	53	-	46	19	60	48
2026-03-24 0600Z	39	17	58	-	52	15	60	46
2026-03-24 0000Z	31	7	58	-	64	15	63	37
2026-03-23 1800Z	242	8	60	-	66	19	61	36
2026-03-23 1200Z	245	8	60	-	61	24	60	45
2026-03-23 0600Z	244	10	60	-	61	30	60	54
2026-03-23 0000Z	236	8	57	-	64	24	62	48
2026-03-22 1800Z	236	5	60	-	71	22	60	51
2026-03-22 1200Z	153	4	60	-	63	27	59	54
2026-03-22 0600Z	130	3	60	-	59	24	59	51
2026-03-22 0000Z	148	3	55	-	61	24	59	52
2026-03-21 1800Z	224	4	60	-	65	16	59	46
2026-03-21 1200Z	249	8	60	-	59	14	57	48
2026-03-21 0600Z	240	6	60	-	58	25	57	53
2026-03-21 0000Z	192	6	55	-	58	23	57	41
2026-03-20 1800Z	217	3	60	-	60	20	57	45
2026-03-20 1200Z	358	2	60	-	48	22	55	39
2026-03-20 0600Z	38	4	58	-	46	27	56	48
2026-03-20 0000Z	65	5	55	-	51	26	56	43
2026-03-19 1800Z	29	9	60	-	54	23	56	36
2026-03-19 1200Z	27	8	60	-	45	21	55	54
2026-03-19 0600Z	29	6	60	-	43	24	56	39
2026-03-19 0000Z	50	6	57	-	46	22	57	51
2026-03-18 1800Z	32	7	60	-	48	28	57	39
2026-03-18 1200Z	18	9	60	-	40	24	57	42
2026-03-18 0600Z	14	8	60	-	43	25	58	48
2026-03-18 0000Z	306	5	57	-	48	22	59	42
2026-03-17 1800Z	266	4	55	-	48	22	60	39
2026-03-17 1200Z	324	8	60	-	42	18	60	36
2026-03-17 0600Z	283	12	60	-	52	17	62	36
2026-03-17 0000Z	214	14	57	-	63	22	62	33
2026-03-16 1800Z	188	11	60	-	65	21	63	28
2026-03-16 1200Z	177	13	60	-	64	27	62	33
2026-03-16 0600Z	179	10	60	-	64	20	62	36
2026-03-16 0000Z	153	9	57	-	65	18	62	42
2026-03-15 1800Z	130	15	58	-	68	28	62	45
2026-03-15 1200Z	120	9	60	-	65	20	61	45
2026-03-15 0600Z	76	3	60	-	60	23	62	39
2026-03-15 0000Z	149	2	57	-	61	13	62	45
2026-03-14 1800Z	229	6	60	-	64	18	61	40
2026-03-14 1200Z	268	5	60	-	58	22	60	42
2026-03-14 0600Z	244	7	60	-	58	16	60	48
2026-03-14 0000Z	199	6	60	-	56	24	61	39
2026-03-13 1800Z	115	3	60	-	54	20	61	45
2026-03-13 1200Z	55	5	60	-	50	5	60	45
2026-03-13 0600Z	17	5	58	-	-	0	61	54
2026-03-13 0000Z	7	12	57	-	-	0	64	50
2026-03-12 1800Z	260	7	60	-	69	18	64	36
2026-03-12 1200Z	230	8	60	-	65	24	65	51
2026-03-12 0600Z	241	8	60	-	63	24	64	51
2026-03-12 0000Z	236	9	57	-	67	22	66	51
2026-03-11 1800Z	235	7	60	-	71	22	65	45
2026-03-11 1200Z	234	3	60	-	64	25	65	48
2026-03-11 0600Z	227	2	60	-	64	25	64	52
2026-03-11 0000Z	186	3	57	-	66	25	66	54
2026-03-10 1800Z	225	4	57	-	67	24	64	45
2026-03-10 1200Z	251	2	60	-	60	33	64	60
2026-03-10 0600Z	246	5	60	-	62	30	63	57
2026-03-10 0000Z	231	3	57	-	63	26	65	54
2026-03-09 1800Z	231	4	58	-	71	24	63	54
2026-03-09 1200Z	239	2	60	-	62	33	62	57
2026-03-09 0600Z	244	4	60	-	61	36	61	57
2026-03-09 0000Z	251	6	57	-	64	30	63	60
2026-03-08 1800Z	232	9	60	-	69	30	61	57
2026-03-08 1200Z	226	7	60	-	65	27	61	60
2026-03-08 0600Z	226	7	57	-	64	36	60	60
2026-03-08 0000Z	215	7	57	-	66	30	62	55
2026-03-07 1800Z	224	5	60	-	69	24	61	57
2026-03-07 1200Z	264	1	60	-	61	30	60	60
2026-03-07 0600Z	226	0	60	-	60	30	59	60
2026-03-07 0000Z	217	4	57	-	65	33	60	57
2026-03-06 1800Z	232	5	60	-	67	24	59	57
2026-03-06 1200Z	266	4	58	-	62	28	57	60
2026-03-06 0600Z	230	5	60	-	62	36	57	60
2026-03-06 0000Z	206	5	57	-	62	33	57	54
2026-03-05 1800Z	241	6	60	-	67	27	57	60
2026-03-05 1200Z	248	1	60	-	57	30	55	60
2026-03-05 0600Z	234	2	60	-	58	30	55	57
2026-03-05 0000Z	219	4	60	-	61	33	55	57
2026-03-04 1800Z	207	4	60	-	64	26	55	60
2026-03-04 1200Z	343	1	60	-	59	31	53	60
2026-03-04 0600Z	164	3	60	-	57	39	53	60
2026-03-04 0000Z	123	5	57	-	58	33	53	56
2026-03-03 1800Z	63	5	45	-	60	23	54	32
2026-03-03 1200Z	29	9	49	-	48	25	51	60
2026-03-03 0600Z	-	-	0	-	-	0	51	7
2026-03-02 1800Z	36	15	44	-	52	23	52	41
2026-03-02 1200Z	40	12	60	-	48	39	51	55
2026-03-02 0600Z	45	10	60	-	47	30	52	54
2026-03-02 0000Z	334	1	57	-	55	30	52	55
2026-03-01 1800Z	232	5	58	-	59	51	51	60
2026-03-01 1200Z	302	1	60	-	50	39	50	60
2026-03-01 0600Z	319	2	60	-	48	40	50	55
2026-03-01 0000Z	78	1	30	-	51	18	50	27

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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