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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
2025-04-28 1800Z	116	10	60	-	70	60	71	60
2025-04-28 1200Z	41	3	60	-	63	57	69	60
2025-04-28 0600Z	12	2	60	-	61	60	70	60
2025-04-28 0000Z	304	2	57	-	65	49	70	57
2025-04-27 1800Z	17	7	60	-	66	49	72	60
2025-04-27 1200Z	26	13	60	-	63	49	71	60
2025-04-27 0600Z	273	5	60	-	70	57	72	60
2025-04-27 0000Z	237	8	57	-	72	42	72	57
2025-04-26 1800Z	236	10	60	-	75	40	74	60
2025-04-26 1200Z	239	7	57	-	72	45	71	58
2025-04-26 0600Z	230	4	60	-	70	48	73	60
2025-04-26 0000Z	187	4	57	-	72	51	72	57
2025-04-25 1800Z	179	6	60	-	75	48	73	60
2025-04-25 1200Z	100	3	60	-	70	54	71	60
2025-04-25 0600Z	50	3	60	-	68	60	72	60
2025-04-25 0000Z	81	5	57	-	72	48	71	57
2025-04-24 1800Z	65	5	60	-	74	57	71	60
2025-04-24 1200Z	28	4	60	-	64	48	69	57
2025-04-24 0600Z	41	4	60	-	63	48	70	60
2025-04-24 0000Z	67	5	57	-	67	46	71	57
2025-04-23 1800Z	119	4	60	-	73	45	71	60
2025-04-23 1200Z	231	3	60	-	69	45	70	60
2025-04-23 0600Z	237	4	60	-	68	45	70	60
2025-04-23 0000Z	233	6	57	-	70	39	71	57
2025-04-22 1800Z	227	9	60	-	74	48	70	60
2025-04-22 1200Z	221	6	60	-	70	54	69	60
2025-04-22 0600Z	221	6	60	-	68	48	69	60
2025-04-22 0000Z	201	6	57	-	70	54	71	56
2025-04-21 1800Z	190	7	55	-	73	40	70	54
2025-04-21 1200Z	235	4	60	-	69	45	70	60
2025-04-21 0600Z	205	2	60	-	66	45	69	60
2025-04-21 0000Z	241	4	57	-	69	54	71	57
2025-04-20 1800Z	240	9	60	-	74	54	69	60
2025-04-20 1200Z	250	6	60	-	68	53	68	58
2025-04-20 0600Z	241	6	60	-	66	54	68	60
2025-04-20 0000Z	232	7	57	-	69	40	69	57
2025-04-19 1800Z	232	9	60	-	73	51	68	60
2025-04-19 1200Z	228	6	60	-	68	51	67	60
2025-04-19 0600Z	240	8	60	-	67	50	67	60
2025-04-19 0000Z	240	8	57	-	68	54	68	57
2025-04-18 1800Z	198	6	60	-	72	48	67	57
2025-04-18 1200Z	155	4	60	-	65	51	66	60
2025-04-18 0600Z	131	3	60	-	62	52	66	60
2025-04-18 0000Z	104	5	58	-	64	55	67	58
2025-04-17 1800Z	109	8	60	-	65	42	66	60
2025-04-17 1200Z	47	4	60	-	59	45	64	60
2025-04-17 0600Z	267	2	60	-	60	43	64	58
2025-04-17 0000Z	246	6	54	-	63	42	65	57
2025-04-16 1800Z	255	6	59	-	65	60	65	59
2025-04-16 1200Z	355	5	59	-	56	60	64	57
2025-04-16 0600Z	330	4	60	-	59	58	65	58
2025-04-16 0000Z	312	6	55	-	68	57	66	57
2025-04-15 1800Z	241	15	60	-	70	58	66	60
2025-04-15 1200Z	242	12	60	-	67	57	64	60
2025-04-15 0600Z	243	10	60	-	66	57	65	60
2025-04-15 0000Z	241	13	57	-	67	57	65	57
2025-04-14 1800Z	239	12	60	-	69	60	64	60
2025-04-14 1200Z	245	8	60	-	63	60	63	60
2025-04-14 0600Z	262	4	60	-	60	60	63	60
2025-04-14 0000Z	253	7	59	-	60	59	64	59
2025-04-13 1800Z	279	3	60	-	61	54	63	60
2025-04-13 1200Z	349	5	60	-	51	56	63	60
2025-04-13 0600Z	328	4	60	-	51	58	63	60
2025-04-13 0000Z	350	6	57	-	55	49	64	57
2025-04-12 1800Z	4	7	60	-	54	54	64	60
2025-04-12 1200Z	3	7	60	-	51	60	65	58
2025-04-12 0600Z	352	5	60	-	54	51	66	60
2025-04-12 0000Z	291	4	57	-	63	57	66	57
2025-04-11 1800Z	238	8	60	-	67	52	66	60
2025-04-11 1200Z	165	7	57	-	62	51	65	60
2025-04-11 0600Z	134	5	60	-	62	55	65	60
2025-04-11 0000Z	139	10	57	-	64	54	66	57
2025-04-10 1800Z	130	10	57	-	65	57	65	60
2025-04-10 1200Z	66	7	60	-	58	43	64	49
2025-04-10 0600Z	41	6	60	-	52	33	64	54
2025-04-10 0000Z	56	7	57	-	52	42	65	57
2025-04-09 1800Z	70	11	56	-	54	39	66	56
2025-04-09 1200Z	51	10	60	-	53	48	66	60
2025-04-09 0600Z	56	5	60	-	53	43	67	60
2025-04-09 0000Z	64	7	60	-	56	57	68	60
2025-04-08 1800Z	4	1	60	-	62	51	68	60
2025-04-08 1200Z	15	9	60	-	55	54	67	60
2025-04-08 0600Z	285	5	60	-	66	57	69	60
2025-04-08 0000Z	222	9	57	-	70	48	69	57
2025-04-07 1800Z	228	11	60	-	73	57	69	60
2025-04-07 1200Z	222	10	58	-	70	54	69	58
2025-04-07 0600Z	222	9	60	-	69	57	69	60
2025-04-07 0000Z	234	9	57	-	69	54	71	57
2025-04-06 1800Z	236	11	60	-	73	55	70	60
2025-04-06 1200Z	238	10	60	-	70	55	70	56
2025-04-06 0600Z	222	9	60	-	69	52	69	58
2025-04-06 0000Z	218	8	55	-	71	52	72	54
2025-04-05 1800Z	219	8	60	-	74	55	70	60
2025-04-05 1200Z	228	4	60	-	69	44	70	52
2025-04-05 0600Z	240	6	54	-	67	55	69	54
2025-04-05 0000Z	238	8	55	-	70	34	71	47
2025-04-04 1800Z	233	8	60	-	73	48	69	60
2025-04-04 1200Z	248	7	30	-	72	8	68	30
2025-04-03 1800Z	223	8	54	-	74	42	67	54
2025-04-03 1200Z	190	7	60	-	69	45	67	60
2025-04-03 0600Z	164	9	60	-	67	40	66	60
2025-04-03 0000Z	138	12	57	-	68	48	68	57
2025-04-02 1800Z	125	14	60	-	68	39	66	60
2025-04-02 1200Z	71	7	57	-	62	42	65	60
2025-04-02 0600Z	67	6	60	-	59	42	65	60
2025-04-02 0000Z	85	8	57	-	60	39	67	57
2025-04-01 1800Z	78	3	60	-	67	45	67	60
2025-04-01 1200Z	289	4	60	-	65	42	66	60
2025-04-01 0600Z	248	9	60	-	64	48	66	60
2025-04-01 0000Z	231	9	53	-	66	44	67	53
2025-03-31 1800Z	203	5	60	-	69	48	66	60
2025-03-31 1200Z	219	4	57	-	67	45	65	60
2025-03-31 0600Z	208	5	58	-	67	41	66	60
2025-03-31 0000Z	190	6	57	-	67	40	66	57
2025-03-30 1800Z	190	6	60	-	71	45	66	60
2025-03-30 1200Z	183	5	60	-	65	43	64	60
2025-03-30 0600Z	212	4	60	-	64	38	64	58
2025-03-30 0000Z	222	7	57	-	66	51	64	57
2025-03-29 1800Z	234	9	60	-	71	48	64	60
2025-03-29 1200Z	236	7	60	-	66	43	62	60
2025-03-29 0600Z	230	6	60	-	64	48	63	54
2025-03-29 0000Z	216	7	57	-	65	42	63	57
2025-03-28 1800Z	210	7	60	-	68	42	62	60
2025-03-28 1200Z	187	6	60	-	63	45	61	60
2025-03-28 0600Z	175	7	60	-	59	42	61	60
2025-03-28 0000Z	174	7	57	-	58	42	62	57
2025-03-27 1800Z	139	1	58	-	60	40	61	60
2025-03-27 1200Z	5	4	60	-	51	42	61	60
2025-03-27 0600Z	357	3	60	-	55	45	62	60
2025-03-27 0000Z	18	5	57	-	60	45	62	57
2025-03-26 1800Z	348	7	21	-	63	14	61	22
2025-03-26 1200Z	345	6	60	-	55	34	61	49
2025-03-26 0600Z	289	4	60	-	60	48	62	60
2025-03-26 0000Z	221	7	57	-	63	51	63	57
2025-03-25 1800Z	200	4	60	-	66	42	62	57
2025-03-25 1200Z	331	5	60	-	61	48	61	60
2025-03-25 0600Z	260	7	60	-	61	45	62	60
2025-03-25 0000Z	242	10	57	-	63	51	62	57
2025-03-24 1800Z	234	11	60	-	67	60	62	60
2025-03-24 1200Z	218	7	60	-	64	58	61	60
2025-03-24 0600Z	209	5	60	-	60	58	61	60
2025-03-24 0000Z	44	5	57	-	57	57	62	57
2025-03-23 1800Z	79	9	60	-	61	57	60	60
2025-03-23 1200Z	46	6	55	-	55	58	59	60
2025-03-23 0600Z	261	6	58	-	59	60	60	60
2025-03-23 0000Z	243	12	60	-	61	60	61	58
2025-03-22 1800Z	240	15	60	-	63	58	60	57
2025-03-22 1200Z	252	9	60	-	58	52	60	60
2025-03-22 0600Z	267	6	60	-	57	44	61	57
2025-03-22 0000Z	278	5	57	-	59	48	61	57
2025-03-21 1800Z	332	7	60	-	59	57	61	57
2025-03-21 1200Z	328	11	60	-	50	60	60	60
2025-03-21 0600Z	293	11	60	-	56	54	62	60
2025-03-21 0000Z	233	12	57	-	65	54	62	57
2025-03-20 1800Z	220	9	60	-	68	59	61	60
2025-03-20 1200Z	199	4	60	-	63	59	60	60
2025-03-20 0600Z	194	2	60	-	58	60	61	60
2025-03-20 0000Z	168	2	57	-	60	57	61	57
2025-03-19 1800Z	199	3	60	-	65	54	60	60
2025-03-19 1200Z	11	3	60	-	53	56	59	60
2025-03-19 0600Z	347	3	60	-	52	57	59	60
2025-03-19 0000Z	338	5	57	-	60	51	60	57
2025-03-18 1800Z	358	8	60	-	60	57	60	57
2025-03-18 1200Z	4	9	60	-	45	48	60	57
2025-03-18 0600Z	357	7	60	-	50	60	61	60
2025-03-18 0000Z	354	7	58	-	55	56	63	58
2025-03-17 1800Z	9	9	60	-	61	57	62	60
2025-03-17 1200Z	229	3	60	-	63	48	62	60
2025-03-17 0600Z	186	14	60	-	65	54	61	60
2025-03-17 0000Z	180	20	55	-	67	57	61	57
2025-03-16 1800Z	180	17	60	-	67	55	60	60
2025-03-16 1200Z	177	14	60	-	65	48	59	60
2025-03-16 0600Z	174	11	60	-	64	52	59	60
2025-03-16 0000Z	171	7	57	-	65	51	59	57
2025-03-15 1800Z	157	3	60	-	66	54	58	60
2025-03-15 1200Z	43	5	60	-	54	52	57	58
2025-03-15 0600Z	39	6	60	-	51	54	57	60
2025-03-15 0000Z	46	7	57	-	52	48	57	57
2025-03-14 1800Z	43	8	60	-	53	54	58	60
2025-03-14 1200Z	39	8	60	-	51	54	57	60
2025-03-14 0600Z	14	2	60	-	56	60	58	60
2025-03-14 0000Z	239	6	30	-	60	30	57	30

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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