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Station 15006 - Valse Image indicating link to RSS feed of recent meteorological observations for station 15006

Owned and maintained by the PIRATA Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Atlantic
Atlas Buoy
6.000 S 10.000 W (6°0'0" S 10°0'0" W)

Site elevation: sea level
Air temp height: 3 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 4 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: 3 m above mean sea level

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Station 15006

Conditions at 15006 as of
0700 GMT on 05/15/2025:
Note: This report is more than two hours old
     

Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation.

5-day plot - Wind Direction Wind Direction (WDIR): SE ( 131 deg true )
5-day plot - Wind Speed Wind Speed (WSPD): 18.1 kts
5-day plot - Wind Gust Wind Gust (GST): 21.2 kts
5-day plot - Atmospheric Pressure Atmospheric Pressure (PRES):29.89 in
5-day plot - Air Temperature Air Temperature (ATMP): 81.1 °F
5-day plot - Wind Speed, Wind Gust and Atmospheric Pressure Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure
Previous observations
TIME
(GMT)		 5-day plot - Wind Direction
WDIR
 		 5-day plot - Wind Speed
WSPD
kts		 5-day plot - Wind Gust
GST
kts		 5-day plot - Wave Height
WVHT
ft		 5-day plot - Dominant Wave Period
DPD
sec		 5-day plot - Average Wave Period
APD
sec		 5-day plot - Mean Wave Direction
MWD
 		 5-day plot - Atmospheric Pressure
PRES
in		 5-day plot - Pressure Tendency
PTDY
in		 5-day plot - Air Temperature
ATMP
°F		 5-day plot - Water Temperature
WTMP
°F		 5-day plot - Dew Point
DEWP
°F		 5-day plot - Salinity
SAL
psu		 5-day plot - Visibility
VIS
nmi		 5-day plot - Tide (above MLLW)
TIDE
ft
2025-05-15 0600 SE 19.6 22.3----29.88- 80.8 82.8----
2025-05-15 0500 SE 17.1 19.8----29.88- 81.0-----
2025-05-15 0400 SE 17.1 20.2----29.88- 81.3 82.8----
2025-05-15 0300 SE 16.5 20.2----29.89- 81.7 82.8----
2025-05-15 0200 SE 15.7 18.8----29.89- 81.5-----
2025-05-15 0100 SE 15.7 19.2----29.91- 81.7 82.8----
2025-05-15 0000 SE 17.3 20.2----29.93- 82.0 82.8----
2025-05-14 2300 SE 15.9 18.6----29.93- 81.9 82.8----
2025-05-14 2200 SE 16.7 21.2----29.91- 81.7 82.8----
2025-05-14 2100 SE 16.5 19.8----29.92- 81.7 82.8----
2025-05-14 2000 SE 16.3 20.0----29.90- 81.5 82.8----
2025-05-14 1900 SE 15.7 18.8----29.88- 81.9 82.8----
2025-05-14 1800 SE 16.1 19.8----29.86- 82.0 82.9----
2025-05-14 1700 SE 16.1 20.0----29.85- 82.0 82.9----
2025-05-14 1600 SE 16.9 20.4----29.84- 82.2 82.9----
2025-05-14 1500 SE 16.9 20.4----29.85- 82.0 82.9----
2025-05-14 1400 SE 14.2 16.9----29.88- 82.2 82.9----
2025-05-14 1300 SE 15.5 19.4----29.90- 82.0 82.9----