Station 42022 - C12 - WFS Central Buoy, 50m Isobath

Owned and maintained by COMPS (University of South Florida)
Offshore Buoy
27.505 N 83.741 W (27°30'18" N 83°44'28" W)

Site elevation: sea level
Air temp height: 2.8 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 3.2 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: 2.8 m above mean sea level
Sea temp depth: 1 m below water line
Water depth: 50 m

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Conditions at 42022 as of
(8:30 am CST)
1430 GMT on 12/18/2018:
Unit of Measure: Time Zone: Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation.
	Wind Direction (WDIR):	ENE ( 60 deg true )
	Wind Speed (WSPD):	7.8 kts
	Wind Gust (GST):	11.7 kts
	Atmospheric Pressure (PRES):	30.16 in
	Air Temperature (ATMP):	64.2 °F
	Wind Speed at 10 meters (WSPD10M):	9.7 kts
	Wind Speed at 20 meters (WSPD20M):	9.7 kts
	Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure

Previous observations

MM	DD	TIME (CST)	WDIR	WSPD kts	GST kts	WVHT ft	DPD sec	APD sec	MWD	PRES in	PTDY in	ATMP °F	WTMP °F	DEWP °F	SAL psu	VIS nmi	TIDE ft
12	18	8:00 am	NE	7.8	9.7	-	-	-	-	30.16	+0.04	64.0	-	-	-	-	-
12	18	7:30 am	NE	9.7	13.6	-	-	-	-	30.14	-	64.4	-	-	-	-	-
12	18	7:00 am	NE	9.7	13.6	-	-	-	-	30.14	+0.03	64.4	-	-	-	-	-
12	18	6:30 am	NE	9.7	13.6	-	-	-	-	30.13	-	64.0	-	-	-	-	-
12	18	6:00 am	NE	9.7	13.6	-	-	-	-	30.12	+0.02	63.7	-	-	-	-	-
12	18	5:30 am	NNE	11.7	15.5	-	-	-	-	30.11	-	63.7	-	-	-	-	-
12	18	5:00 am	NE	11.7	15.5	-	-	-	-	30.11	+0.00	63.9	-	-	-	-	-
12	18	4:30 am	NNE	11.7	15.5	-	-	-	-	30.11	-	63.7	-	-	-	-	-
12	18	4:00 am	NNE	11.7	13.6	-	-	-	-	30.11	-0.01	63.9	-	-	-	-	-
12	18	3:30 am	NNE	11.7	13.6	-	-	-	-	30.11	-	63.9	-	-	-	-	-
12	18	3:00 am	NNE	11.7	15.5	-	-	-	-	30.11	-0.01	64.0	-	-	-	-	-
12	18	2:30 am	NNE	11.7	15.5	-	-	-	-	30.11	-	64.0	-	-	-	-	-
12	18	2:00 am	NNE	11.7	15.5	-	-	-	-	30.11	-0.02	64.2	-	-	-	-	-
12	18	1:30 am	NNE	11.7	15.5	-	-	-	-	30.11	-	64.0	-	-	-	-	-
12	18	1:00 am	N	11.7	17.5	-	-	-	-	30.12	-0.01	64.2	-	-	-	-	-
12	18	12:30 am	N	13.6	17.5	-	-	-	-	30.12	-	64.4	-	-	-	-	-
12	18	12:00 am	N	13.6	15.5	-	-	-	-	30.12	-0.02	64.4	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	11:30 pm	N	11.7	13.6	-	-	-	-	30.13	-	64.2	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	11:00 pm	N	9.7	13.6	-	-	-	-	30.13	-0.01	63.9	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	10:30 pm	N	9.7	13.6	-	-	-	-	30.13	-	63.7	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	10:00 pm	N	9.7	11.7	-	-	-	-	30.14	+0.00	63.3	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	9:30 pm	N	9.7	11.7	-	-	-	-	30.14	-	63.1	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	9:00 pm	N	7.8	11.7	-	-	-	-	30.14	+0.02	63.1	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	8:30 pm	N	7.8	11.7	-	-	-	-	30.14	-	63.0	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	8:00 pm	N	9.7	13.6	-	-	-	-	30.14	+0.02	63.1	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	7:30 pm	N	7.8	11.7	-	-	-	-	30.14	-	62.8	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	7:00 pm	N	7.8	11.7	-	-	-	-	30.14	+0.02	62.8	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	6:30 pm	N	7.8	11.7	-	-	-	-	30.13	-	62.6	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	6:00 pm	N	7.8	11.7	-	-	-	-	30.12	+0.00	62.4	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	5:30 pm	N	9.7	13.6	-	-	-	-	30.12	-	62.6	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	5:00 pm	NNW	9.7	13.6	-	-	-	-	30.12	+0.00	62.8	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	4:30 pm	NNW	9.7	15.5	-	-	-	-	30.12	-	63.0	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	4:00 pm	NNW	11.7	17.5	-	-	-	-	30.12	-0.01	63.1	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	3:30 pm	NNW	11.7	15.5	-	-	-	-	30.12	-	63.5	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	3:00 pm	NNW	11.7	15.5	-	-	-	-	30.12	-0.04	63.5	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	2:30 pm	NNW	11.7	13.6	-	-	-	-	30.12	-	63.0	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	2:00 pm	NNW	11.7	15.5	-	-	-	-	30.12	-0.07	62.8	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	1:30 pm	NNW	13.6	15.5	-	-	-	-	30.12	-	62.6	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	1:00 pm	NNW	11.7	15.5	-	-	-	-	30.13	-0.08	62.8	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	12:30 pm	NNW	9.7	15.5	-	-	-	-	30.14	-	62.4	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	12:00 pm	NNW	11.7	15.5	-	-	-	-	30.16	-0.05	62.4	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	11:30 am	NNW	13.6	17.5	-	-	-	-	30.17	-	62.4	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	11:00 am	NNW	11.7	15.5	-	-	-	-	30.19	-0.01	62.2	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	10:30 am	N	11.7	15.5	-	-	-	-	30.20	-	62.2	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	10:00 am	NNW	13.6	17.5	-	-	-	-	30.21	+0.03	62.4	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	9:30 am	N	11.7	15.5	-	-	-	-	30.21	-	61.9	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	9:00 am	N	9.7	13.6	-	-	-	-	30.21	+0.05	61.5	-	-	-	-	-

Disclaimer: Ocean current directions are measured to the nearest 10 degrees and speeds are measured to the nearest whole centimeter per second.

Ocean Current Data for 42022

	8:00 am CST		7:00 am CST
Depth ft	Dir °	Speed kts	Dir °	Speed kts
13	170	0.31	160	0.33
16	130	0.14	160	0.27
20	150	0.14	160	0.19
23	140	0.12	150	0.19
26	150	0.14	160	0.23
30	140	0.14	160	0.25
33	140	0.12	160	0.23
36	140	0.14	160	0.21
39	150	0.14	160	0.21
43	150	0.12	160	0.21
46	140	0.14	170	0.21
49	140	0.14	160	0.19
52	130	0.16	160	0.21
56	140	0.12	160	0.19
59	150	0.12	160	0.23
62	150	0.12	160	0.23
66	150	0.10	160	0.17
69	150	0.12	150	0.17
72	150	0.14	150	0.17
75	140	0.16	160	0.23
79	160	0.12	150	0.23
82	160	0.14	160	0.19
85	160	0.12	150	0.17
89	140	0.14	150	0.19
92	150	0.10	160	0.19
95	140	0.10	150	0.19
98	140	0.10	160	0.19
102	150	0.14	160	0.21
105	140	0.14	150	0.23
108	150	0.14	160	0.21
112	150	0.14	150	0.21
115	150	0.17	150	0.21
118	150	0.17	150	0.19
121	150	0.17	150	0.17
125	150	0.17	150	0.19
128	150	0.17	140	0.21
131	150	0.16	140	0.17
135	150	0.19	150	0.17
138	150	0.16	150	0.17
141	160	0.19	150	0.17
144	150	0.16	140	0.14
148	150	0.16	150	0.17

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