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Station 42026 - C22 - Loop Current Pressure Point Buoy, 70m Isobath Image indicating link to RSS feed of recent meteorological observations for station 42026

Owned and maintained by COMPS (University of South Florida)
Offshore Buoy
25.171 N 83.475 W (25°10'16" N 83°28'30" 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: 70 m

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Conditions at 42026 as of
(10:35 am CDT)
1535 GMT on 09/16/2024:
     

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):NNE ( 30 deg true )
5-day plot - Wind Speed Wind Speed (WSPD): 3.9 kts
5-day plot - Wind Gust Wind Gust (GST): 5.8 kts
5-day plot - Atmospheric Pressure Atmospheric Pressure (PRES):29.92 in
5-day plot - Air Temperature Air Temperature (ATMP): 85.8 °F
5-day plot - Dew Point Dew Point (DEWP): 73.2 °F
5-day plot - Heat Index Heat Index (HEAT): 93.0 °F
5-day plot - Wind Speed at 10 Meters Wind Speed at 10 meters (WSPD10M): 3.9 kts
5-day plot - Wind Speed at 20 Meters Wind Speed at 20 meters (WSPD20M): 3.9 kts
5-day plot - Wind Speed, Wind Gust and Atmospheric Pressure Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure
Previous observations
TIME
(CDT)		 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
2024-09-16 10:05 am E 3.9 5.8----29.91- 86.5- 73.6---
2024-09-16 09:35 am NE 1.9 3.9----29.91- 87.1- 73.2---
2024-09-16 09:05 amNNE 1.9 3.9----29.91- 86.9- 73.2---
2024-09-16 08:35 amNNE 3.9 3.9----29.90- 86.5- 73.2---
2024-09-16 08:05 amENE 1.9 3.9----29.89- 87.6- 73.2---
2024-09-16 07:35 am- 0.0 1.9----29.89- 87.8- 73.2---
2024-09-16 07:05 amNNW 1.9 3.9----29.88- 85.5 87.4 72.9---
2024-09-16 06:35 amNNW 3.9 5.8----29.87- 84.9 87.3 72.7---
2024-09-16 06:05 am NW 1.9 3.9----29.87- 84.9 87.3 72.9---
2024-09-16 05:35 amNNW 1.9 1.9----29.87- 84.9 87.3 73.6---
2024-09-16 05:05 am W 1.9 3.9----29.86- 84.9 87.3 73.6---
2024-09-16 04:35 amWSW 1.9 3.9----29.86- 84.9 87.3 72.5---
2024-09-16 04:05 amWNW 1.9 3.9----29.86- 85.1 87.3 73.0---
2024-09-16 03:35 amWSW 1.9 3.9----29.86- 85.1 87.4 72.5---
2024-09-16 03:05 amWSW 1.9 1.9----29.86- 84.9 87.3 72.5---
2024-09-16 02:35 amNNW 1.9 1.9----29.86- 85.1 87.4 72.5---
2024-09-16 02:05 am- 0.0 1.9----29.87- 85.1 87.4 72.3---
2024-09-16 01:35 amSSE 1.9 3.9----29.87- 85.3- 72.1---
2024-09-16 01:05 amSSE 3.9 3.9----29.88- 85.3 87.4 72.3---
2024-09-16 12:35 am SE 3.9 3.9----29.89- 85.3 87.3 72.0---
2024-09-16 12:05 am E 3.9 5.8----29.89- 85.3 87.3 72.1---
2024-09-15 11:35 pm SE 3.9 3.9----29.89- 85.3 87.4 72.0---
2024-09-15 11:05 pmESE 3.9 5.8----29.90- 85.3 87.4 72.5---
2024-09-15 10:35 pmENE 3.9 5.8----29.90- 85.5- 71.6---
2024-09-15 10:05 pmENE 3.9 5.8----29.90- 85.3 87.4 72.5---
2024-09-15 09:35 pmNNE 5.8 7.8----29.88- 85.3 87.4 72.7---
2024-09-15 09:05 pmNNE 7.8 9.7----29.88- 85.1 87.4 72.5---
2024-09-15 08:35 pmNNE 9.7 11.7----29.87- 85.3 87.4 73.0---
2024-09-15 08:05 pm NE 9.7 11.7----29.86- 85.1 87.4 73.0---
2024-09-15 07:35 pm NE 9.7 11.7----29.87- 85.3 87.4 73.8---
2024-09-15 07:05 pmNNE 9.7 11.7----29.87- 85.3- 73.2---
2024-09-15 06:35 pm NE 9.7 11.7----29.86- 85.3- 73.4---
2024-09-15 06:05 pmNNE 9.7 13.6----29.86- 85.3- 73.9---
2024-09-15 05:35 pmNNE 11.7 13.6----29.85- 85.3- 73.6---
2024-09-15 05:05 pmNNE 11.7 15.5----29.86- 85.3 87.6 73.9---
2024-09-15 04:35 pm N 11.7 13.6----29.85- 85.3 87.6 74.5---
2024-09-15 04:05 pm NE 7.8 9.7----29.85- 82.9- 75.2---
2024-09-15 03:35 pm NE 7.8 11.7----29.85- 84.2- 75.7---
2024-09-15 03:05 pm NE 9.7 13.6----29.85- 84.6- 75.9---
2024-09-15 02:35 pmNNE 9.7 11.7----29.85- 84.6- 75.6---
2024-09-15 02:05 pm N 9.7 11.7----29.86- 84.9- 75.9---
2024-09-15 01:35 pmNNW 11.7 15.5----29.87- 84.6- 76.3---
2024-09-15 01:05 pm NW 9.7 11.7----29.87- 86.0- 75.4---
2024-09-15 12:35 pm NW 11.7 13.6----29.88- 86.2- 76.5---
2024-09-15 12:05 pm W 7.8 9.7----29.88- 86.7- 75.7---
2024-09-15 11:35 amWNW 9.7 11.7----29.89- 86.5- 75.6---
2024-09-15 11:05 am W 7.8 9.7----29.88- 86.7- 75.2---

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

Ocean Current Data for 42026

Unit of Measure:   Time Zone:   
9:57 am CDT 8:57 am CDT 7:57 am CDT
Depth
ft		Dir
°		Speed
kts		 Dir
°		Speed
kts		 Dir
°		Speed
kts
10 10 0.16 20 0.16 20 0.12
13 10 0.23 30 0.08 10 0.23
16 0 0.14 10 0.27 10 0.25
20 0 0.23 20 0.33 10 0.31
23 10 0.33 20 0.37 10 0.35
26 360 0.29 10 0.29360 0.31
30 360 0.21 0 0.31350 0.31
33 20 0.23 10 0.35360 0.45
36 20 0.25 10 0.43360 0.43
39 20 0.23 10 0.45360 0.37
43 30 0.25 10 0.45360 0.39
46 20 0.33 10 0.45360 0.43
49 30 0.25 10 0.41360 0.39
52 10 0.27 10 0.39350 0.39
56 20 0.19 10 0.41360 0.39
59 30 0.27 10 0.41360 0.41
62 10 0.23 10 0.37350 0.37
66 10 0.19 20 0.35360 0.33
69 30 0.16 20 0.29 10 0.27
72 350 0.12 20 0.21 20 0.21
75 340 0.10 10 0.25 30 0.17
79 330 0.14 30 0.16 10 0.17
82 330 0.14 30 0.16 20 0.16
85 300 0.16 20 0.14 10 0.12
89 310 0.12 10 0.16350 0.14
92 270 0.08310 0.14 10 0.08
95 270 0.16 10 0.08310 0.10
98 280 0.14180 0.08320 0.10
102 280 0.19170 0.17 40 0.12
105 220 0.12190 0.12200 0.16
108 320 0.12190 0.06170 0.08
112 270 0.10340 0.16220 0.19
115 200 0.10350 0.31200 0.21
118 260 0.12340 0.17180 0.25
121 130 0.23 70 0.10150 0.23
125 160 0.27 90 0.12160 0.37
128 170 0.14 80 0.16160 0.37
131 150 0.12 10 0.10160 0.35
135 180 0.14180 0.04150 0.37
138 200 0.35170 0.31150 0.39
141 200 0.45170 0.33150 0.41
144 200 0.41170 0.33140 0.41
148 190 0.39170 0.37140 0.39
151 180 0.41160 0.35150 0.45
154 190 0.39170 0.39150 0.47
157 200 0.41170 0.41150 0.47
161 210 0.41180 0.41160 0.45
164 220 0.39180 0.37150 0.37
167 220 0.35180 0.33150 0.31
171 220 0.33190 0.25140 0.27
174 220 0.31180 0.25130 0.21
177 210 0.27180 0.19120 0.23
180 210 0.25170 0.19110 0.25
184 220 0.23180 0.14110 0.19
187 240 0.17210 0.14110 0.19
190 230 0.17200 0.16120 0.14
194 240 0.19220 0.14120 0.08

Previous (up to 48) reports of ocean current data for 42026

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