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Station 42049 - TABS W

Developed and maintained by Texas A&M University
Funding provided by the Texas General Land Office's Oil Spill Prevention & Response Program
TABS II
28.351 N 96.006 W (28°21'3" N 96°0'21" W)

Site elevation: sea level
Sea temp depth: 2 m below MLLW
Water depth: 21 m

Latest NWS Marine Forecast

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Regional HF Radar Surface Current Observations

Station 42049
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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 42049

Note: This report is more than two hours old

Unit of Measure:   Time Zone:   
   12:00 pm CDT   11:30 am CDT
Depth
ft		   Dir
°		Speed
kts		    Dir
°		Speed
kts
7     270 1.15    220 1.13

Previous (up to 48) reports of ocean current data for 42049

Ocean Current Stick Plots are available in metric units only:

All Instruments -1-day plot - ocean current 1-day plot     3-day plot - ocean current 3-day plot     5-day plot - ocean current 5-day plot     

Ocean Conditions at 42049 as of
(12:00 pm CDT)
1700 GMT on 10/19/2019:

Note: This report is more than two hours old

These oceanographic data are displayed in rounded times.

     

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

 Depth (DEPTH): 6.6 ft
5-day plot - Ocean TemperatureOcean Temperature (OTMP):84.69 °F
Previous observations
5-day plot - Ocean Temperature 5-day plot - Conductivity 5-day plot - Salinity 5-day plot - Oxygen Concentration (O2PCT) 5-day plot - Oxygen Concentration (O2PPM) 5-day plot - Chlorophyll 5-day plot - Turbidity 5-day plot - pH 5-day plot - Eh
MM   DD    TIME
(CDT)		 DEPTH
ft		        OTMP
°F		    COND
mS/cm		   SAL
psu		   O2%
%		    O2PPM
ppm		 CLCON
ug/l		 TURB
FTU		 PH EH
mv
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Description of Measurements

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Real Time Data in tabular form for the last forty-five days.

Historical Data & Climatic Summaries for quality controlled data for the current month, previous months, and previous years.