Station 44014 (LLNR 550) - VIRGINIA BEACH 64 NM East of Virginia Beach, VA

Funding provided by the US Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory Owned and maintained by National Data Buoy Center 3-meter discus buoy ARES payload 36.606 N 74.840 W (36°36'23" N 74°50'23" W) Site elevation: sea level Air temp height: 4.4 m above site elevation Anemometer height: 4.9 m above site elevation Barometer elevation: 0.3 m above mean sea level Sea temp depth: 0.6 m below water line Water depth: 47 m Watch circle radius: 101 yards Station ceased transmitting 02/21/20. Data will be restored during our next service visit to this location. When a date is known it will be posted in Maintenance Schedule. Right whales are active off VA from November to April. Speed restrictions of 10 knots apply to vessels 65 feet or greater in specific areas along the mid-Atlantic coast. To learn more about right whales and rules protecting them, go to: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/shipstrike Latest NWS Marine Forecast Important Notice to Mariners Search And Rescue (SAR) Data Meteorological Observations from Nearby Stations and Ships Regional HF Radar Surface Current Observations Select Basemap Oceans Satellite Streets Topographic Large icon indicates selected station. Stations with recent data Stations with no data in last 8 hours      (24 hours for tsunami stations) Disclaimer

Links which are specific to this station are listed below:

• Data for last 24 hours: No data available.

• Data for last 5 days: No data available.

• Data for last 45 days: No data available.

• Quality controlled data for 2020 (data descriptions)
  • Standard meteorological data: Jan Feb
  • Continuous winds data: Jan Feb
  • Spectral wave density data: Jan Feb
  • Spectral wave (alpha1) direction data: Jan Feb
  • Spectral wave (alpha2) direction data: Jan Feb
  • Spectral wave (r1) direction data: Jan Feb
  • Spectral wave (r2) direction data: Jan Feb
  • Supplemental Measurements data: Jan Feb
• Historical data (data descriptions)
  • Standard meteorological data: 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
  • Continuous winds data: 1997 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
  • Spectral wave density data: 1996 1997 1997b 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2006b 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
  • Spectral wave (alpha1) direction data: 1996 1997 1997b 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2006b 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
  • Spectral wave (alpha2) direction data: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2006b 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
  • Spectral wave (r1) direction data: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2006b 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
  • Spectral wave (r2) direction data: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2006b 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
  • Ocean current data: 2007 2010 2011 2012 2013
  • Supplemental measurements data: 2017 2018 2019
• Search historical meteorological data for observations that meet your threshold conditions
• Climatic summary table (TXT) and plots of (description of tables and plots)
  
  • wind speed
  • air temperature
  • sea temperature
  • air-sea temperature
  • dew point temperature
  • air-dew point temperature
  • sea level pressure
  • peak wind
  • wind gust
  • significant wave height
  • average wave period
  • dominant wave period

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The weekly status report and the weekly maintenance report also provide valuable station information.

Note that the payload types and the station locations occasionally change.
Please refer to the NDBC data inventory for the data history of each station.