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Station 44089 - Wallops Island, VA (224)

Owned and maintained by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Data provided by Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Waverider Buoy
37.757 N 75.334 W (37°45'24" N 75°20'2" W)

Site elevation: sea level
Sea temp depth: 0.46 m below water line
Water depth: 16.9 m

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Conditions at 44089 as of
(11:00 am EDT)
1500 GMT on 08/21/2018:
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.
	Wave Height (WVHT):	3.3 ft
	Dominant Wave Period (DPD):	4 sec
	Average Period (APD):	4.0 sec
	Mean Wave Direction (MWD):	ESE ( 109 deg true )
	Water Temperature (WTMP):	75.7 °F

Previous observations

MM	DD	TIME (EDT)	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
08	21	10:30 am	-	-	-	3.0	4	3.9	ESE	-	-	-	75.6	-	-	-	-
08	21	9:00 am	-	-	-	3.0	4	4.0	ESE	-	-	-	75.6	-	-	-	-
08	21	8:30 am	-	-	-	3.0	13	4.2	ESE	-	-	-	75.7	-	-	-	-
08	21	6:30 am	-	-	-	3.0	6	4.0	E	-	-	-	75.9	-	-	-	-
08	21	6:00 am	-	-	-	3.0	5	3.9	E	-	-	-	75.9	-	-	-	-
08	21	5:30 am	-	-	-	3.0	5	4.1	E	-	-	-	75.9	-	-	-	-
08	21	5:00 am	-	-	-	3.0	5	4.1	ENE	-	-	-	76.1	-	-	-	-
08	21	4:30 am	-	-	-	3.0	5	4.1	ENE	-	-	-	75.9	-	-	-	-
08	21	4:00 am	-	-	-	3.3	5	4.1	E	-	-	-	75.9	-	-	-	-
08	21	3:30 am	-	-	-	3.3	5	4.1	ENE	-	-	-	75.9	-	-	-	-
08	21	3:00 am	-	-	-	3.3	5	4.2	ENE	-	-	-	76.1	-	-	-	-
08	21	1:00 am	-	-	-	3.9	6	4.3	E	-	-	-	75.2	-	-	-	-
08	21	12:30 am	-	-	-	3.6	5	4.0	E	-	-	-	74.7	-	-	-	-
08	21	12:00 am	-	-	-	3.9	6	4.1	ENE	-	-	-	74.5	-	-	-	-
08	20	10:30 pm	-	-	-	3.6	6	4.0	ENE	-	-	-	73.2	-	-	-	-
08	20	10:00 pm	-	-	-	3.6	5	4.0	ENE	-	-	-	73.4	-	-	-	-
08	20	9:30 pm	-	-	-	3.6	5	3.9	E	-	-	-	73.4	-	-	-	-
08	20	9:00 pm	-	-	-	3.6	5	4.0	E	-	-	-	73.9	-	-	-	-
08	20	8:30 pm	-	-	-	3.6	5	4.0	E	-	-	-	74.3	-	-	-	-
08	20	8:00 pm	-	-	-	3.3	5	4.0	ENE	-	-	-	74.7	-	-	-	-
08	20	7:30 pm	-	-	-	3.6	5	4.1	E	-	-	-	75.0	-	-	-	-
08	20	7:00 pm	-	-	-	3.3	7	4.1	ENE	-	-	-	75.2	-	-	-	-
08	20	6:30 pm	-	-	-	3.6	5	4.3	ESE	-	-	-	74.8	-	-	-	-
08	20	6:00 pm	-	-	-	3.3	5	4.2	ESE	-	-	-	74.8	-	-	-	-
08	20	5:30 pm	-	-	-	3.3	5	4.4	E	-	-	-	74.8	-	-	-	-
08	20	5:00 pm	-	-	-	3.3	7	4.6	ENE	-	-	-	74.8	-	-	-	-
08	20	4:00 pm	-	-	-	3.3	7	4.6	E	-	-	-	74.7	-	-	-	-
08	20	3:30 pm	-	-	-	3.3	7	4.5	ENE	-	-	-	74.8	-	-	-	-
08	20	3:00 pm	-	-	-	3.3	8	4.5	ENE	-	-	-	74.7	-	-	-	-
08	20	2:00 pm	-	-	-	3.3	7	4.5	ENE	-	-	-	74.7	-	-	-	-
08	20	1:30 pm	-	-	-	3.0	8	4.7	E	-	-	-	75.0	-	-	-	-
08	20	12:00 pm	-	-	-	3.3	8	4.6	ENE	-	-	-	73.8	-	-	-	-

Detailed Wave Summary
for 44089 as of (11:00 am EDT)
1500 GMT on 08/21/2018:
These wave data are displayed in rounded times. 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.
	Significant Wave Height (WVHT):	3.3 ft
	Swell Height (SwH):	0.7 ft
	Swell Period (SwP):	12.5 sec
	Swell Direction (SwD):	ESE
	Wind Wave Height (WWH):	3.3 ft
	Wind Wave Period (WWP):	4.3 sec
	Wind Wave Direction (WWD):	ESE
	Wave Steepness (STEEPNESS):	VERY_STEEP
	Average Wave Period (APD):	4.0 sec

Previous observations

MM	DD	TIME (EDT)	WVHT ft	SwH ft	SwP sec	SwD	WWH ft	WWP sec	WWD	STEEPNESS	APD sec
08	21	10:30 am	3.0	0.7	11.8	ESE	3.0	4.0	ESE	VERY_STEEP	3.9
08	21	9:00 am	3.0	0.7	13.3	ESE	3.0	3.9	ESE	VERY_STEEP	4.0
08	21	8:30 am	3.0	1.0	13.3	ESE	3.0	4.5	E	AVERAGE	4.2
08	21	6:30 am	3.0	0.7	11.8	ESE	3.0	5.9	E	STEEP	4.0
08	21	6:00 am	3.0	0.7	14.3	ESE	3.0	4.8	E	VERY_STEEP	3.9
08	21	5:30 am	3.0	0.7	12.5	ESE	3.0	4.5	E	VERY_STEEP	4.1
08	21	5:00 am	3.0	0.7	12.5	E	3.0	4.8	ENE	VERY_STEEP	4.1
08	21	4:30 am	3.0	0.7	11.8	ESE	3.0	5.3	ENE	STEEP	4.1
08	21	4:00 am	3.0	1.0	13.3	ESE	3.0	5.0	E	VERY_STEEP	4.1
08	21	3:30 am	3.3	0.7	12.5	ESE	3.0	5.3	ENE	STEEP	4.1
08	21	3:00 am	3.3	0.7	13.3	ESE	3.3	5.3	ENE	VERY_STEEP	4.2
08	21	1:00 am	3.9	1.0	13.3	ESE	3.6	5.6	E	STEEP	4.3
08	21	12:30 am	3.6	0.7	12.5	E	3.6	4.5	E	VERY_STEEP	4.0
08	21	12:00 am	3.9	0.7	11.8	ESE	3.6	5.9	ENE	STEEP	4.1
08	20	10:30 pm	3.6	0.7	13.3	ESE	3.6	5.9	ENE	STEEP	4.0
08	20	10:00 pm	3.6	0.7	13.3	E	3.6	5.3	ENE	VERY_STEEP	4.0
08	20	9:30 pm	3.6	0.7	13.3	E	3.6	4.5	E	VERY_STEEP	3.9
08	20	9:00 pm	3.6	0.7	12.5	ESE	3.3	4.8	E	VERY_STEEP	4.0
08	20	8:30 pm	3.6	0.7	11.8	ESE	3.3	5.3	E	VERY_STEEP	4.0
08	20	8:00 pm	3.3	0.7	12.5	ESE	3.3	5.0	ENE	VERY_STEEP	4.0
08	20	7:30 pm	3.6	0.7	13.3	SE	3.6	5.0	E	VERY_STEEP	4.1
08	20	7:00 pm	3.3	0.7	12.5	ESE	3.3	7.1	ENE	AVERAGE	4.1
08	20	6:30 pm	3.6	0.7	13.3	ESE	3.6	5.3	ESE	VERY_STEEP	4.3
08	20	6:00 pm	3.3	0.7	11.8	ESE	3.3	5.0	ESE	VERY_STEEP	4.2
08	20	5:30 pm	3.3	0.7	13.3	ESE	3.3	4.8	E	VERY_STEEP	4.4
08	20	5:00 pm	3.3	0.7	13.3	ESE	3.0	6.7	ENE	AVERAGE	4.6
08	20	4:00 pm	3.3	0.7	12.5	E	3.3	7.1	E	AVERAGE	4.6
08	20	3:30 pm	3.3	0.7	12.5	ESE	3.0	7.1	ENE	AVERAGE	4.5
08	20	3:00 pm	3.3	0.7	13.3	E	3.3	7.7	ENE	AVERAGE	4.5
08	20	2:00 pm	3.3	0.7	14.3	E	3.3	7.1	ENE	AVERAGE	4.5
08	20	1:30 pm	3.0	0.7	12.5	E	3.0	7.7	E	AVERAGE	4.7
08	20	12:00 pm	3.3	0.7	12.5	ESE	3.3	7.7	ENE	AVERAGE	4.6

Plot of wave energy versus frequency (and period)

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