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Station BSCA1 - Bon Secour, AL 
Station operated by Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Water Quality Station
30.329 N 87.829 W (30°19'43" N 87°49'46" W)
Site elevation: sea level
Air temp height: 6.4 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 7.01 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: 2.85 m above mean sea level
Sea temp depth: 2 m below MLLW
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Stations with no data in last 8 hours(24 hours for tsunami stations)
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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): | NW ( 320 deg true ) |
| Wind Speed (WSPD): | 1.9 kts |
| Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): | 30.20 in |
| Pressure Tendency (PTDY): | +0.03 in ( Rising ) |
| Air Temperature (ATMP): | 61.5 °F |
| Wind Speed at 10 meters (WSPD10M): | 1.9 kts |
| Wind Speed at 20 meters (WSPD20M): | 1.9 kts |
| Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure |
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| TIME (CDT) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-22 09:00 am | N | 2.9 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.20 | +0.05 | 59.5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-03-22 08:00 am | ENE | 2.9 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.18 | +0.05 | 55.8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-03-22 07:00 am | ENE | 2.9 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.17 | +0.05 | 57.0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-03-22 06:00 am | WNW | 5.1 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.15 | +0.01 | 62.4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-03-22 05:00 am | WSW | 8.9 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.13 | -0.02 | 63.0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-03-22 04:00 am | W | 9.9 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.12 | -0.03 | 63.0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-03-22 03:00 am | W | 13.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.14 | -0.01 | 63.0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-03-22 02:00 am | W | 13.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.16 | +0.00 | 62.6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-03-22 01:00 am | WSW | 12.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.15 | -0.02 | 62.2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-03-22 12:00 am | WSW | 15.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.16 | +0.00 | 61.7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-03-21 11:00 pm | SW | 14.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.16 | +0.00 | 61.2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-03-21 10:00 pm | WSW | 11.1 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.17 | +0.01 | 60.4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-03-21 09:00 pm | SW | 11.1 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.15 | -0.01 | 59.5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-03-21 08:00 pm | WSW | 9.9 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.16 | +0.01 | 59.2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-03-21 07:00 pm | WSW | 8.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.16 | +0.00 | 58.8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-03-21 06:00 pm | SSW | 8.9 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.17 | -0.02 | 58.5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-03-21 05:00 pm | SW | 8.9 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.16 | -0.05 | 57.9 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-03-21 04:00 pm | S | 7.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.15 | -0.09 | 57.4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-03-21 03:00 pm | SW | 8.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.19 | -0.06 | 57.0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-03-21 02:00 pm | SSW | 5.1 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.21 | -0.05 | 56.5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-03-21 01:00 pm | SSW | 6.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.24 | -0.02 | 55.8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-03-21 12:00 pm | SSW | 6.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.25 | +0.00 | 55.8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-03-21 11:00 am | E | 5.1 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.26 | +0.02 | 54.9 | - | - | - | - | - |
Links which are specific to this station are listed below:
Real Time Data in tabular form for the last forty-five days.
Historical Data & Climatic Summaries for quality controlled data for prior months and years.
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