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Station DPHA1 - Dauphin Island Sea Lab, AL 
Station operated by Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Coastal Marine Station
30.251 N 88.078 W (30°15'5" N 88°4'40" W)
Site elevation: sea level
Air temp height: 5.32 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 9.68 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: 3.34 m above mean sea level
Sea temp depth: 2.1 m below MLLW
Stations with recent data
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 Speed (WSPD): | 7.0 kts |
| Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): | 29.93 in |
| Pressure Tendency (PTDY): | -0.03 in ( Falling ) |
| Air Temperature (ATMP): | 81.5 °F |
| Water Temperature (WTMP): | 80.6 °F |
| Wind Speed at 10 meters (WSPD10M): | 7.8 kts |
| Wind Speed at 20 meters (WSPD20M): | 7.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-15 05:00 pm | - | 2.9 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.93 | -0.04 | 82.0 | 81.1 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-05-15 04:00 pm | - | 8.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.94 | -0.03 | 82.0 | 81.1 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-05-15 03:00 pm | - | 6.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.96 | +0.00 | 82.6 | 80.1 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-05-15 02:00 pm | - | 7.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.97 | +0.02 | 82.0 | 79.7 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-05-15 01:00 pm | - | 6.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.97 | +0.04 | 81.5 | 79.2 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-05-15 12:00 pm | - | 8.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.96 | +0.04 | 81.9 | 78.4 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-05-15 11:00 am | - | 7.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.96 | +0.06 | 81.0 | 77.9 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-05-15 10:00 am | - | 8.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.94 | +0.06 | 80.2 | 77.5 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-05-15 09:00 am | - | 7.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.93 | +0.08 | 79.2 | 77.0 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-05-15 08:00 am | - | 8.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.89 | +0.05 | 79.3 | 77.0 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-05-15 07:00 am | - | 6.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.88 | +0.03 | 77.9 | 77.0 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-05-15 06:00 am | - | 5.1 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.85 | +0.00 | 77.5 | 77.0 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-05-15 05:00 am | - | 8.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.85 | -0.01 | 77.5 | 76.8 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-05-15 04:00 am | - | 7.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.84 | -0.02 | 77.5 | 76.8 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-05-15 03:00 am | - | 7.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.85 | -0.03 | 77.4 | 77.2 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-05-15 02:00 am | - | 7.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.85 | -0.03 | 77.5 | 77.7 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-05-15 01:00 am | - | 8.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.87 | -0.01 | 77.5 | 77.9 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-05-15 12:00 am | - | 8.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.88 | +0.02 | 77.5 | 77.9 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-05-14 11:00 pm | - | 6.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.88 | +0.03 | 77.5 | 77.7 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-05-14 10:00 pm | - | 6.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.88 | +0.03 | 77.4 | 77.7 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-05-14 09:00 pm | - | 5.1 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.86 | +0.00 | 77.5 | 77.9 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-05-14 08:00 pm | - | 4.1 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.85 | -0.03 | 77.5 | 77.9 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-05-14 07:00 pm | - | 7.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.85 | -0.04 | 78.4 | 77.4 | - | - | - | - |
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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