Station FRFN7 - USACE-CHL Field Research Facility, Duck, NC

Station operated by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Waverider Buoy
36.190 N 75.739 W (36°11'23" N 75°44'21" W)

Site elevation: -11.4 m above mean sea level
Sea temp depth: 11.4 m below water line
Water depth: 11.7 m

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Conditions at FRFN7 as of
(5:00 am EST)
1000 GMT on 11/16/2018:

Note: This report is more than two hours old
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):	4.3 ft
	Dominant Wave Period (DPD):	11 sec
	Mean Wave Direction (MWD):	E ( 82 deg true )

Previous observations

MM	DD	TIME (EST)	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
11	16	4:00 am	-	-	-	4.6	10	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	16	3:00 am	-	-	-	5.2	11	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	16	2:00 am	-	-	-	5.2	11	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	16	1:00 am	-	-	-	6.2	11	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	16	12:00 am	-	-	-	6.2	11	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	15	11:00 pm	-	-	-	5.9	10	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	15	10:00 pm	-	-	-	8.2	11	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	15	9:00 pm	-	-	-	7.5	11	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	15	8:00 pm	-	-	-	8.9	11	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	15	7:00 pm	-	-	-	10.5	11	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	15	6:00 pm	-	-	-	10.8	9	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	15	5:00 pm	-	-	-	11.2	10	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	15	4:00 pm	-	-	-	11.8	10	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	15	3:00 pm	-	-	-	12.8	9	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	15	2:00 pm	-	-	-	12.5	9	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	15	1:00 pm	-	-	-	10.5	8	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	15	12:00 pm	-	-	-	10.8	8	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	15	11:00 am	-	-	-	10.8	8	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	15	10:00 am	-	-	-	10.8	8	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	15	9:00 am	-	-	-	11.2	8	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	15	8:00 am	-	-	-	9.2	8	-	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	15	7:00 am	-	-	-	8.5	7	-	ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Detailed Wave Summary
for FRFN7 as of (5:00 am EST)
1000 GMT on 11/16/2018:

Note: This report is more than two hours old
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):	3.9 ft
	Swell Height (SwH):	2.6 ft
	Swell Period (SwP):	10.8 sec
	Swell Direction (SwD):	ENE
	Wind Wave Height (WWH):	3.0 ft
	Wind Wave Period (WWP):	10.0 sec
	Wind Wave Direction (WWD):	SSE
	Wave Steepness (STEEPNESS):	AVERAGE

Previous observations

MM	DD	TIME (EST)	WVHT ft	SwH ft	SwP sec	SwD	WWH ft	WWP sec	WWD	STEEPNESS	APD sec
11	16	4:00 am	4.6	3.0	10.8	E	3.6	10.0	W	AVERAGE	-
11	16	3:00 am	5.2	3.6	10.8	ENE	3.6	10.0	SSE	SWELL	-
11	16	2:00 am	5.2	3.3	10.8	E	4.3	10.0	WNW	AVERAGE	-
11	16	1:00 am	6.2	3.6	10.8	E	4.9	10.0	SSE	AVERAGE	-
11	16	12:00 am	6.2	4.3	10.8	E	4.6	10.0	SE	AVERAGE	-
11	15	11:00 pm	5.9	3.3	10.8	E	4.9	10.0	ESE	AVERAGE	-
11	15	10:00 pm	8.2	5.2	10.8	E	6.2	10.0	S	AVERAGE	-
11	15	9:00 pm	7.5	4.6	10.8	E	6.2	10.0	SSW	AVERAGE	-
11	15	8:00 pm	8.5	5.2	10.8	E	6.9	10.0	E	AVERAGE	-
11	15	7:00 pm	10.5	6.2	10.8	E	8.2	10.0	SE	AVERAGE	-
11	15	6:00 pm	10.8	4.9	10.8	E	9.5	9.3	ESE	STEEP	-
11	15	5:00 pm	11.2	5.2	10.8	E	9.8	10.0	SE	AVERAGE	-
11	15	4:00 pm	11.8	4.6	10.8	E	10.8	10.0	-	AVERAGE	-
11	15	3:00 pm	12.8	3.6	10.8	E	12.1	9.3	E	STEEP	-
11	15	2:00 pm	12.5	3.0	10.8	E	12.1	9.3	ESE	STEEP	-
11	15	1:00 pm	10.5	2.3	10.8	E	10.2	7.7	E	STEEP	-
11	15	12:00 pm	10.8	2.3	10.8	E	10.5	8.2	E	STEEP	-
11	15	11:00 am	10.5	1.6	10.8	E	10.5	8.2	E	STEEP	-
11	15	10:00 am	10.8	2.0	10.8	E	10.5	8.2	E	STEEP	-
11	15	9:00 am	11.2	1.3	10.8	E	10.8	7.7	E	STEEP	-
11	15	8:00 am	9.2	2.0	10.8	E	9.2	7.7	ENE	STEEP	-
11	15	7:00 am	8.5	1.3	10.8	E	8.2	7.3	E	STEEP	-

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