Station LTQM2 - Otter Point Creek, Chesapeake Bay Reserve, MD

Owned and maintained by National Estuarine Research Reserve System NERRS Water Quality Station 39.451 N 76.275 W (39°27'3" N 76°16'29" W) Meteorological Observations from Nearby Stations and Ships Map Type: 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

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Ocean Conditions at LTQM2 as of
(4:45 am EDT)
0845 GMT on 03/20/2023:

These oceanographic data are displayed in rounded times. Unit of Measure: Imperial Metric    Time Zone: Station Local Time Greenwich Mean Time [GMT] British Summer Time [GMT+1] Eastern Greenland [GMT-1] Azores [GMT-2] Western Greenland [GMT-3] Atlantic Standard [GMT-4] US/Eastern Standard US/Central Standard US/Mountain Standard US/Pacific Standard Alaska Standard [GMT-9] Hawaii-Aleutian Standard [GMT-10] Samoa Standard [GMT-11] International Date Line West [GMT-12] Western European [GMT+0] Central European [GMT+1] Eastern European [GMT+2] Moscow [GMT+3] GMT+4 Pakistan Standard [GMT+5] GMT+6 Indochina Time [GMT+7] China Coast [GMT+8] Japan Standard [GMT+9] Guam Standard [GMT+10] GMT+11 International Date Line East [GMT+12]    Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation.
	Depth (DEPTH):	1.3 ft
	Ocean Temperature (OTMP):	43.34 °F
	Conductivity (COND):	1.26
	Salinity (SAL):	0.60 psu
	Oxygen Concentration (O2PCT):	88.4%
	Oxygen Concentration (O2PPM):	10.90 ppm
	Turbidity (TURB):	22 FTU
	pH (PH):	7.60

Previous observations

MM	DD	TIME (EDT)	DEPTH ft	OTMP °F	COND mS/cm	SAL psu	O2% %	O2PPM ppm	CLCON ug/l	TURB FTU	PH	EH mv
03	20	4:30 am	1.3	43.16	1.24	0.60	87.20	10.80	-	26	7.50	-
03	20	4:15 am	1.0	42.98	1.22	0.60	86.10	10.70	-	25	7.50	-
03	20	4:00 am	1.0	42.62	1.19	0.60	85.40	10.60	-	22	7.50	-
03	20	3:45 am	1.0	42.98	1.23	0.60	87.00	10.80	-	23	7.50	-
03	20	3:30 am	1.0	43.34	1.21	0.60	86.90	10.70	-	26	7.50	-
03	20	3:15 am	0.7	43.52	1.21	0.60	86.10	10.60	-	27	7.50	-
03	20	3:00 am	0.7	43.88	1.21	0.60	86.90	10.60	-	27	7.50	-
03	20	2:45 am	0.7	44.24	1.22	0.60	87.70	10.70	-	29	7.50	-
03	20	2:30 am	0.7	44.60	1.22	0.60	88.00	10.60	-	29	7.50	-
03	20	2:15 am	0.7	44.96	1.23	0.60	88.10	10.60	-	30	7.50	-
03	20	2:00 am	0.7	45.32	1.22	0.60	89.10	10.70	-	28	7.50	-
03	20	1:45 am	0.7	45.68	1.22	0.60	89.00	10.60	-	29	7.50	-
03	20	1:30 am	0.7	45.86	1.22	0.60	89.30	10.60	-	30	7.50	-
03	20	1:15 am	0.7	46.22	1.22	0.60	90.60	10.70	-	36	7.50	-
03	20	1:00 am	0.7	46.40	1.22	0.60	91.90	10.90	-	30	7.60	-
03	20	12:45 am	0.7	46.58	1.21	0.60	92.90	10.90	-	32	7.60	-
03	20	12:30 am	1.0	46.58	1.21	0.60	93.90	11.10	-	33	7.60	-
03	20	12:15 am	1.0	46.76	1.21	0.60	94.90	11.20	-	33	7.60	-
03	20	12:00 am	1.0	46.76	1.21	0.60	95.80	11.30	-	31	7.70	-
03	19	11:45 pm	1.0	46.94	1.22	0.60	97.50	11.40	-	35	7.70	-
03	19	11:30 pm	1.3	46.94	1.26	0.60	99.80	11.70	-	24	7.80	-
03	19	11:15 pm	1.3	46.94	1.26	0.60	100.00	11.70	-	24	7.80	-
03	19	11:00 pm	1.3	47.12	1.26	0.60	100.30	11.70	-	24	7.80	-
03	19	10:45 pm	1.3	47.30	1.25	0.60	100.30	11.70	-	26	7.80	-
03	19	10:30 pm	1.3	47.48	1.24	0.60	100.40	11.70	-	26	7.80	-
03	19	10:15 pm	1.6	47.66	1.25	0.60	101.00	11.70	-	25	7.80	-
03	19	10:00 pm	1.6	47.66	1.24	0.60	101.20	11.70	-	32	7.80	-
03	19	9:45 pm	1.6	47.84	1.24	0.60	101.80	11.80	-	26	7.80	-
03	19	9:30 pm	1.6	48.02	1.23	0.60	102.20	11.80	-	28	7.80	-
03	19	9:15 pm	1.6	48.02	1.21	0.60	102.00	11.80	-	29	7.80	-
03	19	9:00 pm	1.6	47.84	1.21	0.60	102.60	11.90	-	26	7.80	-
03	19	8:45 pm	1.6	48.20	1.20	0.60	102.30	11.80	-	29	7.80	-
03	19	8:30 pm	1.6	48.20	1.20	0.60	102.50	11.80	-	30	7.80	-
03	19	8:15 pm	1.6	48.02	1.20	0.60	103.20	11.90	-	25	7.80	-
03	19	8:00 pm	1.6	48.02	1.19	0.60	103.40	11.90	-	27	7.90	-
03	19	7:45 pm	1.6	48.02	1.19	0.60	103.50	12.00	-	30	7.90	-
03	19	7:30 pm	1.6	48.20	1.20	0.60	103.70	12.00	-	29	7.90	-
03	19	7:15 pm	1.6	48.56	1.22	0.60	104.20	12.00	-	29	7.80	-
03	19	7:00 pm	1.6	49.10	1.22	0.60	103.90	11.80	-	38	7.80	-
03	19	6:45 pm	1.6	50.36	1.23	0.60	102.90	11.50	-	60	7.70	-
03	19	6:30 pm	1.6	50.90	1.24	0.60	103.60	11.50	-	68	7.70	-
03	19	6:15 pm	1.6	50.72	1.27	0.60	105.50	11.70	-	51	7.80	-
03	19	6:00 pm	1.3	50.90	1.29	0.70	106.90	11.90	-	45	7.90	-
03	19	5:45 pm	1.3	51.08	1.29	0.70	110.00	12.20	-	25	8.00	-
03	19	5:30 pm	1.3	51.26	1.28	0.70	110.40	12.20	-	24	8.00	-
03	19	5:15 pm	1.0	51.62	1.28	0.60	111.50	12.30	-	20	8.00	-
03	19	5:00 pm	1.0	51.80	1.27	0.60	112.40	12.30	-	23	8.00	-
03	19	4:45 pm	1.0	52.52	1.23	0.60	113.70	12.40	-	21	8.00	-
03	19	4:30 pm	1.0	52.70	1.21	0.60	114.40	12.40	-	21	8.00	-
03	19	4:15 pm	0.7	52.88	1.19	0.60	114.80	12.40	-	23	8.00	-
03	19	4:00 pm	0.7	53.24	1.19	0.60	115.30	12.50	-	19	8.00	-
03	19	3:45 pm	0.7	53.42	1.16	0.60	116.10	12.50	-	21	8.00	-
03	19	3:30 pm	0.7	56.48	1.08	0.50	120.80	12.50	-	25	8.10	-
03	19	3:15 pm	0.3	56.48	1.09	0.50	122.10	12.70	-	24	8.00	-
03	19	3:00 pm	0.3	56.12	1.10	0.60	121.90	12.70	-	22	8.10	-
03	19	2:45 pm	0.3	55.94	1.11	0.60	121.60	12.70	-	26	8.00	-
03	19	2:30 pm	0.3	57.56	1.00	0.50	119.50	12.20	-	40	7.80	-
03	19	2:15 pm	0.3	57.38	1.13	0.60	125.00	12.80	-	78	8.00	-
03	19	2:00 pm	0.3	56.12	1.15	0.60	124.60	13.00	-	49	8.00	-
03	19	1:45 pm	0.3	55.22	1.14	0.60	118.80	12.50	-	28	7.80	-
03	19	1:30 pm	0.3	55.40	1.16	0.60	124.10	13.00	-	32	7.90	-
03	19	1:15 pm	0.3	53.78	1.17	0.60	117.60	12.60	-	31	7.80	-
03	19	1:00 pm	0.3	51.62	1.24	0.60	114.40	12.60	-	25	7.80	-
03	19	12:45 pm	0.3	49.82	1.23	0.60	113.00	12.70	-	19	7.80	-
03	19	12:30 pm	0.3	49.46	1.22	0.60	113.70	12.90	-	22	7.80	-
03	19	12:15 pm	0.7	49.28	1.26	0.60	110.80	12.60	-	22	7.80	-
03	19	12:00 pm	0.7	47.30	1.28	0.60	107.90	12.60	-	18	7.90	-
03	19	11:45 am	0.7	46.58	1.27	0.60	106.30	12.50	-	19	7.90	-
03	19	11:30 am	0.7	46.04	1.27	0.60	105.20	12.50	-	19	7.90	-
03	19	11:15 am	1.0	45.68	1.28	0.60	104.00	12.40	-	21	7.90	-
03	19	11:00 am	1.0	45.32	1.28	0.60	103.00	12.30	-	20	7.90	-
03	19	10:45 am	1.0	44.96	1.29	0.60	101.50	12.20	-	20	7.90	-
03	19	10:30 am	1.0	44.60	1.28	0.60	100.50	12.20	-	20	7.90	-
03	19	10:15 am	1.3	44.42	1.28	0.60	99.40	12.10	-	19	7.80	-
03	19	10:00 am	1.3	44.24	1.27	0.60	98.80	12.00	-	20	7.80	-
03	19	9:45 am	1.3	44.24	1.27	0.60	98.20	12.00	-	22	7.80	-
03	19	9:30 am	1.3	44.06	1.28	0.60	97.50	11.90	-	24	7.80	-
03	19	9:15 am	1.6	44.06	1.28	0.60	96.90	11.80	-	24	7.80	-
03	19	9:00 am	1.6	44.06	1.29	0.60	96.70	11.80	-	25	7.80	-
03	19	8:45 am	1.6	43.88	1.29	0.70	96.30	11.80	-	22	7.80	-
03	19	8:30 am	1.6	43.88	1.30	0.70	96.20	11.70	-	23	7.80	-
03	19	8:15 am	2.0	44.06	1.30	0.70	95.90	11.70	-	26	7.80	-
03	19	8:00 am	2.0	44.06	1.30	0.70	95.80	11.70	-	24	7.80	-
03	19	7:45 am	2.0	44.24	1.32	0.70	96.00	11.70	-	26	7.80	-
03	19	7:30 am	2.0	44.42	1.32	0.70	95.50	11.60	-	29	7.70	-
03	19	7:15 am	1.6	44.42	1.31	0.70	95.50	11.60	-	26	7.70	-
03	19	7:00 am	1.6	44.42	1.30	0.70	95.20	11.50	-	26	7.70	-
03	19	6:45 am	2.0	44.60	1.30	0.70	95.40	11.50	-	27	7.70	-
03	19	6:30 am	2.0	44.78	1.30	0.70	95.60	11.50	-	27	7.70	-
03	19	6:15 am	2.0	44.96	1.30	0.70	95.80	11.50	-	27	7.70	-
03	19	6:00 am	2.0	45.14	1.29	0.70	95.80	11.50	-	30	7.70	-
03	19	5:45 am	2.0	45.50	1.25	0.60	95.30	11.40	-	31	7.70	-
03	19	5:30 am	1.6	45.14	1.07	0.50	93.20	11.20	-	28	7.60	-
03	19	5:15 am	1.6	44.96	1.01	0.50	92.90	11.20	-	29	7.60	-
03	19	5:00 am	1.6	45.14	1.02	0.50	93.10	11.20	-	32	7.60	-

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