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Station BURL1 - Southwest Pass, LA Image indicating link to RSS feed of recent meteorological observations for station BURL1


Conditions at BURL1 as of
(6:00 pm CDT)
2300 GMT on 04/19/2025:
     

Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation.

5-day plot - Wind Direction Wind Direction (WDIR): E ( 100 deg true )
5-day plot - Wind Speed Wind Speed (WSPD): 16 kts
5-day plot - Wind Gust Wind Gust (GST): 17 kts
5-day plot - Atmospheric Pressure Atmospheric Pressure (PRES):30.16 in
5-day plot - Pressure Tendency Pressure Tendency (PTDY):-0.01 in ( Falling )
5-day plot - Air Temperature Air Temperature (ATMP): 74.1 °F
5-day plot - Dew Point Dew Point (DEWP): 70.5 °F
5-day plot - Wind Speed at 10 Meters Wind Speed at 10 meters (WSPD10M): 14 kts
5-day plot - Wind Speed at 20 Meters Wind Speed at 20 meters (WSPD20M): 16 kts
5-day plot -  Wind Speed, Wind Gust and Atmospheric Pressure Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure
Continuous Winds
TIME
(CDT)
5-day plot - Wind Direction WDIR 5-day plot - Wind Speed WSPD
6:00 pmESE ( 105 deg ) 15 kts
5:50 pmESE ( 107 deg ) 16 kts
5:40 pmESE ( 106 deg ) 16 kts
5:30 pmESE ( 108 deg ) 16 kts
5:20 pmESE ( 110 deg ) 18 kts
5:10 pmESE ( 110 deg ) 19 kts
     
Peak gust during the measurement hour
TIME
(CDT)
5-day plot - Gust Direction GDR 5-day plot - Gust Speed GST
5:09 pmESE ( 110 deg ) 21 kts
Previous observations
TIME
(CDT)
5-day plot - Wind Direction
WDIR
 
5-day plot - Wind Speed
WSPD
kts
5-day plot - Wind Gust
GST
kts
5-day plot - Wave Height
WVHT
ft
5-day plot - Dominant Wave Period
DPD
sec
5-day plot - Average Wave Period
APD
sec
5-day plot - Mean Wave Direction
MWD
 
5-day plot - Atmospheric Pressure
PRES
in
5-day plot - Pressure Tendency
PTDY
in
5-day plot - Air Temperature
ATMP
°F
5-day plot - Water Temperature
WTMP
°F
5-day plot - Dew Point
DEWP
°F
5-day plot - Salinity
SAL
psu
5-day plot - Visibility
VIS
nmi
5-day plot - Tide (above MLLW)
TIDE
ft
2025-04-19 05:00 pmESE 18 20----30.15-0.04 74.5- 71.8---
2025-04-19 04:00 pmESE 17 19----30.16-0.04 74.3- 72.0---
2025-04-19 03:00 pmESE 19 20----30.17-0.04 74.1- 71.8---
2025-04-19 02:00 pmESE 18 19----30.19-0.01 74.1- 72.0---
2025-04-19 01:00 pmESE 17 18----30.20+0.02 74.5- 72.0---
2025-04-19 12:00 pmESE 12 13----30.21+0.05 74.7- 71.6---
2025-04-19 11:00 am SE 14 15----30.20+0.05 74.3- 71.8---
2025-04-19 10:00 am SE 17 20----30.18+0.03 74.3- 71.2---
2025-04-19 09:00 am SE 20 22----30.16+0.03 74.1- 70.3---
2025-04-19 08:00 am SE 20 22----30.16+0.04 73.9- 69.6---
2025-04-19 07:00 am SE 20 21----30.15+0.03 73.4- 70.2---
2025-04-19 06:00 am SE 17 18----30.13+0.00 73.2- 71.1---
2025-04-19 05:00 am SE 14 15----30.11-0.03 73.2- 71.2---
2025-04-19 04:00 am SE 14 15----30.12-0.04 73.6- 71.2---
2025-04-19 03:00 am SE 15 16----30.13-0.04 73.8- 72.1---
2025-04-19 02:00 amESE 16 17----30.14-0.03 73.9- 73.0---
2025-04-19 01:00 amESE 15 16----30.16+0.00 74.1- 73.4---
2025-04-19 12:00 amESE 17 18----30.16- 74.1- 73.6---
2025-04-18 11:00 pmESE 15 15----30.16+0.04 74.3- 73.8---
2025-04-18 10:00 pmESE 15 17----30.16+0.04 74.3- 73.8---
2025-04-18 08:00 pmESE 11 12----30.13+0.01 74.3- 73.2---
2025-04-18 07:00 pm SE 12 13----30.11-0.02 74.3- 72.9---
2025-04-18 06:00 pm SE 14 14----30.11-0.04 74.5- 72.9---