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Station CRTA1 - Cedar Point, AL

Station operated by Dauphin Island Sea Lab
C-MAN Station
30.308 N 88.140 W (30°18'30" N 88°8'22" W)

Site elevation: 0 m above mean sea level
Air temp height: 6.45 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 12.23 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: 4.01 m above mean sea level
Sea temp depth: 2.3 m below MLLW

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Conditions at CRTA1 as of
(7:30 pm CDT on 08/16/2018)
0030 GMT on 08/17/2018:
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.
	Wind Direction (WDIR):	S ( 170 deg true )
	Wind Speed (WSPD):	11 kts
	Atmospheric Pressure (PRES):	30.11 in
	Air Temperature (ATMP):	83.3 °F
	Wind Speed at 10 meters (WSPD10M):	12 kts
	Wind Speed at 20 meters (WSPD20M):	12 kts
	Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure

Previous observations

MM	DD	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
08	16	7:00 pm	SSE	13	-	-	-	-	-	30.08	-0.01	83.7	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	6:30 pm	S	13	-	-	-	-	-	30.10	-	84.7	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	6:00 pm	S	14	-	-	-	-	-	30.10	+0.01	84.0	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	5:30 pm	SSE	14	-	-	-	-	-	30.10	-	84.9	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	5:00 pm	SSE	14	-	-	-	-	-	30.10	+0.00	84.4	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	4:30 pm	SSE	14	-	-	-	-	-	30.10	-	84.4	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	4:00 pm	SSE	13	-	-	-	-	-	30.09	-0.03	84.0	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	3:30 pm	SSE	12	-	-	-	-	-	30.09	-	85.1	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	3:00 pm	SSE	12	-	-	-	-	-	30.09	-0.02	85.5	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	2:30 pm	SSE	11	-	-	-	-	-	30.11	-	85.1	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	2:00 pm	ESE	9	-	-	-	-	-	30.10	-0.02	84.7	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	1:30 pm	ESE	7	-	-	-	-	-	30.11	-	83.7	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	1:00 pm	E	3	-	-	-	-	-	30.12	-0.01	84.6	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	12:30 pm	E	2	-	-	-	-	-	30.11	-	84.4	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	12:00 pm	ENE	2	-	-	-	-	-	30.11	-0.01	82.4	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	11:30 am	NNW	3	-	-	-	-	-	30.14	-	81.0	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	11:00 am	NNW	6	-	-	-	-	-	30.12	+0.02	79.2	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	10:30 am	NW	7	-	-	-	-	-	30.11	-	78.3	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	10:00 am	NW	10	-	-	-	-	-	30.13	+0.05	79.7	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	9:30 am	S	12	-	-	-	-	-	30.12	-	83.1	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	9:00 am	SSE	9	-	-	-	-	-	30.12	+0.07	84.0	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	8:30 am	SSE	9	-	-	-	-	-	30.11	-	84.0	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	8:00 am	S	9	-	-	-	-	-	30.10	+0.06	84.6	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	7:30 am	SW	7	-	-	-	-	-	30.08	-	83.5	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	7:00 am	SW	10	-	-	-	-	-	30.08	+0.03	83.3	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	6:30 am	SSW	9	-	-	-	-	-	30.07	-	83.3	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	6:00 am	SSE	8	-	-	-	-	-	30.05	+0.01	84.2	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	5:30 am	SW	3	-	-	-	-	-	30.06	-	83.3	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	5:00 am	SW	5	-	-	-	-	-	30.04	+0.00	82.9	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	4:30 am	WSW	9	-	-	-	-	-	30.04	-	82.2	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	4:00 am	SW	9	-	-	-	-	-	30.05	-	82.8	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	3:30 am	SSW	9	-	-	-	-	-	30.02	-	84.2	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	3:00 am	S	9	-	-	-	-	-	30.04	+0.00	84.6	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	2:30 am	S	9	-	-	-	-	-	30.02	-	84.2	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	2:00 am	S	10	-	-	-	-	-	30.04	+0.00	84.4	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	1:30 am	S	11	-	-	-	-	-	30.03	-	84.4	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	12:30 am	S	13	-	-	-	-	-	30.04	-	84.6	-	-	-	-	-
08	16	12:00 am	SSE	13	-	-	-	-	-	30.04	+0.01	84.7	-	-	-	-	-
08	15	11:30 pm	SSE	12	-	-	-	-	-	30.04	-	84.4	-	-	-	-	-
08	15	11:00 pm	SSE	11	-	-	-	-	-	30.04	+0.01	84.7	-	-	-	-	-
08	15	10:30 pm	SSE	11	-	-	-	-	-	30.05	-	84.7	-	-	-	-	-
08	15	10:00 pm	SE	10	-	-	-	-	-	30.04	+0.04	84.7	-	-	-	-	-
08	15	9:30 pm	SSE	9	-	-	-	-	-	30.05	-	85.1	-	-	17.05	-	-
08	15	9:00 pm	SSE	10	-	-	-	-	-	30.03	+0.02	85.1	-	-	17.13	-	-
08	15	8:30 pm	SSE	10	-	-	-	-	-	30.03	-	85.3	-	-	18.39	-	-
08	15	8:00 pm	SSE	9	-	-	-	-	-	30.03	+0.03	85.1	-	-	20.16	-	-

Ocean Conditions at CRTA1 as of
(7:30 pm CDT on 08/16/2018)
0030 GMT on 08/17/2018:
These oceanographic 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.
	Depth (DEPTH):	7.2 ft
	Ocean Temperature (OTMP):	87.46 °F
	Salinity (SAL):	18.39 psu
	Oxygen Concentration (O2PCT):	105.5%
	Oxygen Concentration (O2PPM):	7.12 ppm

Previous observations

MM	DD	TIME (CDT)	DEPTH ft	OTMP °F	COND mS/cm	SAL psu	O2% %	O2PPM ppm	CLCON ug/l	TURB FTU	PH	EH mv
08	16	7:00 pm	6.9	87.60	-	18.40	108.20	7.28	-	-	-	-
08	16	6:30 pm	6.9	87.66	-	18.71	103.80	6.97	-	-	-	-
08	16	6:00 pm	6.9	87.75	-	18.53	104.30	7.01	-	-	-	-
08	16	5:30 pm	6.9	87.57	-	19.49	70.30	4.71	-	-	-	-
08	16	5:00 pm	6.9	87.46	-	19.88	64.20	4.29	-	-	-	-
08	16	4:30 pm	6.9	87.35	-	19.82	68.00	4.56	-	-	-	-
08	16	4:00 pm	6.9	87.15	-	20.57	53.90	3.60	-	-	-	-
08	16	3:30 pm	6.9	87.30	-	20.14	75.60	5.06	-	-	-	-
08	16	3:00 pm	6.9	86.95	-	20.79	52.10	3.49	-	-	-	-
08	16	2:30 pm	6.9	87.01	-	20.48	70.20	4.70	-	-	-	-
08	16	2:00 pm	6.9	86.86	-	20.72	62.10	4.15	-	-	-	-
08	16	1:30 pm	6.9	86.90	-	20.58	54.50	3.65	-	-	-	-
08	16	1:00 pm	6.9	86.85	-	20.17	59.80	4.02	-	-	-	-
08	16	12:30 pm	6.9	86.72	-	19.49	67.50	4.56	-	-	-	-
08	16	12:00 pm	6.9	86.40	-	18.47	77.50	5.27	-	-	-	-
08	16	11:30 am	6.9	86.11	-	17.50	80.20	5.50	-	-	-	-
08	16	11:00 am	7.2	86.16	-	17.45	76.60	5.25	-	-	-	-
08	16	10:30 am	7.2	86.23	-	17.42	76.70	5.25	-	-	-	-
08	16	10:00 am	7.2	86.29	-	17.51	89.00	6.10	-	-	-	-
08	16	9:30 am	7.2	86.23	-	17.65	87.70	6.01	-	-	-	-
08	16	9:00 am	7.2	86.25	-	17.63	84.70	5.80	-	-	-	-
08	16	8:30 am	7.2	86.20	-	17.47	84.70	5.81	-	-	-	-
08	16	8:00 am	7.2	86.38	-	17.52	80.00	5.47	-	-	-	-
08	16	7:30 am	7.2	87.19	-	18.44	69.60	4.70	-	-	-	-
08	16	7:00 am	7.2	87.21	-	18.48	65.50	4.42	-	-	-	-
08	16	6:30 am	7.2	87.24	-	18.63	57.40	3.87	-	-	-	-
08	16	6:00 am	7.2	87.24	-	18.67	65.10	4.39	-	-	-	-
08	16	5:30 am	7.2	87.22	-	18.46	67.00	4.53	-	-	-	-
08	16	5:00 am	7.2	86.86	-	17.77	75.00	5.10	-	-	-	-
08	16	4:30 am	7.2	86.97	-	17.82	79.60	5.41	-	-	-	-
08	16	4:00 am	7.2	86.92	-	17.74	75.50	5.13	-	-	-	-
08	16	3:30 am	7.2	87.08	-	17.80	81.70	5.55	-	-	-	-
08	16	3:00 am	7.2	86.95	-	17.78	84.30	5.73	-	-	-	-
08	16	2:30 am	7.2	86.77	-	17.87	84.80	5.77	-	-	-	-
08	16	2:00 am	7.2	86.99	-	17.39	87.10	5.93	-	-	-	-
08	16	1:30 am	7.2	87.10	-	17.44	86.80	5.90	-	-	-	-
08	16	12:30 am	7.2	87.19	-	17.34	88.70	6.03	-	-	-	-
08	16	12:00 am	7.2	87.46	-	17.39	86.80	5.88	-	-	-	-
08	15	11:30 pm	6.9	87.73	-	17.51	83.60	5.65	-	-	-	-
08	15	11:00 pm	6.9	87.80	-	17.49	87.70	5.93	-	-	-	-
08	15	10:30 pm	6.9	87.82	-	17.37	91.10	6.16	-	-	-	-
08	15	10:00 pm	6.9	87.87	-	17.23	95.10	6.43	-	-	-	-
08	15	9:30 pm	6.6	87.87	-	17.05	100.60	6.81	-	-	-	-
08	15	9:00 pm	6.6	87.87	-	17.13	100.10	6.77	-	-	-	-
08	15	8:30 pm	6.6	88.16	-	18.39	94.10	6.30	-	-	-	-
08	15	8:00 pm	6.6	88.43	-	20.16	86.60	5.73	-	-	-	-

Solar Radiation Conditions at CRTA1 as of
(7:30 pm CDT on 08/16/2018)
0030 GMT on 08/17/2018:
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.
	Short Wave Radiation 1 (SRAD1):	5.0	watts/meter²

Previous observations

MM	DD	TIME (CDT)	SRAD1 w/m²	SWRAD w/m²	LWRAD w/m²
08	16	7:00 pm	23.0	-	-
08	16	6:30 pm	160.0	-	-
08	16	6:00 pm	303.0	-	-
08	16	5:30 pm	380.0	-	-
08	16	5:00 pm	298.0	-	-
08	16	4:30 pm	575.0	-	-
08	16	4:00 pm	411.0	-	-
08	16	3:30 pm	810.0	-	-
08	16	3:00 pm	927.0	-	-
08	16	2:30 pm	1024.0	-	-
08	16	2:00 pm	980.0	-	-
08	16	1:30 pm	664.0	-	-
08	16	1:00 pm	688.0	-	-
08	16	12:30 pm	771.0	-	-
08	16	12:00 pm	474.0	-	-
08	16	11:30 am	299.0	-	-
08	16	11:00 am	181.0	-	-
08	16	10:30 am	98.0	-	-
08	16	10:00 am	53.0	-	-
08	16	9:30 am	169.0	-	-
08	16	9:00 am	122.0	-	-
08	16	8:30 am	85.0	-	-
08	16	8:00 am	61.0	-	-
08	16	7:30 am	79.0	-	-
08	16	7:00 am	36.0	-	-
08	16	6:30 am	9.0	-	-
08	16	6:00 am	0.0	-	-
08	16	5:30 am	0.0	-	-
08	16	5:00 am	0.0	-	-
08	16	4:30 am	0.0	-	-
08	16	4:00 am	0.0	-	-
08	16	3:30 am	0.0	-	-
08	16	3:00 am	0.0	-	-
08	16	2:30 am	0.0	-	-
08	16	2:00 am	0.0	-	-
08	16	1:30 am	0.0	-	-
08	16	12:30 am	0.0	-	-
08	16	12:00 am	0.0	-	-
08	15	11:30 pm	0.0	-	-
08	15	11:00 pm	0.0	-	-
08	15	10:30 pm	0.0	-	-
08	15	10:00 pm	0.0	-	-
08	15	9:30 pm	0.0	-	-
08	15	9:00 pm	0.0	-	-
08	15	8:30 pm	0.0	-	-
08	15	8:00 pm	0.0	-	-

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