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Station DESW1 - Destruction Island, WA Image indicating link to RSS feed of recent meteorological observations for station DESW1

Owned and maintained by National Data Buoy Center
C-MAN Station
MARS payload
47.675 N 124.485 W (47°40'30" N 124°29'6" W)

Site elevation: 21.3 m above mean sea level
Air temp height: 31.4 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 31.4 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: 39 m above mean sea level

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Station DESW1
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Conditions at DESW1 as of
(4:00 pm CDT)
2100 GMT on 06/14/2021:
     

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): S ( 190 deg true )
5-day plot - Wind Speed Wind Speed (WSPD): 11 kts
5-day plot - Wind Gust Wind Gust (GST): 13 kts
5-day plot - Atmospheric Pressure Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 30.03 in
5-day plot - Pressure Tendency Pressure Tendency (PTDY): +0.04 in ( Rising )
5-day plot - Air Temperature Air Temperature (ATMP): 57.0 °F
5-day plot - Wind Speed at 10 Meters Wind Speed at 10 meters (WSPD10M): 10 kts
5-day plot - Wind Speed at 10 Meters Wind Speed at 20 meters (WSPD20M): 10 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
4:00 pmS ( 190 deg ) 13 kts
3:50 pmSSW ( 199 deg ) 13 kts
3:40 pmSSW ( 205 deg ) 15 kts
3:30 pmSSW ( 200 deg ) 15 kts
3:20 pmSSW ( 198 deg ) 15 kts
3:10 pmSSW ( 200 deg ) 14 kts
  
Peak gust during the measurement hour
TIME
(CDT)		 5-day plot - Gust Direction GDR 5-day plot - Gust Speed GST
3:29 pmSSW ( 200 deg ) 19 kts
Previous observations
5-day plot - Wind Direction 5-day plot - Wind Speed 5-day plot - Wind Gust 5-day plot - Wave Height 5-day plot - Dominant Wave Period 5-day plot - Average Period 5-day plot - Mean Wave Direction 5-day plot - Atmospheric Pressure 5-day plot - Pressure Tendency 5-day plot - Air Temperature 5-day plot - Water Temperature 5-day plot - Dew Point 5-day plot - Salinity 5-day plot - Visibility 5-day plot - Tide (above MLLW)
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
0614 3:00 pmSSW 15 16----30.02+0.03 57.6-----
0614 2:00 pmSSW 12 13----30.01+0.02 57.9-----
0614 1:00 pmSSW 11 13----30.00+0.01 59.2-----
061412:00 pmSSW 8 9----29.99+0.02 57.9-----
061411:00 am S 6 8----29.99+0.03 57.4-----
061410:00 amSSE 6 7----29.98+0.03 56.3-----
0614 9:00 amSSE 4 5----29.97+0.02 55.8-----
0614 8:00 amSSE 6 7----29.96+0.01 56.1-----
0614 7:00 am S 9 11----29.95+0.02 55.8-----
0614 6:00 am S 7 9----29.95+0.03 55.2-----
0614 5:00 am S 11 14----29.94+0.02 54.7-----
0614 4:00 amSSW 13 14----29.93+0.00 54.7-----
0614 3:00 amSSW 16 17----29.93+0.00 55.8-----
0614 2:00 am S 13 15----29.93+0.02 56.8-----
0614 1:00 am S 15 16----29.93+0.03 56.8-----
061412:00 am S 12 14----29.92+0.01 57.2-----
061311:00 pmSSE 11 12----29.91+0.00 56.8-----
061310:00 pm S 9 14----29.90+0.00 56.8-----
0613 9:00 pm S 7 11----29.91+0.01 57.0-----
0613 8:00 pm S 11 11----29.91+0.02 57.2-----
0613 7:00 pmSSE 8 9----29.89+0.01 57.4-----
0613 6:00 pm S 7 9----29.89+0.02 57.2-----
0613 5:00 pm S 12 14----29.89+0.02 57.6-----
0613 4:00 pm S 10 14----29.88+0.01 58.1-----

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