Station 46089 - Tillamook, OR - 85 NM WNW of Tillamook, OR

Owned and maintained by National Data Buoy Center
3-meter discus buoy
ARES 4.4 payload
45.908 N 125.760 W (45°54'28" N 125°45'37" W)

Site elevation: sea level
Air temp height: 4 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 5 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: sea level
Sea temp depth: 0.6 m below site elevation
Water depth: 2230 m
Watch circle radius: 2015 yards

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Conditions at 46089 as of
(8:50 pm PDT on 09/21/2008)
0350 GMT on 09/22/2008:
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):	N ( 350 deg true )
	Wind Speed (WSPD):	15.5 kts
	Wind Gust (GST):	17.5 kts
	Wave Height (WVHT):	4.9 ft
	Dominant Wave Period (DPD):	10 sec
	Average Period (APD):	5.4 sec
	Mean Wave Direction (MWD):	W ( 277 deg true )
	Atmospheric Pressure (PRES):	30.15 in
	Pressure Tendency (PTDY):	+0.04 in ( Rising )
	Air Temperature (ATMP):	58.8 °F
	Water Temperature (WTMP):	60.8 °F
	Dew Point (DEWP):	50.5 °F
	Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure

Continuous Winds
TIME (PDT)	WDIR	WSPD
8:50 pm	NNW ( 345 deg )	14.4 kts
8:40 pm	N ( 352 deg )	15.0 kts
8:30 pm	N ( 355 deg )	15.0 kts
8:20 pm	N ( 353 deg )	14.8 kts
8:10 pm	N ( 350 deg )	15.5 kts
8:00 pm	N ( 353 deg )	15.2 kts

Previous observations
MM	DD	TIME (PDT)	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 mi	TIDE ft

09	21	7:50 pm	N	15.5	19.4	4.9	9	5.8	WNW	30.13	+0.03	58.6	61.2	51.6	-	-	-
09	21	6:50 pm	N	15.5	19.4	4.6	10	6.5	WNW	30.12	+0.03	58.6	61.3	55.2	-	-	-
09	21	5:50 pm	N	17.5	19.4	4.3	10	8.3	W	30.11	-	58.5	61.3	57.4	-	-	-
09	21	4:50 pm	W	5.8	7.8	3.9	10	8.2	WNW	30.11	-	59.4	62.4	56.1	-	-	-
09	21	3:50 pm	WSW	3.9	5.8	3.6	10	7.7	WNW	30.10	-	59.9	61.3	55.0	-	-	-
09	20	10:50 pm	W	13.6	13.6	4.9	11	5.9	WNW	30.06	+0.01	60.8	60.8	57.0	-	-	-
09	20	9:50 pm	W	13.6	15.5	4.6	11	5.8	W	30.06	+0.00	60.8	60.8	57.9	-	-	-
09	20	8:50 pm	W	13.6	15.5	4.6	11	5.5	WNW	30.06	+0.00	61.0	60.8	57.6	-	-	-

Detailed Wave Summary
for 46089 as of
(9:00 pm PDT on 09/21/2008)
0400 GMT on 09/22/2008:
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):	4.9 ft
	Swell Height (SwH):	3.6 ft
	Swell Period (SwP):	10.0 sec
	Swell Direction (SwD):	W
	Wind Wave Height (WWH):	3.3 ft
	Wind Wave Period (WWP):	4.3 sec
	Wind Wave Direction (WWD):	NW
	Wave Steepness (STEEPNESS):	SWELL
	Average Wave Period (APD):	5.4 sec

Previous observations
MM	DD	TIME (PDT)	WVHT ft	SwH ft	SwP sec	SwD	WWH ft	WWP sec	WWD	STEEPNESS	APD sec

09	21	8:00 pm	4.9	4.3	9.1	WNW	2.6	3.4	NW	AVERAGE	5.8
09	21	7:00 pm	4.6	4.3	10.0	WNW	1.3	2.6	NW	SWELL	6.5
09	21	6:00 pm	4.3	3.6	10.0	W	2.0	5.3	SW	SWELL	8.3
09	21	5:00 pm	3.9	3.9	10.0	WNW	0.7	3.2	WSW	SWELL	8.2
09	21	4:00 pm	3.6	3.6	10.0	WNW	0.7	3.4	WSW	SWELL	7.7
09	20	11:00 pm	4.9	3.9	10.8	WNW	2.6	4.5	WSW	SWELL	5.9
09	20	10:00 pm	4.6	3.9	11.4	W	2.6	4.3	W	SWELL	5.8
09	20	9:00 pm	4.6	3.6	11.4	WNW	2.6	3.8	W	SWELL	5.5

Plot of wave energy versus frequency (and period)

Ocean Current Data for 46089

These ocean current data are displayed in rounded times.

	9:00 pm PDT		8:00 pm PDT		7:00 pm PDT		6:00 pm PDT
Depth ft	Dir °	Speed kts	Dir °	Speed kts	Dir °	Speed kts	Dir °	Speed kts
79	59	0.17	357	0.04	40	0.35	16	0.32
131	69	0.34	39	0.27	34	0.55	6	0.45
184	68	0.33	51	0.24	42	0.53	14	0.42
236	81	0.34	76	0.29	56	0.60	26	0.46
289	79	0.37	87	0.35	60	0.65	39	0.54
341	67	0.44	74	0.39	58	0.65	41	0.58
394	60	0.41	64	0.38	55	0.60	43	0.55
446	61	0.49	59	0.43	51	0.67	41	0.61
499	64	0.51	58	0.45	57	0.70	44	0.68
551	65	0.49	56	0.44	55	0.67	45	0.63
604	65	0.46	58	0.44	57	0.67	44	0.64
656	65	0.46	60	0.43	57	0.67	43	0.65
709	64	0.44	59	0.41	55	0.66	42	0.66
761	62	0.36	59	0.33	53	0.61	40	0.61
814	68	0.32	65	0.32	56	0.58	44	0.56
866	64	0.31	61	0.35	58	0.55	41	0.54
919	70	0.29	64	0.30	55	0.49	40	0.48
971	69	0.25	65	0.26	55	0.46	33	0.38
1024	81	0.21	79	0.24	52	0.45	37	0.36
1076	84	0.19	82	0.21	53	0.41	41	0.36
1129	85	0.17	76	0.22	62	0.37	37	0.36
1181	98	0.16	79	0.22	57	0.37	38	0.33

Previous 24 hours of ocean current data for 46089

Ocean Current Stick Plots are available in metric units only:
1-day plot - ocean current 1-day plot 3-day plot - ocean current 3-day plot 5-day plot - ocean current 5-day plot

Solar Radiation Conditions at 46089 as of
(9:00 pm PDT on 09/21/2008)
0400 GMT on 09/22/2008:
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):	0.0	watts/meter²

Previous observations
MM	DD	TIME (PDT)	SRAD1 w/m²	SWRAD w/m²	LWRAD w/m²

09	21	8:00 pm	5.1	-	-
09	21	7:00 pm	50.4	-	-
09	21	6:00 pm	49.7	-	-
09	21	5:00 pm	145.4	-	-
09	21	4:00 pm	255.7	-	-
09	20	11:00 pm	0.0	-	-
09	20	10:00 pm	0.0	-	-
09	20	9:00 pm	0.0	-	-

Description of Measurements

Links which are specific to this station are listed below:

Real Time Data in tabular form for the last forty-five days.

Historical Data & Climatic Summaries for quality controlled data for the current month, previous months, and previous years.

The weekly status report and the weekly maintenance report also provide valuable station information.

Note that the payload types and the station locations occasionally change.
Please refer to the NDBC data inventory for the data history of each station.

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