Station 42056 - Yucatan Basin

Owned and maintained by National Data Buoy Center
12-meter discus buoy
ARES 4.4 payload
19.874 N 85.059 W (19°52'27" N 85°3'33" W)

Site elevation: sea level
Air temp height: 10 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 10 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: sea level
Sea temp depth: 1 m below site elevation
Water depth: 4446 m
Watch circle radius: 5083 yards

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Conditions at 42056 as of
2050 GMT on 09/17/2008:
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):	E ( 80 deg true )
	Wind Speed (WSPD):	9.7 kts
	Wind Gust (GST):	11.7 kts
	Wave Height (WVHT):	2.6 ft
	Dominant Wave Period (DPD):	7 sec
	Average Period (APD):	4.6 sec
	Mean Wave Direction (MWD):	SE ( 134 deg true )
	Atmospheric Pressure (PRES):	29.91 in
	Pressure Tendency (PTDY):	-0.04 in ( Falling )
	Air Temperature (ATMP):	84.7 °F
	Water Temperature (WTMP):	85.6 °F
	Dew Point (DEWP):	75.9 °F
	Heat Index (HEAT):	93.9 °F
	Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure

Continuous Winds
TIME (GMT)	WDIR	WSPD
2050	E ( 84 deg )	10.1 kts
2040	E ( 88 deg )	10.5 kts
2030	E ( 88 deg )	9.9 kts
2020	E ( 93 deg )	10.5 kts
2010	E ( 91 deg )	10.7 kts
2000	E ( 86 deg )	9.7 kts

Supplemental Measurements
Highest 1-minute Wind Speed
Time (GMT)		WSPD		WDIR
2008		12.6 kts		E ( 94 deg true )

Previous observations
MM	DD	TIME (GMT)	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	17	1950	E	7.8	9.7	2.6	5	4.6	-	29.92	-0.04	84.7	85.5	76.6	-	-	-
09	17	1850	E	9.7	13.6	3.0	5	4.6	-	29.94	-0.02	84.7	85.5	75.2	-	-	-
09	17	1750	E	9.7	11.7	2.6	8	4.7	SE	29.95	+0.00	84.7	85.3	75.7	-	-	-
09	17	1650	E	11.7	13.6	3.0	8	4.7	SE	29.96	+0.02	84.6	85.1	75.0	-	-	-
09	17	1550	E	13.6	13.6	2.6	5	4.6	-	29.96	+0.04	84.6	85.1	75.0	-	-	-
09	17	1450	E	11.7	15.5	3.0	5	4.7	-	29.96	+0.03	84.4	85.1	76.3	-	-	-
09	17	1350	ENE	11.7	13.6	2.6	4	4.7	-	29.94	+0.02	84.2	85.1	76.3	-	-	-
09	17	1250	ENE	11.7	13.6	2.6	5	4.8	-	29.93	+0.01	84.0	85.1	75.7	-	-	-
09	17	1150	ENE	11.7	13.6	3.0	5	4.9	E	29.92	+0.02	83.8	85.1	75.7	-	-	-
09	17	1050	ENE	11.7	13.6	2.6	5	4.8	ESE	29.92	-0.01	83.8	85.1	76.6	-	-	-
09	17	0950	ENE	9.7	11.7	3.0	8	4.9	SE	29.92	-0.03	84.0	85.1	77.2	-	-	-
09	17	0850	ENE	13.6	15.5	3.0	7	5.0	SE	29.91	-0.06	84.0	85.1	76.8	-	-	-
09	17	0750	E	11.7	13.6	3.0	8	5.1	SE	29.93	-0.06	84.0	85.1	77.5	-	-	-
09	17	0650	ENE	11.7	13.6	2.6	7	5.0	SE	29.95	-0.05	84.2	85.1	78.1	-	-	-
09	17	0550	NE	9.7	13.6	3.0	8	5.1	SE	29.97	-0.02	84.2	85.1	78.6	-	-	-
09	17	0450	NE	13.6	15.5	3.0	8	5.0	SE	29.99	+0.02	84.2	85.1	78.6	-	-	-
09	17	0350	NE	13.6	15.5	3.0	8	4.9	SE	30.00	+0.05	84.4	85.1	77.7	-	-	-
09	17	0250	NE	13.6	15.5	3.0	8	5.1	SE	29.99	+0.06	84.6	85.1	77.2	-	-	-
09	17	0150	NE	11.7	13.6	3.0	8	5.0	SE	29.98	+0.06	84.6	85.1	77.2	-	-	-
09	17	0050	NE	11.7	15.5	3.3	8	5.3	SE	29.95	+0.04	84.2	85.1	77.5	-	-	-
09	16	2350	NE	11.7	13.6	3.3	8	5.2	SE	29.93	+0.01	84.6	85.3	77.2	-	-	-
09	16	2250	NE	9.7	11.7	3.3	5	5.2	ESE	29.91	-0.02	84.6	85.3	77.0	-	-	-
09	16	2150	ENE	7.8	9.7	3.3	8	5.2	SE	29.91	-0.05	84.9	85.3	75.2	-	-	-
09	16	2050	ENE	9.7	11.7	3.3	8	5.1	SE	29.92	-0.07	85.1	85.5	75.0	-	-	-

Detailed Wave Summary
for 42056 as of
2100 GMT on 09/17/2008:
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):	2.6 ft
	Swell Height (SwH):	2.0 ft
	Swell Period (SwP):	7.1 sec
	Swell Direction (SwD):	SE
	Wind Wave Height (WWH):	2.0 ft
	Wind Wave Period (WWP):	4.3 sec
	Wave Steepness (STEEPNESS):	AVERAGE
	Average Wave Period (APD):	4.6 sec

Previous observations
MM	DD	TIME (GMT)	WVHT ft	SwH ft	SwP sec	SwD	WWH ft	WWP sec	WWD	STEEPNESS	APD sec
09	17	2000	2.6	2.3	4.5	-	1.3	3.7	-	VERY_STEEP	4.6
09	17	1900	3.0	2.0	7.1	SE	2.3	4.5	-	VERY_STEEP	4.6
09	17	1800	2.6	2.0	7.7	SE	2.0	4.8	-	SWELL	4.7
09	17	1700	3.0	1.6	7.7	SE	2.3	4.5	-	AVERAGE	4.7
09	17	1600	2.6	1.3	7.7	SE	2.3	4.5	-	VERY_STEEP	4.6
09	17	1500	3.0	1.6	7.7	SE	2.3	4.5	-	VERY_STEEP	4.7
09	17	1400	2.6	1.6	5.9	SE	2.0	4.3	-	VERY_STEEP	4.7
09	17	1300	2.6	1.3	7.1	SE	2.3	4.8	-	VERY_STEEP	4.8
09	17	1200	3.0	2.0	5.9	SE	2.0	5.0	E	VERY_STEEP	4.9
09	17	1100	2.6	1.6	6.7	SE	2.3	5.0	ESE	VERY_STEEP	4.8
09	17	1000	3.0	2.3	7.7	SE	1.6	4.5	-	AVERAGE	4.9
09	17	0900	3.0	2.0	7.1	SE	2.3	4.3	-	AVERAGE	5.0
09	17	0800	3.0	2.0	7.7	SE	2.3	5.9	SE	AVERAGE	5.1
09	17	0700	2.6	2.0	7.1	SE	2.0	4.8	-	AVERAGE	5.0
09	17	0600	3.0	2.3	7.7	SE	2.0	5.0	ESE	AVERAGE	5.1
09	17	0500	3.0	1.6	8.3	SE	2.3	4.5	-	AVERAGE	5.0
09	17	0400	3.0	1.6	8.3	SE	2.3	4.8	-	AVERAGE	4.9
09	17	0300	3.0	2.0	8.3	SE	2.6	5.3	ESE	AVERAGE	5.1
09	17	0200	3.0	2.0	7.7	SE	2.0	5.0	E	AVERAGE	5.0
09	17	0100	3.3	2.3	8.3	SE	2.3	5.0	ESE	SWELL	5.3
09	17	0000	3.3	2.3	7.7	SE	2.3	5.0	ESE	AVERAGE	5.2
09	16	2300	3.3	2.6	5.0	ESE	1.6	4.5	-	VERY_STEEP	5.2
09	16	2200	3.3	3.0	7.7	SE	1.0	3.8	-	AVERAGE	5.2
09	16	2100	3.3	2.6	7.7	SE	2.0	4.5	-	AVERAGE	5.1

Plot of wave energy versus frequency (and period)

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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