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Station Map | Alpena | Cleveland Central | Grand Haven Pier | Saginaw Marker 1 | Toledo Marker 2 | West Lake Erie 

Realtime Coastal Observation Network (RECON) Station
Alpena - Thunder Bay Buoy   Location: 44° 59.039´ N,   83° 16.078´ W,   Depth: 60 ft (20 m)

Photo of Station Map of Station


Conditions around 12:00 pm EDT on Tue, Sep 16, 2008 (16:00 GMT)
NOTE: Italic data is more than four hours old
(Data updated hourly at about :30 minutes past the hour)
 Data Plots
Air Data:   
Wind Speed: 4.52 kts   (2.33 m/s)   [Sep 07] R.M.Young Wind Monitor
Maximum Wind Speed: 6.06 kts   (3.12 m/s)   [Sep 07] R.M.Young Wind Monitor
Wind Direction: 28.8°   (NNE)   [Sep 07] R.M.Young Wind Monitor
Air Temperature: 64.7 °F   (18.2 °C)   [Sep 07] CSI Temp Probe
   
Water Data:   
Surface Water Temperature: 65.8 °F   (18.8 °C)   [Sep 07] CSI Temp Probe
   
Significant Wave Height: 3.0 ft   (0.92 m)   [Aug 27] WH-ADCP Profiler
Maximum Wave Height: 3.8 ft   (1.17 m)   [Aug 27] WH-ADCP Profiler
Peak Wave Period: 4.50 secs   [Aug 27] WH-ADCP Profiler
Wave Direction: 120.0°   (ESE)   [Aug 27] WH-ADCP Profiler
ADCP Temp at Bottom: 55.0 °F   (12.8 °C)   [Aug 27] WH-ADCP Profiler
   
Current @ 10.8 ft (3.3 m) Depth: 0.36 kts (18.7 cm/s),   45.9°   (NE)   [Aug 27] WH-ADCP Profiler
Current @ 20.7 ft (6.3 m) Depth: 0.23 kts (11.7 cm/s),   77.6°   (ENE)   [Aug 27] WH-ADCP Profiler
Current @ 30.5 ft (9.3 m) Depth: 0.17 kts (8.5 cm/s),   76.5°   (ENE)   [Aug 27] WH-ADCP Profiler
Current @ 40.4 ft (12.3 m) Depth: 0.09 kts (4.9 cm/s),   64.5°   (ENE)   [Aug 27] WH-ADCP Profiler
Current @ 50.2 ft (15.3 m) Depth: 0.25 kts (12.6 cm/s),   11.0°   (N)   [Aug 27] WH-ADCP Profiler
Current @ 56.8 ft (17.3 m) Depth: 0.18 kts (9.4 cm/s),   305.0°   (NW)   [Aug 27] WH-ADCP Profiler
   
Engineering Data:   
ADCP Depth: 63.65 ft   (19.40 m)   [Aug 27] WH-ADCP Profiler
ADCP Compass Heading: 310.7°   (NW)   [Aug 27] WH-ADCP Profiler
ADCP Pitch: -0.3°   [Aug 27] WH-ADCP Profiler
ADCP Roll: 0.4°   [Aug 27] WH-ADCP Profiler
   
Buoy Compass Heading: 51.4°   (NE)   [Sep 07] KVH Fluxgate Compass
   
Solar Panel Voltage: 10.78 volts   [Sep 07] Buoy Electronics
Solar Panel Current: 0.016 amps   [Sep 07] Buoy Electronics
Battery Voltage: 10.76 volts   [Sep 07] Buoy Electronics
Battery Current: -0.353 amps   [Sep 07] Buoy Electronics (neg = discharging)
Buoy Current: 0.347 amps   [Sep 07] Buoy Electronics
U/W Hub Current: 0.011 amps   [Sep 07] Buoy Electronics
   
Signal Strength: -58.0 dB   [Sep 11] RSL at Shore Station
Data Throughput Rate: 1.033 Mbits/sec   [Sep 07] FTP Transfer Buoy to Shore

Last data download at Tue Sep 16 12:10:12 EDT 2008


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