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Reports from the National Data Buoy Center's Stations During the Passage of Hurricane Wilma15-25 October 2005This report provides a summary of some of the wind speed parameters, the sea-level pressure, and wave parameter reports from the National Data Buoy Center's (NDBC) stations in the Gulf of Mexico in the vicinity of Hurricane Wilma's track.
Figure 1: NDBC stations within 300 nm of Wilma's track Wind Speed: For stations in this report, wind speed is sampled at a rate of 1.0 Hz. For the Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) stations, SMKF1, LONF1, MLRF1, FWYF1, and SPGF, wind speeds are reported in knots to a resolution of 0.1 knots. C-MAN wind speeds have been converted to meters per second (m/s) for this report, where 1 m/s = 1.94 knots. For the buoy stations (42056, 42057, 41009, and 41010) wind speeds are reported in meters per second to a resolution of 0.1 m/s. For the plot legends: CWS: The average wind speed over a 10-minute period at the anemometer height. In this report, data are plotted at the time of the end of the valid 10-minute period. WSPD1: The average wind speed over an 8-minute (buoy) or 2-minite (C-MAN) period, reported hourly or half-hourly. Used to plot winds from stations where CWS was not available. MXGT1: The Peak 5-second gust during the past hour at the anemometer height. The time of MXGT1 is reported to the nearest minute, however, in this report data are plotted at the valid time of the hourly report. MX1GT1: The Peak 1-minute wind speed during the past hour at the anemometer height. The time of MX1GT1 is reported to the nearest minute, however, in this report data are plotted at the valid time of the hourly report. GUST1: The peak 5-second gust recorded during the 8-minute sampling period to record WSPD1. Used plot winds from stations where MXGT1 was not available. Pressure: For stations in this report, pressure is sampled at a rate of 1.0 Hz and reported to a resolution of 0.1 hectoPascal (hPa). For the plot legends: BARO1 or 2: Sea-level Pressure. Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) stations average the pressure over 2 minutes. The buoy stations average the pressure over 8-minutes. MN1MSLP1: Lowest sea-level pressure averaged over a one-minute period. Wave: For stations 42056 and 42057 the wave sampling period is 40 minutes. For stations 41009 and 41010 the wave sampling period is 20 minutes. The wave sampling rate of all stations in this report is 1.7066 Hz. WVHGT: The significant wave height that represents the average of the highest one-third of the waves during the wave sampling period. DOMPD:The Dominant Period that represents the wave period (time from between consecutive passes of the wave crests) of the waves with the most energy. Water Level: The water level measurement sampling period is 6 minutes, and sampled at a rate of 1.0 Hz. TGAUG: Six-minute water levels representing the height, in feet, of the water above or below Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW). Closest Point of Approach (CPA): Time, bearing (degrees True), and distance (nautical miles) from the station to Hurricane Wilma at CPA are computed using the positions from the National Hurricane Center's advisories that have been interpolated to hourly values for positions, wind speed (intensity), and central pressure.
Figure 2: Station 42057: Winds (Anemometer Height 10m) and Sea-level Pressure
Figure 3: Station 42057: Significant Wave Height and Dominant Period
Link to Station Page: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42057
Figure 4: Station 42056: Winds (Anemometer Height 10 m) and Sea-level Pressure
Figure 5: Station 42056: Significant Wave Height and Dominant Period
Link to Station Page: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42056
Figure 6: Station SMKF1: Winds (Anemometer Height 48.5 m) and Sea-level Pressure
Link to Station Page: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=SMKF1
Figure 7: Station LONF1: Winds (Anemometer Height 7.0m) and Sea-level Pressure
Figure 8: Station LONF1: Water Level
Link to Station Page: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=LONF1
Figure 9: Station MRLF1: Winds (Anemometer Height 15.8m) and Sea-level Pressure
Link to Station Page: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=MRLF1
Figure 10: Station FWYF1: Winds (Anemometer Height 43.9m) and Sea-level Pressure
Link to Station Page: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=FWYF1
Figure 11: Station SPGF1: Winds (Anemometer Height 9.8m) and Sea-level Pressure
Link to Station Page: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=SPGF1
Figure 12: Station 41009: Winds (Anemometer Height 5.0m) and Sea-level Pressure
Figure 13: Station 41009: Significant Wave Height and Dominant Period
Link to Station Page: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=41009
Figure 14: Station 41010: Winds (Anemometer Height 5.0m) and Sea-level Pressure
Figure 15: Station 41010: Significant Wave Height and Dominant Period
Link to Station Page: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=41010
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