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Station 42024 - C16 - W. FL MERHAB

Owned and maintained by University of South Florida
Offshore Buoy
27.464 N 84.219 W (27°27'50" N 84°13'8" W)

Site elevation: sea level
Air temp height: 2.8 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 3.2 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: 2.8 m above mean sea level
Sea temp depth: 1.2 m below site elevation
Water depth: 75 m

Latest NWS Marine Forecast

Meteorological Observations from Nearby Stations and Ships

Latest Satellite Wind Map for this Area

Disclaimer: Ocean current directions are measured to the nearest 10 degrees and speeds are measured to the nearest whole centimeter per second.

Ocean Current Data for 42024

	10:00 am EST		9:00 am EST		8:00 am EST		7:00 am EST
Depth ft	Dir °	Speed kts	Dir °	Speed kts	Dir °	Speed kts	Dir °	Speed kts
13	170	0.25	170	0.29	160	0.25	140	0.27
16	160	0.45	150	0.45	160	0.27	140	0.45
20	150	0.56	150	0.47	150	0.37	130	0.43
23	150	0.45	160	0.47	160	0.39	130	0.51
26	150	0.37	160	0.35	140	0.29	130	0.49
30	140	0.29	140	0.37	140	0.39	120	0.45
33	90	0.31	90	0.33	90	0.29	90	0.43
36	150	0.47	140	0.54	140	0.29	130	0.45
39	140	0.45	150	0.58	140	0.31	130	0.49
43	130	0.31	140	0.43	140	0.29	130	0.49
46	140	0.49	150	0.58	140	0.33	130	0.47
49	150	0.43	150	0.49	150	0.31	120	0.49
52	130	0.41	150	0.64	150	0.27	120	0.43
56	140	0.37	150	0.49	140	0.33	130	0.39
59	140	0.41	140	0.51	140	0.37	140	0.43
62	140	0.43	150	0.52	140	0.31	130	0.47
66	130	0.45	140	0.49	140	0.33	130	0.41
69	140	0.33	150	0.52	140	0.33	140	0.41
72	130	0.37	150	0.51	150	0.31	140	0.39
75	140	0.43	150	0.45	130	0.31	140	0.39
79	140	0.41	150	0.51	130	0.31	140	0.41
82	130	0.31	150	0.52	130	0.29	150	0.41
85	140	0.37	150	0.52	140	0.33	140	0.35
89	140	0.39	140	0.43	140	0.27	150	0.37
92	140	0.33	150	0.47	130	0.27	150	0.33
95	130	0.33	150	0.41	140	0.29	150	0.35
98	140	0.33	150	0.45	130	0.35	150	0.37
102	130	0.31	150	0.45	140	0.35	160	0.39
105	140	0.35	150	0.47	130	0.31	150	0.43
108	140	0.37	150	0.45	150	0.33	150	0.37
112	140	0.43	150	0.47	150	0.35	160	0.37
115	140	0.37	150	0.45	140	0.31	150	0.41
118	140	0.37	150	0.41	130	0.35	160	0.43
121	140	0.35	150	0.39	140	0.35	150	0.39
125	140	0.43	150	0.41	140	0.31	160	0.39
128	140	0.39	150	0.39	140	0.33	160	0.41
131	140	0.39	150	0.43	150	0.31	160	0.41
135	140	0.35	150	0.39	140	0.35	160	0.39
138	140	0.35	150	0.39	140	0.35	160	0.43
141	130	0.37	150	0.37	150	0.37	160	0.41
144	130	0.37	150	0.39	140	0.35	160	0.41
148	130	0.35	150	0.43	150	0.33	160	0.39
151	140	0.37	150	0.43	140	0.35	160	0.39
154	130	0.37	140	0.37	150	0.33	160	0.43
157	140	0.39	160	0.39	140	0.37	150	0.41
161	140	0.43	150	0.43	150	0.35	150	0.39
164	140	0.39	150	0.45	150	0.33	150	0.37
167	130	0.39	150	0.41	150	0.39	150	0.47
171	140	0.41	140	0.49	140	0.39	160	0.47
174	140	0.41	150	0.43	150	0.35	150	0.49
177	130	0.37	150	0.41	150	0.35	160	0.45
180	130	0.35	150	0.37	150	0.43	160	0.43
184	130	0.33	150	0.39	160	0.37	160	0.41
187	140	0.39	150	0.37	160	0.35	160	0.39
190	130	0.27	150	0.37	150	0.37	170	0.41
194	130	0.29	160	0.37	150	0.31	180	0.39
197	150	0.39	160	0.45	160	0.39	180	0.35
200	120	0.23	160	0.47	160	0.31	180	0.35
203	130	0.29	170	0.39	170	0.37	180	0.35
207	140	0.43	170	0.39	160	0.33	180	0.39
210	140	0.39	160	0.35	170	0.41	190	0.37
213	130	0.37	170	0.33	190	0.33	190	0.41
217	140	0.45	180	0.29	170	0.27	180	0.33
220	140	0.56	160	0.39	200	0.33	200	0.31
223	150	0.31	150	0.39	170	0.31	190	0.27

Previous (up to 48) reports of ocean current data for 42024

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

Ocean Conditions at 42024 as of
(10:15 am EST)
1515 GMT on 01/16/2009:
These oceanographic 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.
	Depth (DEPTH):	3.3 ft
	Ocean Temperature (OTMP):	69.64 °F
	Salinity (SAL):	36.31 psu

Previous observations
MM	DD	TIME (EST)	DEPTH ft	OTMP °F	COND mS/cm	SAL psu	O2% %	O2PPM ppm	CLCON ug/l	TURB FTU	PH	EH mv

01	16	9:45 am	3.3	69.67	-	36.30	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	16	9:15 am	3.3	69.66	-	36.31	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	16	8:45 am	3.3	69.66	-	36.30	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	16	8:15 am	3.3	69.67	-	36.31	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	16	7:45 am	3.3	69.64	-	36.31	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	16	7:15 am	3.3	69.64	-	36.30	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	16	6:45 am	3.3	69.67	-	36.29	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	16	6:15 am	3.3	69.75	-	36.28	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	16	5:45 am	3.3	69.71	-	36.29	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	16	5:15 am	3.3	69.64	-	36.29	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	16	4:45 am	3.3	69.64	-	36.29	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	16	4:15 am	3.3	69.64	-	36.30	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	16	3:45 am	3.3	69.66	-	36.30	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	16	3:15 am	3.3	69.66	-	36.30	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	16	2:45 am	3.3	69.71	-	36.30	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	16	2:15 am	3.3	69.73	-	36.30	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	16	1:45 am	3.3	69.75	-	36.30	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	16	1:15 am	3.3	69.76	-	36.31	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	16	12:45 am	3.3	69.78	-	36.31	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	16	12:15 am	3.3	69.76	-	36.31	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	11:45 pm	3.3	69.78	-	36.30	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	11:15 pm	3.3	69.80	-	36.30	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	10:45 pm	3.3	69.80	-	36.29	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	10:15 pm	3.3	69.76	-	36.30	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	9:45 pm	3.3	69.75	-	36.30	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	9:15 pm	3.3	69.75	-	36.29	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	8:45 pm	3.3	69.76	-	36.29	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	8:15 pm	3.3	69.73	-	36.30	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	7:45 pm	3.3	69.78	-	36.28	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	7:15 pm	3.3	69.78	-	36.28	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	6:45 pm	3.3	69.75	-	36.28	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	6:15 pm	3.3	69.78	-	36.28	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	5:45 pm	3.3	69.80	-	36.28	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	5:15 pm	3.3	69.84	-	36.28	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	4:45 pm	3.3	69.82	-	36.28	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	4:15 pm	3.3	69.84	-	36.27	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	3:45 pm	3.3	69.82	-	36.27	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	3:15 pm	3.3	69.73	-	36.27	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	2:45 pm	3.3	69.78	-	36.27	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	2:15 pm	3.3	69.82	-	36.27	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	1:45 pm	3.3	69.80	-	36.27	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	1:15 pm	3.3	69.85	-	36.27	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	12:45 pm	3.3	69.87	-	36.27	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	12:15 pm	3.3	69.91	-	36.27	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	11:45 am	3.3	69.91	-	36.27	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	11:15 am	3.3	69.98	-	36.27	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	10:45 am	3.3	70.02	-	36.28	-	-	-	-	-	-
01	15	10:15 am	3.3	70.02	-	36.27	-	-	-	-	-	-

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.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service
National Data Buoy Center
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Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
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