C10
USF

Station IDC10 Latitude27° 10.152' N
Station TypeOffshore Buoy Longitude 82° 55.552' W
Responsible AgencyUSF

Site Notes Mooring located at 27° 10.152' N, 82° 55.552' W (27.17° N, 82.93° W)
a distance 20 miles offshore of New Pass inlet (Sarasota) in a water depth of 80 feet.
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Latest Observations
Data is updated hourly with three meteorological, temperature and salinity measurements and one adcp measurement made during past hour. Time reported is UTC (Coordinated Universal Time): subtract 5 hours for EST, subtract 4 hours for EDT.
Provisional data - not quality-controlled - use at your own risk - see disclaimer.

Meteorological Data
Date 08-20-08 08-20-08 08-20-08
Time 02:00:00 01:40:00 01:20:00
Wind Speed 9.52 ms-1 18.49 knots 10.30 ms-1 10.11 ms-1
Wind Direction 340 ° True 340 ° True 356 ° True 0 ° True
Wind Gusts 10.2 ms-1 19.81 knots 12.1 ms-1 11.0 ms-1
Air Temp 28.23 °C 82.81 °F 28.47 °C 28.20 °C
Sea Surface Temp 29.60 °C 85.28 °F 29.70 °C 29.70 °C
Barometric Pressure 1009.1 mbar 29.80 in Hg 1008.9 mbar 1008.6 mbar
Relative Humidity 72 % 72 % 69 % 66 %
Shortwave Radiation 3.50 W/m2 3.50 W/m2 4.20 W/m2 3.90 W/m2
Longwave Radiation 417.30 W/m2 417.30 W/m2 423.10 W/m2 416.40 W/m2

ADCP Data
Date 08-20-08 Depth Depth Depth
Time 01:00:00 4 m 12 m 22 m
Current Speed 20.6 cms-1 0.40 knots 22.8 cms-1 0.44 knots 22.0 cms-1 0.43 knots
Current Direction 151 ° True 151 ° True 150 ° True

ADCP Current and Direction Data observed at other depths


Temperature and Salinity Data
Date 08-20-08 Depth Depth
Time 01:20:00 5 m 10 m
Temperature 29.67 °C 85.41 °F 29.68 °C 85.42 °F
Salinity 49.65 PSU 36.30 PSU


Diagonostic Sensor Data
Sensor Data

Past 24-hours Observations
Meteorological Data
Table: metric, imperial
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Oceanographic Data
Table: Currents, Temperature and Salinity
Plots: Currents, Temperature and Salinity
Diagonostic Sensor Data
Table: Sensor Data
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Past 5-days Observations
Meteorological Data
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Oceanographic Data
Table: Currents, Temperature and Salinity
Plots:Currents,Temperature and Salinity
Diagonostic Sensor Data
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NOTE: Missing values denoted by -99 and -99.9

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