C12: West Florida Central Buoy		 USF

Station IDC12 Latitude27° 29.90' N
Station TypeOffshore Buoy Longitude 83° 43.30' W
Responsible AgencyUSF

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Latest Observations
Data is updated hourly with four measurements 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 07-04-08 07-04-08 07-04-08 07-04-08
Time (Z) 11:59:50 11:44:50 11:29:50 11:14:50
Windspeed: 2.6 ms-1 5.05 knots 2.6 ms-1 2.6 ms-1 2.4 ms-1
Wind direction: 14 ° True 14 ° True 17 ° True 9 ° True 5 ° True
Buoy compass direction: 126 ° True 126 ° True 122 ° True 123° True 125° True
Barometric pressure: 1019.4 mbar 30.10 in Hg 1019.3 mbar 1019.3 mbar 1019.0 mbar
Air Temperature: 27.50 °C 81.50 °F 27.10 °C 26.90 °C 27.00 °C
Sea Surface Temperature: 28.60 °C 83.48 °F 28.60 °C 28.60 °C 28.60 °C
Relative Humidity: 63 % 63 % 65 % 65 % 65 %

Wind Data from ASIMET sensor
Date 07-04-08 07-04-08
Time 11:45:00 11:15:00
Wind Speed 2.52 ms-1 4.90 knots 2.29 ms-1
Wind Direction 81 ° True 81 ° True 75 ° True

ADCP Data
Date 07-04-08 Depth Depth Depth
Time 11:00:00 4 m 22 m 40 m
Current Speed 30.1 cms-1 0.58 knots 24.2 cms-1 0.47 knots 15.2 cms-1 0.30 knots
Current Direction 173 ° True 129 ° True 136 ° True


Bridle Temperature and Salinity Data
Date 07-04-08 07-04-08
Time 11:15:00 11:45:00
Temperature 28.61 °C 83.50 °F 28.61 °C 83.50 °F
Salinity 34.80 PSU 34.83 PSU


Diagonostic Sensor Data
Date 07-04-08 07-04-08
Time 11:15:00 11:45:00
Internal Can Temperature 28.84 °C 83.91 °F 29.33 °C 84.79 °F
Battery Current Drawn 0.274 0.274
Unloaded Battery Voltage 12.524 12.661

Past 24-hours Observations
Meteorological Data
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Oceanographic Data
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Diagonostic Sensor Data
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Past 5-days Observations
Meteorological Data
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Oceanographic Data
Table: Currents
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Diagonostic Sensor Data
Table: Sensor Data
NOTE: Missing values denoted by -99 and -99.9