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 11-07-09 11-07-09 11-07-09 11-07-09
Time (Z) 19:29:50 19:14:50 18:59:50 18:44:50
Windspeed: 7.2 ms-1 13.99 knots 7.7 ms-1 8.6 ms-1 9.1 ms-1
Wind direction: 149 ° True 149 ° True 151 ° True 159 ° True 161 ° True
Buoy compass direction: 155 ° True 155 ° True 174 ° True 205° True 162° True
Barometric pressure: 1018.1 mbar 30.06 in Hg 1018.2 mbar 1018.4 mbar 1018.7 mbar
Air Temperature: 24.70 °C 76.46 °F 24.60 °C 24.50 °C 24.40 °C
Sea Surface Temperature: 25.10 °C 77.18 °F 25.10 °C 25.10 °C 25.10 °C
Relative Humidity: 63 % 63 % 62 % 62 % 64 %

Wind Data from ASIMET sensor
Date 11-07-09 11-07-09
Time 19:30:00 19:00:00
Wind Speed 9.67 ms-1 18.78 knots 10.49 ms-1
Wind Direction 72 ° True 72 ° True 79 ° True

ADCP Data
Date 99-99- Depth Depth Depth
Time 99:99:99 4 m 22 m 40 m
Current Speed -9.9 cms-1 -0.19 knots -9.9 cms-1 -0.19 knots -9.9 cms-1 -0.19 knots
Current Direction 261 ° True 261 ° True 261 ° True


Temperature and Salinity Data
Date 11-07-09 Depth Depth Depth
Time 19:00:00 10 m 20 m 30 m
Temperature 25.16 °C 77.29 °F 25.15 °C 77.27 °F 25.11 °C 77.20 °F
Salinity 35.79 PSU 35.74 PSU 35.78 PSU
Date 11-07-09 Depth Depth Depth
Time 19:30:00 10 m 20 m 30 m
Temperature 25.17 °C 77.31 °F 25.17 °C 77.31 °F 25.14 °C 77.25 °F
Salinity 35.77 PSU 35.73 PSU 35.76 PSU


Bridle Temperature and Salinity Data
Date 11-07-09 11-07-09
Time 19:00:00 19:30:00
Temperature 25.16 °C 77.29 °F 25.18 °C 77.32 °F
Salinity 35.73 PSU 35.72 PSU


Diagonostic Sensor Data
Date 11-07-09 11-07-09
Time 19:00:00 19:30:00
Internal Can Temperature 24.93 °C 76.87 °F 25.41 °C 77.74 °F
Battery Current Drawn 0.108 0.098
Unloaded Battery Voltage 13.543 13.661

Past 24-hours Observations
Meteorological Data
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Oceanographic Data
Table: Currents Temperature and Salinity
Plots: Currents Temperature and Salinity

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