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 11-22-09 11-22-09 11-22-09 11-22-09
Time (Z) 01:29:50 01:14:50 00:59:50 00:44:50
Windspeed: 2.7 ms-1 5.24 knots 3.7 ms-1 4.3 ms-1 3.8 ms-1
Wind direction: 277 ° True 277 ° True 267 ° True 257 ° True 262 ° True
Buoy compass direction: 338 ° True 338 ° True 218 ° True 213° True 202° True
Barometric pressure: 1014.7 mbar 29.96 in Hg 1014.6 mbar 1014.2 mbar 1014.3 mbar
Air Temperature: 23.20 °C 73.76 °F 23.10 °C 23.10 °C 23.00 °C
Sea Surface Temperature: 23.30 °C 73.94 °F 23.30 °C 23.30 °C 23.30 °C
Relative Humidity: 92 % 92 % 91 % 91 % 91 %

Wind Data from ASIMET sensor
Date 11-22-09 11-22-09
Time 00:30:00 00:00:00
Wind Speed 4.64 ms-1 9.01 knots 3.75 ms-1
Wind Direction 114 ° True 114 ° True 106 ° 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 11-22-09 Depth Depth Depth
Time 00:00:00 10 m 20 m 30 m
Temperature 23.37 °C 74.07 °F 23.34 °C 74.01 °F 23.30 °C 73.94 °F
Salinity 35.63 PSU 35.58 PSU 35.58 PSU
Date 11-22-09 Depth Depth Depth
Time 00:30:00 10 m 20 m 30 m
Temperature 23.39 °C 74.10 °F 23.35 °C 74.03 °F 23.30 °C 73.94 °F
Salinity 35.63 PSU 35.58 PSU 35.57 PSU


Bridle Temperature and Salinity Data
Date 11-22-09 11-22-09
Time 00:00:00 00:30:00
Temperature 23.38 °C 74.08 °F 23.39 °C 74.10 °F
Salinity 35.58 PSU 35.58 PSU


Diagonostic Sensor Data
Date 11-22-09 11-22-09
Time 00:00:00 00:30:00
Internal Can Temperature 22.97 °C 73.35 °F 23.46 °C 74.23 °F
Battery Current Drawn 0.098 0.098
Unloaded Battery Voltage 12.465 12.465

Past 24-hours 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
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