N.W. Florida Bay 		USF
Station IDNFB Latitude25° 05.061' N
Station TypeTower Longitude 81° 05.744' W
Responsible AgencyUSF, FIO

Site Notes: A 5-piling USCG structure located in 4 meters of water, 1 nm SSW of Cape Sable at 25° 05.061' N (25.084° N) 81° 05.744' W (81.096° W) Yellow dayboards facing N and S with black letters 'MG' and 4-second amber flasher. Onboard instrumentation monitors Wind Speed/Direction (primary and secondary), Relative Humidity/Air Temperature, Barometric Pressure, Precipitation, Water Level, Water Temperature and Salinity and 1-D wave height(non-directional) . Data is hourly transmitted via the GOES satellite for internet posting. Site funding is via a cooperative effort between the Florida Institute of Oceanography and the University of South Florida's/College of Marine Science.
Note!!The Station is back on-line since 11/06/2008 2200 UTC. The data from Falmouth NXSIC sensor and water level from Aquatrak sensor will be on-line soon. Please do not use the Falmouth NXSIC data at this time. Water level is not gettting posted at this time. Water temperature and Salinity data are suspect, please do not use the same.
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Measurements are made every 6 minutes and are downloaded hourly via GOES satellite. 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 and Marine Data
Local system date : 11-22-09, Year-Day 326
Posted at time (UTC) : 01:32 (20:32 EST)
Data timestamp (UTC): Sun 22-Nov-2009 0054
Barometric pressure 1015.1 mbar 29.98 in Hg
Air temperature 25.7°C 78.3°F
Relative humidity 77.0%
Wind Data using RM Young Anemometer
Wind speed 5.1 ms-1 9.9 knots
Wind Gusts 5.8 ms-1 11.3 knots
Wind direction 135°True
Wind Data using Sonic Anemometer
Wind speed -99.0 ms-1 -99.0 knots
Wind Gusts -99.0 ms-1 -99.0 knots
Wind direction -99°True
Wave Height and Water Level Data using Falmouth NXSIC sensor
Wave height -99.0000 m 0.0000 ft


Wind Direction is the compass angle from which the wind is
blowing, referenced in degrees clockwise from true N (0=North,
90=East, 180=South, and 270=West).

Missing data represented by -99

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