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) 12:29:50 12:14:50 11:59:50 11:44:50
Windspeed: 6.9 ms-1 13.40 knots 9.0 ms-1 9.3 ms-1 8.4 ms-1
Wind direction: 167 ° True 167 ° True 158 ° True 154 ° True 147 ° True
Buoy compass direction: 149 ° True 149 ° True 172 ° True 168° True 166° True
Barometric pressure: 1020.1 mbar 30.12 in Hg 1020.0 mbar 1020.0 mbar 1019.9 mbar
Air Temperature: 23.00 °C 73.40 °F 22.90 °C 22.90 °C 23.00 °C
Sea Surface Temperature: 25.00 °C 77.00 °F 25.00 °C 25.10 °C 25.00 °C
Relative Humidity: 70 % 70 % 69 % 70 % 69 %

Wind Data from ASIMET sensor
Date 11-07-09 11-07-09
Time 12:30:00 12:00:00
Wind Speed 9.43 ms-1 18.32 knots 11.25 ms-1
Wind Direction 71 ° True 71 ° True 75 ° 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 12:00:00 10 m 20 m 30 m
Temperature 25.13 °C 77.23 °F 25.13 °C 77.23 °F 25.13 °C 77.23 °F
Salinity 35.81 PSU 35.76 PSU 35.79 PSU
Date 11-07-09 Depth Depth Depth
Time 12:30:00 10 m 20 m 30 m
Temperature 25.10 °C 77.18 °F 25.10 °C 77.18 °F 25.10 °C 77.18 °F
Salinity 35.83 PSU 35.78 PSU 35.80 PSU


Bridle Temperature and Salinity Data
Date 11-07-09 11-07-09
Time 12:00:00 12:30:00
Temperature 25.11 °C 77.20 °F 25.09 °C 77.16 °F
Salinity 35.77 PSU 35.78 PSU


Diagonostic Sensor Data
Date 11-07-09 11-07-09
Time 12:00:00 12:30:00
Internal Can Temperature 22.97 °C 73.35 °F 23.46 °C 74.23 °F
Battery Current Drawn 0.108 0.117
Unloaded Battery Voltage 12.289 12.406

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
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