C14		 USF

Station IDC14 Latitude28° 18.66' N
Station TypeOffshore Buoy Longitude 83° 18.36' W
Responsible AgencyUSF

Site Notes Buoy is located at 28° 18.360' N (28.306 N), 83° 17.908' W (83.398 W)
offshore of Hudson in a water depth of 21 meters. Data is hourly transmitted via the GOES satellite. Site funding is via a cooperative effort between the University of South Florida's/College of Marine Science's COMPS program, the Emergency Management Preparedness and Assistance Trust Fund, and the Pasco County Division of Emergency Management. This site became an operational COMPS offshore station on 4/24/2002.

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Latest Observations
Data is updated hourly with three meteorological, temperature and salinity measurements and one adcp measurement 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
Time 21:00:00 20:40:00 20:20:00
Wind Speed 7.60 ms-1 14.76 knots 7.34 ms-1 7.80 ms-1
Wind Direction 54 ° True 54 ° True 49 ° True 46 ° True
Wind Gusts 8.7 ms-1 16.90 knots 7.9 ms-1 8.3 ms-1
Air Temp 24.04 °C 75.27 °F 23.91 °C 23.79 °C
Sea Surface Temp 24.10 °C 75.38 °F 24.10 °C 24.10 °C
Barometric Pressure 1018.9 mbar 30.09 in Hg 1018.9 mbar 1018.9 mbar
Relative Humidity 65 % 65 % 68 % 66 %
Short Wave Radiation 279.90 W/m2 279.90 W/m2 379.50 W/m2 411.60 W/m2
Long Wave Radiation 353.80 W/m2 353.80 W/m2 351.10 W/m2 350.50 W/m2

ADCP Data
Date 11-07-09 Depth Depth Depth
Time 20:00:00 5 m 12 m 17 m
Current Speed 11.4 cms-1 0.22 knots 10.0 cms-1 0.19 knots 7.0 cms-1 0.14 knots
Current Direction 75 ° True 90 ° True 90 ° True

Temperature and Salinity Data
Date 11-07-09 Depth Depth
Time 20:20:00 10 m 15 m
Temperature 24.10 °C 75.38 °F 24.08 °C 75.34 °F
Salinity 35.51 PSU 35.26 PSU


Diagonostic Sensor Data
Sensor Data

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