Station 42040 - Search and Rescue Data

LUKE OFFSHORE TEST PLATFORM - 63 NM South of Dauphin Island, AL
29.207 N 88.237 W (29°12'24" N 88°14'12" W)

This buoy is located within the highly endangered Rice's whale (a newly identified species) habitat. Vessels can kill or injure whales - please use slow speeds and be prepared to avoid surfacing whales. To report sightings call 1-877-WHALE-HELP. This buoy is located within important Rice's whale habitat. Vessels can kill or injure whales - please use slow speeds and be prepared to avoid surfacing whales. To report sightings call 1-877-WHALE-HELP. To learn more, go to: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/rices-whale

Average surface winds - six hour block.

Date (UTC)	Average Wind Dir (True)	Average Wind Spd (Knots)	Wind Obs	Average Seas (Feet)	Wave Obs	Air Temp. (Degrees F.)	Air Temp. Obs	Water Temp. (Degrees F.)	Water Temp. Obs
2024-05-08 0000Z	143	7	24	3	13	78	24	-	0
2024-05-07 1800Z	145	8	36	3	19	78	36	-	0
2024-05-07 1200Z	152	10	36	3	19	77	36	-	0
2024-05-07 0600Z	154	11	36	3	18	77	36	-	0
2024-05-07 0000Z	138	8	34	3	16	77	34	-	0
2024-05-06 1800Z	128	8	36	3	18	78	36	-	0
2024-05-06 1200Z	123	6	36	3	21	77	36	-	0
2024-05-06 0600Z	140	10	36	3	17	77	36	-	0
2024-05-06 0000Z	142	7	34	3	17	77	34	-	0
2024-05-05 1800Z	126	7	36	2	18	77	36	-	0
2024-05-05 1200Z	91	6	36	2	17	76	36	-	0
2024-05-05 0600Z	129	6	36	2	16	76	36	-	0
2024-05-05 0000Z	132	3	35	2	17	77	35	-	0
2024-05-04 1800Z	94	5	36	2	22	77	36	-	0
2024-05-04 1200Z	66	5	36	2	19	76	36	-	0
2024-05-04 0600Z	128	6	35	2	17	76	35	-	0
2024-05-04 0000Z	117	7	34	2	18	77	34	-	0
2024-05-03 1800Z	109	2	36	3	18	77	36	74	4
2024-05-03 1200Z	135	8	36	3	18	77	36	-	0
2024-05-03 0600Z	146	11	36	3	19	77	36	-	0
2024-05-03 0000Z	125	9	35	2	20	77	35	-	0
2024-05-02 1800Z	127	8	36	2	17	77	36	-	0
2024-05-02 1200Z	116	6	36	1	18	75	36	-	0
2024-05-02 0600Z	124	6	36	1	18	76	36	-	0
2024-05-02 0000Z	104	6	34	2	17	76	34	-	0
2024-05-01 1800Z	89	6	36	2	16	75	36	-	0
2024-05-01 1200Z	62	6	36	2	20	73	36	72	2
2024-05-01 0600Z	87	1	35	3	14	74	35	73	19
2024-05-01 0000Z	200	5	33	3	18	77	33	74	5
2024-04-30 1800Z	211	7	36	4	20	76	36	-	0
2024-04-30 1200Z	164	9	36	5	20	76	36	-	0
2024-04-30 0600Z	130	17	36	6	18	75	36	-	0
2024-04-30 0000Z	136	13	34	6	17	75	34	-	0
2024-04-29 1800Z	130	14	36	6	20	76	36	-	0
2024-04-29 1200Z	129	16	36	7	21	75	36	-	0
2024-04-29 0600Z	121	19	36	7	18	75	36	-	0
2024-04-29 0000Z	119	16	35	8	19	73	35	75	1
2024-04-28 1800Z	116	19	36	8	19	75	36	-	0
2024-04-28 1200Z	119	21	36	7	21	76	36	-	0
2024-04-28 0600Z	110	20	36	7	20	75	36	-	0
2024-04-28 0000Z	104	19	35	7	20	75	35	-	0
2024-04-27 1800Z	117	17	36	6	19	75	36	-	0
2024-04-27 1200Z	120	20	36	6	20	76	36	-	0
2024-04-27 0600Z	119	17	36	4	17	75	36	-	0
2024-04-27 0000Z	119	16	33	4	18	75	33	-	0
2024-04-26 1800Z	129	16	36	3	18	74	36	-	0
2024-04-26 1200Z	142	14	36	2	19	73	36	-	0
2024-04-26 0600Z	148	10	36	1	18	73	36	-	0
2024-04-26 0000Z	139	7	35	1	17	73	35	-	0
2024-04-25 1800Z	113	7	36	1	20	73	36	-	0
2024-04-25 1200Z	48	2	36	1	20	71	36	73	10
2024-04-25 0600Z	191	8	36	1	18	72	36	-	0
2024-04-25 0000Z	139	4	36	2	20	73	36	-	0
2024-04-24 1800Z	133	7	36	2	20	72	36	-	0
2024-04-24 1200Z	141	5	36	3	19	72	36	72	28
2024-04-24 0600Z	163	9	36	3	20	71	36	72	10
2024-04-24 0000Z	129	3	34	2	18	72	34	-	0
2024-04-23 1800Z	131	10	36	2	18	71	36	-	0
2024-04-23 1200Z	104	9	36	1	19	69	36	72	20
2024-04-23 0600Z	49	5	36	1	20	66	36	-	0
2024-04-23 0000Z	12	5	36	2	22	64	36	-	0
2024-04-22 1800Z	29	12	36	4	19	62	36	-	0
2024-04-22 1200Z	24	20	36	6	19	63	36	-	0
2024-04-22 0600Z	11	19	36	5	21	67	36	73	1
2024-04-22 0000Z	360	16	34	4	19	68	34	-	0
2024-04-21 1800Z	2	14	36	3	21	67	36	-	0
2024-04-21 1200Z	337	6	36	2	19	71	36	-	0
2024-04-21 0600Z	190	10	36	1	20	75	36	-	0
2024-04-21 0000Z	169	7	34	1	19	75	34	-	0
2024-04-20 1800Z	156	4	36	1	18	75	36	-	0
2024-04-20 1200Z	188	3	36	1	17	74	36	-	0
2024-04-20 0600Z	172	8	36	2	18	74	36	-	0
2024-04-20 0000Z	171	6	34	2	19	75	34	-	0
2024-04-19 1800Z	148	5	36	2	20	74	36	-	0
2024-04-19 1200Z	118	2	36	2	19	73	36	73	1
2024-04-19 0600Z	161	9	36	2	20	73	36	74	3
2024-04-19 0000Z	167	8	34	3	17	74	34	-	0
2024-04-18 1800Z	146	11	36	3	19	74	36	-	0
2024-04-18 1200Z	113	6	36	3	20	73	36	73	23
2024-04-18 0600Z	149	8	36	3	21	73	36	73	11
2024-04-18 0000Z	140	11	35	3	20	74	35	74	7
2024-04-17 1800Z	136	8	36	3	19	74	36	73	12
2024-04-17 1200Z	136	9	36	3	19	73	36	72	36
2024-04-17 0600Z	138	12	36	3	19	73	36	72	35
2024-04-17 0000Z	125	11	34	4	20	73	34	72	34
2024-04-16 1800Z	139	15	36	4	17	73	36	72	35
2024-04-16 1200Z	135	11	36	3	22	72	36	72	36
2024-04-16 0600Z	146	13	36	3	19	72	36	72	36
2024-04-16 0000Z	144	11	34	2	20	73	34	72	34
2024-04-15 1800Z	147	10	36	2	17	72	36	72	36
2024-04-15 1200Z	167	9	36	2	19	71	36	71	36
2024-04-15 0600Z	169	10	36	2	18	71	36	72	36
2024-04-15 0000Z	159	10	36	1	19	72	36	72	36
2024-04-14 1800Z	127	9	36	1	20	72	36	72	35
2024-04-14 1200Z	116	3	36	1	19	70	36	71	35
2024-04-14 0600Z	194	6	36	1	19	71	36	71	36
2024-04-14 0000Z	167	8	36	2	19	71	36	71	35
2024-04-13 1800Z	100	12	36	2	21	71	36	71	36
2024-04-13 1200Z	43	11	36	2	20	70	36	71	36
2024-04-13 0600Z	290	10	35	2	20	71	35	71	35
2024-04-13 0000Z	275	11	34	2	18	69	34	72	34
2024-04-12 1800Z	333	10	36	3	19	68	36	72	36
2024-04-12 1200Z	340	14	36	5	19	69	36	71	36
2024-04-12 0600Z	274	11	36	6	20	70	36	71	36
2024-04-12 0000Z	307	20	35	9	19	68	35	71	35
2024-04-11 1800Z	289	25	36	9	18	67	36	72	35
2024-04-11 1200Z	269	24	36	8	18	69	36	72	35
2024-04-11 0600Z	141	4	36	9	21	70	36	72	35
2024-04-11 0000Z	104	15	34	10	17	71	34	72	23
2024-04-10 1800Z	152	23	36	9	18	74	36	-	0
2024-04-10 1200Z	129	20	35	8	15	73	35	-	0
2024-04-10 0600Z	129	20	36	8	16	73	36	-	0
2024-04-10 0000Z	117	16	34	7	18	73	34	-	0
2024-04-09 1800Z	134	15	36	8	19	73	36	-	0
2024-04-09 1200Z	146	20	36	7	18	72	36	-	0
2024-04-09 0600Z	129	15	36	5	18	72	36	-	0
2024-04-09 0000Z	117	12	34	5	18	72	34	-	0
2024-04-08 1800Z	136	13	36	4	18	72	36	-	0
2024-04-08 1200Z	138	10	36	3	18	71	36	-	0
2024-04-08 0600Z	142	13	36	3	18	71	36	-	0
2024-04-08 0000Z	128	10	34	2	17	71	34	-	0
2024-04-07 1800Z	124	7	36	2	19	71	36	-	0
2024-04-07 1200Z	125	9	36	2	17	70	36	69	26
2024-04-07 0600Z	125	10	36	2	20	69	36	70	31
2024-04-07 0000Z	101	10	34	2	18	69	34	70	29
2024-04-06 1800Z	92	13	36	2	20	68	36	70	34
2024-04-06 1200Z	48	12	36	2	19	68	36	70	36
2024-04-06 0600Z	253	10	36	1	20	70	36	70	36
2024-04-06 0000Z	249	7	34	2	18	69	34	70	34
2024-04-05 1800Z	288	12	36	3	19	68	36	70	36
2024-04-05 1200Z	274	15	36	2	18	69	36	70	36
2024-04-05 0600Z	265	19	36	3	19	69	36	70	35
2024-04-05 0000Z	254	17	34	3	16	67	34	70	34
2024-04-04 1800Z	288	9	36	2	16	64	36	70	36
2024-04-04 1200Z	333	16	36	4	19	65	36	69	36
2024-04-04 0600Z	291	18	36	4	19	69	36	69	36
2024-04-04 0000Z	271	16	35	3	17	67	35	70	35
2024-04-03 1800Z	309	14	36	5	20	62	36	70	32
2024-04-03 1200Z	316	20	36	6	21	67	36	69	33
2024-04-03 0600Z	214	10	36	5	20	71	36	69	35
2024-04-03 0000Z	179	10	34	5	17	72	34	69	32
2024-04-02 1800Z	162	11	36	5	16	72	36	69	36
2024-04-02 1200Z	163	12	35	5	18	72	35	69	36
2024-04-02 0600Z	155	14	36	4	18	72	36	70	34
2024-04-02 0000Z	130	10	35	4	17	72	35	70	30
2024-04-01 1800Z	135	7	36	4	17	71	36	69	35
2024-04-01 1200Z	166	11	36	4	17	71	36	68	35
2024-04-01 0600Z	169	12	36	3	20	71	36	68	36
2024-04-01 0000Z	139	9	32	2	17	70	32	68	32
2024-03-31 1800Z	100	8	36	2	17	70	36	67	36
2024-03-31 1200Z	149	5	36	3	17	69	36	66	35
2024-03-31 0600Z	167	10	36	2	19	70	36	67	35
2024-03-31 0000Z	142	11	35	2	20	70	35	68	34
2024-03-30 1800Z	123	9	36	2	20	70	36	68	36
2024-03-30 1200Z	177	8	36	2	16	69	36	69	36
2024-03-30 0600Z	173	11	36	2	18	69	36	69	36
2024-03-30 0000Z	141	9	35	2	18	68	35	69	32
2024-03-29 1800Z	97	10	36	2	19	68	36	69	27
2024-03-29 1200Z	57	12	36	2	16	68	36	69	20
2024-03-29 0600Z	346	9	36	2	18	68	36	70	2
2024-03-29 0000Z	320	14	35	3	18	67	35	-	0
2024-03-28 1800Z	337	16	36	4	19	62	36	-	0
2024-03-28 1200Z	355	20	36	6	20	63	36	-	0
2024-03-28 0600Z	345	21	36	5	19	67	36	-	0
2024-03-28 0000Z	332	15	35	4	20	69	35	-	0
2024-03-27 1800Z	16	17	36	5	17	67	36	-	0
2024-03-27 1200Z	12	20	36	5	20	68	36	-	0
2024-03-27 0600Z	11	14	36	6	18	68	36	-	0
2024-03-27 0000Z	68	17	35	7	20	69	35	-	0
2024-03-26 1800Z	18	20	36	9	20	66	36	-	0
2024-03-26 1200Z	167	13	36	11	19	74	36	-	0
2024-03-26 0600Z	148	25	36	13	20	74	36	-	0
2024-03-26 0000Z	130	26	36	12	19	74	36	-	0
2024-03-25 1800Z	131	25	36	12	18	73	36	72	1
2024-03-25 1200Z	134	24	36	9	21	73	36	72	28
2024-03-25 0600Z	133	23	36	6	14	71	36	72	34
2024-03-25 0000Z	113	17	35	4	15	70	35	71	34
2024-03-24 1800Z	103	14	36	4	18	68	36	71	35
2024-03-24 1200Z	57	16	36	4	18	65	36	70	36
2024-03-24 0600Z	20	18	36	4	19	67	36	70	36
2024-03-24 0000Z	341	12	18	3	9	69	18	70	18

The six-hour averages are calculated as follows:

The 0000Z average uses data from 2100Z to 0259Z.
The 0600Z average uses data from 0300Z to 0859Z.
The 1200Z average uses data from 0900Z to 1459Z.
The 1800Z average uses data from 1500Z to 2059Z.

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