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Station 42012 - Search and Rescue Data

ORANGE BEACH - 44 NM SE of Mobile, AL
30.060 N 87.548 W (30°3'36" N 87°32'54" W)

The highly endangered Rice's whale, a newly identified species, inhabit the northeastern Gulf of America year-round along the continental shelf-break between 100m and 400m depth. 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.

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
2025-04-05 1800Z	126	14	36	6	20	73	36	72	35
2025-04-05 1200Z	123	14	36	5	18	73	36	72	36
2025-04-05 0600Z	135	14	36	6	19	73	36	72	35
2025-04-05 0000Z	109	14	34	6	19	72	34	72	33
2025-04-04 1800Z	123	14	36	6	17	73	36	72	36
2025-04-04 1200Z	120	14	36	5	18	72	36	71	34
2025-04-04 0600Z	123	12	36	6	18	72	36	71	36
2025-04-04 0000Z	126	13	36	6	17	72	36	71	34
2025-04-03 1800Z	134	14	36	6	18	73	36	71	36
2025-04-03 1200Z	129	12	36	6	17	72	36	71	35
2025-04-03 0600Z	141	15	36	6	18	72	36	71	34
2025-04-03 0000Z	131	14	35	5	19	72	35	71	35
2025-04-02 1800Z	127	14	36	4	18	72	36	71	36
2025-04-02 1200Z	127	12	36	3	20	71	36	70	35
2025-04-02 0600Z	134	13	36	2	21	71	36	70	36
2025-04-02 0000Z	126	11	34	2	18	70	34	70	34
2025-04-01 1800Z	95	10	36	2	18	68	36	70	36
2025-04-01 1200Z	35	10	36	2	17	67	36	69	36
2025-04-01 0600Z	240	6	36	2	19	70	36	69	36
2025-04-01 0000Z	258	11	34	3	16	72	34	70	34
2025-03-31 1800Z	267	12	36	3	18	70	36	70	36
2025-03-31 1200Z	195	7	36	3	18	71	36	70	36
2025-03-31 0600Z	163	13	36	4	18	71	36	70	36
2025-03-31 0000Z	98	12	35	4	21	69	35	70	34
2025-03-30 1800Z	135	12	36	4	15	70	36	70	36
2025-03-30 1200Z	131	11	36	5	17	70	36	69	36
2025-03-30 0600Z	140	14	36	6	20	70	36	69	36
2025-03-30 0000Z	135	14	34	6	17	70	34	69	34
2025-03-29 1800Z	127	18	36	6	18	70	36	70	36
2025-03-29 1200Z	115	15	36	5	19	70	36	69	35
2025-03-29 0600Z	122	10	36	5	19	70	36	69	36
2025-03-29 0000Z	114	17	35	5	18	69	35	69	35
2025-03-28 1800Z	119	16	36	5	18	69	36	69	36
2025-03-28 1200Z	115	15	36	3	20	69	36	69	35
2025-03-28 0600Z	101	9	36	2	16	69	36	69	36
2025-03-28 0000Z	106	9	34	2	16	69	34	70	34
2025-03-27 1800Z	98	13	36	3	20	69	36	69	36
2025-03-27 1200Z	71	11	36	1	18	70	36	69	36
2025-03-27 0600Z	11	2	36	1	18	69	36	70	36
2025-03-27 0000Z	213	5	35	1	20	70	35	70	33
2025-03-26 1800Z	267	6	36	1	18	69	36	69	36
2025-03-26 1200Z	282	6	36	1	16	67	36	68	36
2025-03-26 0600Z	251	7	36	2	19	68	36	68	36
2025-03-26 0000Z	220	10	34	2	18	67	34	68	33
2025-03-25 1800Z	143	2	36	1	18	65	36	68	35
2025-03-25 1200Z	34	6	36	1	20	64	36	67	36
2025-03-25 0600Z	12	6	36	1	21	65	36	67	35
2025-03-25 0000Z	97	5	36	1	20	65	36	67	36
2025-03-24 1800Z	359	5	36	2	19	65	36	67	36
2025-03-24 1200Z	188	8	36	3	20	68	36	67	36
2025-03-24 0600Z	181	12	36	3	19	67	36	67	36
2025-03-24 0000Z	164	12	35	2	19	67	35	67	35
2025-03-23 1800Z	150	11	36	1	19	66	36	67	36
2025-03-23 1200Z	194	7	36	1	20	66	36	66	36
2025-03-23 0600Z	207	10	36	1	18	66	36	66	36
2025-03-23 0000Z	206	11	34	1	20	66	34	67	34
2025-03-22 1800Z	237	7	24	1	13	65	24	67	24
2025-03-22 1200Z	261	10	9	-	0	64	9	66	9
2025-03-22 0600Z	243	12	36	-	0	62	36	66	36
2025-03-22 0000Z	224	9	35	-	0	59	35	67	35
2025-03-21 1800Z	101	4	35	-	0	55	35	66	35
2025-03-21 1200Z	13	10	36	-	0	54	36	66	36
2025-03-21 0600Z	5	10	36	-	0	55	36	66	36
2025-03-21 0000Z	321	19	35	-	0	60	35	66	35
2025-03-20 1800Z	302	19	36	-	0	58	36	66	36
2025-03-20 1200Z	299	22	36	-	0	64	36	67	31
2025-03-20 0600Z	203	12	36	-	0	69	36	67	32
2025-03-20 0000Z	158	11	36	-	0	69	36	68	26
2025-03-19 1800Z	163	6	36	-	0	68	35	67	31
2025-03-19 1200Z	170	13	36	-	0	67	36	66	32
2025-03-19 0600Z	174	12	36	-	0	66	35	66	32
2025-03-19 0000Z	159	10	35	-	0	66	35	67	32
2025-03-18 1800Z	113	8	36	-	0	65	36	66	31
2025-03-18 1200Z	337	4	36	-	0	63	36	66	32
2025-03-18 0600Z	282	8	36	-	0	65	36	65	32
2025-03-18 0000Z	262	13	35	-	0	64	35	65	32
2025-03-17 1800Z	304	12	36	-	0	60	36	65	33
2025-03-17 1200Z	331	18	36	-	0	58	36	65	30
2025-03-17 0600Z	326	22	36	-	0	61	36	65	32
2025-03-17 0000Z	277	19	36	-	0	67	36	66	32
2025-03-16 1800Z	275	19	36	-	0	66	36	66	28
2025-03-16 1200Z	271	12	36	-	0	68	36	66	32
2025-03-16 0600Z	209	13	36	-	0	70	36	66	33
2025-03-16 0000Z	149	17	36	-	0	70	36	66	31
2025-03-15 1800Z	140	17	36	-	0	69	36	65	32
2025-03-15 1200Z	133	17	36	-	0	68	35	65	32
2025-03-15 0600Z	135	17	36	-	0	68	36	65	34
2025-03-15 0000Z	125	14	36	-	0	69	36	67	30
2025-03-14 1800Z	131	10	36	-	0	68	35	66	32
2025-03-14 1200Z	155	9	36	-	0	67	35	66	31
2025-03-14 0600Z	154	9	36	-	0	68	35	67	33
2025-03-14 0000Z	171	6	35	-	0	69	35	66	31
2025-03-13 1800Z	166	4	36	-	0	68	36	66	32
2025-03-13 1200Z	175	5	36	-	0	66	35	65	36
2025-03-13 0600Z	165	8	36	-	0	66	36	65	35
2025-03-13 0000Z	149	6	35	-	0	67	35	66	35
2025-03-12 1800Z	226	4	36	-	0	66	36	64	36
2025-03-12 1200Z	268	7	36	-	0	64	36	64	36
2025-03-12 0600Z	237	9	36	-	0	65	36	64	36
2025-03-12 0000Z	210	9	35	-	0	65	35	65	34
2025-03-11 1800Z	232	5	36	-	0	64	36	64	35
2025-03-11 1200Z	340	5	36	-	0	63	36	63	36
2025-03-11 0600Z	264	6	36	-	0	64	36	64	36
2025-03-11 0000Z	265	8	35	-	0	63	35	64	34
2025-03-10 1800Z	311	17	36	-	0	59	36	64	36
2025-03-10 1200Z	298	17	36	-	0	58	36	64	35
2025-03-10 0600Z	349	7	36	-	0	60	36	64	36
2025-03-10 0000Z	31	12	35	-	0	64	35	64	35
2025-03-09 1800Z	55	3	36	-	0	66	36	64	35
2025-03-09 1200Z	192	5	36	-	0	66	36	64	36
2025-03-09 0600Z	87	7	36	-	0	65	36	64	36
2025-03-09 0000Z	99	9	35	-	0	66	35	64	35
2025-03-08 1800Z	67	4	36	-	0	66	36	64	36
2025-03-08 1200Z	191	3	36	-	0	66	36	64	36
2025-03-08 0600Z	164	9	36	-	0	66	36	63	34
2025-03-08 0000Z	160	7	35	-	0	65	35	64	35
2025-03-07 1800Z	153	7	36	-	0	64	36	62	36
2025-03-07 1200Z	118	3	36	-	0	61	36	61	36
2025-03-07 0600Z	265	4	36	-	0	60	36	63	36
2025-03-07 0000Z	251	12	35	-	0	58	35	64	34
2025-03-06 1800Z	296	10	36	-	0	54	36	64	36
2025-03-06 1200Z	329	18	36	-	0	53	36	64	35
2025-03-06 0600Z	313	22	36	-	0	58	36	65	36
2025-03-06 0000Z	269	24	35	-	0	63	35	65	35
2025-03-05 1800Z	261	23	36	-	0	61	36	66	35
2025-03-05 1200Z	248	22	36	-	0	66	36	65	36
2025-03-05 0600Z	207	17	36	-	0	64	36	65	36
2025-03-05 0000Z	144	22	35	-	0	69	35	65	34
2025-03-04 1800Z	137	18	36	-	0	68	36	65	36
2025-03-04 1200Z	125	17	36	-	0	66	36	65	35
2025-03-04 0600Z	110	17	36	-	0	65	36	65	36
2025-03-04 0000Z	113	12	36	-	0	64	35	66	33
2025-03-03 1800Z	97	11	36	-	0	63	36	65	36
2025-03-03 1200Z	60	13	36	-	0	60	36	65	35
2025-03-03 0600Z	36	14	36	-	0	60	36	65	36
2025-03-03 0000Z	358	2	35	-	0	62	35	66	35
2025-03-02 1800Z	34	6	36	-	0	55	36	65	36
2025-03-02 1200Z	15	18	36	-	0	55	36	65	36
2025-03-02 0600Z	335	14	36	-	0	63	36	65	36
2025-03-02 0000Z	233	12	35	-	0	66	35	66	34
2025-03-01 1800Z	245	8	36	-	0	65	36	65	36
2025-03-01 1200Z	272	6	36	-	0	65	36	65	36
2025-03-01 0600Z	240	5	36	-	0	65	36	64	34
2025-03-01 0000Z	218	5	33	-	0	65	33	65	31
2025-02-28 1800Z	115	3	36	-	0	64	36	66	36
2025-02-28 1200Z	20	10	36	-	0	61	36	64	36
2025-02-28 0600Z	336	8	35	-	0	64	35	64	36
2025-02-28 0000Z	265	9	34	-	0	66	34	66	34
2025-02-27 1800Z	259	7	36	-	0	65	36	66	36
2025-02-27 1200Z	251	2	36	-	0	65	36	66	36
2025-02-27 0600Z	182	5	36	-	0	66	36	66	36
2025-02-27 0000Z	188	6	35	-	0	66	35	67	35
2025-02-26 1800Z	347	1	36	-	0	65	36	66	35
2025-02-26 1200Z	281	8	36	-	0	62	36	65	36
2025-02-26 0600Z	268	11	36	-	0	64	36	66	35
2025-02-26 0000Z	261	12	35	-	0	65	35	66	34
2025-02-25 1800Z	289	7	36	-	0	63	36	66	36
2025-02-25 1200Z	342	7	36	-	0	61	36	65	36
2025-02-25 0600Z	3	9	36	-	0	63	36	65	36
2025-02-25 0000Z	36	10	35	-	0	64	35	65	35
2025-02-24 1800Z	52	15	36	-	0	60	36	65	35
2025-02-24 1200Z	53	14	36	-	0	59	36	65	36
2025-02-24 0600Z	114	17	36	-	0	62	36	65	35
2025-02-24 0000Z	60	16	35	-	0	56	35	64	35
2025-02-23 1800Z	60	10	36	-	0	57	36	64	36
2025-02-23 1200Z	48	10	36	-	0	57	35	64	36
2025-02-23 0600Z	360	5	36	-	0	58	36	64	35
2025-02-23 0000Z	121	0	35	-	0	59	35	64	35
2025-02-22 1800Z	47	9	36	-	0	55	36	64	36
2025-02-22 1200Z	65	11	36	-	0	54	36	64	36
2025-02-22 0600Z	36	13	36	-	0	51	36	64	36
2025-02-22 0000Z	36	7	36	-	0	51	36	65	34
2025-02-21 1800Z	26	8	36	-	0	41	36	64	36
2025-02-21 1200Z	31	17	36	-	0	37	36	64	36
2025-02-21 0600Z	14	21	36	-	0	41	36	65	36
2025-02-21 0000Z	4	18	35	-	0	45	35	65	34
2025-02-20 1800Z	356	15	36	-	0	40	36	65	36
2025-02-20 1200Z	354	20	36	-	0	39	36	65	36
2025-02-20 0600Z	353	20	36	-	0	44	36	65	35
2025-02-20 0000Z	350	16	35	-	0	54	35	65	35
2025-02-19 1800Z	11	19	36	-	0	55	36	66	34
2025-02-19 1200Z	105	13	36	-	0	57	36	66	34
2025-02-19 0600Z	112	16	36	-	0	59	36	66	36
2025-02-19 0000Z	97	13	18	-	0	62	18	66	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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