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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.)
2025-04-06 0000Z	149	16	20	7	9	77	20	-
2025-04-05 1800Z	139	12	35	7	18	76	35	-
2025-04-05 1200Z	144	14	36	7	16	76	36	-
2025-04-05 0600Z	139	18	36	7	18	76	36	-
2025-04-05 0000Z	125	15	34	6	21	76	34	-
2025-04-04 1800Z	125	13	36	6	17	76	36	-
2025-04-04 1200Z	123	13	36	6	20	75	36	-
2025-04-04 0600Z	134	14	36	6	18	76	36	-
2025-04-04 0000Z	121	9	36	6	17	75	36	-
2025-04-03 1800Z	135	13	36	6	18	76	36	-
2025-04-03 1200Z	140	15	36	7	17	75	36	-
2025-04-03 0600Z	143	17	36	6	16	75	36	-
2025-04-03 0000Z	133	12	35	6	18	75	35	-
2025-04-02 1800Z	134	14	36	5	21	75	36	-
2025-04-02 1200Z	136	15	35	3	20	75	35	-
2025-04-02 0600Z	132	14	35	3	19	74	35	-
2025-04-02 0000Z	115	11	35	3	18	74	35	-
2025-04-01 1800Z	102	8	36	3	20	73	36	-
2025-04-01 1200Z	73	5	36	3	15	73	36	-
2025-04-01 0600Z	20	2	36	3	18	72	36	-
2025-04-01 0000Z	205	8	34	3	18	73	34	-
2025-03-31 1800Z	301	9	36	4	19	72	36	-
2025-03-31 1200Z	195	12	36	4	19	74	36	-
2025-03-31 0600Z	164	12	36	4	18	74	36	-
2025-03-31 0000Z	160	8	34	4	18	75	34	-
2025-03-30 1800Z	172	9	36	5	17	74	36	-
2025-03-30 1200Z	152	10	36	5	17	73	36	-
2025-03-30 0600Z	141	15	36	6	18	73	36	-
2025-03-30 0000Z	154	15	35	7	19	72	35	-
2025-03-29 1800Z	136	19	36	7	19	71	36	-
2025-03-29 1200Z	123	18	36	7	19	72	36	-
2025-03-29 0600Z	129	18	36	8	20	72	36	-
2025-03-29 0000Z	122	22	34	8	17	71	34	-
2025-03-28 1800Z	127	19	36	6	19	72	36	-
2025-03-28 1200Z	123	16	36	4	20	72	36	-
2025-03-28 0600Z	113	14	36	3	20	71	36	-
2025-03-28 0000Z	106	11	35	3	19	72	35	-
2025-03-27 1800Z	92	11	36	2	18	72	36	-
2025-03-27 1200Z	78	5	36	1	17	70	36	-
2025-03-27 0600Z	149	4	35	1	19	70	35	-
2025-03-27 0000Z	293	1	34	1	17	71	34	-
2025-03-26 1800Z	9	9	36	1	18	70	36	-
2025-03-26 1200Z	325	6	36	1	18	69	36	-
2025-03-26 0600Z	228	5	36	1	16	69	36	-
2025-03-26 0000Z	216	4	35	2	20	70	35	-
2025-03-25 1800Z	41	2	35	2	17	69	35	-
2025-03-25 1200Z	30	8	36	2	18	67	36	-
2025-03-25 0600Z	35	4	36	2	20	69	36	-
2025-03-25 0000Z	82	10	36	2	20	68	36	-
2025-03-24 1800Z	29	11	36	3	20	68	36	-
2025-03-24 1200Z	175	7	36	3	19	71	36	-
2025-03-24 0600Z	167	13	36	4	18	70	36	-
2025-03-24 0000Z	153	15	35	3	18	69	35	-
2025-03-23 1800Z	145	15	36	2	21	69	36	-
2025-03-23 1200Z	152	9	36	1	22	68	36	-
2025-03-23 0600Z	169	10	36	1	18	68	36	-
2025-03-23 0000Z	180	5	34	1	20	69	34	-
2025-03-22 1800Z	301	3	36	1	16	68	36	-
2025-03-22 1200Z	268	7	36	1	17	66	36	-
2025-03-22 0600Z	229	10	36	1	22	64	36	-
2025-03-22 0000Z	204	7	34	2	18	61	34	-
2025-03-21 1800Z	81	5	36	2	16	58	36	-
2025-03-21 1200Z	17	12	36	3	20	58	36	-
2025-03-21 0600Z	353	17	36	4	17	61	36	-
2025-03-21 0000Z	325	20	35	6	19	62	35	-
2025-03-20 1800Z	312	23	36	6	18	58	36	-
2025-03-20 1200Z	314	26	35	6	17	65	35	-
2025-03-20 0600Z	216	14	35	4	20	71	35	-
2025-03-20 0000Z	189	11	34	4	19	72	34	-
2025-03-19 1800Z	190	10	36	4	18	72	36	-
2025-03-19 1200Z	167	16	36	3	18	69	36	-
2025-03-19 0600Z	168	14	35	3	22	68	35	-
2025-03-19 0000Z	162	13	33	2	18	68	33	-
2025-03-18 1800Z	116	10	34	1	21	67	34	-
2025-03-18 1200Z	14	3	35	1	20	66	35	-
2025-03-18 0600Z	299	7	36	1	19	66	36	-
2025-03-18 0000Z	304	10	33	2	19	65	33	-
2025-03-17 1800Z	342	14	35	4	18	61	35	-
2025-03-17 1200Z	347	20	35	5	20	63	35	-
2025-03-17 0600Z	331	25	36	8	19	65	36	-
2025-03-17 0000Z	299	23	34	7	21	68	34	-
2025-03-16 1800Z	299	22	36	8	20	67	36	-
2025-03-16 1200Z	291	15	35	9	23	72	35	-
2025-03-16 0600Z	234	14	36	10	20	74	36	-
2025-03-16 0000Z	186	22	36	10	20	75	36	-
2025-03-15 1800Z	159	22	36	7	17	74	36	-
2025-03-15 1200Z	143	20	35	7	18	73	35	-
2025-03-15 0600Z	141	22	36	6	20	72	36	-
2025-03-15 0000Z	139	18	33	5	15	73	33	-
2025-03-14 1800Z	152	15	36	3	22	72	36	-
2025-03-14 1200Z	152	10	36	2	18	71	36	-
2025-03-14 0600Z	155	9	36	3	20	71	36	-
2025-03-14 0000Z	173	6	31	3	19	72	31	-
2025-03-13 1800Z	195	6	36	3	19	72	36	-
2025-03-13 1200Z	183	10	36	3	19	70	36	-
2025-03-13 0600Z	161	13	35	3	19	70	35	-
2025-03-13 0000Z	168	10	34	1	18	70	34	-
2025-03-12 1800Z	224	5	36	1	19	69	36	-
2025-03-12 1200Z	237	9	36	1	20	67	36	-
2025-03-12 0600Z	233	11	36	1	19	67	36	-
2025-03-12 0000Z	239	7	35	1	17	69	35	-
2025-03-11 1800Z	305	2	36	1	20	69	36	-
2025-03-11 1200Z	314	6	36	2	17	67	36	-
2025-03-11 0600Z	281	12	36	3	20	67	36	-
2025-03-11 0000Z	301	13	33	4	15	65	33	-
2025-03-10 1800Z	322	21	35	6	20	60	35	-
2025-03-10 1200Z	303	25	36	7	19	59	36	-
2025-03-10 0600Z	297	23	36	6	19	63	36	-
2025-03-10 0000Z	314	9	34	3	17	69	34	-
2025-03-09 1800Z	236	6	36	3	20	72	36	-
2025-03-09 1200Z	202	8	36	3	18	72	36	-
2025-03-09 0600Z	144	7	36	3	19	71	36	-
2025-03-09 0000Z	91	10	34	3	21	70	34	-
2025-03-08 1800Z	13	7	36	3	22	70	36	-
2025-03-08 1200Z	200	11	36	4	21	71	36	-
2025-03-08 0600Z	171	13	36	4	21	71	36	-
2025-03-08 0000Z	161	14	34	3	19	70	34	-
2025-03-07 1800Z	163	13	36	2	20	67	36	-
2025-03-07 1200Z	164	8	36	1	21	64	36	-
2025-03-07 0600Z	187	3	36	1	19	61	36	-
2025-03-07 0000Z	294	6	34	2	19	59	34	-
2025-03-06 1800Z	337	11	36	4	20	56	36	-
2025-03-06 1200Z	346	19	36	6	22	57	36	-
2025-03-06 0600Z	325	25	36	8	20	61	36	-
2025-03-06 0000Z	286	25	34	9	20	65	34	-
2025-03-05 1800Z	279	24	36	10	23	63	36	-
2025-03-05 1200Z	263	27	36	11	19	69	36	-
2025-03-05 0600Z	237	18	36	9	21	70	36	-
2025-03-05 0000Z	166	21	35	9	21	73	35	-
2025-03-04 1800Z	151	24	36	8	20	72	36	-
2025-03-04 1200Z	141	22	36	5	20	68	36	-
2025-03-04 0600Z	122	19	36	4	21	67	36	-
2025-03-04 0000Z	116	15	36	3	19	67	36	-
2025-03-03 1800Z	106	13	36	2	19	66	36	-
2025-03-03 1200Z	82	12	36	2	22	65	36	-
2025-03-03 0600Z	59	13	36	2	18	64	36	-
2025-03-03 0000Z	40	9	34	3	19	60	34	-
2025-03-02 1800Z	33	15	36	5	22	58	36	-
2025-03-02 1200Z	25	21	36	5	23	60	36	-
2025-03-02 0600Z	345	14	36	2	20	68	36	-
2025-03-02 0000Z	262	6	35	1	20	68	35	-
2025-03-01 1800Z	354	4	36	1	22	66	36	-
2025-03-01 1200Z	325	6	36	1	23	67	36	-
2025-03-01 0600Z	229	9	36	1	18	70	36	-
2025-03-01 0000Z	197	7	33	1	18	69	33	-
2025-02-28 1800Z	97	8	36	2	20	67	36	-
2025-02-28 1200Z	39	14	36	3	20	65	36	-
2025-02-28 0600Z	338	10	36	1	19	67	36	-
2025-02-28 0000Z	289	8	35	1	20	69	35	-
2025-02-27 1800Z	262	7	36	1	21	69	36	-
2025-02-27 1200Z	252	5	36	1	20	69	36	-
2025-02-27 0600Z	186	9	36	1	18	69	36	-
2025-02-27 0000Z	177	7	35	1	19	69	35	-
2025-02-26 1800Z	104	1	36	1	21	67	36	-
2025-02-26 1200Z	302	6	36	2	17	65	36	-
2025-02-26 0600Z	276	9	36	2	19	66	36	-
2025-02-26 0000Z	300	9	35	3	20	65	35	-
2025-02-25 1800Z	347	12	36	3	24	64	36	-
2025-02-25 1200Z	3	12	36	4	18	65	36	-
2025-02-25 0600Z	10	13	36	6	18	65	36	-
2025-02-25 0000Z	54	17	34	7	19	66	34	-
2025-02-24 1800Z	68	19	36	8	23	67	36	-
2025-02-24 1200Z	112	19	36	8	18	67	36	-
2025-02-24 0600Z	85	22	36	7	20	64	36	-
2025-02-24 0000Z	90	19	34	4	20	64	34	-
2025-02-23 1800Z	112	13	36	2	18	64	36	-
2025-02-23 1200Z	83	9	35	2	21	63	35	-
2025-02-23 0600Z	74	8	36	2	19	63	36	-
2025-02-23 0000Z	59	9	33	2	17	61	33	-
2025-02-22 1800Z	52	6	36	2	22	60	36	-
2025-02-22 1200Z	84	10	36	2	22	58	36	-
2025-02-22 0600Z	59	11	36	3	19	55	36	-
2025-02-22 0000Z	40	11	36	4	19	50	36	-
2025-02-21 1800Z	37	14	36	5	17	47	36	-
2025-02-21 1200Z	38	17	36	6	20	47	36	-
2025-02-21 0600Z	29	20	36	6	20	48	36	-
2025-02-21 0000Z	13	22	34	6	18	48	34	-
2025-02-20 1800Z	1	20	36	6	20	45	36	-
2025-02-20 1200Z	357	20	36	7	19	48	36	-
2025-02-20 0600Z	1	19	36	7	18	52	36	-
2025-02-20 0000Z	0	20	18	7	9	57	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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Station 42040 - Search and Rescue Data

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