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Station BFTN7 - Search and Rescue Data

8656483 - Beaufort, NC
34.717 N 76.671 W (34°43'2" N 76°40'14" W)

Right whales are active off NC from November to April. Speed restrictions of 10 knots apply to vessels 65 feet or greater within the vicinity of this station between November 1 and April 30. To learn more about right whales and rules protecting them, go to: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/shipstrike.

Average surface winds - six hour block.

Date (UTC)	Average Wind Dir (True)	Average Wind Spd (Knots)	Wind Obs	Average Seas (Feet)	Air Temp. (Degrees F.)	Air Temp. Obs	Water Temp. (Degrees F.)	Water Temp. Obs
2025-04-10 0000Z	59	7	38	-	53	23	66	38
2025-04-09 1800Z	70	11	56	-	54	39	66	56
2025-04-09 1200Z	51	10	60	-	53	48	66	60
2025-04-09 0600Z	56	5	60	-	53	43	67	60
2025-04-09 0000Z	64	7	60	-	56	57	68	60
2025-04-08 1800Z	4	1	60	-	62	51	68	60
2025-04-08 1200Z	15	9	60	-	55	54	67	60
2025-04-08 0600Z	285	5	60	-	66	57	69	60
2025-04-08 0000Z	222	9	57	-	70	48	69	57
2025-04-07 1800Z	228	11	60	-	73	57	69	60
2025-04-07 1200Z	222	10	58	-	70	54	69	58
2025-04-07 0600Z	222	9	60	-	69	57	69	60
2025-04-07 0000Z	234	9	57	-	69	54	71	57
2025-04-06 1800Z	236	11	60	-	73	55	70	60
2025-04-06 1200Z	238	10	60	-	70	55	70	56
2025-04-06 0600Z	222	9	60	-	69	52	69	58
2025-04-06 0000Z	218	8	55	-	71	52	72	54
2025-04-05 1800Z	219	8	60	-	74	55	70	60
2025-04-05 1200Z	228	4	60	-	69	44	70	52
2025-04-05 0600Z	240	6	54	-	67	55	69	54
2025-04-05 0000Z	238	8	55	-	70	34	71	47
2025-04-04 1800Z	233	8	60	-	73	48	69	60
2025-04-04 1200Z	248	7	30	-	72	8	68	30
2025-04-03 1800Z	223	8	54	-	74	42	67	54
2025-04-03 1200Z	190	7	60	-	69	45	67	60
2025-04-03 0600Z	164	9	60	-	67	40	66	60
2025-04-03 0000Z	138	12	57	-	68	48	68	57
2025-04-02 1800Z	125	14	60	-	68	39	66	60
2025-04-02 1200Z	71	7	57	-	62	42	65	60
2025-04-02 0600Z	67	6	60	-	59	42	65	60
2025-04-02 0000Z	85	8	57	-	60	39	67	57
2025-04-01 1800Z	78	3	60	-	67	45	67	60
2025-04-01 1200Z	289	4	60	-	65	42	66	60
2025-04-01 0600Z	248	9	60	-	64	48	66	60
2025-04-01 0000Z	231	9	53	-	66	44	67	53
2025-03-31 1800Z	203	5	60	-	69	48	66	60
2025-03-31 1200Z	219	4	57	-	67	45	65	60
2025-03-31 0600Z	208	5	58	-	67	41	66	60
2025-03-31 0000Z	190	6	57	-	67	40	66	57
2025-03-30 1800Z	190	6	60	-	71	45	66	60
2025-03-30 1200Z	183	5	60	-	65	43	64	60
2025-03-30 0600Z	212	4	60	-	64	38	64	58
2025-03-30 0000Z	222	7	57	-	66	51	64	57
2025-03-29 1800Z	234	9	60	-	71	48	64	60
2025-03-29 1200Z	236	7	60	-	66	43	62	60
2025-03-29 0600Z	230	6	60	-	64	48	63	54
2025-03-29 0000Z	216	7	57	-	65	42	63	57
2025-03-28 1800Z	210	7	60	-	68	42	62	60
2025-03-28 1200Z	187	6	60	-	63	45	61	60
2025-03-28 0600Z	175	7	60	-	59	42	61	60
2025-03-28 0000Z	174	7	57	-	58	42	62	57
2025-03-27 1800Z	139	1	58	-	60	40	61	60
2025-03-27 1200Z	5	4	60	-	51	42	61	60
2025-03-27 0600Z	357	3	60	-	55	45	62	60
2025-03-27 0000Z	18	5	57	-	60	45	62	57
2025-03-26 1800Z	348	7	21	-	63	14	61	22
2025-03-26 1200Z	345	6	60	-	55	34	61	49
2025-03-26 0600Z	289	4	60	-	60	48	62	60
2025-03-26 0000Z	221	7	57	-	63	51	63	57
2025-03-25 1800Z	200	4	60	-	66	42	62	57
2025-03-25 1200Z	331	5	60	-	61	48	61	60
2025-03-25 0600Z	260	7	60	-	61	45	62	60
2025-03-25 0000Z	242	10	57	-	63	51	62	57
2025-03-24 1800Z	234	11	60	-	67	60	62	60
2025-03-24 1200Z	218	7	60	-	64	58	61	60
2025-03-24 0600Z	209	5	60	-	60	58	61	60
2025-03-24 0000Z	44	5	57	-	57	57	62	57
2025-03-23 1800Z	79	9	60	-	61	57	60	60
2025-03-23 1200Z	46	6	55	-	55	58	59	60
2025-03-23 0600Z	261	6	58	-	59	60	60	60
2025-03-23 0000Z	243	12	60	-	61	60	61	58
2025-03-22 1800Z	240	15	60	-	63	58	60	57
2025-03-22 1200Z	252	9	60	-	58	52	60	60
2025-03-22 0600Z	267	6	60	-	57	44	61	57
2025-03-22 0000Z	278	5	57	-	59	48	61	57
2025-03-21 1800Z	332	7	60	-	59	57	61	57
2025-03-21 1200Z	328	11	60	-	50	60	60	60
2025-03-21 0600Z	293	11	60	-	56	54	62	60
2025-03-21 0000Z	233	12	57	-	65	54	62	57
2025-03-20 1800Z	220	9	60	-	68	59	61	60
2025-03-20 1200Z	199	4	60	-	63	59	60	60
2025-03-20 0600Z	194	2	60	-	58	60	61	60
2025-03-20 0000Z	168	2	57	-	60	57	61	57
2025-03-19 1800Z	199	3	60	-	65	54	60	60
2025-03-19 1200Z	11	3	60	-	53	56	59	60
2025-03-19 0600Z	347	3	60	-	52	57	59	60
2025-03-19 0000Z	338	5	57	-	60	51	60	57
2025-03-18 1800Z	358	8	60	-	60	57	60	57
2025-03-18 1200Z	4	9	60	-	45	48	60	57
2025-03-18 0600Z	357	7	60	-	50	60	61	60
2025-03-18 0000Z	354	7	58	-	55	56	63	58
2025-03-17 1800Z	9	9	60	-	61	57	62	60
2025-03-17 1200Z	229	3	60	-	63	48	62	60
2025-03-17 0600Z	186	14	60	-	65	54	61	60
2025-03-17 0000Z	180	20	55	-	67	57	61	57
2025-03-16 1800Z	180	17	60	-	67	55	60	60
2025-03-16 1200Z	177	14	60	-	65	48	59	60
2025-03-16 0600Z	174	11	60	-	64	52	59	60
2025-03-16 0000Z	171	7	57	-	65	51	59	57
2025-03-15 1800Z	157	3	60	-	66	54	58	60
2025-03-15 1200Z	43	5	60	-	54	52	57	58
2025-03-15 0600Z	39	6	60	-	51	54	57	60
2025-03-15 0000Z	46	7	57	-	52	48	57	57
2025-03-14 1800Z	43	8	60	-	53	54	58	60
2025-03-14 1200Z	39	8	60	-	51	54	57	60
2025-03-14 0600Z	14	2	60	-	56	60	58	60
2025-03-14 0000Z	238	7	57	-	61	54	57	57
2025-03-13 1800Z	236	6	60	-	65	57	58	60
2025-03-13 1200Z	241	6	60	-	59	52	56	57
2025-03-13 0600Z	240	6	60	-	60	54	57	60
2025-03-13 0000Z	223	7	60	-	63	55	57	58
2025-03-12 1800Z	231	6	60	-	66	54	57	60
2025-03-12 1200Z	264	5	60	-	56	54	55	60
2025-03-12 0600Z	240	1	60	-	54	60	56	60
2025-03-12 0000Z	19	1	57	-	60	48	56	57
2025-03-11 1800Z	10	9	57	-	65	51	55	54
2025-03-11 1200Z	10	13	60	-	55	54	54	60
2025-03-11 0600Z	32	18	60	-	56	60	53	60
2025-03-11 0000Z	55	13	57	-	57	54	53	57
2025-03-10 1800Z	70	9	60	-	56	46	53	60
2025-03-10 1200Z	44	8	60	-	52	52	53	58
2025-03-10 0600Z	35	5	60	-	51	60	53	60
2025-03-10 0000Z	102	3	57	-	51	51	53	55
2025-03-09 1800Z	51	5	60	-	51	48	53	58
2025-03-09 1200Z	44	7	60	-	47	41	53	60
2025-03-09 0600Z	44	6	60	-	47	47	54	60
2025-03-09 0000Z	23	4	57	-	54	47	54	57
2025-03-08 1800Z	241	9	60	-	60	50	53	60
2025-03-08 1200Z	248	8	60	-	54	51	52	57
2025-03-08 0600Z	249	8	60	-	54	57	52	60
2025-03-08 0000Z	240	9	57	-	52	51	53	57
2025-03-07 1800Z	230	4	60	-	50	54	52	60
2025-03-07 1200Z	334	7	60	-	40	48	53	60
2025-03-07 0600Z	324	8	60	-	42	57	54	60
2025-03-07 0000Z	316	7	57	-	50	45	56	57
2025-03-06 1800Z	314	11	60	-	53	54	55	60
2025-03-06 1200Z	285	10	60	-	52	54	55	60
2025-03-06 0600Z	264	7	59	-	58	45	55	60
2025-03-06 0000Z	216	12	57	-	61	51	56	58
2025-03-05 1800Z	175	21	58	-	63	60	55	60
2025-03-05 1200Z	171	15	60	-	60	60	55	60
2025-03-05 0600Z	170	12	60	-	59	48	54	60
2025-03-05 0000Z	169	9	57	-	59	45	55	57
2025-03-04 1800Z	164	8	60	-	60	45	53	60
2025-03-04 1200Z	56	2	60	-	47	57	52	60
2025-03-04 0600Z	167	1	60	-	47	51	53	60
2025-03-04 0000Z	163	6	57	-	49	46	53	57
2025-03-03 1800Z	144	4	60	-	49	42	53	60
2025-03-03 1200Z	48	4	60	-	40	51	52	60
2025-03-03 0600Z	45	4	60	-	36	54	53	60
2025-03-03 0000Z	54	5	57	-	40	54	54	57
2025-03-02 1800Z	35	10	48	-	41	42	54	50
2025-03-02 1200Z	31	14	58	-	40	52	54	60
2025-03-02 0600Z	26	11	60	-	51	58	55	60
2025-03-02 0000Z	246	11	57	-	60	57	56	57
2025-03-01 1800Z	239	12	60	-	61	59	56	60
2025-03-01 1200Z	243	8	60	-	56	48	55	60
2025-03-01 0600Z	240	7	60	-	56	57	55	60
2025-03-01 0000Z	236	7	53	-	57	50	55	53
2025-02-28 1800Z	235	3	60	-	58	55	55	60
2025-02-28 1200Z	325	5	60	-	52	57	54	60
2025-02-28 0600Z	306	5	60	-	57	48	55	60
2025-02-28 0000Z	242	10	57	-	61	46	55	52
2025-02-27 1800Z	230	8	60	-	64	42	54	60
2025-02-27 1200Z	222	5	60	-	61	39	53	60
2025-02-27 0600Z	203	4	60	-	58	39	53	60
2025-02-27 0000Z	181	4	57	-	59	39	53	57
2025-02-26 1800Z	233	5	60	-	67	48	52	60
2025-02-26 1200Z	306	1	60	-	52	42	51	60
2025-02-26 0600Z	324	1	60	-	49	48	51	60
2025-02-26 0000Z	269	1	57	-	55	36	51	57
2025-02-25 1800Z	236	1	60	-	62	45	51	57
2025-02-25 1200Z	7	2	60	-	48	48	50	60
2025-02-25 0600Z	21	1	58	-	46	46	50	60
2025-02-25 0000Z	114	3	57	-	52	39	50	57
2025-02-24 1800Z	120	6	60	-	57	42	49	60
2025-02-24 1200Z	36	2	60	-	44	39	49	59
2025-02-24 0600Z	10	1	60	-	44	38	48	59
2025-02-24 0000Z	312	0	30	-	48	21	48	30

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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