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Station LWSD1 - Search and Rescue Data

8557380 - Lewes, DE
38.783 N 75.119 W (38°46'58" N 75°7'9" W)

Right whales are active off Delaware Bay from November to April. Speed restrictions of 10 knots apply to vessels 65 feet or greater in specific areas along the mid-Atlantic coast. 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
2025-04-03 1800Z	169	12	54	-	76	42	51	54
2025-04-03 1200Z	137	10	60	-	66	45	51	60
2025-04-03 0600Z	110	10	60	-	55	40	51	60
2025-04-03 0000Z	69	9	57	-	48	48	52	57
2025-04-02 1800Z	53	12	60	-	48	39	53	60
2025-04-02 1200Z	29	15	57	-	47	42	53	60
2025-04-02 0600Z	346	8	60	-	50	42	55	60
2025-04-02 0000Z	292	11	57	-	52	39	54	57
2025-04-01 1800Z	284	18	60	-	49	45	53	60
2025-04-01 1200Z	251	23	60	-	50	42	53	60
2025-04-01 0600Z	245	8	60	-	58	48	53	60
2025-04-01 0000Z	134	8	53	-	70	44	53	53
2025-03-31 1800Z	140	10	60	-	77	48	51	60
2025-03-31 1200Z	156	10	57	-	68	45	50	60
2025-03-31 0600Z	140	8	58	-	65	41	50	60
2025-03-31 0000Z	129	8	55	-	68	38	50	55
2025-03-30 1800Z	324	4	59	-	72	45	50	60
2025-03-30 1200Z	141	6	60	-	53	22	50	60
2025-03-30 0600Z	115	7	60	-	69	17	50	58
2025-03-30 0000Z	82	5	57	-	74	51	50	57
2025-03-29 1800Z	198	4	60	-	74	48	49	60
2025-03-29 1200Z	54	5	60	-	65	43	48	60
2025-03-29 0600Z	35	2	60	-	66	48	48	54
2025-03-29 0000Z	16	5	57	-	65	42	49	57
2025-03-28 1800Z	270	6	60	-	61	42	48	60
2025-03-28 1200Z	163	7	60	-	50	45	48	60
2025-03-28 0600Z	291	1	60	-	45	42	48	60
2025-03-28 0000Z	100	6	57	-	50	42	49	57
2025-03-27 1800Z	189	12	58	-	46	40	49	60
2025-03-27 1200Z	223	13	60	-	39	42	48	60
2025-03-27 0600Z	251	11	60	-	43	45	49	60
2025-03-27 0000Z	299	17	57	-	48	45	50	57
2025-03-26 1800Z	277	11	21	-	48	14	49	22
2025-03-26 1200Z	348	8	60	-	48	34	49	49
2025-03-26 0600Z	163	3	60	-	51	48	48	60
2025-03-26 0000Z	124	6	57	-	55	51	50	57
2025-03-25 1800Z	23	5	60	-	57	42	49	57
2025-03-25 1200Z	54	4	60	-	52	48	48	60
2025-03-25 0600Z	42	4	60	-	52	45	48	60
2025-03-25 0000Z	92	2	57	-	55	51	48	57
2025-03-24 1800Z	46	2	60	-	57	60	46	60
2025-03-24 1200Z	241	6	60	-	52	58	46	60
2025-03-24 0600Z	291	10	60	-	45	58	50	60
2025-03-24 0000Z	302	8	57	-	45	57	51	57
2025-03-23 1800Z	156	8	60	-	43	57	50	60
2025-03-23 1200Z	231	8	55	-	41	58	48	60
2025-03-23 0600Z	277	20	58	-	48	60	49	60
2025-03-23 0000Z	252	17	60	-	58	60	50	58
2025-03-22 1800Z	218	13	60	-	62	58	48	57
2025-03-22 1200Z	169	6	60	-	49	52	47	60
2025-03-22 0600Z	151	5	60	-	45	44	48	57
2025-03-22 0000Z	231	10	57	-	51	48	48	57
2025-03-21 1800Z	128	16	60	-	48	57	47	57
2025-03-21 1200Z	346	12	60	-	44	60	46	60
2025-03-21 0600Z	317	19	60	-	50	54	46	60
2025-03-21 0000Z	247	6	57	-	57	54	46	57
2025-03-20 1800Z	165	11	60	-	58	59	46	60
2025-03-20 1200Z	167	9	60	-	48	59	46	60
2025-03-20 0600Z	162	10	60	-	46	60	47	60
2025-03-20 0000Z	146	6	57	-	48	57	49	57
2025-03-19 1800Z	121	7	60	-	54	54	48	60
2025-03-19 1200Z	161	2	60	-	46	56	46	60
2025-03-19 0600Z	213	2	60	-	42	57	47	60
2025-03-19 0000Z	95	1	57	-	47	51	48	57
2025-03-18 1800Z	333	14	60	-	48	57	47	57
2025-03-18 1200Z	350	24	60	-	40	48	46	57
2025-03-18 0600Z	346	25	60	-	41	60	48	60
2025-03-18 0000Z	346	23	57	-	49	55	49	57
2025-03-17 1800Z	352	13	60	-	51	57	47	60
2025-03-17 1200Z	312	7	60	-	52	48	46	60
2025-03-17 0600Z	212	4	60	-	59	54	46	60
2025-03-17 0000Z	184	13	55	-	63	57	46	57
2025-03-16 1800Z	189	13	60	-	67	55	45	60
2025-03-16 1200Z	170	6	60	-	58	48	45	60
2025-03-16 0600Z	166	5	60	-	51	52	45	60
2025-03-16 0000Z	152	7	57	-	48	51	45	57
2025-03-15 1800Z	144	6	60	-	48	54	45	60
2025-03-15 1200Z	137	4	60	-	44	52	45	58
2025-03-15 0600Z	145	5	60	-	43	54	45	60
2025-03-15 0000Z	130	5	57	-	42	48	45	57
2025-03-14 1800Z	87	8	60	-	43	54	44	60
2025-03-14 1200Z	32	9	60	-	42	54	45	60
2025-03-14 0600Z	51	10	60	-	43	60	45	60
2025-03-14 0000Z	63	16	57	-	43	54	46	57
2025-03-13 1800Z	66	15	60	-	44	57	45	60
2025-03-13 1200Z	77	14	60	-	44	52	45	57
2025-03-13 0600Z	91	14	60	-	44	54	46	60
2025-03-13 0000Z	93	11	60	-	44	55	46	58
2025-03-12 1800Z	82	14	60	-	46	54	46	60
2025-03-12 1200Z	1	5	60	-	46	54	44	60
2025-03-12 0600Z	232	4	60	-	51	60	45	60
2025-03-12 0000Z	178	7	57	-	54	48	45	57
2025-03-11 1800Z	109	4	57	-	52	51	44	54
2025-03-11 1200Z	310	1	60	-	42	54	44	60
2025-03-11 0600Z	155	1	60	-	44	60	44	60
2025-03-11 0000Z	167	5	57	-	52	54	44	57
2025-03-10 1800Z	100	2	60	-	57	46	43	60
2025-03-10 1200Z	243	6	60	-	47	52	43	58
2025-03-10 0600Z	230	7	60	-	45	60	43	60
2025-03-10 0000Z	250	8	57	-	51	51	44	55
2025-03-09 1800Z	275	15	60	-	51	48	43	58
2025-03-09 1200Z	262	7	60	-	36	41	42	60
2025-03-09 0600Z	300	10	60	-	39	47	43	60
2025-03-09 0000Z	296	15	57	-	46	47	44	57
2025-03-08 1800Z	319	14	60	-	46	50	43	60
2025-03-08 1200Z	306	8	60	-	43	51	43	57
2025-03-08 0600Z	238	5	60	-	45	57	43	60
2025-03-08 0000Z	245	9	57	-	47	51	43	57
2025-03-07 1800Z	273	19	60	-	46	54	42	60
2025-03-07 1200Z	280	15	60	-	38	48	41	60
2025-03-07 0600Z	305	21	60	-	39	57	42	60
2025-03-07 0000Z	303	28	57	-	42	45	43	57
2025-03-06 1800Z	306	24	60	-	46	54	43	60
2025-03-06 1200Z	303	15	60	-	49	54	42	60
2025-03-06 0600Z	201	5	59	-	56	45	42	60
2025-03-06 0000Z	178	11	57	-	56	51	42	58
2025-03-05 1800Z	172	15	58	-	56	60	42	60
2025-03-05 1200Z	182	11	60	-	56	60	41	60
2025-03-05 0600Z	196	9	60	-	55	48	41	60
2025-03-05 0000Z	177	7	57	-	51	45	41	57
2025-03-04 1800Z	224	10	60	-	57	45	40	60
2025-03-04 1200Z	188	7	60	-	42	57	40	60
2025-03-04 0600Z	188	4	60	-	34	51	40	60
2025-03-04 0000Z	168	6	57	-	34	46	40	57
2025-03-03 1800Z	61	5	60	-	32	42	39	60
2025-03-03 1200Z	46	7	60	-	29	51	39	60
2025-03-03 0600Z	339	3	60	-	30	54	40	60
2025-03-03 0000Z	286	7	57	-	33	54	41	57
2025-03-02 1800Z	327	15	48	-	30	42	41	50
2025-03-02 1200Z	321	22	58	-	25	52	40	60
2025-03-02 0600Z	327	25	60	-	32	58	41	60
2025-03-02 0000Z	331	23	57	-	44	57	43	57
2025-03-01 1800Z	279	16	60	-	61	59	41	60
2025-03-01 1200Z	228	9	60	-	52	48	41	60
2025-03-01 0600Z	199	8	60	-	47	57	42	60
2025-03-01 0000Z	231	5	53	-	48	50	42	53
2025-02-28 1800Z	299	14	60	-	48	55	42	60
2025-02-28 1200Z	292	12	60	-	45	57	41	60
2025-02-28 0600Z	286	8	60	-	48	48	41	60
2025-02-28 0000Z	291	9	57	-	56	43	41	52
2025-02-27 1800Z	241	9	60	-	65	42	40	60
2025-02-27 1200Z	210	7	60	-	56	39	40	60
2025-02-27 0600Z	165	7	60	-	47	39	40	60
2025-02-27 0000Z	183	7	57	-	52	39	41	57
2025-02-26 1800Z	128	5	60	-	51	48	40	60
2025-02-26 1200Z	295	6	60	-	44	42	39	60
2025-02-26 0600Z	292	4	60	-	44	48	39	60
2025-02-26 0000Z	303	4	57	-	51	36	39	57
2025-02-25 1800Z	239	9	60	-	63	45	38	57
2025-02-25 1200Z	211	7	60	-	47	48	38	60
2025-02-25 0600Z	195	5	58	-	45	46	38	60
2025-02-25 0000Z	180	7	57	-	45	39	38	57
2025-02-24 1800Z	152	8	60	-	47	42	37	60
2025-02-24 1200Z	191	1	60	-	38	39	37	59
2025-02-24 0600Z	249	2	60	-	37	38	37	59
2025-02-24 0000Z	179	4	56	-	40	37	37	54
2025-02-23 1800Z	358	4	59	-	39	43	36	60
2025-02-23 1200Z	282	8	58	-	35	43	36	60
2025-02-23 0600Z	224	6	60	-	33	35	35	58
2025-02-23 0000Z	214	4	57	-	36	36	35	57
2025-02-22 1800Z	39	3	56	-	33	34	33	58
2025-02-22 1200Z	318	13	60	-	27	37	33	60
2025-02-22 0600Z	309	17	57	-	30	38	33	60
2025-02-22 0000Z	320	17	57	-	34	42	33	57
2025-02-21 1800Z	317	20	60	-	33	45	33	60
2025-02-21 1200Z	308	21	55	-	27	39	32	60
2025-02-21 0600Z	302	21	60	-	27	45	33	60
2025-02-21 0000Z	304	24	57	-	27	37	34	57
2025-02-20 1800Z	316	18	60	-	27	42	33	60
2025-02-20 1200Z	10	18	30	-	25	40	33	60
2025-02-20 0600Z	359	11	22	-	26	42	35	55
2025-02-20 0000Z	273	7	24	-	23	42	35	57
2025-02-19 1800Z	325	11	30	-	24	42	35	60
2025-02-19 1200Z	327	15	33	-	22	45	36	60
2025-02-19 0600Z	334	20	33	-	25	42	37	60
2025-02-19 0000Z	303	13	27	-	29	36	38	57
2025-02-18 1800Z	298	20	27	-	29	39	38	57
2025-02-18 1200Z	308	20	24	-	29	42	39	60
2025-02-18 0600Z	292	17	24	-	34	45	39	60
2025-02-18 0000Z	290	19	24	-	38	39	40	57
2025-02-17 1800Z	292	26	24	-	37	42	40	60
2025-02-17 1200Z	295	26	28	-	35	40	40	57
2025-02-17 0600Z	288	27	27	-	39	37	41	59
2025-02-17 0000Z	289	31	15	-	47	21	41	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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Station LWSD1 - Search and Rescue Data

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