Station 42002 (LLNR 1470) - WEST GULF - 207 NM East of Brownsville, TX
Owned and maintained by National Data Buoy Center
3-meter foam buoy
SCOOP payload
26.055 N 93.646 W (26°3'18" N 93°38'46" W)
Site elevation: sea level
Air temp height: 3.7 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 4.1 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: 2.7 m above mean sea level
Sea temp depth: 1.5 m below water line
Water depth: 3088 m
Watch circle radius: 3011 yards
As of 1740z, 10/25/24, the buoy from station 42002 has been recovered.
The highly endangered Rice's whale, a newly identified species, inhabit the northeastern Gulf of Mexico 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.
Stations with recent data
Stations with no data in last 8 hours(24 hours for tsunami stations)
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Links which are specific to this station are listed below:
Data for last 24 hours: No data available.
Data for last 5 days: No data available.
Data for last 45 days:These real time data have undergone gross error checking only. Please use with discretion.
- Real time standard meteorological data and their description.
- Real time spectral wave data and their description.
- Real time raw spectral wave data and their description.
- Real time raw spectral wave (alpha1) data and their description.
- Real time raw spectral wave (alpha2) data and their description.
- Real time raw spectral wave (r1) data and their description.
- Real time raw spectral wave (r2) data and their description.
- Real time supplemental measurements data and their description.
- Real time derived measurements data and their description.
- Quality controlled data for 2024 (data descriptions)
- Standard meteorological data: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
- Spectral wave density data: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
- Spectral wave (alpha1) direction data: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
- Spectral wave (alpha2) direction data: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
- Spectral wave (r1) direction data: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
- Spectral wave (r2) direction data: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
- Supplemental Measurements data: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
- Historical data (data descriptions)
- Standard meteorological data: 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
- Continuous winds data: 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
- Spectral wave density data: 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
- Spectral wave (alpha1) direction data: 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
- Spectral wave (alpha2) direction data: 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
- Spectral wave (r1) direction data: 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
- Spectral wave (r2) direction data: 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
- Ocean current data: 2008
- Supplemental measurements data: 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
- Search historical meteorological data for observations that meet your threshold conditions
- Climatic summary table (TXT) and plots of (description of tables and plots)
Some data files have been compressed with the GNU gzip program.
The weekly status report and the weekly maintenance report also provide valuable station information.
Note that the payload types and the station locations occasionally change.
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