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Station DPHA1 - Dauphin Island Sea Lab, AL 
Station operated by Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Coastal Marine Station
30.251 N 88.078 W (30°15'5" N 88°4'40" W)
Site elevation: sea level
Air temp height: 5.32 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 9.68 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: 3.34 m above mean sea level
Sea temp depth: 2.1 m below MLLW
Stations with recent data
Stations with no data in last 8 hours(24 hours for tsunami stations)
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Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation. | |
 Wind Speed (WSPD): | 4.1 kts |
| Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): | 30.15 in |
| Pressure Tendency (PTDY): | +0.00 in ( Steady ) |
| Air Temperature (ATMP): | 62.4 °F |
| Water Temperature (WTMP): | 68.0 °F |
| Wind Speed at 10 meters (WSPD10M): | 3.9 kts |
| Wind Speed at 20 meters (WSPD20M): | 5.8 kts |
| Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure |
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| TIME (CDT) |
WDIR |
WSPD kts |
GST kts |
WVHT ft |
DPD sec |
APD sec |
MWD |
PRES in |
PTDY in |
ATMP °F |
WTMP °F |
DEWP °F |
SAL psu |
VIS nmi |
TIDE ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-12 11:00 am | - | 7.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.17 | +0.04 | 60.3 | 67.6 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-12 10:00 am | - | 8.9 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.16 | +0.04 | 59.4 | 69.8 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-12 09:00 am | - | 7.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.15 | +0.03 | 60.4 | 71.1 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-12 08:00 am | - | 8.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.14 | +0.04 | 61.5 | 71.1 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-12 07:00 am | - | 11.1 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.13 | +0.04 | 61.3 | 70.5 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-12 06:00 am | - | 12.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.12 | +0.03 | 62.1 | 70.0 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-12 05:00 am | - | 14.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.10 | +0.01 | 62.6 | 70.2 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-12 04:00 am | - | 15.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.09 | +0.00 | 63.0 | 70.0 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-12 03:00 am | - | 17.1 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.08 | +0.00 | 63.9 | 70.0 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-12 02:00 am | - | 18.1 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.09 | +0.02 | 65.3 | 69.8 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-12 01:00 am | - | 20.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.09 | +0.03 | 66.0 | 69.8 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-12 12:00 am | - | 20.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.09 | +0.04 | 68.0 | 71.8 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-11 11:00 pm | - | 18.1 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.07 | +0.05 | 69.1 | 72.1 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-11 10:00 pm | - | 14.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.06 | +0.06 | 70.9 | 72.0 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-11 09:00 pm | - | 12.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.04 | +0.05 | 72.1 | 72.1 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-11 08:00 pm | - | 11.1 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.02 | +0.03 | 73.0 | 72.5 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-11 07:00 pm | - | 13.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.01 | +0.01 | 74.5 | 73.0 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-11 06:00 pm | - | 14.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.99 | -0.01 | 75.0 | 74.8 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-11 05:00 pm | - | 14.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.99 | -0.04 | 75.0 | 74.8 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-11 04:00 pm | - | 15.9 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.99 | -0.05 | 75.4 | 74.5 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-11 03:00 pm | - | 11.1 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.01 | -0.05 | 74.7 | 72.7 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-11 02:00 pm | - | 8.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.03 | -0.05 | 71.4 | 72.0 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-11 01:00 pm | - | 14.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.04 | -0.05 | 74.1 | 71.2 | - | - | - | - |
Links which are specific to this station are listed below:
Real Time Data in tabular form for the last forty-five days.
Historical Data & Climatic Summaries for quality controlled data for prior months and years.
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