Station List

NDBC will be participating in PACIFEX26, a partner tabletop exercise with the Tsunami Warning Centers (TWCs) scheduled for May 05 at 1600 UTC. To simulate real-time tsunami observations, the exercise may involve activating Deep Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami (DART) buoys. For more information please see PNS26-39.

Station WKXA1 - Safe Harbor Met Station, Weeks Bay Reserve, AL Image indicating link to RSS feed of recent meteorological observations for station WKXA1

Owned and maintained by National Estuarine Research Reserve System
NERRS Weather Station
30.421 N 87.828 W (30°25'17" N 87°49'43" W)

Site elevation: 3.35 m above mean sea level
Air temp height: 5 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 7.6 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: 8.15 m above mean sea level

Water Quality data for this Reserve are available at....
WKQA1 -- Fish River

Search And Rescue (SAR) Data

Meteorological Observations from Nearby Stations and Ships Image indicating link to RSS feed of recent meteorological observations near station WKXA1

Regional HF Radar Surface Current Observations

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Conditions at WKXA1 as of
(12:45 pm CDT)
1745 GMT on 05/05/2026:
     

Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation.

5-day plot - Wind Direction Wind Direction (WDIR):SSE ( 160 deg true )
5-day plot - Wind Speed Wind Speed (WSPD): 2.9 kts
5-day plot - Atmospheric Pressure Atmospheric Pressure (PRES):29.97 in
5-day plot - Air Temperature Air Temperature (ATMP): 75.9 °F
5-day plot - Dew Point Dew Point (DEWP): 63.5 °F
5-day plot - Wind Speed, Wind Gust and Atmospheric Pressure Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure
Previous observations
TIME
(CDT)		 5-day plot - Wind Direction
WDIR
 		 5-day plot - Wind Speed
WSPD
kts		 5-day plot - Wind Gust
GST
kts		 5-day plot - Wave Height
WVHT
ft		 5-day plot - Dominant Wave Period
DPD
sec		 5-day plot - Average Wave Period
APD
sec		 5-day plot - Mean Wave Direction
MWD
 		 5-day plot - Atmospheric Pressure
PRES
in		 5-day plot - Pressure Tendency
PTDY
in		 5-day plot - Air Temperature
ATMP
°F		 5-day plot - Water Temperature
WTMP
°F		 5-day plot - Dew Point
DEWP
°F		 5-day plot - Salinity
SAL
psu		 5-day plot - Visibility
VIS
nmi		 5-day plot - Tide (above MLLW)
TIDE
ft
2026-05-05 12:30 pmSSE 4.1-----29.97- 76.5- 63.1---
2026-05-05 12:15 pmSSE 2.9-----29.97- 76.1- 63.3---
2026-05-05 12:00 pm S 2.9-----29.97+0.00 76.3- 63.1---
2026-05-05 11:45 amSSE 2.9-----29.97- 75.7- 62.6---
2026-05-05 11:30 amSSE 4.1-----29.97- 75.6- 62.4---
2026-05-05 11:15 amSSE 4.1-----29.97- 75.7- 62.1---
2026-05-05 11:00 amSSE 2.9-----29.97+0.00 75.6- 61.5---
2026-05-05 10:45 amSSE 4.1-----29.97- 75.4- 61.3---
2026-05-05 10:30 amSSE 2.9-----29.97- 75.0- 61.0---
2026-05-05 10:15 amSSE 2.9-----29.97- 75.0- 61.3---
2026-05-05 10:00 am S 2.9-----29.97+0.03 74.7- 60.6---
2026-05-05 09:45 amSSE 2.9-----29.97- 74.3- 60.8---
2026-05-05 09:30 am S 2.9-----29.97- 73.9- 60.4---
2026-05-05 09:15 amSSE 1.0-----29.97- 73.2- 61.0---
2026-05-05 09:00 am SE 1.9-----29.97+0.03 72.3- 60.6---
2026-05-05 08:45 amSSE 1.0-----29.97- 71.2- 60.4---
2026-05-05 08:30 am- 0.0-----29.97- 69.1- 61.0---
2026-05-05 08:15 am- 0.0-----29.97- 66.9- 59.9---
2026-05-05 08:00 am- 0.0-----29.97+0.03 64.9- 59.7---
2026-05-05 07:45 am- 0.0-----29.97- 62.2- 59.4---
2026-05-05 07:30 am- 0.0-----29.97- 59.4- 58.3---
2026-05-05 07:15 am- 0.0-----29.97- 57.4- 57.0---
2026-05-05 07:00 am- 0.0-----29.94+0.00 55.8- 55.8---
2026-05-05 06:45 am- 0.0-----29.94- 54.1- 54.1---
2026-05-05 06:30 am- 0.0-----29.94- 53.4- 53.1---
2026-05-05 06:15 am- 0.0-----29.94- 53.1- 52.9---
2026-05-05 06:00 am- 0.0-----29.94+0.03 52.9- 52.7---
2026-05-05 05:45 am- 0.0-----29.94- 52.9- 52.7---
2026-05-05 05:30 am- 0.0-----29.94- 52.9- 52.7---
2026-05-05 05:15 am- 0.0-----29.94- 52.9- 52.7---
2026-05-05 05:00 am- 0.0-----29.94+0.00 53.1- 52.9---
2026-05-05 04:45 am- 0.0-----29.94- 52.9- 52.7---
2026-05-05 04:30 am- 0.0-----29.94- 52.9- 52.7---
2026-05-05 04:15 am- 0.0-----29.94- 53.1- 52.9---
2026-05-05 04:00 am- 0.0-----29.94+0.00 53.1- 52.9---
2026-05-05 03:45 am- 0.0-----29.94- 53.1- 52.9---
2026-05-05 03:30 am- 0.0-----29.91- 53.2- 53.1---
2026-05-05 03:15 am- 0.0-----29.91- 53.4- 53.1---
2026-05-05 03:00 am- 0.0-----29.91-0.06 53.6- 53.2---
2026-05-05 02:45 am- 0.0-----29.94- 53.6- 53.2---
2026-05-05 02:30 am- 0.0-----29.94- 53.8- 53.4---
2026-05-05 02:15 am- 0.0-----29.94- 54.1- 53.8---
2026-05-05 02:00 am- 0.0-----29.94-0.03 54.3- 54.0---
2026-05-05 01:45 am- 0.0-----29.94- 54.5- 54.1---
2026-05-05 01:30 am- 0.0-----29.94- 54.7- 54.1---
2026-05-05 01:15 am- 0.0-----29.94- 55.0- 54.5---
2026-05-05 01:00 am- 0.0-----29.94-0.03 55.2- 54.7---
2026-05-05 12:45 am- 0.0-----29.97- 55.4- 54.9---
2026-05-05 12:30 am- 0.0-----29.97- 55.6- 55.0---
2026-05-05 12:15 am- 0.0-----29.97- 55.9- 55.4---
2026-05-05 12:00 am- 0.0-----29.97+0.00 55.9- 55.0---
2026-05-04 11:45 pm- 0.0-----29.97- 56.1- 55.2---
2026-05-04 11:30 pm- 0.0-----29.97- 56.3- 55.2---
2026-05-04 11:15 pm- 0.0-----29.97- 56.7- 55.2---
2026-05-04 11:00 pm- 0.0-----29.97+0.00 57.0- 55.6---
2026-05-04 10:45 pm- 0.0-----29.97- 57.6- 55.6---
2026-05-04 10:30 pm- 0.0-----29.97- 57.7- 55.4---
2026-05-04 10:15 pm- 0.0-----29.97- 57.9- 55.4---
2026-05-04 10:00 pm- 0.0-----29.97+0.00 58.6- 55.2---
2026-05-04 09:45 pm- 0.0-----29.97- 59.4- 55.2---
2026-05-04 09:30 pm- 0.0-----29.97- 60.1- 55.0---
2026-05-04 09:15 pm- 0.0-----29.97- 60.4- 55.0---
2026-05-04 09:00 pm- 0.0-----29.97+0.00 60.8- 55.0---
2026-05-04 08:45 pm- 0.0-----29.97- 61.3- 55.6---
2026-05-04 08:30 pm- 0.0-----29.97- 62.2- 55.4---
2026-05-04 08:15 pm- 0.0-----29.97- 63.1- 55.9---
2026-05-04 08:00 pm- 0.0-----29.97+0.00 64.6- 55.9---
2026-05-04 07:45 pm- 0.0-----29.97- 66.6- 53.8---
2026-05-04 07:30 pm- 0.0-----29.97- 68.0- 53.4---
2026-05-04 07:15 pm- 0.0-----29.97- 69.1- 53.4---
2026-05-04 07:00 pm SW 1.9-----29.97-0.03 70.0- 53.4---
2026-05-04 06:45 pmSSW 1.0-----29.97- 70.7- 53.1---
2026-05-04 06:30 pmSSW 1.0-----29.97- 71.4- 52.7---
2026-05-04 06:15 pmSSW 1.9-----30.00- 71.8- 52.5---
2026-05-04 06:00 pm S 1.9-----29.97-0.03 72.3- 52.5---
2026-05-04 05:45 pm S 1.9-----29.97- 72.9- 52.3---
2026-05-04 05:30 pm S 1.9-----29.97- 73.2- 52.2---
2026-05-04 05:15 pm S 1.9-----29.97- 73.6- 52.0---
2026-05-04 05:00 pmSSW 1.9-----29.97-0.06 73.9- 51.1---
2026-05-04 04:45 pm SW 1.9-----29.97- 74.1- 51.3---
2026-05-04 04:30 pm S 2.9-----29.97- 74.1- 51.3---
2026-05-04 04:15 pmSSW 1.9-----29.97- 74.7- 51.8---
2026-05-04 04:00 pm S 2.9-----30.00-0.03 74.1- 50.7---
2026-05-04 03:45 pm S 2.9-----30.00- 74.3- 50.7---
2026-05-04 03:30 pm S 2.9-----30.00- 75.0- 51.4---
2026-05-04 03:15 pmSSW 2.9-----30.00- 75.0- 50.2---
2026-05-04 03:00 pm S 2.9-----30.00-0.06 75.4- 51.1---
2026-05-04 02:45 pmSSW 2.9-----30.00- 75.2- 50.4---
2026-05-04 02:30 pmSSW 2.9-----30.00- 75.2- 49.6---
2026-05-04 02:15 pm S 2.9-----30.00- 75.0- 49.5---
2026-05-04 02:00 pmSSW 2.9-----30.03-0.03 75.0- 48.9---
2026-05-04 01:45 pmSSW 2.9-----30.03- 75.0- 48.2---
2026-05-04 01:30 pm S 2.9-----30.03- 74.7- 47.8---
2026-05-04 01:15 pm S 2.9-----30.03- 74.8- 49.3---
2026-05-04 01:00 pm S 2.9-----30.03-0.03 74.7- 49.3---