PORTLAND 12 NM Southeast of Portland,ME (44007)

Local Time: 9:41 PM EDT on August 27, 2008

Location: 43.53 North -70.14 West | Google Maps

Buoy Type: 3-meter discus buoy	Buoy Hull: 3D25	Payload: ARES 4.4 payload	Owned by:
Windspeed measured by: obtained from anemometer	Sea Surface measured by: Intake	Note: Caution: Right whales may be active in northeast waters year-round. NOAA recommends vessels reduce speeds below 10 knots, when consistent with safe navigation. For latest sightings, go to: http://rwhalesightings.nefsc.noaa.gov/

Current Weather/Wave Observations

Updated: 8:50 PM EDT on August 27, 2008
Air Temperature:	66° F / 19° C
Humidity:	72
Wind direction (W Dir):	West (265 - 274 Degrees)
Wind Speed (W Spd):	5.8 kts (6.7 mph / 10.8 km/h)
Wind Gust (W Spd):	5.8 kts (6.7 mph / 10.8 km/h)
Dominant Wave Period (DWP):	12 sec
Dominant Wave Height (DWH):	0.98 ft / 0.30 m
Dominant Wave Range (DWR):	exactly 1.0 ft / exactly 0.3 m
Wave Swell Period (WSP):	12 sec
Wave Swell Height (WSH):	1.64 ft / 0.50 m
Wave Swell Range (WSR):	0.82 - 2.46 ft / 0.25 - 0.75 m
Atmospheric Pressure (AP):	30.04 in / 1017 hPa
Pressure Tendency (PT):	+0.01 in / +0.5 hPa Decreasing or steady, then increasing; or increasing, then increasing more rapidly
NDBC QuikSCAT:	Wind Map

Current Wave Detail Observations

Updated:9:00 PM EDT on August 27, 2008
Water Depth:	79 ft / 24 m
Wave Height:	1.08 ft / 0.33 m
Spectral Peak Period:	12.1 sec
Average Wave Period:	8.6 sec
Sampling Interval:	0.6 sec
Wave Record:	2400 sec

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Weather/Wave Buoy Data for August 27, 2008

Update Time:	Temperature		Humidity	Wind			Dominant Wave			Wave Swell			Pressure
Update Time:	Air(°F / °C)	Water(°F / °C)	Humidity	Dir	Speed(kts)	Speed(mph / km/h)	Period (sec)	Height (ft / m)	Range (ft / m)	Period (sec)	Height (ft / m)	Range (ft / m)	Atmosphere (in / hPa)	Tendency (in / hPa)
20:50	65 / 19	64 / 18	56	North	9.7	11.2 / 18.0	11	1.31 / 0.40	exactly 1.3 / exactly 0.4	11	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.01 / 1016	+0.07 / +2.3
21:50	64 / 18	64 / 18	61	NNW	11.7	13.4 / 21.6	11	1.31 / 0.40	exactly 1.3 / exactly 0.4	11	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.03 / 1017	+0.07 / +2.5
22:50	64 / 18	64 / 18	57	NW	11.7	13.4 / 21.6	11	1.31 / 0.40	exactly 1.3 / exactly 0.4	11	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.04 / 1017	+0.06 / +2.0
23:50	63 / 17	64 / 18	60	NNW	11.7	13.4 / 21.6	11	1.31 / 0.40	exactly 1.3 / exactly 0.4	11	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.04 / 1017	+0.03 / +1.0
00:50	62 / 17	63 / 17	64	NNW	11.7	13.4 / 21.6	11	1.64 / 0.50	exactly 1.6 / exactly 0.5	11	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.06 / 1018	+0.03 / +0.9
01:50	62 / 16	63 / 17	60	NNW	11.7	13.4 / 21.6	11	1.31 / 0.40	exactly 1.3 / exactly 0.4	11	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.06 / 1018	+0.02 / +0.8
02:50	61 / 16	62 / 17	61	NNW	11.7	13.4 / 21.6	11	1.31 / 0.40	exactly 1.3 / exactly 0.4	11	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.06 / 1018	+0.02 / +0.6
03:50	60 / 15	61 / 16	64	NNW	9.7	11.2 / 18.0	11	1.31 / 0.40	exactly 1.3 / exactly 0.4	11	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.06 / 1018	-
04:50	59 / 15	61 / 16	67	NNW	9.7	11.2 / 18.0	11	1.31 / 0.40	exactly 1.3 / exactly 0.4	11	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.06 / 1018	-
05:50	59 / 15	60 / 16	66	NNW	11.7	13.4 / 21.6	12	1.31 / 0.40	exactly 1.3 / exactly 0.4	12	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.06 / 1018	-
06:50	59 / 15	60 / 15	68	NNW	9.7	11.2 / 18.0	12	1.31 / 0.40	exactly 1.3 / exactly 0.4	12	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.08 / 1018	+0.02 / +0.6
07:50	60 / 16	60 / 16	69	NNW	7.8	8.9 / 14.4	12	1.31 / 0.40	exactly 1.3 / exactly 0.4	12	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.09 / 1019	+0.03 / +0.9
08:50	62 / 17	60 / 16	63	NNW	9.7	11.2 / 18.0	11	0.98 / 0.30	exactly 1.0 / exactly 0.3	11	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.08 / 1018	+0.01 / +0.5
09:50	62 / 17	61 / 16	74	North	5.8	6.7 / 10.8	11	0.98 / 0.30	exactly 1.0 / exactly 0.3	11	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.09 / 1019	+0.01 / +0.3
10:50	64 / 18	62 / 17	68	North	5.8	6.7 / 10.8	12	0.98 / 0.30	exactly 1.0 / exactly 0.3	12	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.09 / 1019	-
11:50	65 / 18	62 / 17	64	NE	1.9	2.2 / 3.6	11	0.98 / 0.30	exactly 1.0 / exactly 0.3	11	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.09 / 1019	-
12:50	68 / 20	64 / 18	58	-	0.0	0.0 / 0.0	11	0.98 / 0.30	exactly 1.0 / exactly 0.3	11	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.08 / 1019	-
13:50	69 / 21	65 / 18	52	ENE	1.9	2.2 / 3.6	11	0.98 / 0.30	exactly 1.0 / exactly 0.3	11	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.07 / 1018	-0.01 / -0.5
14:50	67 / 20	65 / 18	70	South	3.9	4.5 / 7.2	11	1.31 / 0.40	exactly 1.3 / exactly 0.4	11	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.06 / 1018	-0.02 / -0.8
15:50	67 / 19	65 / 19	76	SSW	7.8	8.9 / 14.4	11	0.98 / 0.30	exactly 1.0 / exactly 0.3	11	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.06 / 1018	-0.02 / -0.8
16:50	66 / 19	65 / 19	82	SW	7.8	8.9 / 14.4	12	0.98 / 0.30	exactly 1.0 / exactly 0.3	12	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.04 / 1017	-0.03 / -1.0
17:50	67 / 19	65 / 18	70	SW	7.8	8.9 / 14.4	11	1.31 / 0.40	exactly 1.3 / exactly 0.4	11	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.03 / 1017	-0.03 / -1.1
18:50	67 / 20	65 / 18	70	SW	7.8	8.9 / 14.4	12	0.98 / 0.30	exactly 1.0 / exactly 0.3	12	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.03 / 1017	-0.03 / -1.1
19:50	66 / 19	64 / 18	74	WSW	3.9	4.5 / 7.2	11	0.98 / 0.30	exactly 1.0 / exactly 0.3	11	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.03 / 1017	-0.01 / -0.4
20:50	66 / 19	64 / 18	72	West	5.8	6.7 / 10.8	12	0.98 / 0.30	exactly 1.0 / exactly 0.3	12	1.64 / 0.50	0.82 - 2.46 / 0.25 - 0.75	30.04 / 1017	+0.01 / +0.5

Wave Detail Buoy Data for August 27, 2008

Update Time:	Water Depth:	Wave Height:	Spectral Peak Period:	Average Wave Period:	Sampling Interval:	Wave Record:
20:00	79 ft / 24 m	1.35 ft / 0.41 m	11.4 sec	5.2 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
21:00	79 ft / 24 m	1.44 ft / 0.44 m	11.4 sec	4.9 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
22:00	79 ft / 24 m	1.25 ft / 0.38 m	11.4 sec	5.4 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
23:00	79 ft / 24 m	1.35 ft / 0.41 m	11.4 sec	6.0 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
00:00	79 ft / 24 m	1.41 ft / 0.43 m	10.8 sec	6.2 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
01:00	79 ft / 24 m	1.57 ft / 0.48 m	10.8 sec	6.3 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
02:00	79 ft / 24 m	1.38 ft / 0.42 m	10.8 sec	5.4 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
03:00	79 ft / 24 m	1.31 ft / 0.40 m	10.8 sec	7.8 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
04:00	79 ft / 24 m	1.28 ft / 0.39 m	10.8 sec	7.5 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
05:00	79 ft / 24 m	1.21 ft / 0.37 m	11.4 sec	6.7 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
06:00	79 ft / 24 m	1.31 ft / 0.40 m	12.1 sec	6.4 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
07:00	79 ft / 24 m	1.25 ft / 0.38 m	12.1 sec	5.4 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
08:00	79 ft / 24 m	1.21 ft / 0.37 m	12.1 sec	5.6 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
09:00	79 ft / 24 m	1.12 ft / 0.34 m	11.4 sec	5.1 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
10:00	79 ft / 24 m	1.02 ft / 0.31 m	10.8 sec	4.6 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
11:00	79 ft / 24 m	1.02 ft / 0.31 m	12.1 sec	6.2 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
12:00	79 ft / 24 m	1.08 ft / 0.33 m	10.8 sec	6.1 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
13:00	79 ft / 24 m	1.05 ft / 0.32 m	10.8 sec	7.0 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
14:00	79 ft / 24 m	0.95 ft / 0.29 m	11.4 sec	7.5 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
15:00	79 ft / 24 m	1.35 ft / 0.41 m	10.8 sec	7.9 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
16:00	79 ft / 24 m	0.95 ft / 0.29 m	10.8 sec	7.1 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
17:00	79 ft / 24 m	1.05 ft / 0.32 m	12.1 sec	7.5 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
18:00	79 ft / 24 m	1.15 ft / 0.35 m	11.4 sec	8.4 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
19:00	79 ft / 24 m	1.15 ft / 0.35 m	12.1 sec	7.6 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
20:00	79 ft / 24 m	0.95 ft / 0.29 m	11.4 sec	7.8 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec
21:00	79 ft / 24 m	1.08 ft / 0.33 m	12.1 sec	8.6 sec	0.6 sec	2400 sec

PORTLAND 12 NM Southeast of Portland,ME (44007)

Current Weather/Wave Observations

Updated: 8:50 PM EDT on August 27, 2008

Current Wave Detail Observations

Updated:9:00 PM EDT on August 27, 2008

Weather/Wave Buoy Data for August 27, 2008

Wave Detail Buoy Data for August 27, 2008