National Data Buoy Center, NWS link

National Data Buoy Center ^ | 15 Sep 2004 | National Weather Service

[Lokibob]

National Data Buoy Center, NWS link

 

 

 

Station 42040 - MOBILE SOUTH 64 nm South of Dauphin Island, AL

 

 

50.5   Wind speed

 

 62.2  Peak gust

 

42.0  Wave height

 

You can watch the weather in the 10 nearest buoys to Ivan:

 

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/radial_search.php?lat1=27.3N&lon1=88.0W&dist=350&time=3

 

 

 

[Lokibob]

For your information.

[gov_bean_ counter]

It looks ok to me.

[Lokibob]

[backhoe]

 Here are some important bouy references that will become increasingly interesting as the day progresses.
National Data Bouy Center Homepage
Station 42039 - PENSACOLA - 115NM East Southeast of Pensacola, FL
Station 42040 - MOBILE SOUTH 64 nm South of Dauphin Island, AL
Station 42007 - BILOXI 22 nm South-Southeast of Biloxi, MS.
Station 42003 - E GULF 260 nm South of Panama City, FL
Station 42036 - W. TAMPA 106NM West Northwest of Tampa, FL
Station 42001 - MID GULF 180 nm South of Southwest Pass, LA.
Station 42041 - North Mid Gulf 110NM South of Grand Isle, LA

[keysguy]

I follow these things pretty closely and have for several years. During Frances I checked every nearby buoy I could and never found even a gust over 69 mph. Dry Tortugas was out when Ivan went by and so far it's hard to find many hurricane gusts with Ivan, I'm sure that will change.

[Lokibob]

Oddly enough, one of the problems with buoy data is too much data.

They transmit every 10 mins which means you have to slog through a lot of uninteresting data to mine the peak wind data.

The last few hurricanes, I use weather bug centered on the zip code of the land fall, and search outward from there, but , of course, that is as the hurricane approaches.

[pnz1]

How do knots compare to mph?

[Lokibob]

 

Check this one out:

 

 

 

 

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_wind_pres.php?station=42040&uom=E

 

BTW, this buoy quit working 2 hours ago. 

Wonder why?