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Station Map | Alpena | Cleveland Central | Grand Haven Pier | Saginaw Marker 1 | Toledo Marker 2 | West Lake Erie 

Realtime Coastal Observation Network (RECON) Station
Alpena - Thunder Bay Buoy   Location: 44° 59.039´ N,   83° 16.078´ W,   Depth: 60 ft (20 m)

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NOTE: Shore communications is currently down.



Conditions around 10:00 pm EDT on Fri, Jul 4, 2008 (02:00 GMT)
NOTE: Italic data is more than four hours old
(Data updated hourly at about :30 minutes past the hour)
 Data Plots
Air Data:   
Wind Speed: 5.41 kts   (2.78 m/s) R.M.Young Wind Monitor
Maximum Wind Speed: 5.87 kts   (3.02 m/s) R.M.Young Wind Monitor
Wind Direction: 176.3°   (S) R.M.Young Wind Monitor
Air Temperature: 60.1 °F   (15.6 °C) CSI Temp Probe
   
Water Data:   
Surface Water Temperature: 58.8 °F   (14.9 °C) CSI Temp Probe
   
Engineering Data:   
Buoy Compass Heading: 42.1°   (NE) KVH Fluxgate Compass
   
Solar Panel Voltage: 0.39 volts Buoy Electronics
Solar Panel Current: 0.009 amps Buoy Electronics
Battery Voltage: 11.99 volts Buoy Electronics
Battery Current: -0.329 amps Buoy Electronics (neg = discharging)
Buoy Current: 0.320 amps Buoy Electronics
U/W Hub Current: 0.009 amps Buoy Electronics
   
Signal Strength: -66.0 dB RSL at Shore Station
Data Throughput Rate: 1.398 Mbits/sec FTP Transfer Buoy to Shore

Last data download at Fri Jul 4 22:10:10 EDT 2008


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