Realtime Coastal Observation Network (ReCON) Station
Muskegon Buoy   Location: 43° 11.1216´ N,   86° 21.1104´ W,   Depth: 59 ft (18 m)

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Conditions around 7:37 am EDT on Sun, Jun 15, 2025 (11:37 GMT)
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Air Data:   
Wind Speed: 9.79 kts (5.03 m/s)   [5:26 am] R.M. Young Wind Monitor
Maximum Wind Speed: 9.83 kts (5.06 m/s) R.M. Young Wind Monitor
Wind Direction: 97.9° (E)   [5:26 am] AirMar Weather Sensor
Air Temperature: 60.1 °F (15.6 °C) CSI Temp Probe
Air Pressure (sea level): 30.39 inHg (1028.93 hPa) R.M. Young Barometer
PAR Radiation: 143 umole/m^2/s Li-COR PAR Sensor
   
Water Near-Surface Data:   
Significant Wave Height: 0.6 ft (0.18 m) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Maximum Wave Height: 1.0 ft (0.32 m) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Wave Zero-Crossing Period: 2.09 secs Nortek AWAC Profiler
Wave Direction: 0.0° (N) Nortek AWAC Profiler
   
Water Temperature (near surface): 59.4 °F (15.2 °C) CSI Temp Probe
   
Water Temperature (near surface): 59.3 °F (15.2 °C) YSI Sonde
Phycocyanin (near surface): 0.0 RFU YSI Sonde
Fluorescent DOM (near surface): -0.24 RFU YSI Sonde
pH (near surface): 8.33 YSI Sonde
Chlorophyll (near surface): 0.5 RFU YSI Sonde
Turbidity (near surface): 0.0 NTU YSI Sonde
YSI Sensor Depth: 5.39 ft (1.643 m) YSI Sonde
   
Water Column Data:   
Current @ 4.9 ft (1.5 m) Depth: 0.211 kts (10.8 cm/s), 282.2° (WNW) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 14.8 ft (4.5 m) Depth: 0.064 kts (3.3 cm/s), 264.8° (W) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 24.6 ft (7.5 m) Depth: 0.142 kts (7.3 cm/s), 2.4° (N) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 34.5 ft (10.5 m) Depth: 0.241 kts (12.4 cm/s), 14.9° (NNE) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 44.3 ft (13.5 m) Depth: 0.185 kts (9.5 cm/s), 347.9° (NNW) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 50.9 ft (15.5 m) Depth: 0.317 kts (16.3 cm/s), 345.8° (NNW) Nortek AWAC Profiler
   
Water Near-Bottom Data:   
Conductivity (near bottom): 217.8 uS/cm SeaBird CTD
Water Temperature (near bottom): 49.5 °F (9.7 °C) SeaBird CTD
SBE Sensor Depth: 62.2 ft (19.0 m) SeaBird CTD
   
Water Temperature (near bottom): 49.3 °F (9.6 °C) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Nortek Sensor Depth: 62.76 ft (19.13 m) Nortek AWAC Profiler
   
Engineering Data:   
GPS Latitude: 43.180700 N   [Jun 13, 12:46 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
GPS Longitude: -86.353340 E   [Jun 13, 12:46 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
GPS Altitude: 588 ft (179 m)   [Jun 13, 12:46 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
Buoy Location Offset North: 4 ft (1 m)   [Jun 13, 12:46 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
Buoy Location Offset East: -10 ft (-3 m)   [Jun 13, 12:46 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
AirMar Compass: 257.5° (WSW)   [5:26 am] AirMar Weather Sensor
AirMar Pitch: -4.9°   [5:26 am] AirMar Weather Sensor
AirMar Roll: 0.2°   [5:26 am] AirMar Weather Sensor
   
Nortek Compass: 301.0° (WNW) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Nortek Pitch: 2.0° Nortek AWAC Profiler
Nortek Roll: 0.5° Nortek AWAC Profiler
   
Solar Panel Voltage: 14.22 volts SPC Board
Solar Panel Current: 1.004 amps Campbell Logger
Battery Voltage: 12.46 volts SPC Board
Battery Current: -0.199 amps (+=charging) Campbell Logger
Current to UW Hub: 0.649 amps Campbell Logger
Voltage at UW Hub: 49.29 volts SPC Board

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