PhOG, School of Marine Science, University of Maine
Physical Oceanography Group
School of Marine Sciences
University of Maine

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Mooring VIA03 : USVI EPSCOR Data Buoy A

Redeployed by UVI.

Latitude: 18° 15.44´N
Longitude: 65° 0.24´W
Location Description: South of St Thomas
Deployed: Mar 24 2015
Coast Guard Light List Letter: A
Coast Guard Light List Number 32628
Water Depth: 32 meters (105 feet)
Watch Circle Radius: 60 meters (197 feet)
Last Cell Phone Transmission: Aug 12, 07 AM AST
Last GOES Transmission: NA
Latest Event:
Jun 21, 09 AM AST
Last data received from near-surface WQM sensor (temperature, salinity, chlorophyll, turbidity, dissolved oxygen).


Specialized Plots:
Temperature, Salinity, Density: Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen:

Text Reports: Surface, Ocean, Currents OR Data Download (All data for this location)

Sensor Information (this deployment only)


Latest Conditions:

Click on the graph icons below to see time series plots of the listed variables. The latest conditions are in local time but all plots are in GMT(Summer EDT is 4 hours behind GMT; Winter EST is 5 hours behind GMT; Atlantic AST is always 4 hours behind GMT).

We follow the convention that depth is measure positive "down". That's why parameters like wind speed have negative depths attached to them! The latest eastward and northward subsurface currents are displayed at a subset of available depths; no plots are presently available for current velocity vectors below 2m. Click here for additional Information.

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Significant Wave Height (-1m)0.1 meters (0.2 ft) Aug 12 7:00 AM
Maximum Wave Height (-1m)0.1 meters (0.3 ft) Aug 12 7:00 AM
Dominant Wave Period (-1m)3.3 seconds Aug 12 7:00 AM
Mean Wave Direction (-1m)224.7 degrees Aug 12 7:00 AM
Mean Wave Direction Spread (-1m)56.8 degrees Aug 12 7:00 AM
Air Temperature (-4m)28.4 C (83.1 F) Aug 12 7:40 AM
Relative Humidity (-4m)Sensor Failure Aug 12 7:40 AM
Barometric Pressure (-2m)1014.7 millibars Aug 12 7:40 AM
Wind Direction [Primary] (-4m)SSE Aug 12 7:40 AM
Wind Speed [Primary] (-4m)0.9 m/s (2 mph, 2 kts) Aug 12 7:40 AM
Wind Gust [Primary] (-4m)1.9 m/s (4 mph, 4 kts) Aug 12 7:40 AM
Water Temperature (1m)Sensor Failure Aug 12 7:00 AM
Salinity (1m)Sensor Failure Aug 12 7:00 AM
Dissolved Oxygen (1m)Sensor Failure Aug 12 7:00 AM
Sigma-T (1m)Sensor Failure Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Direction (2m)NNE Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Direction (2.5m)North Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Direction (4m)SSW Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Direction (5m)West Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Direction (6m)SW Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Direction (7m)West Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Direction (8m)West Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Direction (9m)NW Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Direction (10m)West Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Direction (11m)WNW Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Direction (12m)North Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Direction (13m)NNW Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Direction (14m)NNW Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Direction (15m)NNW Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Direction (16m)NE Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Direction (19m)NNW Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Direction (20m)SW Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Direction (21m)ENE Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Direction (22m)ENE Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Speed (2m)2.1 cm/s (0.04 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Speed (2.5m)2.3 cm/s (0.04 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Speed (4m)1.3 cm/s (0.03 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Speed (5m)1.4 cm/s (0.03 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Speed (6m)3.3 cm/s (0.06 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Speed (7m)4.9 cm/s (0.10 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Speed (8m)4.5 cm/s (0.09 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Speed (9m)4.6 cm/s (0.09 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Speed (10m)6.2 cm/s (0.12 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Speed (11m)1.0 cm/s (0.02 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Speed (12m)1.3 cm/s (0.03 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Speed (13m)2.4 cm/s (0.05 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Speed (14m)4.1 cm/s (0.08 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Speed (15m)0.4 cm/s (0.01 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Speed (16m)1.3 cm/s (0.03 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Speed (19m)1.0 cm/s (0.02 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Speed (20m)2.2 cm/s (0.04 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Speed (21m)2.2 cm/s (0.04 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
Current Speed (22m)4.1 cm/s (0.08 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
East Current Velocity (2m)0.9 cm/s (0.02 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
East Current Velocity (2.5m)0.3 cm/s (0.01 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
East Current Velocity (4m)-0.6 cm/s (-0.01 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
East Current Velocity (5m)-1.4 cm/s (-0.03 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
East Current Velocity (6m)-2.5 cm/s (-0.05 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
East Current Velocity (7m)-4.9 cm/s (-0.10 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
East Current Velocity (8m)-4.4 cm/s (-0.09 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
East Current Velocity (9m)-3.8 cm/s (-0.07 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
East Current Velocity (10m)-6.2 cm/s (-0.12 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
East Current Velocity (11m)-0.9 cm/s (-0.02 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
East Current Velocity (12m)0.2 cm/s (0.00 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
East Current Velocity (13m)-1.0 cm/s (-0.02 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
East Current Velocity (14m)-1.7 cm/s (-0.03 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
East Current Velocity (15m)-0.2 cm/s (-0.00 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
East Current Velocity (16m)0.8 cm/s (0.02 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
East Current Velocity (19m)-0.5 cm/s (-0.01 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
East Current Velocity (20m)-1.4 cm/s (-0.03 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
East Current Velocity (21m)2.1 cm/s (0.04 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
East Current Velocity (22m)3.7 cm/s (0.07 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
North Current Velocity (2m)1.9 cm/s (0.04 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
North Current Velocity (2.5m)2.3 cm/s (0.04 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
North Current Velocity (4m)-1.2 cm/s (-0.02 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
North Current Velocity (5m)0.1 cm/s (0.00 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
North Current Velocity (6m)-2.2 cm/s (-0.04 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
North Current Velocity (7m)0.3 cm/s (0.01 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
North Current Velocity (8m)0.8 cm/s (0.01 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
North Current Velocity (9m)2.6 cm/s (0.05 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
North Current Velocity (10m)-0.0 cm/s (-0.00 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
North Current Velocity (11m)0.5 cm/s (0.01 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
North Current Velocity (12m)1.3 cm/s (0.02 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
North Current Velocity (13m)2.2 cm/s (0.04 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
North Current Velocity (14m)3.7 cm/s (0.07 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
North Current Velocity (15m)0.4 cm/s (0.01 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
North Current Velocity (16m)1.0 cm/s (0.02 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
North Current Velocity (19m)0.9 cm/s (0.02 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
North Current Velocity (20m)-1.7 cm/s (-0.03 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
North Current Velocity (21m)0.6 cm/s (0.01 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
North Current Velocity (22m)1.8 cm/s (0.04 kts) Aug 12 7:00 AM
Average Chlorophyll Concentration (1m)Sensor Failure Aug 12 7:00 AM
Sea water Turbidity (1m)Sensor Failure Aug 12 7:00 AM


Measured Ocean Currents and Wind Stress

Hourly averaged wind stress at 4 m and currents (rotated to true north) at 2 m (current meter) and from 10 m to a maximum of 126 m (Doppler).
Latest Month's:
This Deployment:
Entire Position History:

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Wind and Residual Ocean Currents

Measured winds and currents which are low-pass filtered to remove tidal currents. Winds at 4 m above sea surface, surface currents at a depth of 2 m, and doppler currents at 4 meter bins from 10 meters to a maximum of 126 meters.
Latest Month's:
This Deployment:
Entire Position History:

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