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School of Marine Sciences
University of Maine

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Mooring F0124 : Penobscot Bay


Latitude: 44° 3.31´N
Longitude: 68° 59.81´W
Location Description: Between Owls Head and Vinalhaven
Deployed: Apr 14 2012
Coast Guard Light List Letter: F
Coast Guard Light List Number 4052
Water Depth: 110 meters (361 feet)
Watch Circle Radius: 75 meters (246 feet)
Last Cell Phone Transmission: May 23, 01 PM EDT
Last GOES Transmission: May 23, 01 PM EDT
Latest Event:
Apr 24, 11 AM EDT
Salinity readings appear to be okay from 1m SBE37 (problem may have been cell obstruction)

Specialized Plots:
Temperature, Salinity, Density:

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 (0m)0.4 meters (1.2 ft)May 23 1:00 PM
Dominant Wave Period (0m)6.4 seconds May 23 1:00 PM
Air Temperature (-3m)10.8 C (51.5 F)May 23 1:00 PM
Visibility (-3m)444.0 meters May 23 1:00 PM
Barometric Pressure (-3m)1011.2 millibars May 23 1:00 PM
Wind Direction (-4m)WSWMay 23 1:00 PM
Wind 2 Direction [Primary] (-4m)WSWMay 23 1:00 PM
Wind Speed (-4m)0.4 m/s (1 mph, 1 kts)May 23 1:00 PM
Wind 2 Speed [Primary] (-4m)1.5 m/s (3 mph, 3 kts)May 23 1:00 PM
Wind Gust (-4m)1.4 m/s (3 mph, 3 kts)May 23 1:00 PM
Wind 2 Gust [Primary] (-4m)2.1 m/s (5 mph, 4 kts)May 23 1:00 PM
Water Temperature (1m)11.0 C (51.8 F) May 23 1:00 PM
Water Temperature (2m)10.2 C (50.4 F) May 23 1:00 PM
Water Temperature (20m)7.6 C (45.7 F) May 23 1:00 PM
Water Temperature (50m)7.0 C (44.6 F) May 23 1:00 PM
Salinity (1m)28.2 psu May 23 1:00 PM
Salinity (20m)31.4 psu May 23 1:00 PM
Salinity (50m)31.2 psu May 23 1:00 PM
Sigma-T (1m)21.5 kg/m^3 May 23 1:00 PM
Sigma-T (20m)24.5 kg/m^3 May 23 1:00 PM
Sigma-T (50m)24.4 kg/m^3 May 23 1:00 PM
Current Direction (2m)SWMay 23 1:00 PM
Current Speed (2m)37.8 cm/s (0.74 kts)May 23 1:00 PM
East Current Velocity (2m)-22.7 cm/s (-0.44 kts)May 23 1:00 PM
East Current Velocity (10m)-5.1 cm/s (-0.10 kts)May 23 1:00 PM
East Current Velocity (14m)-2.5 cm/s (-0.05 kts)May 23 1:00 PM
East Current Velocity (18m)0.9 cm/s (0.02 kts)May 23 1:00 PM
East Current Velocity (22m)3.8 cm/s (0.07 kts)May 23 1:00 PM
East Current Velocity (50m)2.7 cm/s (0.05 kts)May 23 1:00 PM
North Current Velocity (2m)-30.3 cm/s (-0.59 kts)May 23 1:00 PM
North Current Velocity (10m)-20.3 cm/s (-0.40 kts)May 23 1:00 PM
North Current Velocity (14m)-13.2 cm/s (-0.26 kts)May 23 1:00 PM
North Current Velocity (18m)-9.9 cm/s (-0.19 kts)May 23 1:00 PM
North Current Velocity (22m)-11.7 cm/s (-0.23 kts)May 23 1:00 PM
North Current Velocity (50m)-32.8 cm/s (-0.64 kts)May 23 1:00 PM

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).
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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.
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