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

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Mooring PR205 : CarICOOS Data Buoy B (Recovered on Apr 06 2015)


Latitude: 18° 28.46´N
Longitude: 66° 5.94´W
Location Description: North side of Puerto Rico near San Juan
Deployed: May 22 2014
Recovered: Apr 06 2015
Coast Guard Light List Letter: B
Coast Guard Light List Number 30737
Water Depth: 32 meters (105 feet)
Watch Circle Radius: 60 meters (197 feet)
Last Cell Phone Transmission: Apr 06, 02 AM AST
Last GOES Transmission: Apr 06, 02 AM AST
Latest Event:
Apr 06, 07 AM AST
Recovered by Commercial Divers.



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

Sensor Information (this deployment only)


Latest Conditions:

Since PR205 has already been recovered, you may follow this link for a more current data display.

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.

Variable (measurement depth in meters) Last
Observation
Last
Update
(GMT)
Full
Deployment
Plot
Significant Wave Height (0m)1.3 meters (4.2 ft)2015 Apr 06 6:00 AM
Maximum Wave Height (0m)2.1 meters (7.1 ft)2015 Apr 06 6:00 AM
Dominant Wave Period (0m)9.1 seconds 2015 Apr 06 6:00 AM
Mean Wave Direction (0m)44.5 degrees 2015 Apr 06 6:00 AM
Mean Wave Direction Spread (0m)34.0 degrees 2015 Apr 06 6:00 AM
Significant Wave Height (alt) (0m)1.6 meters (5.4 ft)2015 Apr 06 6:30 AM
Dominant Wave Period (alt) (0m)10.7 seconds 2015 Apr 06 6:30 AM
Significant Wave Height (test) (0m)1.4 meters (4.5 ft)2015 Apr 06 6:00 AM
Dominant Wave Period (test) (0m)9.1 seconds 2015 Apr 06 6:00 AM
Mean Wave Direction (test) (0m)38.9 degrees 2015 Apr 06 6:00 AM
Air Temperature (-3m)25.2 C (77.4 F)2015 Apr 06 6:30 AM
Barometric Pressure (-3m)1014.3 millibars 2015 Apr 06 6:30 AM
Wind Direction (-4m)SSE2015 Apr 06 6:30 AM
Wind 2 Direction [Primary] (-4m)SE2015 Apr 06 6:30 AM
Wind Speed (-4m)2.9 m/s (6 mph, 6 kts)2015 Apr 06 6:30 AM
Wind 2 Speed [Primary] (-4m)3.0 m/s (7 mph, 6 kts)2015 Apr 06 6:30 AM
Wind Gust (-4m)4.0 m/s (9 mph, 8 kts)2015 Apr 06 6:30 AM
Wind 2 Gust [Primary] (-4m)4.1 m/s (9 mph, 8 kts)2015 Apr 06 6:30 AM
Water Temperature (1m)26.7 C (80.1 F) 2015 Apr 06 6:00 AM
Water Temperature (2.5m)26.4 C (79.5 F) 2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Water Temperature (4m)MD2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Water Temperature (5m)MD2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Water Temperature (6m)MD2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Water Temperature (7m)MD2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Water Temperature (8m)MD2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Water Temperature (9m)MD2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Water Temperature (10m)MD2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Water Temperature (11m)MD2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Water Temperature (12m)MD2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Water Temperature (13m)MD2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Water Temperature (14m)MD2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Water Temperature (15m)MD2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Water Temperature (16m)MD2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Salinity (1m)35.8 psu 2015 Apr 06 6:00 AM
Sigma-T (1m)23.4 kg/m^3 2015 Apr 06 6:00 AM
Current Direction (2.5m)South2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Direction (4m)SSE2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Direction (5m)East2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Direction (6m)ESE2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Direction (7m)SE2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Direction (8m)SSE2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Direction (9m)SE2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Direction (10m)SSE2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Direction (11m)SSE2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Direction (12m)South2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Direction (13m)SW2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Direction (14m)SSW2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Direction (15m)WSW2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Direction (16m)SW2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Speed (2.5m)18.3 cm/s (0.36 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Speed (4m)7.0 cm/s (0.14 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Speed (5m)5.1 cm/s (0.10 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Speed (6m)7.5 cm/s (0.15 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Speed (7m)5.3 cm/s (0.10 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Speed (8m)2.8 cm/s (0.05 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Speed (9m)5.4 cm/s (0.10 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Speed (10m)4.7 cm/s (0.09 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Speed (11m)0.8 cm/s (0.02 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Speed (12m)1.7 cm/s (0.03 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Speed (13m)3.9 cm/s (0.08 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Speed (14m)6.4 cm/s (0.12 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Speed (15m)6.3 cm/s (0.12 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
Current Speed (16m)1.5 cm/s (0.03 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
East Current Velocity (2.5m)-0.9 cm/s (-0.02 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
East Current Velocity (4m)3.2 cm/s (0.06 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
East Current Velocity (5m)5.1 cm/s (0.10 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
East Current Velocity (6m)6.7 cm/s (0.13 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
East Current Velocity (7m)3.8 cm/s (0.07 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
East Current Velocity (8m)1.5 cm/s (0.03 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
East Current Velocity (9m)4.4 cm/s (0.09 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
East Current Velocity (10m)1.3 cm/s (0.03 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
East Current Velocity (11m)0.4 cm/s (0.01 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
East Current Velocity (12m)0.3 cm/s (0.01 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
East Current Velocity (13m)-3.2 cm/s (-0.06 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
East Current Velocity (14m)-2.9 cm/s (-0.06 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
East Current Velocity (15m)-5.3 cm/s (-0.10 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
East Current Velocity (16m)-1.2 cm/s (-0.02 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
North Current Velocity (2.5m)-18.3 cm/s (-0.36 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
North Current Velocity (4m)-6.2 cm/s (-0.12 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
North Current Velocity (5m)-0.3 cm/s (-0.01 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
North Current Velocity (6m)-3.3 cm/s (-0.07 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
North Current Velocity (7m)-3.7 cm/s (-0.07 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
North Current Velocity (8m)-2.3 cm/s (-0.05 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
North Current Velocity (9m)-3.1 cm/s (-0.06 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
North Current Velocity (10m)-4.5 cm/s (-0.09 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
North Current Velocity (11m)-0.7 cm/s (-0.01 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
North Current Velocity (12m)-1.7 cm/s (-0.03 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
North Current Velocity (13m)-2.2 cm/s (-0.04 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
North Current Velocity (14m)-5.7 cm/s (-0.11 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
North Current Velocity (15m)-3.3 cm/s (-0.07 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 AM
North Current Velocity (16m)-0.9 cm/s (-0.02 kts)2015 Apr 05 10:56 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).
This Deployment:

How to Read a Stick Plot


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.
This Deployment:

How to Read a Stick Plot


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