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

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Mooring PR303 : CARICOOS Data Buoy E (Recovered on Apr 06 2016)


Latitude: 18° 15.58´N
Longitude: 65° 27.44´W
Location Description: North of Vieques
Deployed: Apr 21 2015
Recovered: Apr 06 2016
Coast Guard Light List Letter: E
Coast Guard Light List Number 31383
Water Depth: 30 meters (98 feet)
Watch Circle Radius: 60 meters (197 feet)
Last Cell Phone Transmission: Apr 06, 10 AM AST
Last GOES Transmission: Apr 06, 10 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 PR303 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 (alt) (0m)0.5 meters (1.8 ft)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Dominant Wave Period (alt) (0m)10.7 seconds 2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Significant Wave Height (test) (0m)1.6 meters (5.2 ft)2016 Mar 25 9:00 AM
Dominant Wave Period (test) (0m)6.3 seconds 2016 Mar 25 9:00 AM
Mean Wave Direction (test) (0m)80.8 degrees 2016 Mar 25 9:00 AM
Air Temperature (-3m)26.4 C (79.6 F)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Barometric Pressure (-3m)1015.6 millibars 2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Wind Direction (-4m)SW2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Wind 2 Direction [Primary] (-4m)SW2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Wind Speed (-4m)1.2 m/s (3 mph, 2 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Wind 2 Speed [Primary] (-4m)1.3 m/s (3 mph, 2 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Wind Gust (-4m)1.9 m/s (4 mph, 4 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Wind 2 Gust [Primary] (-4m)2.0 m/s (5 mph, 4 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Water Temperature (1m)27.1 C (80.7 F) 2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Salinity (1m)36.4 psu 2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Sigma-T (1m)23.7 kg/m^3 2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Direction (2.5m)ESE2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Direction (4m)ESE2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Direction (5m)ESE2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Direction (6m)ESE2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Direction (7m)ESE2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Direction (8m)ESE2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Direction (9m)ESE2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Direction (10m)ESE2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Direction (11m)ESE2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Direction (12m)ESE2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Direction (13m)ESE2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Direction (14m)ESE2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Direction (15m)SE2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Direction (16m)SE2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Speed (2.5m)81.6 cm/s (1.59 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Speed (4m)181.0 cm/s (3.52 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Speed (5m)170.6 cm/s (3.32 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Speed (6m)158.9 cm/s (3.09 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Speed (7m)167.2 cm/s (3.25 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Speed (8m)175.2 cm/s (3.41 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Speed (9m)180.7 cm/s (3.51 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Speed (10m)185.1 cm/s (3.60 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Speed (11m)191.3 cm/s (3.72 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Speed (12m)195.9 cm/s (3.81 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Speed (13m)231.2 cm/s (4.49 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Speed (14m)212.3 cm/s (4.13 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Speed (15m)180.3 cm/s (3.50 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
Current Speed (16m)153.9 cm/s (2.99 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
East Current Velocity (2.5m)75.2 cm/s (1.46 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
East Current Velocity (4m)174.0 cm/s (3.38 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
East Current Velocity (5m)164.6 cm/s (3.20 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
East Current Velocity (6m)146.8 cm/s (2.85 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
East Current Velocity (7m)156.2 cm/s (3.04 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
East Current Velocity (8m)164.8 cm/s (3.20 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
East Current Velocity (9m)169.1 cm/s (3.29 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
East Current Velocity (10m)175.2 cm/s (3.41 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
East Current Velocity (11m)182.2 cm/s (3.54 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
East Current Velocity (12m)187.9 cm/s (3.65 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
East Current Velocity (13m)221.9 cm/s (4.31 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
East Current Velocity (14m)188.7 cm/s (3.67 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
East Current Velocity (15m)141.1 cm/s (2.74 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
East Current Velocity (16m)114.5 cm/s (2.23 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
North Current Velocity (2.5m)-31.6 cm/s (-0.61 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
North Current Velocity (4m)-49.9 cm/s (-0.97 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
North Current Velocity (5m)-44.7 cm/s (-0.87 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
North Current Velocity (6m)-60.8 cm/s (-1.18 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
North Current Velocity (7m)-59.6 cm/s (-1.16 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
North Current Velocity (8m)-59.3 cm/s (-1.15 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
North Current Velocity (9m)-63.6 cm/s (-1.24 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
North Current Velocity (10m)-59.7 cm/s (-1.16 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
North Current Velocity (11m)-58.2 cm/s (-1.13 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
North Current Velocity (12m)-55.3 cm/s (-1.08 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
North Current Velocity (13m)-64.9 cm/s (-1.26 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
North Current Velocity (14m)-97.4 cm/s (-1.89 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
North Current Velocity (15m)-112.2 cm/s (-2.18 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 PM
North Current Velocity (16m)-102.8 cm/s (-2.00 kts)2016 Apr 06 2:00 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).
This Deployment:

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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.
This Deployment:

How to Read a Stick Plot


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