Bouy Station 42035 - outside Galveston Bay

[x-y-no]

Seems all the bouys closer to Rita are already out of service, but here's one worth watching:

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Station 42035 - GALVESTON 22NM East of Galveston, TX.

Owned and maintained by National Data Buoy Center
3-meter discus buoy
DACT payload
29.25 N 94.41 W (29°14'47"N 94°24'30"W)



Conditions at 42035 as of
(1:50 pm CDT)
1850 GMT on 09/23/2005:

Wind Direction (WDIR): N ( 360 deg true )
Wind Speed (WSPD): 33.0 kts
Wind Gust (GST): 46.6 kts
Wave Height (WVHT): 13.8 ft
Dominant Wave Period (DPD): 14 sec
Average Period (APD): 6.6 sec
Mean Wave Direction (MWDIR): E ( 97 deg true )
Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 998.6 mb
Pressure Tendency (PTDY): -4.3 mb ( Falling Rapidly )

[Roxy]

Cool, thanks!

[mf_dolphin]

Here's a couple of others that could be interesting:

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=srst2

and

http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/plotcom ... orth%2C+TX

The second one has a water level gauge

[BReb]

Mad about the buoy.