GOM buoy thread -- 29.68 & falling/big drop......

[dixiebreeze]

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42003

[HURAKAN]

Station 42003 - E GULF 260 nm South of Panama City, FL
26.07 N 85.94 W

Wind Speed (WSPD): 31.1 kts
Wind Gust (GST): 36.9 kts

[johnq1954]

Station 42003 - E GULF 260 nm South of Panama City, FL
26.07 N 85.94 W

Wind Speed (WSPD): 31.1 kts
Wind Gust (GST): 36.9 kts

E GULF 260 nm South of Panama City, FL (42003) 26.01 North -85.91 West
Local Time: 8:52 AM CDT on June 11, 2006 [America/Chicago]

Buoy Type: 10-meter discus buoy Buoy Hull: Hull Number 11 Payload: MARS payload Owned by: NDBC
Windspeed measured by: obtained from anemometer Sea Surface measured by: Intake

Current Weather/Wave Observations
Updated: 7:50 AM CDT on June 11, 2006
Air Temperature 78 °F / 26 °C
Humidity 86
Wind direction (W Dir) East (95 - 104 Degrees)
Wind Speed (W Spd) 29.2 kts (33.6 mph / 54.0 km/h)
Dominant Wave Period (DWP) 9 sec
Dominant Wave Height (DWH) 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
Dominant Wave Range (DWR) exactly 13.1 ft / exactly 4.0 m
Wind Wave Period (WWP) 9 sec
Wind Wave Height (WWH) 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
Wind Wave Range (WWR) 12.30 - 13.94 ft / 3.75 - 4.25 m
Atmospheric Pressure (AP) 29.78 in / 1008 hPa
Pressure Tendency (PT) +0.02 in / +0.7 hPa
Decreasing or steady, then increasing; or increasing, then increasing more rapidly

[wxwatcher91]

26.07 N 85.94 W (26°03'59"N 85°56'39"W)
Conditions at 42003 as of
(9:50 am CDT)
1450 GMT on 06/11/2006:

Wind Speed (WSPD): 31.1 kts
Wind Gust (GST): 38.9 kts

[x-y-no]

[skysummit]

[JonathanBelles]

nice graphics

[dixiebreeze]

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42003

Big drop from the previous 29.78 -- now at 29.68 and falling.

[Audrey2Katrina]

Great chart there, Jan. Thanks.

Shows a continuing trend for whatever that's worth.... I guess we'll know a lot more about tendencies tomorrow.

A2K

[TexasSam]

Seems that the weather has changed a bit more:



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[Thunder44]

This buoy reporting 35kt sustained winds with gusts up 44.7kts the past hour. There was a 10-min average peak at 12:50 CDT 36kts sustained. This is highest it has been since center move closer to this buoy.

[caneman]

Pressure now down to 29.66. Sustainded winds at 40 mph and gusts to 50 mph at this buoy

[Thunder44]

This past hour about winds are about 43mph sustained and gusts up 54mph. Pressure fallen to 29.62" or 1003mb.

[caneman]

Wow - Pressure now down to 29.62. That is a big drop in 1 hour. What does that equate to in mb?

[P.K.]

Conditions at 42003 as of
(2:50 am CDT)
0750 GMT on 06/12/2006

WDIR): S ( 170 deg true )
Wind Speed (WSPD): 19.0 m/s
Wind Gust (GST): 24.0 m/s
Dominant Wave Period (DPD): 11 sec
Average Period (APD): 8.7 sec
Mean Wave Direction (MWDIR): SSE ( 152 deg true )
tmospheric Pressure (PRES): 1002.9 mb
Pressure Tendency (PTDY): -2.2 mb ( Falling )
Air Temperature (ATMP): 28.1 °C
Water Temperature (WTMP): 28.2 °C
Dew Point (DEWP): 24.9 °C
Heat Index (HEAT): 32.8 °C

[Thunder44]

Yeah, that's just about 1mb drop in the past hour alone. Here's a conversion table:

http://www.pcwp.com/mb_conversion.html

[P.K.]

Here is a link to the metric graph: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_met.php?station=42003&meas=pres&uom=M

[feederband]

Wave hights 19 ft?



http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42003

[pup55]

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/show_plot.php?station=42039&meas=wdpr&uom=E

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/show_plot.php?station=42036&meas=wdpr&uom=E


42036 is south and east of 42039. Note how the pressure has shot up within the last couple of hours, but the pressure on 42039 is still declining.

Perhaps one of the pro mets or other posters can tell us what is up with this, other than the obvious possibility of a malfunction.

Maybe this guy is turning a little toward the north.[/url]

[Audrey2Katrina]

42036 is south and east of 42039. Note how the pressure has shot up within the last couple of hours, but the pressure on 42039 is still declining.

This also could be because there seems to be a great deal of development of the convection in that area; but overall movement still seems to be between NNE and NE, from the last couple of loops Ive seen.

A2K