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Alpena - Thunder Bay Buoy   Location: 44° 59.0406´ N,   83° 16.2648´ W,   Depth: 66.42 ft (20.245 m)

Conditions around 9:20 pm EDT on Thu, Sep 19, 2024 (01:20 GMT) NOTE: Italic values identify data that is not recent and may not reflect current conditions.

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Air Data:     Wind Speed: 8.54 kts (4.39 m/s) R.M. Young Wind Monitor Maximum Wind Speed: 9.60 kts (4.94 m/s) R.M. Young Wind Monitor Wind Direction: 158.2° (SSE) AirMar Weather Sensor Air Temperature: 68.8 °F (20.5 °C) CSI Temp Probe Air Pressure (sea level): 29.90 inHg (1012.54 hPa) AirMar Weather Sensor PAR Radiation: 0 umole/m^2/s Li-COR PAR Sensor       Water Near-Surface Data:     Significant Wave Height: 0.9 ft (0.28 m) Nortek AWAC Profiler Maximum Wave Height: 1.6 ft (0.50 m) Nortek AWAC Profiler Wave Zero-Crossing Period: 2.26 secs Nortek AWAC Profiler Wave Direction: 1.1° (N) Nortek AWAC Profiler       Water Temperature (near surface): 69.0 °F (20.6 °C) CSI Temp Probe       CO₂ (near surface): 161.08 ppmv Pro Oceanus Mini CO₂ Digital Sensor       Water Column Data:     Current @ 8.2 ft (2.5 m) Depth: 0.215 kts (11.1 cm/s), 284.7° (WNW) Nortek AWAC Profiler Current @ 18.0 ft (5.5 m) Depth: 0.151 kts (7.8 cm/s), 131.9° (SE) Nortek AWAC Profiler Current @ 27.9 ft (8.5 m) Depth: 0.219 kts (11.3 cm/s), 24.1° (NNE) Nortek AWAC Profiler Current @ 37.7 ft (11.5 m) Depth: 0.127 kts (6.5 cm/s), 332.7° (NNW) Nortek AWAC Profiler Current @ 47.6 ft (14.5 m) Depth: 0.027 kts (1.4 cm/s), 315.0° (NW) Nortek AWAC Profiler Current @ 54.1 ft (16.5 m) Depth: 0.218 kts (11.2 cm/s), 341.2° (NNW) Nortek AWAC Profiler       Water Near-Bottom Data:     Water Temperature (near bottom): 45.7 °F (7.6 °C) YSI Sonde Dissolved Oxygen (near bottom): 101.19 %Sat YSI Sonde Dissolved Oxygen (near bottom): 12.1 mg/L YSI Sonde Phycocyanin (near bottom): 0.78 RFU YSI Sonde Fluorescent DOM (near bottom): -0.13 RFU YSI Sonde Total Dissolved Solids (near bottom): 136.51 mg/L YSI Sonde pH (near bottom): 0.00   (Suspect) YSI Sonde Chlorophyll (near bottom): 0.3 RFU YSI Sonde Conductivity (near bottom): 140 µS/cm YSI Sonde Specific Conductivity (near bottom): 210 µS/cm YSI Sonde Turbidity (near bottom): -0.4 NTU YSI Sonde YSI Sensor Depth: 66.08 ft (20.142 m) YSI Sonde       Water Temperature (near bottom): 45.6 °F (7.6 °C) Nortek AWAC Profiler Nortek Sensor Depth: 66.05 ft (20.13 m) Nortek AWAC Profiler       Engineering Data:     GPS Latitude: 44.984010 N AirMar Weather Sensor GPS Longitude: -83.271100 E AirMar Weather Sensor GPS Altitude: 572 ft (174 m) AirMar Weather Sensor Buoy Location Offset North: -4 ft (-1 m) AirMar Weather Sensor Buoy Location Offset East: 0 ft (0 m) AirMar Weather Sensor AirMar Compass: 231.6° (SW) AirMar Weather Sensor AirMar Pitch: 0.3° AirMar Weather Sensor AirMar Roll: 2.8° AirMar Weather Sensor       Battery Voltage: 12.3 volts   [May 15] iSAMI pH Sensor       Nortek Compass: 133.2° (SE) Nortek AWAC Profiler Nortek Pitch: 0.2° Nortek AWAC Profiler Nortek Roll: 0.4° Nortek AWAC Profiler       Solar Panel Voltage: 0.50 volts SPC Board Solar Panel Current: 0.042 amps Campbell Logger Battery Voltage: 12.25 volts SPC Board Battery Current: -1.283 amps (+=charging) Campbell Logger Current to UW Hub: 0.632 amps Campbell Logger Voltage at UW Hub: 49.69 volts SPC Board

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Steven A. Ruberg Scientist NOAA/GLERL	Ronald W. Muzzi Engineer NOAA/GLERL	Steve A. Constant Technician NOAA/GLERL	Kyle Beadle Engineer NOAA/GLERL	Russ Miller Engineer CIGLR
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