Hornsea wave buoy observations on Thu, Dec 4, 2008
Hourly readings from the Hornsea wave buoy for Thu, Dec 4, 2008, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.
Period Summary
Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says48 wave-buoy observations were recorded during the day. Typical wave height was 3.3 ft (10th–90th percentile 1.9–7.6 ft), while mean peak wave period was 6.9 seconds (10th–90th percentile 4.1–8.7 seconds). Mean water temperature was 7.9°C (10th–90th percentile 7.7–8°C). 2 of 192 checked values (1%) were excluded by quality control.
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for Thu, Dec 4, 2008
About Hornsea wave buoy
Hornsea is a Channel Coastal Observatory wave station off the rapidly eroding Holderness coast of East Yorkshire. Its North Sea record provides local wave context for Hornsea's defended frontage and the adjacent soft-cliff coastline, where storms drive substantial shoreline change.
Its current data source reports wave height, wave period, wave direction, directional spread, wave power and sea temperature.
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| Significant wave height (ft) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum wave height (ft) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Peak period (s) | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Zero-crossing period (s) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Energy period (s) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wave power, kilowatts per metre | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Peak wave direction | NNE | NNE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | E | ESE | E | E | E | ESE | ESE | E | E | E | E |
| Directional spread (°) | 20.0 | 28.0 | 21.0 | 18.0 | 21.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 16.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 11.0 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 10.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 18.0 | 24.0 | 27.0 | 33.0 | 25.0 | 33.0 | 36.0 | 34.0 | 37.0 | 32.0 | 27.0 | 32.0 |
| Water temperature(°C) | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 |
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