K5 wave buoy observations on Thu, Mar 17, 2011
Hourly readings from the K5 wave buoy for Thu, Mar 17, 2011, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.
Period Summary
Programmatically generated summary. Hog Says24 wave-buoy observations were recorded during the day. Typical wave height was 17.1 ft (10th–90th percentile 14.1–24.3 ft), while mean reported wave period; measurement type unavailable was 9.2 seconds (10th–90th percentile 8–10.7 seconds). Typical wind was 16.1 mph (10th–90th percentile 7.9–20.8 mph) and mean water temperature was 9°C. 3 of 120 checked values (2.5%) were excluded by quality control.
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for Thu, Mar 17, 2011
About K5 wave buoy
K5 (WMO 64045) is a UK Met Office buoy in the far North Atlantic west of Scotland. It provides observations from a sparsely monitored ocean area upstream of the Hebrides and northern UK waters. The international feed includes marine weather and sea-temperature observations, with wave and wind parameters present only when the relevant sensors are reporting.
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| Wave height (ft) | QC rejected | QC rejected | QC rejected | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 |
| Observed period(s) | 12Reported | 11Reported | 11Reported | 9Reported | 10Reported | 10Reported | 10Reported | 9Reported | 10Reported | 10Reported | 9Reported | 10Reported | 9Reported | 8Reported | 9Reported | 9Reported | 9Reported | 8Reported | 8Reported | 8Reported | 8Reported | 8Reported | 8Reported | 8Reported |
| Wave power(kW/m) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wind direction | WSW | WSW | WSW | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | WSW | W | W | SW | W | SW | SW | SW | SSW | WSW | S | SSW | S | S |
| Wind speed (mph) | 21 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 22 |
| Water temperature(°C) | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 |
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