Daily means from the K5 wave buoy for Oct 2012, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.
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742 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 9.2 ft (10th–90th percentile 5.6–12.8 ft), while mean reported wave period; measurement type unavailable was 6.8 seconds (10th–90th percentile 6–8 seconds). Typical wind was 16.1 mph (10th–90th percentile 6.9–25.3 mph) and mean water temperature was 10.9°C (10th–90th percentile 10.5–11.3°C). 6 of 3,698 checked values (0.2%) were excluded by quality control. Across 2 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 12.5 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 7.5 seconds.
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Typical Wave Height
9.2ft
Mean: 9.2ft
P10–P90: 5.6 — 12.8ft
Recorded extremes
3.3 — 21ft
Available for 736 of 742 hourly samples
Mean Wave Period
6.8secs
P10–P90: 6 — 8secs
Recorded extremes
4 — 11secs
Available for 739 of 742 hourly samples
Mean Water Temperature
10.9°C
P10–P90: 10.5 — 11.3°C
Recorded extremes
10.3 — 11.5°C
Available for 739 of 742 hourly samples
Typical Wind
Variable, 16.1mph
Mean: 16.5mph
P10–P90: 6.9 — 25.3mph
Recorded extremes
2.2 — 39.1mph
Circular concentration: 25%
Available for 739 of 742 hourly samples
Compared With Previous Octobers
Historical baseline from 1,490 observations across 2 years.
Wave Height
9.2ft
3.3ft below mean
Historical mean 12.5ft
Wave Period
6.8s
0.7s below mean
Historical mean 7.5s
Water Temperature
10.9°C
0.8°C below mean
Historical mean 11.7°C
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Sorry, there is no wave data for Mon, Oct 1, 2012
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.
Metrics are rows; days run left to right.
K5 wave buoy daily means Oct 2012Last observation shown
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Mean wave height (ft)
QC rejected
9
8
6
9
7
7
9
7
9
11
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
7
6
11
8
6
4
5
10
12
16
12
9
13
Mean observed period(s)
9Reported
7Reported
7Reported
7Reported
7Reported
6Reported
6Reported
6Reported
6Reported
7Reported
7Reported
8Reported
7Reported
6Reported
7Reported
6Reported
7Reported
6Reported
6Reported
7Reported
9Reported
8Reported
7Reported
6Reported
5Reported
7Reported
8Reported
8Reported
7Reported
6Reported
7Reported
Mean wave power(kW/m)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Mean wind direction
WSWconcentration 96%
Wconcentration 74%
Nconcentration 84%
Variableconcentration 13%
NNWconcentration 94%
WNWconcentration 78%
WSWconcentration 97%
NWconcentration 93%
WSWconcentration 97%
Sconcentration 86%
SWconcentration 83%
NNEconcentration 57%
ENEconcentration 73%
ENEconcentration 98%
ENEconcentration 99%
ENEconcentration 96%
NEconcentration 98%
NNEconcentration 96%
Nconcentration 93%
SWconcentration 59%
ESEconcentration 84%
SSEconcentration 98%
SSWconcentration 83%
NWconcentration 87%
NEconcentration 77%
NNEconcentration 93%
Wconcentration 94%
Nconcentration 60%
NWconcentration 85%
WNWconcentration 64%
NNWconcentration 83%
Mean wind speed (mph)
21
11
11
8
17
11
17
15
15
20
14
12
20
22
20
22
23
23
11
10
15
13
8
10
14
17
22
26
21
17
28
Mean water temperature(°C)
11.4
11.3
11.3
11.3
11.2
11.2
11.2
11.2
11.2
11.1
11.1
11.1
11.1
11.1
11.0
10.9
10.9
10.8
10.8
10.7
10.6
10.6
10.6
10.6
10.6
10.6
10.6
10.5
10.5
10.4
10.4
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