Daily means from the K5 wave buoy for Oct 2013, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.
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743 wave-buoy observations covered all 31 days. Typical wave height was 9.2 ft (10th–90th percentile 5.2–14.1 ft), while mean reported wave period; measurement type unavailable was 6.8 seconds (10th–90th percentile 5–8 seconds). Typical wind was 17.2 mph (10th–90th percentile 8.1–26.4 mph) and mean water temperature was 11.7°C (10th–90th percentile 11.4–12°C). 1 of 3,715 checked values (0%) were excluded by quality control. Across 3 comparable years, mean wave height was below the same-month mean of 11.4 ft and mean wave period was below the same-month mean of 7.2 seconds.
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Typical Wave Height
9.2ft
Mean: 9.8ft
P10–P90: 5.2 — 14.1ft
Recorded extremes
3.9 — 28.5ft
Available for 742 of 743 hourly samples
Mean Wave Period
6.8secs
P10–P90: 5 — 8secs
Recorded extremes
4 — 12secs
Mean Water Temperature
11.7°C
P10–P90: 11.4 — 12°C
Recorded extremes
10.9 — 12.2°C
Typical Wind
Variable, 17.2mph
Mean: 17mph
P10–P90: 8.1 — 26.4mph
Recorded extremes
2.2 — 35.8mph
Circular concentration: 15%
Compared With Previous Octobers
Historical baseline from 2,229 observations across 3 years.
Wave Height
9.8ft
1.6ft below mean
Historical mean 11.4ft
Wave Period
6.8s
0.4s below mean
Historical mean 7.2s
Water Temperature
11.7°C
0.3°C above mean
Historical mean 11.4°C
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Sorry, there is no wave data for Tue, Oct 1, 2013
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 2013Last observation shown
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Mean wave height (ft)
8
8
6
5
6
10
11
10
15
9
5
7
7
6
5
10
10
12
12
13
8
5
9
10
8
8
17
13
13
13
24
Mean observed period(s)
6Reported
6Reported
6Reported
6Reported
5Reported
7Reported
8Reported
7Reported
8Reported
7Reported
6Reported
7Reported
6Reported
6Reported
5Reported
7Reported
7Reported
7Reported
7Reported
8Reported
7Reported
7Reported
6Reported
7Reported
8Reported
6Reported
10Reported
8Reported
8Reported
7Reported
10Reported
Mean wave power(kW/m)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Mean wind direction
SEconcentration 99%
SEconcentration 99%
SEconcentration 64%
WNWconcentration 83%
SSWconcentration 77%
SWconcentration 98%
Variableconcentration 17%
WNWconcentration 91%
NNWconcentration 89%
WNWconcentration 81%
Sconcentration 91%
SEconcentration 89%
Econcentration 98%
Econcentration 98%
Econcentration 98%
Econcentration 98%
Econcentration 100%
Econcentration 99%
ENEconcentration 98%
Econcentration 80%
Econcentration 91%
NEconcentration 93%
NWconcentration 94%
Wconcentration 95%
NNWconcentration 76%
Sconcentration 70%
Variableconcentration 0%
NNWconcentration 95%
WNWconcentration 76%
SWconcentration 82%
SWconcentration 99%
Mean wind speed (mph)
18
19
9
12
17
20
11
18
26
10
13
12
14
13
15
21
21
26
24
16
7
9
25
17
8
19
13
22
19
25
29
Mean water temperature(°C)
11.8
11.8
12.1
12.1
12.1
12.0
11.9
11.8
11.6
11.6
11.5
11.6
11.8
11.8
11.9
11.9
11.9
11.9
11.9
11.8
11.8
11.8
11.8
11.6
11.6
11.5
11.4
11.4
11.3
11.1
11.0
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