Daily means from the K5 wave buoy for Oct 2019, 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 10.8 ft (10th–90th percentile 5.2–21.2 ft), while mean reported wave period; measurement type unavailable was 7.4 seconds (10th–90th percentile 6–10 seconds). Typical wind was 19.7 mph (10th–90th percentile 8.1–32.2 mph) and mean water temperature was 11.3°C (10th–90th percentile 10.9–11.8°C). All 3,715 checked values passed quality control. Across 9 comparable years, mean wave height was above the same-month mean of 11.8 ft and mean wave period was above the same-month mean of 7.2 seconds.
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Typical Wave Height
10.8ft
Mean: 12.5ft
P10–P90: 5.2 — 21.2ft
Recorded extremes
3 — 35.1ft
Mean Wave Period
7.4secs
P10–P90: 6 — 10secs
Recorded extremes
4 — 12secs
Mean Water Temperature
11.3°C
P10–P90: 10.9 — 11.8°C
Recorded extremes
10.6 — 12.2°C
Typical Wind
Variable, 19.7mph
Mean: 20.4mph
P10–P90: 8.1 — 32.2mph
Recorded extremes
2.2 — 49.4mph
Circular concentration: 13%
Compared With Previous Octobers
Historical baseline from 6,645 observations across 9 years.
Wave Height
12.5ft
0.7ft above mean
Historical mean 11.8ft
Wave Period
7.4s
0.2s above mean
Historical mean 7.2s
Water Temperature
11.3°C
0.3°C below mean
Historical mean 11.6°C
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Sorry, there is no wave data for Tue, Oct 1, 2019
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 2019Last observation shown
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Mean wave height (ft)
8
9
14
19
15
14
25
24
16
10
9
9
6
5
11
12
11
9
11
8
13
16
19
20
24
18
11
7
5
4
6
Mean observed period(s)
6Reported
8Reported
7Reported
9Reported
8Reported
9Reported
10Reported
10Reported
8Reported
7Reported
7Reported
7Reported
6Reported
6Reported
6Reported
8Reported
7Reported
6Reported
7Reported
7Reported
7Reported
8Reported
10Reported
9Reported
10Reported
9Reported
7Reported
7Reported
6Reported
6Reported
6Reported
Mean wave power(kW/m)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Mean wind direction
NNEconcentration 96%
ENEconcentration 68%
ESEconcentration 95%
Econcentration 99%
SEconcentration 88%
SWconcentration 54%
Sconcentration 91%
SWconcentration 93%
WNWconcentration 90%
NNEconcentration 62%
Nconcentration 87%
NNEconcentration 97%
Econcentration 84%
SSEconcentration 95%
SEconcentration 96%
Sconcentration 90%
ESEconcentration 94%
NNEconcentration 94%
NNEconcentration 97%
NWconcentration 62%
SWconcentration 99%
SWconcentration 96%
SSWconcentration 96%
NWconcentration 85%
NWconcentration 96%
NNWconcentration 98%
NNWconcentration 93%
Nconcentration 71%
ENEconcentration 93%
SEconcentration 90%
SEconcentration 96%
Mean wind speed (mph)
19
11
30
28
23
15
37
32
26
14
18
17
9
11
28
12
21
20
24
15
31
23
15
32
31
26
19
12
8
9
16
Mean water temperature(°C)
12.1
12.0
12.0
11.8
11.7
11.7
11.7
11.6
11.5
11.5
11.4
11.4
11.4
11.3
11.4
11.3
11.3
11.2
11.2
11.2
11.1
11.1
11.1
11.0
10.9
10.8
10.8
10.8
10.8
11.0
10.9
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