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Station BURL1 - Southwest Pass, LA

Station BURL1 Owned and maintained by National Data Buoy Center
C-MAN station
MARS payload
28.90 N 89.43 W (28°54'18" N 89°25'42" W)

Site elevation: 0.0 m above mean sea level
Air temp height: 11.9 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 30.5 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: 12.5 m above mean sea level

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Search And Rescue (SAR) Data

Observations from Nearby Stations and Ships

Latest Satellite Wind Map for this Area

Sector pictures are available for this station at 0, 45, 90, 135, 180, 225, 270, 315 degrees.

(SECTOR PHOTOS ARE NOT IN REAL-TIME AND ARE NOT UPDATED!)

Conditions at BURL1 as of
(11:00 am CDT)
1600 GMT on 10/19/2004:
Unit of Measure:    Time Zone:   

Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation.

5-day plot - Wind DirectionWind Direction (WDIR):SSW ( 200 deg true )
5-day plot - Wind SpeedWind Speed (WSPD): 15 kts
5-day plot - Wind GustWind Gust (GST): 16 kts
5-day plot - Atmospheric PressureAtmospheric Pressure (PRES): 29.98 in
5-day plot - Pressure TendencyPressure Tendency (PTDY): +0.03 in ( Rising )
5-day plot - Air TemperatureAir Temperature (ATMP): 79.3 °F
5-day plot - Dew PointDew Point (DEWP): 75.0 °F
5-day plot - Heat IndexHeat Index (HEAT): 83.5 °F
5-day plot - Wind Speed, Wind Gust and Atmospheric PressureNew! - Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure

Continuous Winds
TIME
(CDT)		5-day plot - Wind Direction WDIR5-day plot - Wind Speed WSPD
11:00 amSSW ( 201 deg ) 14 kts
10:50 amSSW ( 200 deg ) 14 kts
10:40 amSSW ( 200 deg ) 14 kts
10:30 amSSW ( 199 deg ) 14 kts
10:20 amSSW ( 198 deg ) 14 kts
10:10 amSSW ( 195 deg ) 14 kts

Previous observations
MM DD TIME
(CDT)		   WDIR WSPD
kts		 GST
kts		 WVHT
ft		 DPD
sec		 APD
sec		 MWD PRES
in		 PTDY
in		 ATMP
°F		 WTMP
°F		 DEWP
°F		 SAL VIS
mi		 TIDE
ft
101910:00 am  SSW 13 14---- 29.98 +0.04 79.2- 75.2---
1019 9:00 am  SSW 13 14---- 29.97 +0.04 79.0- 74.5---
1019 8:00 am  SSW 13 13---- 29.95 +0.03 78.6- 74.7---
1019 7:00 am  SSW 15 16---- 29.94 +0.03 78.4- 74.7---
1019 6:00 am   S 16 17---- 29.93 +0.02 78.8- 74.7---
1019 5:00 am   S 17 18---- 29.92 +0.00 79.0- 74.7---
1019 4:00 am   S 18 19---- 29.91 -0.02 79.0- 74.5---
1019 3:00 am   S 20 21---- 29.91 -0.03 79.0- 74.3---
1019 2:00 am   S 23 24---- 29.92 -0.02 79.0- 74.5---
1019 1:00 am   S 21 24---- 29.93 -0.01 79.0- 74.7---
101912:00 am   S 19 20---- 29.94 +0.00 78.8- 74.7---
101811:00 pm   S 19 20---- 29.94 +0.00 78.6- 74.8---
101810:00 pm   S 20 22---- 29.94 +0.01 78.4- 74.8---
1018 9:00 pm   S 16 17---- 29.94 +0.02 78.4- 74.3---
1018 8:00 pm   S 15 16---- 29.93 +0.02 78.4- 73.9---
1018 7:00 pm   S 15 15---- 29.92 +0.00 78.3- 74.3---
1018 6:00 pm   S 15 16---- 29.92 +0.00 78.8- 73.2---
1018 5:00 pm   S 14 15---- 29.92 +0.00 78.8- 72.9---
1018 4:00 pm   S 12 12---- 29.92 -0.01 78.8- 72.5---
1018 3:00 pm   S 13 15---- 29.92 -0.03 79.2- 72.5---
1018 2:00 pm   S 15 16---- 29.91 -0.04 79.3- 72.5---
1018 1:00 pm   S 15 17---- 29.93 -0.03 78.8- 72.0---
101812:00 pm   S 15 17---- 29.95 -0.01 79.0- 72.0---
101811:00 am   S 17 17---- 29.96 +0.00 78.8- 71.2---

Description of Measurements

Links which are specific to this station are listed below:

Real Time Data in tabular form for the last forty-five days.

Historical Data & Climatic Summaries for quality controlled data for the current month, previous months, and previous years.

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