Realtime Coastal Observation Network (ReCON) Station
Muskegon Buoy   Location: 43° 11.1216´ N,   86° 21.1104´ W,   Depth: 59 ft (18 m)

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Conditions around 6:57 am EDT on Mon, Jun 16, 2025 (10:57 GMT)
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Air Data:   
Wind Speed: 7.34 kts (3.77 m/s)   [Jun 15, 8:10 pm] R.M. Young Wind Monitor
Maximum Wind Speed: 6.44 kts (3.31 m/s) R.M. Young Wind Monitor
Wind Direction: 345.7° (NNW)   [Jun 15, 8:10 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
Air Temperature: 62.9 °F (17.2 °C) CSI Temp Probe
Air Pressure (sea level): 30.33 inHg (1027.07 hPa) R.M. Young Barometer
PAR Radiation: 43 umole/m^2/s Li-COR PAR Sensor
   
Water Near-Surface Data:   
Significant Wave Height: 0.3 ft (0.09 m) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Maximum Wave Height: 0.5 ft (0.15 m) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Wave Zero-Crossing Period: 1.93 secs Nortek AWAC Profiler
Wave Direction: 313.9° (NW) Nortek AWAC Profiler
   
Water Temperature (near surface): 60.3 °F (15.7 °C) CSI Temp Probe
   
Water Temperature (near surface): 60.2 °F (15.7 °C) YSI Sonde
Phycocyanin (near surface): 0.0 RFU YSI Sonde
Fluorescent DOM (near surface): -0.26 RFU YSI Sonde
pH (near surface): 8.35 YSI Sonde
Chlorophyll (near surface): 0.7 RFU YSI Sonde
Turbidity (near surface): 0.1 NTU YSI Sonde
YSI Sensor Depth: 5.34 ft (1.629 m) YSI Sonde
   
Water Column Data:   
Current @ 4.9 ft (1.5 m) Depth: 0.161 kts (8.3 cm/s), 236.3° (WSW) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 14.8 ft (4.5 m) Depth: 0.080 kts (4.1 cm/s), 251.6° (WSW) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 24.6 ft (7.5 m) Depth: 0.298 kts (15.3 cm/s), 287.8° (WNW) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 34.5 ft (10.5 m) Depth: 0.117 kts (6.0 cm/s), 0.0° (N) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 44.3 ft (13.5 m) Depth: 0.119 kts (6.1 cm/s), 263.5° (W) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 50.9 ft (15.5 m) Depth: 0.031 kts (1.6 cm/s), 71.6° (ENE) Nortek AWAC Profiler
   
Water Near-Bottom Data:   
Conductivity (near bottom): 218.3 uS/cm SeaBird CTD
Water Temperature (near bottom): 49.4 °F (9.7 °C) SeaBird CTD
SBE Sensor Depth: 62.2 ft (18.9 m) SeaBird CTD
   
Water Temperature (near bottom): 49.6 °F (9.8 °C) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Nortek Sensor Depth: 62.74 ft (19.12 m) Nortek AWAC Profiler
   
Engineering Data:   
GPS Latitude: 43.180690 N   [Jun 15, 12:26 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
GPS Longitude: -86.353290 E   [Jun 15, 12:26 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
GPS Altitude: 592 ft (180 m)   [Jun 15, 12:26 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
Buoy Location Offset North: 0 ft (0 m)   [Jun 15, 12:26 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
Buoy Location Offset East: 3 ft (1 m)   [Jun 15, 12:26 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
AirMar Compass: 125.1° (SE)   [Jun 15, 8:10 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
AirMar Pitch: -12.1°   [Jun 15, 8:10 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
AirMar Roll: 1.7°   [Jun 15, 8:10 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
   
Nortek Compass: 300.7° (WNW) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Nortek Pitch: 2.8° Nortek AWAC Profiler
Nortek Roll: 1.0° Nortek AWAC Profiler
   
Solar Panel Voltage: 12.94 volts SPC Board
Solar Panel Current: 0.334 amps Campbell Logger
Battery Voltage: 11.84 volts SPC Board
Battery Current: -1.094 amps (+=charging) Campbell Logger
Current to UW Hub: 0.704 amps Campbell Logger
Voltage at UW Hub: 49.25 volts SPC Board

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