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 2:37 am EDT on Mon, Jul 28, 2025 (06:37 GMT)
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Air Data:   
Wind Speed: 6.58 kts (3.38 m/s)   [Jul 27, 3:54 pm] R.M. Young Wind Monitor
Maximum Wind Speed: 4.76 kts (2.45 m/s) R.M. Young Wind Monitor
Wind Direction: 254.0° (WSW)   [Jul 27, 3:54 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
Air Temperature: 75.7 °F (24.3 °C) CSI Temp Probe
Air Pressure (sea level): 30.31 inHg (1026.45 hPa) R.M. Young Barometer
PAR Radiation: 0 umole/m^2/s Li-COR PAR Sensor
   
Water Near-Surface Data:   
Significant Wave Height: 0.2 ft (0.06 m) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Maximum Wave Height: 0.3 ft (0.09 m) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Wave Zero-Crossing Period: 2.49 secs Nortek AWAC Profiler
Wave Direction: 287.9° (WNW) Nortek AWAC Profiler
   
Water Temperature (near surface): 76.7 °F (24.8 °C) CSI Temp Probe
   
Water Temperature (near surface): 76.5 °F (24.7 °C) YSI Sonde
Phycocyanin (near surface): 0.0 RFU YSI Sonde
Fluorescent DOM (near surface): -0.34 RFU YSI Sonde
pH (near surface): 8.58 YSI Sonde
Chlorophyll (near surface): 0.7 RFU YSI Sonde
Turbidity (near surface): 0.1 NTU YSI Sonde
YSI Sensor Depth: 5.34 ft (1.627 m) YSI Sonde
   
Water Column Data:   
Current @ 4.9 ft (1.5 m) Depth: 0.064 kts (3.3 cm/s), 238.7° (WSW) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 14.8 ft (4.5 m) Depth: 0.187 kts (9.6 cm/s), 55.2° (NE) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 24.6 ft (7.5 m) Depth: 0.041 kts (2.1 cm/s), 188.1° (S) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 34.5 ft (10.5 m) Depth: 0.151 kts (7.7 cm/s), 23.6° (NNE) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 44.3 ft (13.5 m) Depth: 0.155 kts (8.0 cm/s), 277.2° (W) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 50.9 ft (15.5 m) Depth: 0.110 kts (5.7 cm/s), 26.1° (NNE) Nortek AWAC Profiler
   
Water Near-Bottom Data:   
Conductivity (near bottom): 258.8 uS/cm SeaBird CTD
Water Temperature (near bottom): 62.1 °F (16.7 °C) SeaBird CTD
SBE Sensor Depth: 62.5 ft (19.0 m) SeaBird CTD
   
Water Temperature (near bottom): 62.3 °F (16.9 °C) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Nortek Sensor Depth: 63.01 ft (19.21 m) Nortek AWAC Profiler
   
Engineering Data:   
GPS Latitude: 43.180690 N   [Jul 27, 3:52 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
GPS Longitude: -86.353270 E   [Jul 27, 3:52 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
GPS Altitude: 610 ft (186 m)   [Jul 27, 3:52 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
Buoy Location Offset North: 0 ft (0 m)   [Jul 27, 3:52 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
Buoy Location Offset East: 8 ft (2 m)   [Jul 27, 3:52 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
AirMar Compass: 63.8° (ENE)   [Jul 27, 3:54 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
AirMar Pitch: -5.3°   [Jul 27, 3:54 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
AirMar Roll: 6.7°   [Jul 27, 3:54 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
   
Nortek Compass: 300.2° (WNW) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Nortek Pitch: 1.6° Nortek AWAC Profiler
Nortek Roll: 0.2° Nortek AWAC Profiler
   
Solar Panel Voltage: 0.40 volts SPC Board
Solar Panel Current: 0.132 amps Campbell Logger
Battery Voltage: 12.04 volts SPC Board
Battery Current: -1.297 amps (+=charging) Campbell Logger
Current to UW Hub: 0.726 amps Campbell Logger
Voltage at UW Hub: 49.23 volts SPC Board

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