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 12:37 pm EDT on Thu, Jun 12, 2025 (16:37 GMT)
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Air Data:   
Wind Speed: 10.55 kts (5.43 m/s)   [9:22 am] R.M. Young Wind Monitor
Maximum Wind Speed: 10.97 kts (5.64 m/s) R.M. Young Wind Monitor
Wind Direction: 65.5° (ENE)   [9:22 am] AirMar Weather Sensor
Air Temperature: 66.2 °F (19.0 °C) CSI Temp Probe
Air Pressure (sea level): 30.38 inHg (1028.77 hPa) R.M. Young Barometer
PAR Radiation: 977 umole/m^2/s Li-COR PAR Sensor
   
Water Near-Surface Data:   
Significant Wave Height: 0.5 ft (0.16 m) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Maximum Wave Height: 1.0 ft (0.29 m) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Wave Zero-Crossing Period: 1.81 secs Nortek AWAC Profiler
Wave Direction: 95.4° (E) Nortek AWAC Profiler
   
Water Temperature (near surface): 58.0 °F (14.4 °C) CSI Temp Probe
   
Water Temperature (near surface): 57.9 °F (14.4 °C) YSI Sonde
Phycocyanin (near surface): 0.0 RFU YSI Sonde
Fluorescent DOM (near surface): -0.23 RFU YSI Sonde
pH (near surface): 8.32 YSI Sonde
Chlorophyll (near surface): 0.2 RFU YSI Sonde
Turbidity (near surface): 0.1 NTU YSI Sonde
YSI Sensor Depth: 5.41 ft (1.649 m) YSI Sonde
   
Water Column Data:   
Current @ 4.9 ft (1.5 m) Depth: 0.302 kts (15.5 cm/s), 357.0° (N) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 14.8 ft (4.5 m) Depth: 0.327 kts (16.8 cm/s), 337.2° (NNW) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 24.6 ft (7.5 m) Depth: 0.488 kts (25.1 cm/s), 346.2° (NNW) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 34.5 ft (10.5 m) Depth: 0.382 kts (19.6 cm/s), 333.0° (NNW) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 44.3 ft (13.5 m) Depth: 0.536 kts (27.6 cm/s), 334.0° (NNW) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 50.9 ft (15.5 m) Depth: 0.680 kts (35.0 cm/s), 327.1° (NNW) Nortek AWAC Profiler
   
Water Near-Bottom Data:   
Conductivity (near bottom): 237.2 uS/cm SeaBird CTD
Water Temperature (near bottom): 54.9 °F (12.7 °C) SeaBird CTD
SBE Sensor Depth: 62.1 ft (18.9 m) SeaBird CTD
   
Water Temperature (near bottom): 55.0 °F (12.8 °C) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Nortek Sensor Depth: 62.80 ft (19.14 m) Nortek AWAC Profiler
   
Engineering Data:   
GPS Latitude: 43.180690 N   [Jun 9, 6:08 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
GPS Longitude: -86.353270 E   [Jun 9, 6:08 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
GPS Altitude: 617 ft (188 m)   [Jun 9, 6:08 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
Buoy Location Offset North: 0 ft (0 m)   [Jun 9, 6:08 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
Buoy Location Offset East: 8 ft (2 m)   [Jun 9, 6:08 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
AirMar Compass: 253.4° (WSW)   [9:22 am] AirMar Weather Sensor
AirMar Pitch: -11.1°   [9:22 am] AirMar Weather Sensor
AirMar Roll: -0.5°   [9:22 am] AirMar Weather Sensor
   
Nortek Compass: 299.9° (WNW) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Nortek Pitch: -1.1° Nortek AWAC Profiler
Nortek Roll: -0.5° Nortek AWAC Profiler
   
Solar Panel Voltage: 18.27 volts SPC Board
Solar Panel Current: 2.671 amps Campbell Logger
Battery Voltage: 13.34 volts SPC Board
Battery Current: 1.540 amps (+=charging) Campbell Logger
Current to UW Hub: 0.611 amps Campbell Logger
Voltage at UW Hub: 49.26 volts SPC Board

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