cowisl

Making some headway!

Ratickle

This is the closest buoy I know of. It is more south off of the penninsula. It looks like they are over half-way.

If you map it, it shows 3100+ driving miles, 52 1/2 hours.

Good luck, Go Bob!!


Station 42056 - Yucatan Basin

Owned and maintained by National Data Buoy Center
12-meter discus buoy
ARES 4.4 payload
19.87 N 85.06 W (19°52'27" N 85°3'33" W)

Site elevation: sea level
Air temp height: 10 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 10 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: sea level
Sea temp depth: 1 m below site elevation
Water depth: 4446 m
Watch circle radius: 5083 yards


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Conditions at 42056 as of
1450 GMT on 06/11/2008: Unit of Measure: English Metric Time Zone: Station Local Time Greenwich Mean Time [GMT] British Summer Time [GMT+1] Eastern Greenland [GMT-1] Azores [GMT-2] Western Greenland [GMT-3] Atlantic Standard [GMT-4] US/Eastern Standard US/Central Standard US/Mountain Standard US/Pacific Standard Alaska Standard [GMT-9] Hawaii-Aleutian Standard [GMT-10] Samoa Standard [GMT-11] International Date Line West [GMT-12] Western European [GMT+0] Central European [GMT+1] Eastern European [GMT+2] Moscow [GMT+3] USSR Zone 3 [GMT+4] USSR Zone 4 [GMT+5] USSR Zone 5 [GMT+6] USSR Zone 6 [GMT+7] China Coast [GMT+8] Japan Standard [GMT+9] Guam Standard [GMT+10] GMT+11 International Date Line East [GMT+12]
Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation.

Wind Direction (WDIR): E ( 100 deg true )
Wind Speed (WSPD): 13.6 kts
Wind Gust (GST): 17.5 kts
Wave Height (WVHT): 4.3 ft
Dominant Wave Period (DPD): 5 sec
Average Period (APD): 5.0 sec
Mean Wave Direction (MWD): ESE ( 119 deg true )
Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 29.98 in
Pressure Tendency (PTDY): +0.02 in ( Rising )
Air Temperature (ATMP): 82.8 °F
Water Temperature (WTMP): 82.8 °F
Dew Point (DEWP): 77.2 °F
Heat Index (HEAT): 91.8 °F

37SR

Current reading from NOAA Bouy # 42056 (closest bouy that I can find) which is South of the western tip of Cuba and SE of Cozumel

Wind Direction (WDIR): E ( 100 deg true )
Wind Speed (WSPD): 13.6 kts
Wind Gust (GST): 17.5 kts
Wave Height (WVHT): 4.3 ft
Dominant Wave Period (DPD): 5 sec
Average Period (APD): 5.0 sec
Mean Wave Direction (MWD): ESE ( 119 deg true )
Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 29.98 in
Pressure Tendency (PTDY): +0.02 in ( Rising )
Air Temperature (ATMP): 82.8 °F
Water Temperature (WTMP): 82.8 °F
Dew Point (DEWP): 77.2 °F
Heat Index (HEAT): 91.8 °F

Ratickle

Same thought.

37SR

oops........

Speedfreak

This is a cool site that Bob suggested we check out. Accordindg to it all looks fine. No more than 2' out there. Good luck Bob

http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display.cgi?a=gom_wave

Lee

BY U BOY

Looks like they are going to see some 5's pretty soonAnd going to get some cross seas.
http://www.oceanweather.com/data/Gul...ico/index.html

Ratickle

Hopefully they can stay a little south of that bigger stuff.

Double R Performance

Go! BobRacer Go!

Ratickle

Keep watching for that next update to make sure they're past Cuba with no issues.