martha's vineyard coastal observatory
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The MVCO is a research observatory located at South Beach and in the ocean a mile off the south shore of Martha's Vineyard. It provides real time and archived coastal oceanographic and meteorological data for researchers, students and the general public.


Current GMT time: Jan 28, 2012 14:42
Current local time: Jan 28, 2012 9:42

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Jan 28, 2012 14:00 GMT
Wind Speed 9.5 knots
Wind Direction from 290 ° (WNW)
Air Temperature 41.0 ° F
Relative Humidity 65 %
Pressure 1016 mb
Solar Radiation 291 Wm-2
Infrared Radiation 236 Wm-2
Precipitation (20 min burst) 0.00 in
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Jan 28, 2012 14:00 GMT
Wave height 5.2 feet
Dominant wave period 7.0 seconds
Wave direction from 216 °
Wave spectra (mks)
Near bottom water temperature 40.4 ° F
Near bottom current 0.10 knots
Near bottom current direction toward 117 °
Near surface current 0.07 knots
Near surface current direction toward 0 °
Tide 0.0 feet
Salinity 31.7 ppt
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