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Here you can view any of the individual WAVEWATCH III® graphic products generated during the last six model runs. Simply follow the steps and click to choose the Model, Forecast Zone, Model Run Time, Product, and then click on a Forecast Time (0 is the nowcast, negative times are hindcasts, positive times are forecasts). Buoy information for the selected region is also given in the form of spectral plots, source term plots, and Spectral Bulletins.

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Key West (Global) (24 Hours Back) 2013/05/22 00z
Wind Sea Period and Mean Direction
The wind sea period identifies the period (the time between waves) of the locally generated waves (in cases with strong local winds). Note that the peak period field shows discontinuities. These discontinuities can loosely be interpreted as swell fronts, although in reality many swell systems overlap at most locations and times.

Step 1: Choose a Model
Global Hurricane Great Lakes
(NAM Winds)
Great Lakes
(NDFD Winds)

Step 2: Choose a Forecast Zone
Full Basin Regional Local
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
NE Atlantic
NW Atlantic
US East Coast
NE Pacific
Alaskan Waters
Australia-Indonesia
Gulf of Mexico
Key West
Puerto Rico
US West Coast Zoom 1
US West Coast Zoom 2
Hawaii

Step 3: Choose a Model Run Time
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12 hours
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18 hours
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24 hours
back
30 hours
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Step 4: Choose a Product
Significant Wave Height Peak Wave Period
Wind Sea Wave Height Wind Sea Period
Primary Swell Wave Height Primary Swell Period
Secondary Swell Wave Height Secondary Swell Period
Wind Speed and Direction  

Step 5: Select a Forecast Time to view the product image
Forecast times are relative to the start time: 0Z, 6Z, 12Z, or 18Z
-9 -6 -3 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27
30 33 36 39 42 45 48 51 54 57 60 63 66
69 72 75 78 81 84 87 90 93 96 99 102 105
108 111 114 117 120 123 126 129 132 135 138 141 144
147 150 153 156 159 162 165 168 171 174 177 180

Buoy Data for Key West multi_1 (24 Hours Back) 2013/05/22 00z
Note: A tutorial on the spectral and source term graphics is available here.
Buoy ID Lat/Lon Buoy Data
42003 26.07N 85.94W Spectra Source terms Spectral Bulletin
42036 28.50N 84.52W Spectra Source terms Spectral Bulletin
42080 24.39N 81.95W Spectra Source terms Spectral Bulletin
42099 27.34N 84.24W Spectra Source terms Spectral Bulletin
EYW01 24.00N 81.75W Spectra Source terms Spectral Bulletin
EYW02 25.00N 82.25W Spectra Source terms Spectral Bulletin
41009 28.50N 80.17W Spectra Source terms Spectral Bulletin
41010 28.95N 78.47W Spectra Source terms Spectral Bulletin
41113 28.40N 80.53W Spectra Source terms Spectral Bulletin
41114 27.55N 80.22W Spectra Source terms Spectral Bulletin
MLB01 27.25N 79.50W Spectra Source terms Spectral Bulletin
MIA01 26.25N 79.50W Spectra Source terms Spectral Bulletin
MIA02 25.00N 79.75W Spectra Source terms Spectral Bulletin
TPC25 24.00N 80.00W Spectra Source terms Spectral Bulletin
TPC26 23.00N 86.00W Spectra Source terms Spectral Bulletin


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