EMC Operational Wave Product Table

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Operationally generated graphics of the wave fields (no spectra or source terms) are available from Model Analyses and Guidance.

Bulletin files are available from the Production FTP/HTTPS server. Look for gfs.YYYYMMDD/CC/wave/station/bulls.tCCz/gfswave.stationID.bull

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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.

Step 1: Choose a Model

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

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

Current Product Selection: NE Atlantic

(GFS) (12 Hours Back) 2023/08/29 00z

Secondary Swell Wave Height and Mean Direction

The wind sea wave height is a measure for the wave height for the second most dominant non-locally generated wave system.

Step 5: Select a Forecast Time to view the product image
Forecast times are relative to the start time: 0Z, 6Z, 12Z, or 18Z

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	183	186	189	192
195	198	201	204	207	210	213	216	219	222	225	228	231
234	237	240

Buoy Data for NE Atlantic gfswave (12 Hours Back) 2023/08/29 00z

Note: A tutorial on the spectral and source term graphics is available here.

Buoy ID	Lat/Lon	Buoy Data
3FYT	71.60N 21.10E	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
62001	45.20N 5.00W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
62023	51.40N 7.90W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
62026	55.30N 1.10E	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
62029	48.70N 12.40W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
62052	48.50N 5.60W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
62081	51.00N 13.30W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
62090	53.13N 11.20W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
62091	53.47N 5.42W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
62092	51.22N 10.55W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
62093	54.67N 9.07W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
62094	51.69N 6.70W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
62095	53.06N 15.92W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
62103	49.90N 2.90W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
62105	54.54N 12.36W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
62106	57.00N 9.90W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
62107	50.10N 6.10W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
62108	53.50N 19.50W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
62116	57.70N 1.40E	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
62145	53.10N 2.80E	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
62163	47.50N 8.50W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
63057	59.20N 1.50E	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
63112	61.10N 1.00E	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
63113	61.00N 1.70E	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
64045	59.10N 11.40W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
64046	60.70N 4.50W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
64071	68.48N 9.26W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
BSH01	55.00N 6.33E	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
BSH02	54.16N 7.89E	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
BSH03	54.00N 8.12E	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
BSH04	54.00N 6.58E	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
BSH05	54.92N 8.22E	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
EURO	51.99N 3.28E	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
LDWR	66.00N 2.00E	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
LF3F	64.30N 7.80E	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
LF3N	65.30N 7.30E	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
LF4B	60.60N 3.70E	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
LF5T	66.00N 8.10E	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
LF5U	56.50N 3.20E	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
LFB1	73.50N 15.50E	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
TFBLK	65.69N 25.00W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
TFGRS	66.50N 18.20W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
TFGSK	64.05N 23.10W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
TFHFN	64.00N 15.20W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
TFKGR	65.65N 13.50W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin
TFSRT	63.00N 20.35W	Spectra	Source terms	Spectral Bulletin