New Wave Monitoring Buoy in Straits of Florida, South of Bahia Honda Key!

Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall for the Southwest; Heat Spreads Across the Center of the Nation

Moisture will continue to move into areas of the West. This will increase showers and thunderstorms coverage and intensity, with the risk of flash flooding and damaging wind gusts. Meanwhile, heat across the Southwest will expand into the center of the nation this weekend into early next week. Trends favor this heat will spread across the Ohio Valley, mid-Atlantic next week. Read More >

New Wave Monitoring Buoy Deployed in
Straits of Florida, South of Bahia Honda Key!

On April 1, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deployed a wave monitoring buoy 10 nautical miles due south of Bahia Honda Key. The buoy reports local ocean wave conditions every 30 minutes. Data from this buoy will really help our Florida Keys National Weather Service marine forecasters improve both the quality and value of marine weather analyses, warnings, and forecasts.

To view the data from this new buoy, visit the National Data Buoy Center's website for Buoy 42078: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42078

Location of the new buoy:

Example of the buoy data display:

Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall for the Southwest; Heat Spreads Across the Center of the Nation

New Wave Monitoring Buoy in Straits of Florida, South of Bahia Honda Key!

New Wave Monitoring Buoy Deployed in Straits of Florida, South of Bahia Honda Key!

New Wave Monitoring Buoy Deployed in
Straits of Florida, South of Bahia Honda Key!