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The buoy was redeployed near the Toledo water intake crib with support from the City of Toledo. Please stay 500+ft away as we have alot of mooring weight and equipment under the water that you can't...

Thanks for all of the emails guys! I've gotten about 12 great emails from folks. Keep sending them if you havne't already. I will be talking with a few businesses this month and your support...

On Monday we pulled the 45165 buoy out of the water. It has been reporting real-time wind and wave conditions every 10 minutes for the last 6 months between Toledo Light #2 and the Toledo Harbor...

Wave heights are only reported every 10 minutes so there’s no need to show wave heights at a higher frequency. Its a limitation of the wave height sensor that the 10 minute calculation is done...

All of the buoys on the Great Lakes report what is called the significant wave height, which as someone said earlier is the average of the highest 1/3 of all waves measured during the reporting...

Last week I created a custom weather station on weatherunderground.com just so that I could transmit 15 second wind speed and direction data from the 45165 buoy stationed about 6 miles southeast of...

Thanks for the feedback guys! We applied for the grant and should hear within a week or so.

Ed

Winds at the 45165 buoy were gusting to near 50 mph yesterday and it was raining at a rate of 4 in/hr! The 45165 buoy reports conditions every 10 minutes, which is more than any other buoy or...

A federal grant opportunity has come up to pay for the weather buoy to come back for two more years. However we need to demonstrate that it is being used by boaters and fishermen. I'd appreciate...

If you're fishing the western basin you can check how "tore up" the lake is by looking at the turbidity measurements. This instrument is a direct measurement of the amount of sediment suspended in...

Thanks for posting LEriend! A great summary of whats going on this year. Itd be GREAT to bring it back next year. In order to bring it back its going to require the cooperation of the people...

The only cost you'll incur is the cost from your wireless carrier to send and receive a text message. There is NOT an additional fee this is a "free" service and works for ALL of the NOAA NDBC...

The "significant" wave height as reported by the buoy represents the average trough to crest height of the highest 1/3 of the waves measured in the last ten minutes. This is the SAME statistic...

Anyone CheckingThe Buoy Before Going Out? Just Curious IF It's Useful

Here's the link
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=45142


You can also get the lastest result by phone or text message

Text 45142 to 734-418-7299

Call 888-701-8992 ...

It definitely can't find walleye.. but does display turbidity and surface temperature, use that to find em!

This one is for a special one year study and provides way more data than just the...

New Weather Buoy in Western Lake Erie (Monroe/Toledo)

I just put out a new weather buoy as part of a special study this year. The buoy is located about 6 miles southeast of Monroe just north of...

We just put out a new weather buoy as part of a special study this year. The buoy is located about 6 miles southeast of Monroe just north of the Toledo Harbor nav channel across the Ohio state line...