Subject: December Archive Data
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 13:21:50 -0600
From: "Phil Newkirk Contractor" <Phil.Newkirk.Contractor@noaa.gov>
Organization: National Data Buoy Center
To: Dave Gilhousen <Dave.Gilhousen@noaa.gov>,
     Douglas Scally <Douglas.Scally@noaa.gov>,
     Alan Hall <Alan.Hall@noaa.gov>, Steven Rutz <Steven.Rutz@noaa.gov>,
     Francis Mitchell <Francis.Mitchell@noaa.gov>,
     Donald Collins <Donald.Collins@noaa.gov>, brooksr@wes.army.mil
CC: Phil Kies Contractor <Phil.Kies.Contractor@noaa.gov>,
     VL Clark Contractor <VL.Clark.Contractor@noaa.gov>,
     Robert Weir Contractor <Robert.Weir.Contractor@noaa.gov>,
     Phil Newkirk Contractor <Phil.Newkirk.Contractor@noaa.gov>

The NDBC archived data for December 2002 are available in archive 291
format on the NDBC ftp server in four files as shown below:

DEC2002_ARCH1
DEC2002_ARCH2
DEC2002_ARCH3
DEC2002_ARCH4

There were no new buoys deployed during the Month.  Three station had a
slight position change;

STATION            PREVIOUS POSITION                   CURRENT
POSITION
41012              30:00:00 N    080:29:58 W           30:00:00 N    080:30:00 W
46035              57:03:02 N    177:34:35 W           57:03:02 N    177:35:24 W
46053              34:14:10 N    119:50:48 W           34:14:10 N    119:50:46 W

Buoy 41001 went adrift on 12/17/2002.  Great Lake Buoys 45005 and 45007 were
retrieved for the winter.   Buoy 46012 failed 12/15/2002 and Buoy 46027
failed 12/19/2002.  The C-MAN station PILA2 failed 12/12/2002.