Table of Contents Land and Sea Breezes Module 8: Student Sheet 3
National Buoy Data Center Name: _______________________________
Date: _____________________
Select a buoy close to your sailing center or by a shoreline, using NOAA’s National Buoy Data Center at www.ndbc.noaa.gov. Chart the wind speed and air temperature in the table below for the past 5 complete days take note time is based on a 24 hour clock. Click on a buoy. Click on history. Click on real time data. Click on real time standard meteorological data. Do you see a data trend related to land or sea breezes?
Buoy Number and Location:_____________________________________________________ Date
Time
2340 1800 1200 600
Date Time
2340 1800 1200 600
Date Time
2340 1800 1200 600
Date Time
2340 1800 1200 600
Date Time
2340 1800 1200 600
102 Wind Speed Air Temperature Wind Speed Air Temperature Wind Speed Air Temperature Wind Speed Air Temperature Wind Speed Air Temperature
