7 NOAA Weather Buoys, 3 surrounding Hawaii, Not reporting Data

7 NOAA Weather Buoys, 3 surrounding Hawaii, Not reporting Data

According to the NOAA’s National Data Buoy Center, over seven buoys are not reporting any data for the last 8 hours.
www.ndbc.noaa.gov...
However, buoy number 32412, off the coast of Chile, reports a peak to trough change of almost 1 meter. Mid Pacific buoy # 51406 reports a change of approx. 2 meters.
Hawaii Live News Feeds link here.

www.hawaiinewsnow.com...


www.khon2.com...


[edit on 27-2-2010 by Violater1]

This makes me wonder, that after so many Pacific rim earthquakes, why these buoys are not reporting any data.

I have some data

When I got in this morning we had the Tsunami warning on the fax. Officially the quake was 8.8, and the sea level gauges (in metres)
were are as follows:

French Polynesia 0.15m
Dart Marquesas 0.18
Caldera 0.45m
Talcahuano 2.34m
Coquimbo 1.32m
Corral 0.90m
Valparaiso 1.29m
Iquique 0.28m
Antofagasta 0.49m
Arica 0.94m
Dart 0.24m
San Felix 0.53m
Valparaiso 1.29m
Easter Island 0.35m
Galapagos Islands 0.35m
Raratonga, Cook Islands 0.35m


Getting updates from our JATWC...by fax

reply to post by OzWeatherman


Thanks OZ, keep up the good work, and keep us informed. Star.

Live feed from KHON Ch 2. Hawaii.
www.khon2.com...

The weather buoys are not equipped to sense tsunami, only swells and wind waves. There are special buoys to detect the passage of tsunami.

reply to post by Phage


Thank you Phage. Two of those buoys are listed in the above OP.
Here is the link to the only webcam Available in Hilo Bay.

www.livesurfcamhawaii.com...


[edit on 27-2-2010 by Violater1]

A 75 FOOT tsunami buoy report came from 140 nm SE of Honolulu, Hawaii.

The buoy dropped about 60 ft, then rose about 75 ft. That seems like one hell of a tsunami headed for Honolulu. Does this mean the buoy saw a wave 135 ft tall when it was dropped down 60 ft?

I don't know if this is predicting an average of 15, or if it means a lot bigger than reported.

I hope this is wrong, but here's the link to the report:

www.ndbc.noaa.gov...

[edit on 2/27/2010 by Jim Scott]

reply to post by Jim Scott


Just in:
Water has dropped approx. 1.5 feet in Hilo Bay

Water getting sucked out of Hilo Bay.
Link here.
www.hawaiinewsnow.com...

Water is flowing back into Hilo Bay.

Hilo Bay faces NE with a breakwater established about two miles from shore. It is likely that the wave passed by. Oahu, however, should receive the brunt of the effects at Waikiki Beach, don't you think?

Here is the tsunami recorded at Kawaihae harbor (35 miles from Hilo)
Kawaihae

Originally posted by Phage
Here is the tsunami recorded at Kawaihae harbor (35 miles from Hilo)
Kawaihae

That location is on the safe side of the big island, not in the path of the tsunami. If you are getting a 3 ft effect there, it will be much worse on the receiving side of Oahu, I suppose. What do you think?

reply to post by Jim Scott


Hilo is directly facing Chile.

Here it is at Kahului harbor, Maui. About 3 feet.
Kahului

[edit on 2/27/2010 by Phage]

Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Jim Scott

 

Here it is at Kahului harbor, Maui. About 3 feet.
Kahului

Looks like it is maintaining a consistent reading on the safe sides of the islands.
Can't wait to see the effect at Oahu. If an 8.8 doesn't get some real tidal effects, what the heck....

reply to post by Jim Scott

There is no "safe side"
Hilo and Kahului are on the east side of each island, facing Chile.

Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Jim Scott

 

Hilo is directly facing Chile.

Here it is at Kahului harbor, Maui. About 3 feet.
Kahului

[edit on 2/27/2010 by Phage]

Here's your reference map for the safe side reading on the first report: maps.google.com...,+hawaii&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Kawaihae,+HI&gl=us&ei= TZmJS6zYHZPysgP7hbWGAw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ8gEwAA


Here's for the second at Kahului: maps.google.com...,+hawaii&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Kahului,+HI&gl=us&ei=0p mJS-noDobUtgOs9ZmGAw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CA8Q8gEwAA

Clearly not in the direct path, but either missed or sideswiped.

[edit on 2/27/2010 by Jim Scott]

reply to post by Jim Scott

Did you check Hilo?
A tsunami is not a normal wave, it bends and wraps.


[edit on 2/27/2010 by Phage]

I wouldn't get comfortable with the three foot wave. It's the third tidal wave in 1960 that did the most damage. These precursors are a warmup. The water is going out again......as of ten min ago.

Think about the buoy. It dropped 60 ft, then raised 75 ft. Can you imagine, you're in a boat at the bottom of that trough.... I'd crap my pants.

news.yahoo.com...


[edit on 2/27/2010 by Jim Scott]

5:19 p.m. ET: Reports coming out of Hawaii indicate that the first waves of tsunami activity, the direct result of the castostrophic earthquake to hit Chile last night, has reached the islands.

An NBC affiliate in Hawaii, KGMB, just confirmed from local weather sources and eyewitnesses that waves roughly three feet high have rolled through. Further, they're reporting that the surges are getting more powerful and that waters are receding into the ocean again, indicating that another wave is forthcoming. Additionally, they urged local residents to keep in mind that it was the third wave of a tsunami in 1960 that caused the most devastation.


5:25 p.m. ET: At 5:10pm Eastern time, The Pacific Tsunami Warning center reported that a 5.6-foot tsunami surge was recorded in Hawaii's Hilo Bay. That's the protected side.

news.yahoo.com...

[edit on 2/27/2010 by Jim Scott]