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    Weather buoys are instruments which collect weather and ocean data within the world's oceans, as well as aid during emergency response to chemical spills...
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    (370 mi) off the coast of West Africa, in the Gulf of Guinea. A weather buoy, named the Soul buoy after the soul music genre, was moored at the location. The...
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    Drifting weather buoys outnumber their moored versions by a significant amount. A weather instrument is any device that measures weather related conditions...
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    A buoy (/ˈbɔɪ, buː.i/; boy, BOO-ee) is a floating device that can have many purposes. It can be anchored (stationary) or allowed to drift with ocean currents...
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    The Southernmost Point Buoy is an anchored concrete buoy in Key West, Florida, marking the southernmost point in the continental United States, the lowest...
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    observations from ships, weather buoys, weather satellites, and numerical weather prediction have been used to diagnose and help forecast weather over the Earth's...
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    cheaper weather buoys. The removal of a weather ship became a negative factor in forecasts leading up to the Great Storm of 1987. The last weather ship was...
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    stations, and, in 1977, the last United States weather ship was replaced by a newly developed weather buoy. By 1983, data was still being collected by ships...
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    marked by nine lightships including the Frying Pan, a light tower, and a weather buoy. The Bald Head Light and the Oak Island lighthouse have also provided...
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  • Intracoastal Waterway. Due to USGS weather buoy off Little River Inlet, the Little River Inlet is often referred to in weather forecasts. List of rivers in...
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