You can also view the LLO's Lake Superior buoy data on LakeSuperiorStreams.org.  Click on the little map of Lake Superior at the bottom of the home page. 

There are two ways to view the data.  The first is the Depth x Time viewer that generates plots like this:

[img]http://www.perfectduluthday.com/wp-content/uploads/comments/LakeSuperiorDxT.jpg[/img]

The other is the Profile Plotter that looks like this:

[img]http://www.perfectduluthday.com/wp-content/uploads/comments/LakeSuperiorMapper.jpg[/img]

Generating these plots can be a bit intimidating at first so follow these steps to make one of you very own:

1.From the H2O Temperature Profile Plotter, select 2012
2. Click the Load Data button
3. Click the Profile Plotter/Color Mapper button
4. When the color graph comes up, the date and time of the image will appear at the top. To move to the current date go to the slider bar at the top left and slide it all the way to the right. You can hit the play button to see how things have changed over time. You can go forward or backward. You can also adjust how fast viewer goes with the speed slider button. If you want to change temps to Fahrenheit, click the # buttons near both "Water Temperature" parameters. When you click # another pop up window will allow you to change temperature units. Remember depths are in meters.

Also, check out the rest of the website that  provides similar sites with on-line, interactive water quality visualizations for 5 area trout streams, the Duluth Superior Inlet, and WLSSD's discharge; and will also be providing access to similar data from multiple sites in the St. Louis River Estuary including the Superior Inlet later this month.