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Hurricane Symbol Storm Special! View the latest observations near Atlantic TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO as of INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 7A @ 100 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013.

See recent photos from NDBC weather buoy 42039 in the Gulf of Mexico.

See recent photos from the following TAO stations: 2N 95W, 0 95W, 2S 95W, 8N 110W, 5N 110W, 2N 110W, 0 110W

Station DRFA2 - Drift River Terminal, AK Image indicating link to RSS feed of recent meteorological observations for station DRFA2

Station DRFA2

Owned and maintained by National Data Buoy Center
C-MAN Station
MARS payload
60.553 N 152.137 W (60°33'12" N 152°8'12" W)

Site elevation: 15.9 m above mean sea level
Air temp height: 6.4 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 6.6 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: 17.4 m above mean sea level

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Meteorological Observations from Nearby Stations and Ships Image indicating link to RSS feed of recent meteorological observations near station DRFA2

Sector pictures are available for this station at 0, 45, 90, 135, 180, 225, 270, 315 degrees.

(SECTOR PHOTOS ARE NOT IN REAL-TIME AND ARE NOT UPDATED!)
Conditions at DRFA2 as of
(11:30 pm AKDT on 06/18/2013)
0730 GMT on 06/19/2013:
Unit of Measure:    Time Zone:   

Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation.
5-day plot - Wind Direction Wind Direction (WDIR): S ( 180 deg true )
5-day plot - Wind Speed Wind Speed (WSPD): 21 kts
5-day plot - Wind Gust Wind Gust (GST): 23 kts
5-day plot - Atmospheric Pressure Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 29.87 in
5-day plot - Air Temperature Air Temperature (ATMP): 55.2 °F
5-day plot - Dew Point Dew Point (DEWP): 44.8 °F
5-day plot - Wind Speed at 10 Meters Wind Speed at 10 meters (WSPD10M): 21 kts
5-day plot - Wind Speed at 10 Meters Wind Speed at 20 meters (WSPD20M): 23 kts
5-day plot - Wind Speed, Wind Gust and Atmospheric Pressure Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure
Continuous Winds
TIME
(AKDT)		 5-day plot - Wind Direction WDIR 5-day plot - Wind Speed WSPD
11:30 pmS ( 181 deg ) 23 kts
11:20 pmS ( 180 deg ) 23 kts
11:10 pmS ( 178 deg ) 23 kts
11:00 pmS ( 174 deg ) 23 kts
10:50 pmS ( 170 deg ) 23 kts
10:40 pmSSE ( 167 deg ) 20 kts
  
Peak gust during the measurement hour
TIME
(AKDT)		 5-day plot - Gust Direction GDR 5-day plot - Gust Speed GST
11:18 pmS ( 180 deg ) 26 kts
Previous observations
5-day plot - Wind Direction 5-day plot - Wind Speed 5-day plot - Wind Gust 5-day plot - Wave Height 5-day plot - Dominant Wave Period 5-day plot - Average Period 5-day plot - Mean Wave Direction 5-day plot - Atmospheric Pressure 5-day plot - Pressure Tendency 5-day plot - Air Temperature 5-day plot - Water Temperature 5-day plot - Dew Point 5-day plot - Salinity 5-day plot - Visibility 5-day plot - Tide (above MLLW)
MM DD TIME
(AKDT)		   WDIR WSPD
kts		 GST
kts		 WVHT
ft		 DPD
sec		 APD
sec		 MWD PRES
in		 PTDY
in		 ATMP
°F		 WTMP
°F		 DEWP
°F		 SAL
psu		 VIS
nmi		 TIDE
ft
061811:00 pm   S 23 25----29.86+0.01 55.6- 44.8---
061810:30 pm   S 20 21----29.85- 55.8- 44.2---
061810:00 pm   S 17 20----29.84+0.00 59.7- 43.5---
0618 9:30 pm   S 18 20----29.84- 57.6- 44.6---
0618 9:00 pm   S 17 20----29.85- 53.4- 45.0---
0618 8:30 pm   S 18 21----29.85- 53.4- 44.8---
0618 8:00 pm   S 18 19----29.85- 54.1- 45.3---
0618 7:30 pm   S 16 17----29.84- 54.3- 45.7---
0618 7:00 pm   S 15 16----29.84+0.01 55.6- 46.4---
0618 6:30 pm   S 11 13----29.83- 58.1- 46.4---
0618 6:00 pm   S 14 16----29.83+0.01 56.1- 46.6---
0618 5:30 pm   S 17 18----29.84- 53.4- 46.4---
0618 5:00 pm   S 18 19----29.83+0.01 53.1- 45.9---
0618 4:30 pm   S 18 20----29.83- 52.0- 45.7---
0618 4:00 pm   S 15 17----29.83+0.00 52.0- 45.7---
0618 3:30 pm  SSW 7 9----29.82- 52.2- 46.2---
0618 3:00 pm   S 14 15----29.83- 54.7- 46.0---
0618 2:30 pm   S 12 14----29.82- 52.0- 46.0---
0618 2:00 pm   S 12 13----29.82-0.02 52.5- 46.2---
0618 1:30 pm   S 9 10----29.82- 52.7- 46.4---
0618 1:00 pm   S 10 10----29.82- 61.2- 45.7---
061812:30 pm   S 11 12----29.83- 58.1- 46.0---
061812:00 pm   S 10 11----29.83-0.02 55.0- 46.2---
061811:30 am  SSW 7 9----29.84- 54.9- 46.2---
061811:00 am  SSW 6 8----29.84- 55.6- 46.2---
061810:30 am   E 5 6----29.84- 62.6- 46.2---
061810:00 am   E 8 8----29.84-0.02 64.0- 46.2---
0618 9:30 am  ENE 6 6----29.85- 64.9- 46.6---
0618 9:00 am   NE 5 6----29.86- 65.3- 45.9---
0618 8:30 am  NNE 8 9----29.86- 67.8- 46.2---
0618 8:00 am   NE 14 15----29.86+0.00 62.8- 46.8---
0618 7:30 am   NE 12 13----29.86- 61.9- 46.8---
0618 7:00 am  NNE 10 10----29.86+0.00 61.2- 46.4---
0618 6:30 am   N 10 11----29.86- 61.3- 46.2---
0618 6:00 am   N 9 9----29.86+0.00 55.0- 47.1---
0618 5:30 am   NW 4 4----29.87- 54.0- 46.6---
0618 5:00 am  ESE 2 2----29.87- 54.7- 47.5---
0618 4:30 am   E 7 8----29.87- 51.6- 46.9---
0618 4:00 am  ESE 2 4----29.86-0.01 54.9- 47.7---
0618 3:30 am   S 3 4----29.86- 52.0- 47.3---
0618 3:00 am   S 2 3----29.87-0.01 52.3- 47.3---
0618 2:30 am  SSE 8 9----29.86- 52.0- 46.9---
0618 2:00 am   S 7 7----29.86-0.02 51.4- 46.9---
0618 1:30 am   S 9 9----29.86- 52.0- 46.8---
0618 1:00 am   S 10 11----29.87-0.02 52.7- 46.6---
061812:30 am   S 11 13----29.87- 52.5- 46.4---
061812:00 am   S 11 13----29.88-0.02 51.6- 46.2---
061711:30 pm   S 13 14----29.88- 53.8- 46.2---
061711:00 pm  SSE 15 16----29.88-0.03 52.0- 46.2---

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