Station PILM4 - Passage Island, MI

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C-MAN Station
MARS payload
48.223 N 88.366 W (48°13'24" N 88°21'57" W)

Site elevation: 195.4 m above mean sea level
Air temp height: 9.8 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 15.5 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: 230.4 m above mean sea level

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Conditions at PILM4 as of
(7:00 am EST)
1200 GMT on 12/17/2018:
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.
	Wind Direction (WDIR):	NW ( 320 deg true )
	Wind Speed (WSPD):	22 kts
	Wind Gust (GST):	25 kts
	Atmospheric Pressure (PRES):	30.20 in
	Pressure Tendency (PTDY):	+0.07 in ( Rising )
	Air Temperature (ATMP):	18.9 °F
	Wind Chill (CHILL):	1.0 °F
	Wind Speed at 10 meters (WSPD10M):	21 kts
	Wind Speed at 20 meters (WSPD20M):	21 kts
	Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure

Continuous Winds
TIME (EST)	WDIR	WSPD
7:00 am	NW ( 324 deg )	23 kts
6:50 am	NW ( 325 deg )	23 kts
6:40 am	NNW ( 330 deg )	22 kts
6:30 am	NW ( 321 deg )	23 kts
6:20 am	NW ( 321 deg )	22 kts
6:10 am	NW ( 320 deg )	21 kts

Peak gust during the measurement hour
TIME (EST)	GDR	GST
6:26 am	NW ( 320 deg )	27 kts

Previous observations

MM	DD	TIME (EST)	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
12	17	6:00 am	NW	20	24	-	-	-	-	30.19	+0.07	19.0	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	5:00 am	NW	18	20	-	-	-	-	30.16	+0.07	20.7	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	4:00 am	NW	19	22	-	-	-	-	30.14	+0.09	21.4	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	3:00 am	NNW	19	22	-	-	-	-	30.11	+0.10	21.2	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	2:00 am	NNW	23	26	-	-	-	-	30.09	+0.13	21.6	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	1:00 am	NNW	27	33	-	-	-	-	30.05	+0.13	22.5	-	-	-	-	-
12	17	12:00 am	NW	30	34	-	-	-	-	30.02	+0.11	24.4	-	-	-	-	-
12	16	11:00 pm	NNW	33	37	-	-	-	-	29.96	+0.06	28.6	-	-	-	-	-
12	16	10:00 pm	NW	30	33	-	-	-	-	29.92	+0.03	32.5	-	-	-	-	-
12	16	9:00 pm	WNW	27	33	-	-	-	-	29.91	+0.04	34.9	-	-	-	-	-
12	16	8:00 pm	WNW	30	34	-	-	-	-	29.89	+0.04	34.9	-	-	-	-	-
12	16	7:00 pm	WNW	30	32	-	-	-	-	29.89	+0.07	35.1	-	-	-	-	-
12	16	6:00 pm	WNW	33	36	-	-	-	-	29.87	+0.08	35.6	-	-	-	-	-
12	16	5:00 pm	NW	28	31	-	-	-	-	29.85	+0.07	36.9	-	-	-	-	-
12	16	4:00 pm	WNW	26	30	-	-	-	-	29.82	+0.03	38.7	-	-	-	-	-
12	16	3:00 pm	WNW	27	32	-	-	-	-	29.79	-0.03	39.6	-	-	-	-	-
12	16	2:00 pm	W	29	32	-	-	-	-	29.78	-0.06	39.9	-	-	-	-	-
12	16	1:00 pm	W	23	25	-	-	-	-	29.80	-0.05	39.4	-	-	-	-	-
12	16	12:00 pm	W	26	28	-	-	-	-	29.82	-0.03	38.8	-	-	-	-	-
12	16	11:00 am	W	25	27	-	-	-	-	29.84	-0.01	38.8	-	-	-	-	-
12	16	10:00 am	WSW	22	25	-	-	-	-	29.85	+0.00	38.3	-	-	-	-	-
12	16	9:00 am	WSW	17	19	-	-	-	-	29.85	-0.01	37.9	-	-	-	-	-
12	16	8:00 am	WSW	17	18	-	-	-	-	29.85	-0.01	38.5	-	-	-	-	-
12	16	7:00 am	WSW	22	24	-	-	-	-	29.85	-0.02	39.2	-	-	-	-	-

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