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Station POTA2 - Potato Point, AK Image indicating link to RSS feed of recent meteorological observations for station POTA2

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C-MAN Station
Sutron XPERT payload
61.056 N 146.697 W (61°3'23" N 146°41'48" W)

Site elevation: 7 m above mean sea level
Air temp height: 9.1 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 10 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: 8.5 m above mean sea level

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Station POTA2

Conditions at POTA2 as of
(9:30 pm AKDT on 05/15/2025)
0530 GMT on 05/16/2025:
     

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5-day plot - Wind Direction Wind Direction (WDIR):NNE ( 30 deg true )
5-day plot - Wind Speed Wind Speed (WSPD): 8 kts
5-day plot - Wind Gust Wind Gust (GST): 9 kts
5-day plot - Atmospheric Pressure Atmospheric Pressure (PRES):29.67 in
5-day plot - Air Temperature Air Temperature (ATMP): 47.5 °F
5-day plot - Wind Chill Wind Chill (CHILL): 43.2 °F
5-day plot - Wind Speed at 10 Meters Wind Speed at 10 meters (WSPD10M): 8 kts
5-day plot - Wind Speed at 20 Meters Wind Speed at 20 meters (WSPD20M): 10 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
9:30 pmNNE ( 33 deg ) 9 kts
9:20 pmNNE ( 28 deg ) 9 kts
9:10 pmNNE ( 27 deg ) 9 kts
9:00 pmNNE ( 33 deg ) 9 kts
8:50 pmNNE ( 33 deg ) 8 kts
8:40 pmNE ( 36 deg ) 9 kts
      
Peak gust during the measurement hour
TIME
(AKDT)		 5-day plot - Gust Direction GDR 5-day plot - Gust Speed GST
9:06 pmNNE ( 30 deg ) 11 kts
Previous observations
TIME
(AKDT)		 5-day plot - Wind Direction
WDIR
 		 5-day plot - Wind Speed
WSPD
kts		 5-day plot - Wind Gust
GST
kts		 5-day plot - Wave Height
WVHT
ft		 5-day plot - Dominant Wave Period
DPD
sec		 5-day plot - Average Wave Period
APD
sec		 5-day plot - Mean Wave Direction
MWD
 		 5-day plot - Atmospheric Pressure
PRES
in		 5-day plot - Pressure Tendency
PTDY
in		 5-day plot - Air Temperature
ATMP
°F		 5-day plot - Water Temperature
WTMP
°F		 5-day plot - Dew Point
DEWP
°F		 5-day plot - Salinity
SAL
psu		 5-day plot - Visibility
VIS
nmi		 5-day plot - Tide (above MLLW)
TIDE
ft
2025-05-15 09:00 pm NE 9 9----29.66-0.02 47.7-----
2025-05-15 08:30 pmNNE 9 10----29.67- 47.8-----
2025-05-15 08:00 pmNNE 8 9----29.67-0.03 47.8-----
2025-05-15 07:30 pm NE 9 10----29.67- 47.8-----
2025-05-15 07:00 pmNNE 9 11----29.67-0.02 47.8-----
2025-05-15 06:30 pmNNE 10 11----29.68- 47.8-----
2025-05-15 06:00 pmNNE 9 10----29.68-0.01 47.8-----
2025-05-15 05:30 pmNNE 9 10----29.69- 47.7-----
2025-05-15 05:00 pmNNE 10 11----29.70+0.00 47.5-----
2025-05-15 04:30 pmNNE 10 11----29.70- 47.1-----
2025-05-15 04:00 pmNNE 10 11----29.70+0.00 47.1-----
2025-05-15 03:30 pmNNE 12 13----29.70- 46.9-----
2025-05-15 03:00 pmNNE 14 15----29.70-0.02 46.6-----
2025-05-15 02:30 pmNNE 15 16----29.70- 46.2-----
2025-05-15 02:00 pmNNE 16 17----29.70-0.02 45.9-----
2025-05-15 01:30 pmNNE 16 17----29.70- 45.9-----
2025-05-15 01:00 pmNNE 16 18----29.70-0.02 45.3-----
2025-05-15 12:30 pmNNE 17 18----29.71- 45.1-----
2025-05-15 12:00 pmNNE 13 15----29.72-0.02 45.3-----
2025-05-15 11:30 amNNE 14 16----29.72- 44.2-----
2025-05-15 11:00 amNNE 14 15----29.72-0.02 43.9-----
2025-05-15 10:30 amNNE 13 15----29.72- 43.7-----
2025-05-15 10:00 amNNE 13 15----29.72-0.02 43.7-----
2025-05-15 09:30 amNNE 13 15----29.73- 43.3-----
2025-05-15 09:00 amNNE 12 14----29.73-0.02 43.2-----
2025-05-15 08:30 amNNE 12 15----29.73- 43.0-----
2025-05-15 08:00 amNNE 15 16----29.74-0.03 42.8-----
2025-05-15 07:30 amNNE 14 16----29.74- 42.8-----
2025-05-15 07:00 amNNE 13 14----29.75-0.04 43.0-----
2025-05-15 06:30 amNNE 8 11----29.75- 42.6-----
2025-05-15 06:00 amNNE 11 12----29.76-0.04 42.8-----
2025-05-15 05:30 amNNE 7 9----29.76- 42.3-----
2025-05-15 05:00 amNNE 6 8----29.77-0.04 42.4-----
2025-05-15 04:30 amNNE 2 4----29.78- 41.7-----
2025-05-15 04:00 am- 0 1----29.78-0.03 42.1-----
2025-05-15 03:30 am E 1 2----29.79- 42.6-----
2025-05-15 03:00 amESE 4 4----29.79-0.03 42.4-----
2025-05-15 02:30 am SE 4 5----29.80- 42.4-----
2025-05-15 02:00 am SE 5 5----29.80-0.03 42.8-----
2025-05-15 01:30 amSSE 3 3----29.81- 43.2-----
2025-05-15 01:00 am- 0 2----29.81-0.02 43.3-----
2025-05-15 12:30 am- 0 1----29.82- 42.3-----
2025-05-15 12:00 am- 0 1----29.82-0.02 42.3-----
2025-05-14 11:30 pm- 0 1----29.83- 42.8-----
2025-05-14 11:00 pm- 0 1----29.83-0.02 43.0-----
2025-05-14 10:30 pm- 0 1----29.84- 43.7-----
2025-05-14 10:00 pm- 0 0----29.84-0.03 44.4-----
2025-05-14 09:30 pm- 0 1----29.84- 45.7-----
2025-05-14 09:00 pm NE 4 5----29.84-0.04 46.2-----