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

Owned and maintained by National Data Buoy Center
C-MAN Station
Sutron XPERT payload
61.060 N 146.700 W (61°3'36" N 146°42'0" 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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Conditions at POTA2 as of
(5:30 pm AKST on 01/18/2019)
0230 GMT on 01/19/2019:
     

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): NNE ( 20 deg true )
5-day plot - Wind Speed Wind Speed (WSPD): 25 kts
5-day plot - Wind Gust Wind Gust (GST): 28 kts
5-day plot - Atmospheric Pressure Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 29.57 in
5-day plot - Air Temperature Air Temperature (ATMP): 27.7 °F
5-day plot - Wind Chill Wind Chill (CHILL): 12.0 °F
5-day plot - Wind Speed at 10 Meters Wind Speed at 10 meters (WSPD10M): 25 kts
5-day plot - Wind Speed at 10 Meters Wind Speed at 20 meters (WSPD20M): 25 kts
5-day plot - Wind Speed, Wind Gust and Atmospheric Pressure Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure
Continuous Winds
TIME
(AKST)		 5-day plot - Wind Direction WDIR 5-day plot - Wind Speed WSPD
5:30 pmNNE ( 18 deg ) 26 kts
5:20 pmNNE ( 18 deg ) 26 kts
5:10 pmNNE ( 18 deg ) 26 kts
5:00 pmNNE ( 18 deg ) 26 kts
4:50 pmNNE ( 17 deg ) 25 kts
4:40 pmNNE ( 20 deg ) 27 kts
  
Peak gust during the measurement hour
TIME
(AKST)		 5-day plot - Gust Direction GDR 5-day plot - Gust Speed GST
4:33 pmNNE ( 20 deg ) 32 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
(AKST)		 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
0118 5:00 pmNNE 27 31----29.57+0.00 27.9-----
0118 4:30 pmNNE 26 29----29.57- 28.2-----
0118 4:00 pmNNE 27 30----29.57-0.01 28.2-----
0118 3:30 pmNNE 27 30----29.58- 29.1-----
0118 3:00 pmNNE 28 30----29.58-0.01 29.1-----
0118 2:30 pmNNE 27 30----29.59- 29.1-----
0118 2:00 pmNNE 29 31----29.58-0.02 29.1-----
0118 1:30 pmNNE 28 30----29.59- 29.3-----
0118 1:00 pmNNE 28 30----29.58+0.00 29.7-----
011812:30 pmNNE 26 29----29.59- 29.7-----
011812:00 pmNNE 27 28----29.59+0.02 29.3-----
011811:30 amNNE 21 23----29.61- 29.8-----
011811:00 amNNE 24 27----29.60+0.04 29.5-----
011810:30 amNNE 23 27----29.59- 29.3-----
011810:00 amNNE 24 27----29.58+0.02 29.5-----
0118 9:30 amNNE 26 30----29.57- 30.0-----
0118 9:00 amNNE 24 28----29.57+0.01 29.7-----
0118 8:30 amNNE 28 30----29.57- 30.9-----
0118 8:00 amNNE 26 30----29.56+0.00 30.4-----
0118 7:30 amNNE 24 27----29.57- 30.2-----
0118 7:00 amNNE 23 27----29.57+0.00 30.4-----
0118 6:30 amNNE 23 29----29.56- 30.7-----
0118 6:00 amNNE 25 29----29.56+0.00 30.9-----
0118 5:30 amNNE 24 27----29.56- 30.7-----
0118 5:00 amNNE 23 27----29.56+0.00 31.3-----
0118 4:30 am N 23 26----29.56- 31.6-----
0118 4:00 amNNE 22 28----29.56+0.00 31.8-----
0118 3:30 amNNE 22 27----29.56- 32.2-----
0118 3:00 amNNE 22 26----29.57+0.01 31.5-----
0118 2:30 amNNE 20 25----29.57- 31.8-----
0118 2:00 amNNE 22 26----29.56+0.01 31.8-----
0118 1:30 amNNE 22 26----29.56- 32.7-----
0118 1:00 amNNE 24 28----29.56+0.01 32.7-----
011812:30 amNNE 26 29----29.55- 33.8-----
011812:00 amNNE 21 25----29.55+0.01 33.3-----
011711:30 pmNNE 23 25----29.55- 34.2-----
011711:00 pmNNE 20 24----29.55+0.01 33.8-----
011710:30 pmNNE 20 26----29.54- 34.7-----
011710:00 pmNNE 26 27----29.55+0.00 34.3-----
0117 9:30 pmNNE 23 26----29.55- 34.5-----
0117 9:00 pmNNE 22 26----29.54+0.00 34.2-----
0117 8:30 pmNNE 24 26----29.55- 34.7-----
0117 8:00 pmNNE 23 26----29.54+0.00 35.2-----
0117 7:30 pmNNE 21 25----29.54- 35.1-----
0117 7:00 pmNNE 22 27----29.54+0.00 35.2-----
0117 6:30 pm N 19 24----29.55- 35.4-----
0117 6:00 pmNNE 22 25----29.54-0.01 35.4-----
0117 5:30 pmNNE 27 29----29.54- 34.7-----
0117 5:00 pm N 22 26----29.55-0.01 34.5-----

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