Station POTA2 - Potato Point, AK

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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
(3:00 am AKDT)
1100 GMT on 06/17/2019:
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):	NNE ( 30 deg true )
	Wind Speed (WSPD):	13 kts
	Wind Gust (GST):	14 kts
	Atmospheric Pressure (PRES):	29.72 in
	Pressure Tendency (PTDY):	-0.07 in ( Falling )
	Air Temperature (ATMP):	51.1 °F
	Wind Chill (CHILL):	46.0 °F
	Wind Speed at 10 meters (WSPD10M):	14 kts
	Wind Speed at 20 meters (WSPD20M):	14 kts
	Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure

Continuous Winds
TIME (AKDT)	WDIR	WSPD
3:00 am	NNE ( 23 deg )	13 kts
2:50 am	NNE ( 22 deg )	15 kts
2:40 am	NNE ( 23 deg )	15 kts
2:30 am	NNE ( 28 deg )	8 kts
2:20 am	NNE ( 27 deg )	12 kts
2:10 am	NNE ( 27 deg )	10 kts

Peak gust during the measurement hour
TIME (AKDT)	GDR	GST
2:49 am	NNE ( 20 deg )	18 kts

Previous observations

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
06	17	2:30 am	NNE	14	16	-	-	-	-	29.72	-	51.1	-	-	-	-	-
06	17	2:00 am	NNE	10	11	-	-	-	-	29.74	-0.06	51.8	-	-	-	-	-
06	17	1:30 am	NNE	9	10	-	-	-	-	29.75	-	51.6	-	-	-	-	-
06	17	1:00 am	NNE	8	9	-	-	-	-	29.76	-0.05	52.0	-	-	-	-	-
06	17	12:30 am	NNE	12	13	-	-	-	-	29.77	-	51.6	-	-	-	-	-
06	17	12:00 am	-	0	2	-	-	-	-	29.78	-0.03	51.6	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	11:30 pm	-	0	1	-	-	-	-	29.79	-	51.8	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	11:00 pm	-	0	2	-	-	-	-	29.80	-0.04	52.2	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	10:30 pm	W	1	4	-	-	-	-	29.80	-	52.5	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	10:00 pm	-	0	1	-	-	-	-	29.81	-0.03	53.1	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	9:30 pm	-	0	2	-	-	-	-	29.82	-	53.4	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	9:00 pm	SSW	2	3	-	-	-	-	29.82	-0.05	53.6	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	8:30 pm	-	0	1	-	-	-	-	29.83	-	54.0	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	8:00 pm	WSW	2	3	-	-	-	-	29.84	-0.03	53.8	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	7:30 pm	-	0	2	-	-	-	-	29.84	-	54.0	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	7:00 pm	-	0	1	-	-	-	-	29.85	-0.04	53.4	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	6:30 pm	-	0	1	-	-	-	-	29.85	-	53.4	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	6:00 pm	-	0	1	-	-	-	-	29.86	-0.02	54.1	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	5:30 pm	-	0	1	-	-	-	-	29.87	-	54.0	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	5:00 pm	-	0	1	-	-	-	-	29.87	+0.00	54.3	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	4:30 pm	-	0	2	-	-	-	-	29.88	-	54.1	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	4:00 pm	SW	1	3	-	-	-	-	29.88	+0.01	53.8	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	3:30 pm	-	0	1	-	-	-	-	29.88	-	54.3	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	3:00 pm	-	0	1	-	-	-	-	29.88	+0.01	54.5	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	2:30 pm	-	0	2	-	-	-	-	29.88	-	55.2	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	2:00 pm	-	0	1	-	-	-	-	29.88	+0.00	55.9	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	1:30 pm	NNE	7	8	-	-	-	-	29.87	-	54.7	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	1:00 pm	NNE	9	10	-	-	-	-	29.87	+0.00	54.5	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	12:30 pm	N	7	9	-	-	-	-	29.87	-	54.3	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	12:00 pm	NNE	11	13	-	-	-	-	29.87	+0.00	53.8	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	11:30 am	NNE	11	13	-	-	-	-	29.87	-	53.4	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	11:00 am	NNE	10	13	-	-	-	-	29.87	+0.00	52.0	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	10:30 am	NNE	14	16	-	-	-	-	29.87	-	51.4	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	10:00 am	NNE	13	15	-	-	-	-	29.88	+0.01	50.7	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	9:30 am	NNE	15	16	-	-	-	-	29.87	-	50.4	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	9:00 am	NNE	13	16	-	-	-	-	29.87	+0.00	50.7	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	8:30 am	NNE	15	17	-	-	-	-	29.87	-	50.0	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	8:00 am	NNE	15	16	-	-	-	-	29.87	+0.00	49.8	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	7:30 am	NNE	15	16	-	-	-	-	29.86	-	49.5	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	7:00 am	NNE	14	16	-	-	-	-	29.86	+0.00	49.8	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	6:30 am	NNE	14	15	-	-	-	-	29.86	-	49.6	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	6:00 am	NNE	13	15	-	-	-	-	29.86	-0.01	50.0	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	5:30 am	NNE	12	14	-	-	-	-	29.86	-	50.0	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	5:00 am	NNE	12	14	-	-	-	-	29.86	-0.02	50.2	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	4:30 am	NNE	10	12	-	-	-	-	29.87	-	50.2	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	4:00 am	NNE	11	13	-	-	-	-	29.87	-0.01	50.5	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	3:30 am	NNE	9	13	-	-	-	-	29.88	-	50.5	-	-	-	-	-
06	16	3:00 am	NNE	9	12	-	-	-	-	29.88	+0.00	50.7	-	-	-	-	-

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