Station POTA2 - Potato Point, AK

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
(9:00 am AKDT)
1700 GMT on 10/16/2019:
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 ( 20 deg true )
	Wind Speed (WSPD):	29 kts
	Wind Gust (GST):	32 kts
	Atmospheric Pressure (PRES):	29.22 in
	Pressure Tendency (PTDY):	-0.04 in ( Falling )
	Air Temperature (ATMP):	39.6 °F
	Wind Chill (CHILL):	27.3 °F
	Wind Speed at 10 meters (WSPD10M):	29 kts
	Wind Speed at 20 meters (WSPD20M):	31 kts
	Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure

Continuous Winds
TIME (AKDT)	WDIR	WSPD
9:00 am	NNE ( 24 deg )	28 kts
8:50 am	NNE ( 26 deg )	28 kts
8:40 am	NNE ( 26 deg )	29 kts
8:30 am	NNE ( 26 deg )	26 kts
8:20 am	NNE ( 22 deg )	27 kts
8:10 am	NNE ( 22 deg )	28 kts

Peak gust during the measurement hour
TIME (AKDT)	GDR	GST
8:58 am	NNE ( 20 deg )	32 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
10	16	8:30 am	NNE	30	32	-	-	-	-	29.23	-	39.6	-	-	-	-	-
10	16	8:00 am	NNE	25	27	-	-	-	-	29.24	-0.03	39.6	-	-	-	-	-
10	16	7:30 am	NNE	29	32	-	-	-	-	29.24	-	39.7	-	-	-	-	-
10	16	7:00 am	NNE	26	30	-	-	-	-	29.25	-0.03	40.3	-	-	-	-	-
10	16	6:30 am	NNE	25	29	-	-	-	-	29.26	-	39.6	-	-	-	-	-
10	16	6:00 am	NNE	29	31	-	-	-	-	29.26	-0.04	39.7	-	-	-	-	-
10	16	5:30 am	NNE	26	29	-	-	-	-	29.26	-	39.6	-	-	-	-	-
10	16	5:00 am	NNE	29	31	-	-	-	-	29.27	-0.04	39.6	-	-	-	-	-
10	16	4:30 am	NNE	27	30	-	-	-	-	29.28	-	39.9	-	-	-	-	-
10	16	4:00 am	NNE	27	31	-	-	-	-	29.28	-0.04	39.7	-	-	-	-	-
10	16	3:30 am	NNE	28	30	-	-	-	-	29.29	-	40.3	-	-	-	-	-
10	16	3:00 am	NNE	27	29	-	-	-	-	29.30	-0.02	39.4	-	-	-	-	-
10	16	2:30 am	NNE	27	30	-	-	-	-	29.31	-	40.1	-	-	-	-	-
10	16	2:00 am	NNE	27	29	-	-	-	-	29.31	-0.01	40.1	-	-	-	-	-
10	16	1:30 am	NNE	26	29	-	-	-	-	29.32	-	39.9	-	-	-	-	-
10	16	1:00 am	NNE	27	29	-	-	-	-	29.32	+0.00	40.5	-	-	-	-	-
10	16	12:30 am	NNE	26	27	-	-	-	-	29.32	-	40.1	-	-	-	-	-
10	16	12:00 am	NNE	27	31	-	-	-	-	29.32	+0.01	39.6	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	11:30 pm	NNE	28	30	-	-	-	-	29.32	-	38.5	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	11:00 pm	NNE	26	28	-	-	-	-	29.33	+0.03	38.8	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	10:30 pm	NNE	26	29	-	-	-	-	29.33	-	40.1	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	10:00 pm	NNE	23	28	-	-	-	-	29.33	+0.04	39.7	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	9:30 pm	NNE	25	28	-	-	-	-	29.32	-	39.9	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	9:00 pm	NNE	26	30	-	-	-	-	29.31	+0.03	41.0	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	8:30 pm	NNE	29	32	-	-	-	-	29.30	-	39.9	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	8:00 pm	NNE	23	28	-	-	-	-	29.30	+0.02	39.4	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	7:30 pm	NNE	27	30	-	-	-	-	29.30	-	40.1	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	7:00 pm	NNE	26	29	-	-	-	-	29.29	+0.02	39.7	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	6:30 pm	NNE	28	31	-	-	-	-	29.28	-	39.0	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	6:00 pm	NNE	28	33	-	-	-	-	29.28	+0.01	37.8	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	5:30 pm	NNE	29	33	-	-	-	-	29.28	-	38.1	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	5:00 pm	NNE	27	31	-	-	-	-	29.28	+0.01	37.2	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	4:30 pm	NNE	23	30	-	-	-	-	29.27	-	37.9	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	4:00 pm	NNE	26	33	-	-	-	-	29.27	+0.00	38.5	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	3:30 pm	NNE	22	29	-	-	-	-	29.27	-	38.5	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	3:00 pm	N	15	23	-	-	-	-	29.27	+0.00	37.2	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	2:30 pm	NNE	22	28	-	-	-	-	29.27	-	38.1	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	2:00 pm	NNE	28	31	-	-	-	-	29.27	+0.01	37.6	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	1:30 pm	NNE	26	30	-	-	-	-	29.27	-	37.2	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	1:00 pm	N	15	23	-	-	-	-	29.27	+0.02	37.6	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	12:30 pm	NNE	27	30	-	-	-	-	29.27	-	38.5	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	12:00 pm	NNE	24	27	-	-	-	-	29.27	+0.02	38.5	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	11:30 am	NE	27	34	-	-	-	-	29.26	-	39.6	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	11:00 am	N	20	26	-	-	-	-	29.26	+0.01	39.4	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	10:30 am	NNE	19	25	-	-	-	-	29.26	-	39.2	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	10:00 am	NNE	29	31	-	-	-	-	29.25	+0.00	40.1	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	9:30 am	NNE	28	32	-	-	-	-	29.25	-	40.8	-	-	-	-	-
10	15	9:00 am	NNE	24	28	-	-	-	-	29.24	-0.01	40.6	-	-	-	-	-

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