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
(3:00 pm AKST on 12/15/2019)
0000 GMT on 12/16/2019:
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):	21 kts
	Wind Gust (GST):	24 kts
	Atmospheric Pressure (PRES):	29.65 in
	Pressure Tendency (PTDY):	-0.06 in ( Falling )
	Air Temperature (ATMP):	38.8 °F
	Wind Chill (CHILL):	28.0 °F
	Wind Speed at 10 meters (WSPD10M):	21 kts
	Wind Speed at 20 meters (WSPD20M):	23 kts
	Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure

Continuous Winds
TIME (AKST)	WDIR	WSPD
3:00 pm	NNE ( 17 deg )	20 kts
2:50 pm	NNE ( 17 deg )	22 kts
2:40 pm	NNE ( 20 deg )	21 kts
2:30 pm	NNE ( 17 deg )	20 kts
2:20 pm	NNE ( 17 deg )	20 kts
2:10 pm	NNE ( 19 deg )	22 kts

Peak gust during the measurement hour
TIME (AKST)	GDR	GST
2:09 pm	NNE ( 20 deg )	25 kts

Previous observations

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
12	15	2:30 pm	NNE	23	23	-	-	-	-	29.66	-	38.7	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	2:00 pm	NNE	21	24	-	-	-	-	29.66	-0.06	38.7	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	1:30 pm	NNE	21	25	-	-	-	-	29.68	-	38.8	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	1:00 pm	N	20	24	-	-	-	-	29.69	-0.05	38.7	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	12:30 pm	NNE	23	25	-	-	-	-	29.70	-	38.8	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	12:00 pm	NNE	19	21	-	-	-	-	29.71	-0.03	38.5	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	11:30 am	NNE	24	26	-	-	-	-	29.72	-	38.8	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	11:00 am	NNE	22	24	-	-	-	-	29.72	-0.01	39.2	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	10:30 am	NNE	21	22	-	-	-	-	29.73	-	38.5	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	10:00 am	NNE	20	22	-	-	-	-	29.73	-0.01	38.7	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	9:30 am	NNE	20	21	-	-	-	-	29.73	-	38.5	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	9:00 am	NNE	20	23	-	-	-	-	29.73	-0.03	38.7	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	8:30 am	NNE	18	21	-	-	-	-	29.73	-	39.0	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	8:00 am	NNE	18	22	-	-	-	-	29.74	-0.04	38.3	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	7:30 am	NNE	19	22	-	-	-	-	29.74	-	38.1	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	7:00 am	NNE	22	25	-	-	-	-	29.75	-0.04	38.5	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	6:30 am	NNE	21	23	-	-	-	-	29.76	-	38.3	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	6:00 am	NNE	19	23	-	-	-	-	29.76	-0.04	38.3	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	5:30 am	NNE	20	24	-	-	-	-	29.77	-	38.3	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	5:00 am	NNE	20	22	-	-	-	-	29.78	-0.04	38.5	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	4:30 am	NNE	21	24	-	-	-	-	29.79	-	38.7	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	4:00 am	NNE	21	22	-	-	-	-	29.79	-0.03	38.8	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	3:30 am	NNE	21	23	-	-	-	-	29.80	-	39.4	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	3:00 am	NNE	16	20	-	-	-	-	29.80	-0.03	39.6	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	2:30 am	NNE	17	21	-	-	-	-	29.81	-	39.4	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	2:00 am	NNE	17	20	-	-	-	-	29.82	-0.03	39.2	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	1:30 am	NNE	17	20	-	-	-	-	29.82	-	39.0	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	1:00 am	NNE	20	21	-	-	-	-	29.82	-0.02	38.8	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	12:30 am	NNE	21	23	-	-	-	-	29.83	-	38.7	-	-	-	-	-
12	15	12:00 am	NNE	16	20	-	-	-	-	29.83	-0.01	38.5	-	-	-	-	-
12	14	11:30 pm	NNE	16	20	-	-	-	-	29.83	-	38.7	-	-	-	-	-
12	14	11:00 pm	NNE	16	19	-	-	-	-	29.84	+0.00	39.0	-	-	-	-	-
12	14	10:30 pm	NNE	17	21	-	-	-	-	29.84	-	39.0	-	-	-	-	-
12	14	10:00 pm	NNE	17	20	-	-	-	-	29.85	-0.01	38.7	-	-	-	-	-
12	14	9:30 pm	NNE	17	20	-	-	-	-	29.85	-	37.8	-	-	-	-	-
12	14	9:00 pm	NNE	20	22	-	-	-	-	29.85	-0.02	37.9	-	-	-	-	-
12	14	8:30 pm	NNE	19	21	-	-	-	-	29.85	-	37.8	-	-	-	-	-
12	14	8:00 pm	NNE	19	21	-	-	-	-	29.85	-0.03	37.8	-	-	-	-	-
12	14	7:30 pm	NNE	19	22	-	-	-	-	29.85	-	37.9	-	-	-	-	-
12	14	7:00 pm	NNE	18	20	-	-	-	-	29.86	-0.03	38.3	-	-	-	-	-
12	14	6:30 pm	NNE	16	18	-	-	-	-	29.86	-	38.1	-	-	-	-	-
12	14	6:00 pm	NNE	14	17	-	-	-	-	29.86	-0.04	37.9	-	-	-	-	-
12	14	5:30 pm	NNE	15	19	-	-	-	-	29.88	-	37.2	-	-	-	-	-
12	14	5:00 pm	NNE	17	19	-	-	-	-	29.88	-0.04	37.0	-	-	-	-	-
12	14	4:30 pm	NNE	14	18	-	-	-	-	29.89	-	36.7	-	-	-	-	-
12	14	4:00 pm	N	13	16	-	-	-	-	29.89	-0.04	36.5	-	-	-	-	-
12	14	3:30 pm	NNE	16	20	-	-	-	-	29.90	-	37.0	-	-	-	-	-
12	14	3:00 pm	NNE	16	19	-	-	-	-	29.91	-0.01	36.9	-	-	-	-	-

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