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Station PTAT2 - Port Aransas, TX Image indicating link to RSS feed of recent meteorological observations for station PTAT2

Owned and maintained by National Data Buoy Center
C-MAN Station
MARS payload
27.826 N 97.051 W (27°49'33" N 97°3'2" W)

Site elevation: 0 m above mean sea level
Air temp height: 9.1 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 14.9 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: 6.4 m above mean sea level
Sea temp depth: 1 m below MLLW

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Station PTAT2
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Conditions at PTAT2 as of
(8:00 pm CDT on 03/20/2023)
0100 GMT on 03/21/2023:
     

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): ESE ( 120 deg true )
5-day plot - Wind Speed Wind Speed (WSPD): 19 kts
5-day plot - Wind Gust Wind Gust (GST): 21 kts
5-day plot - Air Temperature Air Temperature (ATMP): 62.4 °F
5-day plot - Wind Speed at 10 Meters Wind Speed at 10 meters (WSPD10M): 19 kts
5-day plot - Wind Speed at 10 Meters Wind Speed at 20 meters (WSPD20M): 19 kts
5-day plot - Wind Speed, Wind Gust and Atmospheric Pressure Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure
Continuous Winds
TIME
(CDT)		 5-day plot - Wind Direction WDIR 5-day plot - Wind Speed WSPD
8:00 pmESE ( 114 deg ) 20 kts
7:50 pmESE ( 110 deg ) 19 kts
7:40 pmESE ( 113 deg ) 20 kts
7:30 pmESE ( 117 deg ) 21 kts
7:20 pmESE ( 111 deg ) 20 kts
7:10 pmESE ( 111 deg ) 20 kts
  
Peak gust during the measurement hour
TIME
(CDT)		 5-day plot - Gust Direction GDR 5-day plot - Gust Speed GST
7:36 pmESE ( 110 deg ) 25 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
(CDT)		 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
0320 7:00 pmESE 21 23------ 62.4-----
0320 6:00 pmESE 20 22------ 61.5-----
0320 5:00 pmESE 18 20------ 61.2-----
0320 4:00 pmESE 11 13------ 61.9-----
0320 3:00 pm E 16 19------ 61.2-----
0320 2:00 pmESE 17 21------ 61.5-----
0320 1:00 pmESE 15 18------ 61.3-----
032012:00 pmESE 17 19------ 61.5-----
032011:00 am SE 16 18------ 61.0-----
032010:00 am E 16 17------ 60.4-----
0320 9:00 am E 13 15------ 59.7-----
0320 8:00 am E 14 15------ 58.8-----
0320 7:00 am N 13 14------ 53.6-----
0320 6:00 am N 10 12------ 54.7-----
0320 5:00 am N 8 9------ 54.0-----
0320 4:00 amENE 12 14------ 57.4-----
0320 3:00 am E 10 12------ 56.5-----
0320 2:00 am N 4 5------ 53.6-----
0320 1:00 amNNW 2 2------ 53.4-----
032012:00 am W 4 5------ 53.1-----
031911:00 pm W 3 3------ 53.2-----
031910:00 pm NW 3 3------ 53.6-----
0319 9:00 pm N 3 3------ 53.8-----
0319 8:00 pmWNW 2 2------ 53.2-----

Description of Measurements

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