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Station FILA2 - Flat Island Light, AK Image indicating link to RSS feed of recent meteorological observations for station FILA2

Station FILA2

Owned and maintained by National Data Buoy Center
C-MAN Station
ARES payload
59.332 N 151.995 W (59°19'54" N 151°59'42" W)

Site elevation: 17.9 m above mean sea level
Air temp height: 15.7 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 15.7 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: 19.9 m above mean sea level

Wave data for this area were available at 46106.

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Meteorological Observations from Nearby Stations and Ships Image indicating link to RSS feed of recent meteorological observations near station FILA2

Sector pictures are available for this station at 0, 45, 90, 135, 180, 225, 270, 315 degrees.

(SECTOR PHOTOS ARE NOT IN REAL-TIME AND ARE NOT UPDATED!)
Conditions at FILA2 as of
(6:30 am AKST)
1530 GMT on 02/19/2013:
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.
5-day plot - Wind Direction Wind Direction (WDIR): NE ( 40 deg true )
5-day plot - Wind Speed Wind Speed (WSPD): 10 kts
5-day plot - Wind Gust Wind Gust (GST): 12 kts
5-day plot - Atmospheric Pressure Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 29.63 in
5-day plot - Air Temperature Air Temperature (ATMP): 25.0 °F
5-day plot - Dew Point Dew Point (DEWP): 18.0 °F
5-day plot - Wind Chill Wind Chill (CHILL): 14.2 °F
5-day plot - Wind Speed at 10 Meters Wind Speed at 10 meters (WSPD10M): 10 kts
5-day plot - Wind Speed at 10 Meters Wind Speed at 20 meters (WSPD20M): 10 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
6:30 amNE ( 45 deg ) 9 kts
6:20 amNNE ( 24 deg ) 13 kts
6:10 amNNE ( 20 deg ) 15 kts
6:00 amNNE ( 21 deg ) 17 kts
5:50 amNNE ( 21 deg ) 19 kts
5:40 amNNE ( 24 deg ) 19 kts
  
Peak gust during the measurement hour
TIME
(AKST)		 5-day plot - Gust Direction GDR 5-day plot - Gust Speed GST
5:31 amNNE ( 30 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
(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
0219 6:00 am  NNE 16 20----29.64-0.08 24.4- 16.9---
0219 5:30 am  NNE 21 24----29.65- 23.7- 16.2---
0219 5:00 am  NNE 21 26----29.66-0.08 24.1- 16.3---
0219 4:30 am  NNE 18 21----29.66- 24.3- 16.3---
0219 4:00 am  NNE 20 23----29.67-0.06 24.3- 16.3---
0219 3:30 am  NNE 15 19----29.70- 24.8- 16.9---
0219 3:00 am  NNE 16 19----29.72+0.02 23.9- 15.4---
0219 2:30 am  NNE 19 21----29.74- 23.4- 14.2---
0219 2:00 am  NNE 18 21----29.74+0.02 23.5- 13.5---
0219 1:30 am  NNE 21 25----29.73- 23.5- 14.4---
0219 1:00 am  NNE 22 26----29.74-0.06 23.4- 14.4---
021912:30 am  NNE 18 23----29.74- 23.2- 13.3---
021912:00 am  NNE 23 28----29.70-0.07 23.0- 12.9---
021811:30 pm  NNE 27 33----29.68- 23.4- 14.4---
021811:00 pm  NNE 23 29----29.72-0.05 23.4- 14.4---
021810:30 pm  NNE 24 27----29.77- 23.5- 13.5---
021810:00 pm   N 24 27----29.80+0.05 23.5- 12.2---
0218 9:30 pm  NNE 21 26----29.79- 23.9- 13.1---
0218 9:00 pm  NNE 22 28----29.77+0.00 23.9- 13.1---
0218 8:30 pm  NNE 18 22----29.77- 23.9- 13.5---
0218 8:00 pm   N 24 27----29.77-0.01 24.6- 14.4---
0218 7:30 pm  NNE 24 30----29.76- 24.8- 13.5---
0218 7:00 pm  NNE 24 30----29.75-0.03 25.5- 14.7---
0218 6:30 pm  NNE 23 30----29.75- 26.1- 15.6---
0218 6:00 pm   NE 23 25----29.77-0.05 25.5- 12.7---
0218 5:30 pm  NNE 23 29----29.78- 25.9- 12.0---
0218 5:00 pm   NE 20 25----29.79-0.06 25.7- 12.6---
0218 4:30 pm   N 26 31----29.77- 25.2- 14.2---
0218 4:00 pm  NNE 22 26----29.79-0.05 24.6- 12.6---
0218 3:30 pm   N 24 27----29.81- 24.6- 12.9---
0218 3:00 pm   N 22 25----29.83+0.00 24.6- 11.5---
0218 2:30 pm   N 21 25----29.84- 24.6- 12.7---
0218 2:00 pm   N 17 21----29.85+0.04 24.6- 12.7---
0218 1:30 pm   N 22 25----29.84- 24.4- 12.0---
0218 1:00 pm   N 21 26----29.83+0.03 25.0- 13.5---
021812:30 pm   N 22 25----29.83- 25.0- 12.6---
021812:00 pm   N 23 27----29.82+0.01 25.2- 12.4---
021811:30 am   N 24 28----29.81- 25.7- 11.8---
021811:00 am   N 25 30----29.80+0.01 25.5- 10.4---
021810:30 am   N 26 30----29.78- 26.2- 12.2---
021810:00 am   N 19 21----29.81+0.02 26.6- 13.5---
0218 9:30 am  NNW 16 19----29.83- 27.0- 12.7---
0218 9:00 am   N 18 19----29.81+0.02 27.3- 10.9---
0218 8:30 am   N 17 19----29.79- 27.7- 13.6---
0218 8:00 am   N 16 18----29.79-0.01 28.0- 11.5---
0218 7:30 am   N 16 19----29.79- 28.6- 13.5---
0218 7:00 am   N 13 15----29.78-0.01 28.6- 18.1---
0218 6:30 am  WNW 13 18----29.78- 28.0- 22.3---
0218 6:00 am  WNW 21 25----29.79+0.00 26.2- 21.0---

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