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

Station PTAT2

Owned and maintained by National Data Buoy Center
C-MAN Station
MARS payload
27.828 N 97.050 W (27°49'42" N 97°3'0" 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


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Regional HF Radar Surface Current Observations

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 PTAT2 as of
(1:00 pm CST)
1900 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 ( 50 deg true )
5-day plot - Wind Speed Wind Speed (WSPD): 15 kts
5-day plot - Wind Gust Wind Gust (GST): 18 kts
5-day plot - Atmospheric Pressure Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 30.18 in
5-day plot - Pressure Tendency Pressure Tendency (PTDY): -0.02 in ( Falling )
5-day plot - Air Temperature Air Temperature (ATMP): 61.2 °F
5-day plot - Water Temperature Water Temperature (WTMP): 61.9 °F
5-day plot - Dew Point Dew Point (DEWP): 51.1 °F
5-day plot - Tide (above MLLW) Tide (above MLLW) (TIDE): 1.54 ft
5-day plot - Wind Speed at 10 Meters Wind Speed at 10 meters (WSPD10M): 16 kts
5-day plot - Wind Speed at 10 Meters Wind Speed at 20 meters (WSPD20M): 16 kts
5-day plot - Wind Speed, Wind Gust and Atmospheric Pressure Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure
Continuous Winds
TIME
(CST)		 5-day plot - Wind Direction WDIR 5-day plot - Wind Speed WSPD
1:00 pmNE ( 48 deg ) 16 kts
12:50 pmNE ( 48 deg ) 17 kts
12:40 pmNE ( 52 deg ) 17 kts
12:30 pmNE ( 49 deg ) 18 kts
12:20 pmNE ( 48 deg ) 17 kts
12:10 pmNE ( 52 deg ) 18 kts
  
Peak gust during the measurement hour
TIME
(CST)		 5-day plot - Gust Direction GDR 5-day plot - Gust Speed GST
12:22 pmNE ( 50 deg ) 21 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
(CST)		   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
021912:00 pm   NE 16 19----30.21+0.02 60.6 61.9 50.2-- 1.22
021911:00 am  ENE 19 23----30.20+0.04 60.6 62.1 49.6-- 0.96
021910:00 am   NE 24 27----30.20+0.06 60.1 62.1 46.6-- 0.72
0219 9:00 am   NE 24 27----30.19+0.08 60.3 62.1 46.0-- 0.55
0219 8:00 am   NE 24 26----30.16+0.06 60.6 62.1 45.7-- 0.40
0219 7:00 am   NE 23 26----30.14+0.06 60.8 62.2 46.9---0.10
0219 6:00 am  NNE 23 25----30.11+0.05 61.5 62.4 45.9---0.49
0219 5:00 am  NNE 20 23----30.09+0.07 62.1 62.6 47.5---0.58
0219 4:00 am  NNE 22 26----30.07+0.07 62.8 62.8 47.5---0.55
0219 3:00 am  NNE 24 28----30.06+0.06 62.8 62.8 51.6---0.18
0219 2:00 am   S 5 5----30.02+0.01 64.4 63.0 62.1---0.19
0219 1:00 am   S 9 9----30.01+0.01 64.2 63.0 62.1---0.06
021912:00 am   S 13 15----30.00+0.04 64.9 63.0 62.6-- 0.17
021811:00 pm   S 12 13----30.01+0.07 64.8 63.0 62.2-- 0.45
021810:00 pm   S 10 11----29.99+0.08 64.9 63.0 62.2-- 0.74
0218 9:00 pm   S 14 15----29.97+0.08 65.5 62.8 62.4-- 0.83
0218 8:00 pm  SSE 14 16----29.93+0.07 65.8 62.8 62.4-- 0.75
0218 7:00 pm  SSE 15 17----29.91+0.04 66.2 63.0 62.2-- 1.07
0218 6:00 pm  SSE 17 18----29.88+0.00 66.2 63.0 61.9-- 1.23
0218 5:00 pm  SSE 18 21----29.87-0.04 66.2 63.0 61.7-- 1.17
0218 4:00 pm  SSE 18 20----29.87-0.06 66.6 62.8 61.9-- 1.20
0218 3:00 pm  SSE 16 17----29.89-0.06 66.2 62.6 62.2-- 1.18
0218 2:00 pm  SSE 17 19----29.90-0.05 66.0 62.2 62.2-- 1.31
0218 1:00 pm  SSE 12 14----29.93-0.02 65.5 62.2 62.1-- 1.33

Description of Measurements

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