Punta de Piedras Coastal Station		 USF
Station IDCAR_PP Latitude10° 54.002' N
Station TypeShore based Longitude 64° 6.625' W
Responsible AgencyCARIACO USF/EDIMAR/USB

Site notes The CARIACO Punta de Piedras Coastal Station is physically located on Margarita Island (Caribbean) at 10° 54.002' N' (10.900° N) and 64° 6.625' W (64.110 ' W) on a platform just of off a pier. Mounted on the platform is an instrument tower which houses: Wind Speed/Direction, Relative Humidity/Air Temperature, Barometric Pressure, Solar Radiation, and Precipitation sensors. Marine instrumentation includes Water Level, Temperature, and Salinity. Data are transmitted hourly via the GOES East satellite. Site funding is via the Carbon Retention In A Colored Ocean Project (CARIACO), a cooperative effort between the University of South Florida's/College of Marine Science (USF/CMS), Estación Investigaciones Marinas de Margarita (EDIMAR), and Universidad Simón Bolívar (USB). This site became an operational CARIACO coastal station on 6/2/2006.

Latest Observations
Measurements are made every 6 minutes and are downloaded hourly via GOES satellite. Time reported is UTC (Coordinated Universal Time): subtract 4 hours for local time (Venezuela).
Provisional data - not quality-controlled - use at your own risk - see disclaimer.

Meteorological and Marine Data
Local system date : 11-07-09, Year-Day 311
Posted at time (UTC) : 14:24 (09:24 EST)
Data timestamp (UTC): Sat 7-Nov-2009 1306
Water Level 0.096 m 0.31 ft
Barometric pressure 1011.1 mbar 29.86 in Hg
Air temperature 28.5°C 83.3°F
Relative humidity 68.9%
Wind speed 5.6 ms-1 10.9 knots
Wind Gusts 6.8 ms-1 13.2 knots
Wind direction 94°True
Incoming Solar Radiation 527.20 W/m2
Water level referenced to unsurveyed datum.

Wind Direction is the compass angle from which the wind is
blowing, referenced in degrees clockwise from true N (0=North,
90=East, 180=South, and 270=West).

Missing data represented by -99

Past 24-hours Observations
Meteorological and Marine Data
Table: Metric, Non-SI
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Past 5-Day Observations
Meteorological and Marine Data
Table: Metric, Non-SI
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GOES Transmission Statistics and Diagnostics Graphics
GOES ID:1406272E CARPP Diagnostic Graphics CARPP Diagnostic Table