Egmont Key
USF
Station IDEGK Latitude27° 36.06' N
Station TypeNearshore Tower Longitude 82° 45.6' W
Responsible AgencyUSF

Site notes
The station is located (27.601° N, 82.760° W) on the NE corner of the USCG dock, a wooden structure on piles that extends 50 meters off the north end of Egmont Key into the mouth of Tampa Bay. Data from this station are telemetered via GOES satellite and line-of-sight radio.

-->Egmont Key Station Freewave Radio telemetered Data web page

Note!!! Wind data from sonic anemometer is not available at this time. Please check back later.

Latest Observations
Measurements are made every 6 minutes and are downloaded hourly via GOES satellite. Time reported is UTC (Coordinated Universal Time): subtract 5 hours for EST, subtract 4 hours for EDT.
Provisional data - not quality-controlled - use at your own risk - see disclaimer.

Meteorological and Marine Data
Local system date : 07-04-08, Year-Day 186
Posted at time (UTC) : 11:56 (07:56 EDT)
Data timestamp (UTC): Fri 4-Jul-2008 1054
Water Level -0.114 m -0.37 ft
Barometric pressure 1019.5 mbar 30.10 in Hg
Air temperature 25.4°C 77.7°F
Relative humidity 75.0%
Wind Data using RM Young Anemometer
Wind speed 2.4 ms-1 4.7 knots
Wind Gusts 3.1 ms-1 6.0 knots
Wind direction 130°True
Wind Data using Sonic Anemometer
Wind speed -99.0 ms-1 -99.0 knots
Wind Gusts -99.0 ms-1 -99.0 knots
Wind direction -99°True
Water temperature 29.26 °C 84.7 °F
Salinity 35.2
Water level referenced to NAVD 88 datum as of 07-25-2002 2138 UTC.

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

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