TARPON SPRINGS
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Site notes
The COMPS Tarpon Springs station is physically located within the municipal
marina near the historic sponge docks at 28° 09.341' N (28.156 N) and 82°
45.476' W (82.758 W). Instrumentation (mounted along the east side of the
Harbor Master's building) monitors Wind Speed/Direction, Relative
Humidity/Air Temperature, Barometric Pressure, Precipitation, and Water
Level. Data is hourly transmitted via the GOES satellite for internet
posting as well as radio modemed directly to the Tarpon Springs Fire
Department. Site funding is via a cooperative effort between the Tarpon
Springs Fire Department and the University of South Florida's/College of
Marine Science. This site became an operational COMPS coastal station on
2/12/2001.
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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.
| Local system date : 08-20-08, Year-Day 233 | ||||||||||
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| Posted at time (UTC) : 02:25 (22:25 EDT) | ||||||||||
| Data timestamp (UTC): Wed 20-Aug-2008 0154 | ||||||||||
| Water Level | -0.107 m | -0.35 ft | ||||||||
| Barometric pressure | 1008.3 mbar | 29.78 in Hg | ||||||||
| Air temperature | 26.0°C | 78.8°F | ||||||||
| Relative humidity | 82.5% | |||||||||
| Wind speed | 5.8 ms-1 | 11.3 knots | | Wind Gusts | 8.9 ms-1 | 17.3 knots | Wind direction | 10°True | | ||
Instrumentation and recent service history
Data Download