Big Carlos Pass		 USF
Station IDBCP Latitude26° 24.269' N
Station TypeShore based Longitude 81° 52.86' W
Responsible AgencyUSF

Site notes The COMPS Big Carlos Pass Coastal Station is physically located at 26° 24.269' N (26.404 °N) and 81° 52.86' W (81.881° W), on the Big Carlos Pass Bridge between the cities of Fort Meyers Beach and Bonita Springs, Fl. Mounted on the bridge deck is an instrument tower housing: Wind Speed/Direction, Relative Humidity/Air Temperature, Barometric Pressure, and Precipitation sensors. Marine instrumentation includes: Water Level, Temperature, and Salinity. Data is hourly transmitted via the GOES satellite. Site funding is via a cooperative effort between the University of South Florida's/College of Marine Science's COMPS program, the State of Florida's Emergency Management Preparedness and Assistance Trust Fund, the Lee County Office of Emergency Management, and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. This site became an operational COMPS coastal station on 8/05/2004.
-->Station photos Note: Water Temperature and Conductivity sensor is malfunctioning, no data available at this time. Please check back later. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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.
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Meteorological and Marine Data
Local system date : 11-22-09, Year-Day 326
Posted at time (UTC) : 07:55 (02:55 EST)
Data timestamp (UTC): Sun 22-Nov-2009 0654
Water Level 0.332 m 1.09 ft
Barometric pressure 1015.2 mbar 29.98 in Hg
Air temperature 22.8°C 73.1°F
Relative humidity 86.0%
Wind speed 3.2 ms-1 6.2 knots
Wind Gusts 4.0 ms-1 7.8 knots
Wind direction 123°True
Water level referenced to NAVD 88 datum as of 10-21-04 1843h 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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