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.
Note!! The line-of-sight-radio data postings have been activated and if you notice the data are not current, Please Click on the GOES data telemetry for latest observations from the site.


-->Egmont Key Station GOES telemetered Data web page

Latest Observations
Measurements are made every 6 minutes and acquired via line-of-sight radio every six minutes. 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 : 05-15-08, Year-Day 136
Posted at time (UTC) : 13:17 (09:17 EDT)
Data timestamp (UTC): Thu 15-May-2008 1306
Water Level 0.246 m 0.81 ft
Barometric pressure 1017.5 mbar 30.05 in Hg
Air temperature 22.4°C 72.4°F
Relative humidity 71.7%
Wind Data using RM Young Anemometer
Wind speed 8.6 ms-1 16.7 knots
Wind Gusts 9.9 ms-1 19.2 knots
Wind direction 160°True
Wind Data using Sonic Anemometer
Wind speed 0.0 ms-1 0.0
Wind Gusts 0.0 ms-1 0.0 knots
Wind direction 0°True
Water temperature 25.53 °C 78.0 °F
Salinity 31.6
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

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