COMPS--Fred Howard Park Coastal Station

Fred Howard Park

Station ID	FHP	Latitude	28° 09.195' N
Station Type	Shore based	Longitude	82° 48.069' W
Responsible Agency		USF

Site notes The COMPS Fred Howard Park Coastal Station is physically located at 28° 09.195' N (28.153°N) and 82° 48.069' W (82.801° W), on the southwest corner of the second causeway bridge leading out to Fred Howard Park beach. Mounted on the seawall cap 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, Pinellas County and the Pinellas County Park System, and the Tarpon Springs Office of Emergency Management. This site became an operational COMPS coastal station on 6/25/2004.
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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.

Meteorological and Marine Data

Local system date : 05-09-08, Year-Day 130
Posted at time (UTC) : 21:43 (17:43 EDT)
Data timestamp (UTC): Fri 9-May-2008 2054
Water Level 0.348 m 1.14 ft
Barometric pressure 1013.2 mbar 29.92 in Hg
Air temperature 26.0°C 78.7°F
Relative humidity 80.8%
Wind speed 6.0 ms^-1 11.7 knots
Wind Gusts 7.0 ms^-1 13.6 knots
Wind direction 237°True
Water temperature 28.43 °C 83.2 °F
Salinity 31.8

Water level referenced to NAVD 88 datum as of 08-17-2004 2017h 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

Past 24-hours Observations
Meteorological and Marine Data
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Past 5-Day Observations
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Local system date : 05-09-08, Year-Day 130
Posted at time (UTC) : 21:43 (17:43 EDT)
Data timestamp (UTC): Fri 9-May-2008 2054
Water Level	0.348 m	1.14 ft
Barometric pressure	1013.2 mbar	29.92 in Hg
Air temperature	26.0°C	78.7°F
Relative humidity	80.8%
Wind speed	6.0 ms^-1	11.7 knots
Wind Gusts	7.0 ms^-1	13.6 knots
Wind direction	237°True
Water temperature	28.43 °C	83.2 °F
Salinity	31.8