PORT RICHEY 		USF
Station IDPAS Latitude28° 17.108' N
Station TypeShore based Longitude 82° 43.948' W
Responsible AgencyUSF

Site notes The COMPS Port Richey Station is physically located 28° 17.108' N (28.285 N) and 82° 43.948' W (82.732 W) along the south western edge of Koons Road within the city of Port Richey's Brasher Park (Port Richey Recreation Center). The 4 pile structure, approximately 13' offshore in 6' of water, is approximately 7'x 9' (9' aligned to the shore) with the platform deck height approximately 6' above MHHW. Mounted on the decking is a instrument tower housing Wind Speed/Direction (approximately 34' above MHHW), Relative Humidity/Air Temperature, Barometric Pressure, and Precipitation instrumentation. Data is hourly transmitted via the GOES satellite. Site funding is via a cooperative effort between the Pasco County Division of Emergency Management, the National Weather Service, and the University of South Florida's/College of Marine Science. This site became an operational COMPS coastal station on 4/10/2002.

Note: Water Temperature and Conductivity sensor data are suspect. Please do not use the same. Sorry for any inconvenience.
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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 : 07-23-08, Year-Day 205
Posted at time (UTC) : 18:17 (14:17 EDT)
Data timestamp (UTC): Wed 23-Jul-2008 1754
Water Level 0.033 m 0.11 ft
Barometric pressure 1017.3 mbar 30.04 in Hg
Air temperature 29.6°C 85.2°F
Relative humidity 71.5%
Wind Data using RM Young Anemometer
Wind speed 2.8 ms-1 5.4 knots
Wind Gusts 3.3 ms-1 6.4 knots
Wind direction 277°True
Wind Data using Sonic Anemometer
Wind speed 2.9 ms-1 5.6 knots
Wind Gusts 3.7 ms-1 7.2 knots
Wind direction 279°True
Water temperature 31.37 °C 88.5 °F
Salinity 18.7
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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