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Station PTAT2 - Port Aransas, TX 
Owned and maintained by National Data Buoy Center
C-MAN Station
MARS payload
27.826 N 97.051 W (27°49'33" N 97°3'2" W)
Site elevation: 0 m above mean sea level
Air temp height: 9.1 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 14.9 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: 6.4 m above mean sea level
Sea temp depth: 1 m below MLLW
Meteorological Observations from Nearby Stations and Ships
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Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation. | |
 Wind Direction (WDIR): | ESE ( 120 deg true ) |
| Wind Speed (WSPD): | 19 kts |
| Wind Gust (GST): | 21 kts |
| Air Temperature (ATMP): | 74.8 °F |
| Wind Speed at 10 meters (WSPD10M): | 19 kts |
| Wind Speed at 20 meters (WSPD20M): | 19 kts |
| Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure |
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| TIME (CDT) |
WDIR |
WSPD kts |
GST kts |
WVHT ft |
DPD sec |
APD sec |
MWD |
PRES in |
PTDY in |
ATMP °F |
WTMP °F |
DEWP °F |
SAL psu |
VIS nmi |
TIDE ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-03 07:00 pm | ESE | 16 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 74.8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-03 06:00 pm | ESE | 16 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 75.0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-03 05:00 pm | ESE | 20 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 75.6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-03 04:00 pm | SE | 22 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 75.9 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-03 03:00 pm | SE | 16 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 75.9 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-03 02:00 pm | SSE | 16 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 75.6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-03 01:00 pm | SSE | 15 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 75.2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-03 12:00 pm | SSE | 15 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 75.2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-03 11:00 am | S | 11 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 75.2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-03 10:00 am | SSE | 16 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 74.8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-03 09:00 am | SSE | 18 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 75.0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-03 08:00 am | SE | 20 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 74.5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-03 07:00 am | SE | 18 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 73.9 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-03 06:00 am | ESE | 20 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 73.9 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-03 05:00 am | ESE | 17 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 73.6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-03 04:00 am | ESE | 14 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 73.2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-03 03:00 am | ESE | 14 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 73.4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-03 02:00 am | SE | 15 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 73.4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-03 01:00 am | SE | 14 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 73.9 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-03 12:00 am | SE | 19 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 74.5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-02 11:00 pm | SE | 19 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 74.3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-02 10:00 pm | SE | 19 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 74.3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-02 09:00 pm | SE | 21 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 74.5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025-04-02 08:00 pm | SE | 21 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 74.8 | - | - | - | - | - |
Links which are specific to this station are listed below:
Real Time Data in tabular form for the last forty-five days.
Historical Data & Climatic Summaries for quality controlled data for prior months and years.
The weekly status report and the weekly maintenance report also provide valuable station information.
Note that the payload types and the station locations occasionally change.
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