Sea Conditions at POINT LOOKOUT Long Island, New York USA
 Latitude 40 degrees 35.0 minutes North Longitude 73 degrees 35.2 minutes West. Page last updated 02/08/2010 17:07 EST
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Weather, Water Quality, and Tide Observations
at Town of Hempstead East Marina, Reynolds Channel, Point Lookout.
Time 02/08 16:24  Maximum, last 24 hr Minimum, last 24 hr
Measured water level 1.2 feet NGVD29 2.9 feet NGVD29
at 02/08 03:24 		-0.8 feet NGVD29
at 02/08 10:00
Predicted water level
(astronomical tide) 		1.4 feet NGVD29    
Measured - predicted level
 -0.3 feet    
Tide direction
Rate of change 		ebbing.
-0.3 feet/hr 		   
Average wind speed 23 mph 30 mph
at 02/07 20:12 		8 mph
at 02/08 00:24
Wind direction WNW: 300 deg true    
Wind gust 28 mph 30 mph
at 02/08 16:12 		 
Gust direction NW: 305 deg true    
Wind speed change
(3 hour trend)		 steady    
Air temperature 37 deg F ( 3 deg C) 37 deg F ( 3 deg C)
at 02/08 15:36 		24 deg F ( -4 deg C)
at 02/07 22:36
Relative humidity 38 % 67 %
at 02/08 04:36 		38 %
at 02/08 16:24
Precipitation
 0.00 inches
( 0.00 cm) 		   
Barometric pressure 29.91 in Hg (1013 mbar) 29.97 in Hg (1015 mbar)
at 02/08 09:48 		29.85 in Hg (1011 mbar)
at 02/07 17:12
Barometer - 3 hour trend steady    
Total Solar Radiation 142 W/m^2 650 W/m^2
at 02/08 11:48 		 
Water temperature 32 deg F ( 0 deg C) 34 deg F ( 1 deg C)
at 02/08 02:48 		32 deg F (-0 deg C)
at 02/08 08:24
Salinity 34.3 PSU 34.5 PSU
at 02/08 00:00 		33.8 PSU
at 02/07 21:24
Turbidity 2.4 FNU 10.0 FNU
at 02/08 01:48 		2.1 FNU
at 02/07 19:00
Dissolved Oxygen 11.9 mg/l 12.0 mg/l
at 02/08 15:36 		11.2 mg/l
at 02/08 03:00
Chlorophyll 4.7 ug/l 8.6 ug/l
at 02/08 01:36 		3.6 ug/l
at 02/08 04:36

NOTES:

  1. Tide, weather, and water quality instruments operated by and data courtesy of the New York Water Resources Division of the United States Geological Survey.
  2. Archived images from the camera are available at ftp://lishore.msrc.sunysb.edu/pub/liwebcam/l5/ Refer to the readme.txt file in that directory for file naming conventions.

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