Sea Conditions at POINT LOOKOUT Long Island, New York USA
 Latitude 40 degrees 35.0 minutes North Longitude 72 degrees 35.2 minutes West. Page last updated 05/17/2008 16:43 EDT
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Weather, Water Quality, and Tide Observations
at Town of Hempstead East Marina, Reynolds Channel, Point Lookout.
Time 05/17 15:24  Maximum, last 24 hr Minimum, last 24 hr
Measured water level 1.6 feet NGVD29 4.2 feet NGVD29
at 05/16 18:36 		-0.3 feet NGVD29
at 05/17 12:12
Predicted water level
(astronomical tide) 		0.9 feet NGVD29    
Measured - predicted level
 0.7 feet    
Tide direction
Rate of change 		ND.
ND feet/hr 		   
Average wind speed 15 mph 22 mph
at 05/17 00:36 		8 mph
at 05/17 11:12
Wind direction WSW: 245 deg true    
Wind gust 20 mph 29 mph
at 05/16 17:24 		 
Gust direction WSW: 255 deg true    
Wind speed change
(3 hour trend)		 steady    
Air temperature 69 deg F ( 21 deg C) 69 deg F ( 21 deg C)
at 05/17 15:24 		49 deg F ( 10 deg C)
at 05/17 04:00
Relative humidity 43 % 100 %
at 05/16 17:00 		43 %
at 05/17 15:24
Precipitation
 0.00 inches
( 0.00 cm) 		   
Barometric pressure 29.50 in Hg ( 999 mbar) 29.59 in Hg (1002 mbar)
at 05/17 07:48 		29.50 in Hg ( 999 mbar)
at 05/17 15:12
Barometer - 3 hour trend steady    
Total Solar Radiation 758 W/m^2 950 W/m^2
at 05/17 13:00 		 
Water temperature 57 deg F (14 deg C) 59 deg F (15 deg C)
at 05/17 12:48 		54 deg F (12 deg C)
at 05/16 18:12
Salinity 29.7 PSU 30.8 PSU
at 05/16 17:12 		26.1 PSU
at 05/16 22:36
Turbidity 9.1 FNU 15.0 FNU
at 05/17 05:36 		2.1 FNU
at 05/16 18:48
Dissolved Oxygen 7.9 mg/l 8.4 mg/l
at 05/16 16:48 		6.9 mg/l
at 05/17 00:48
Chlorophyll Offscale+ ug/l 10.0 ug/l
at 05/17 03:36 		0.0 ug/l
at 05/17 12:24

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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