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 07/31/2010 23:00 EDT
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Weather, Water Quality, and Tide Observations
at Town of Hempstead East Marina, Reynolds Channel, Point Lookout.
Time 07/31 22:12  Maximum, last 24 hr Minimum, last 24 hr
Measured water level 2.3 feet NGVD29 3.2 feet NGVD29
at 07/30 23:24 		-0.7 feet NGVD29
at 07/31 05:36
Predicted water level
(astronomical tide) 		1.9 feet NGVD29    
Measured - predicted level
 0.3 feet    
Tide direction
Rate of change 		flooding.
0.7 feet/hr 		   
Average wind speed 4 mph 12 mph
at 07/31 18:48 		1 mph
at 07/30 23:00
Wind direction SSE: 150 deg true    
Wind gust 5 mph 15 mph
at 07/31 18:48 		 
Gust direction SE: 138 deg true    
Wind speed change
(3 hour trend)		 steady    
Air temperature 72 deg F ( 22 deg C) 77 deg F ( 25 deg C)
at 07/31 17:12 		65 deg F ( 19 deg C)
at 07/31 06:12
Relative humidity 68 % 92 %
at 07/31 01:00 		43 %
at 07/31 11:36
Precipitation
 0.00 inches
( 0.00 cm) 		   
Barometric pressure 30.00 in Hg (1016 mbar) 30.00 in Hg (1016 mbar)
at 07/31 09:00 		29.94 in Hg (1014 mbar)
at 07/30 23:00
Barometer - 3 hour trend steady    
Total Solar Radiation 3 W/m^2 931 W/m^2
at 07/31 13:48 		 
Water temperature 70 deg F (21 deg C) 75 deg F (24 deg C)
at 07/31 18:00 		66 deg F (19 deg C)
at 07/31 10:24
Salinity 30.8 PSU 30.8 PSU
at 07/30 23:48 		30.0 PSU
at 07/31 17:24
Turbidity 1.4 FNU 7.7 FNU
at 07/31 15:24 		0.1 FNU
at 07/30 23:00
Dissolved Oxygen 8.7 mg/l 10.6 mg/l
at 07/31 18:00 		6.2 mg/l
at 07/31 05:48
Chlorophyll Offscale+ ug/l 10.0 ug/l
at 07/31 17:48 		5.2 ug/l
at 07/31 13:12

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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