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NC CRONOS Database » Horticultural Crops Res Stn (CAST)

Station: CAST - Horticultural Crops Res Stn        Date of first observation: March 17, 1983
Station type: ECONET - Tower what is this?         Maintenance Logs
City, State: Castle Hayne, NC      County: New Hanover County
Latitude: 34.32107°      Longitude: -77.91611°
Elevation: 43 feet above sea level You may select another station if you wish:

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Climate division: NC06 - Southern Coastal Plain
River basin: Northeast Cape Fear
Supported by: NC Agricultural Research Service
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Current conditions at CAST as of Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 @ 10:08 PM EST (48 mins ago)
Temperature: 50.5 °F (10.3 °C)
Dew point: calculated at 50.1 °F (10.1 °C)       Relative humidity: 99%
Wind: West (289°) at 2 mph with gusts of 3 mph
Pressure: 1003 mb (29.62 inHg) station pressure


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The first observation for this station is March 17, 1983
The most recent observation for this station is February 9, 2010

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Atmospheric Parameters Unit Height
Air Temperature (dry bulb) 2m
Air Temperature (hourly average) 2m
Dew Point (calculated using instantaneous temp and rh) 2m
Heat Index (calculated using instantaneous temp and rh) 2m
Wind Chill (calculated using instantaneous temp and wind) 2m
Station pressure 2m
Station pressure hourly average 2m
Calculated Sea level pressure estimate 2m
Wind Parameters Unit Height
Calculated Log Wind Profile Calculate at ft.
Wind speed 10m
Wind direction 10m
Wind speed (hourly average) 10m
Wind speed max for the past hour 10m
Time of max wind speed for past hour HHMM 10m
Wind direction of maximum wind speed for past hour 10m
Wind direction (hourly average) 10m
Standard deviation of direction degrees 10m
Moisture Parameters Unit  Height
Relative humidity percent (%) 2m
Relative humidity (hourly average) percent (%) 2m
Hourly precipitation
Evapotranspiration Total (alfalfa reference crop)
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Soil Parameters Unit Depth
Soil temperature hour average 0.1m
Soil moisture hour average meters3/meters3 (m3/m3) 0.2m
Soil temperature 0.1m
Soil moisture meters3/meters3 (m3/m3) 0.2m
Solar Radiation Parameters Unit Height
Photosynthetically active radiation µmole s-1m-2 2m
Photosynthetically active radiation (hour average) µmole s-1m-2 2m
Solar radiation Watts/meter2 (W/m2) 2m
Solar radiation (hourly average) Watts/meter2 (W/m2) 2m


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