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Station and river observations

METAR/SPECI uses the existing AviationWeather.gov bulk cache over the lower 48 and its margin. NWPS retains only gauges in the existing action-stage-or-above observed list; forecast-only gauges can have no observation. Absence never establishes zero wind, low water, or safe conditions.

Surface station KARA

unavailable · No observation in the latest cached source list. Retained readings below are historical; an absent gauge may have fallen below action stage or stopped reporting.

Station KARA · -91.8845, 30.0292 (longitude, latitude).

Source checked 2026-10-17 16:00:05.721Z · current.

Station observations, not an address forecast or cyclone maximum wind. Maintenance-flagged, old and implausible reports are excluded by the existing parser; this is not independent NWS quality control.

Retained observations: 6; target 24 hours, at most 96 reports per station. Recording began 2026-10-17 06:15:07.108Z; oldest available reading 2026-10-17 05:53:00 UTC.

Observed sustained wind at KARA (kt)Dots are retained observations. Lines break for missing fields, long intervals or changed station location or units. 0 recorded discontinuities. Dashed lines, when present, are the separately issued NWS forecast.2212kt10-17 05:53Z10-17 10:53Z2026-10-17 05:53:00 UTC · 19 kt2026-10-17 06:53:00 UTC · 21 kt2026-10-17 07:53:00 UTC · 17 kt2026-10-17 08:53:00 UTC · 17 kt2026-10-17 09:53:00 UTC · 14 kt2026-10-17 10:53:00 UTC · 13 kt
Observed sustained wind · 6 retained observations; 0 discontinuities. Lines join reported values only; missing intervals are not interpolated.
Temperature, dew point and pressure trends
Observed temperature at KARA (°C)Dots are retained observations. Lines break for missing fields, long intervals or changed station location or units. 0 recorded discontinuities. Dashed lines, when present, are the separately issued NWS forecast.17.110.7°C10-17 05:53Z10-17 10:53Z2026-10-17 05:53:00 UTC · 16.1 °C2026-10-17 06:53:00 UTC · 15.6 °C2026-10-17 07:53:00 UTC · 14.4 °C2026-10-17 08:53:00 UTC · 13.3 °C2026-10-17 09:53:00 UTC · 12.8 °C2026-10-17 10:53:00 UTC · 11.7 °C
Observed temperature · 6 retained observations; 0 discontinuities. Lines join reported values only; missing intervals are not interpolated.
Observed dew point at KARA (°C)Dots are retained observations. Lines break for missing fields, long intervals or changed station location or units. 0 recorded discontinuities. Dashed lines, when present, are the separately issued NWS forecast.62.9°C10-17 05:53Z10-17 10:53Z2026-10-17 05:53:00 UTC · 4.4 °C2026-10-17 06:53:00 UTC · 4.4 °C2026-10-17 07:53:00 UTC · 4.4 °C2026-10-17 08:53:00 UTC · 3.9 °C2026-10-17 09:53:00 UTC · 4.4 °C2026-10-17 10:53:00 UTC · 5 °C
Observed dew point · 6 retained observations; 0 discontinuities. Lines join reported values only; missing intervals are not interpolated.
Observed sea-level pressure at KARA (mb)Dots are retained observations. Lines break for missing fields, long intervals or changed station location or units. 0 recorded discontinuities. Dashed lines, when present, are the separately issued NWS forecast.10271023.3mb10-17 05:53Z10-17 10:53Z2026-10-17 05:53:00 UTC · 1024.3 mb2026-10-17 06:53:00 UTC · 1024.5 mb2026-10-17 07:53:00 UTC · 1025 mb2026-10-17 08:53:00 UTC · 1025.1 mb2026-10-17 09:53:00 UTC · 1025.4 mb2026-10-17 10:53:00 UTC · 1026 mb
Observed sea-level pressure · 6 retained observations; 0 discontinuities. Lines join reported values only; missing intervals are not interpolated.
Observed reports as a table (6)
Observed (UTC)Wind / gust (kt)From (° true)Temperature / dew point (°C)Pressure (mb)Visibility (mi)
2026-10-17 05:53:00 UTC19 / 28 2016.1 / 4.41024.310 or more
2026-10-17 06:53:00 UTC21 / 32 1015.6 / 4.41024.510 or more
2026-10-17 07:53:00 UTC17 / 30 2014.4 / 4.4102510 or more
2026-10-17 08:53:00 UTC17 / 27 1013.3 / 3.91025.110 or more
2026-10-17 09:53:00 UTC14 / 24 1012.8 / 4.41025.410 or more
2026-10-17 10:53:00 UTC13 / Not reported1011.7 / 5102610 or more
Capture times, quality and provenance

Each report keeps its observation time, first capture of this version, and the SHA-256 of the source bulk body. Corrections at the same observation time replace that point and are marked; unrelated bulk-file changes do not freshen a report.

  • Observed 2026-10-17 05:53:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-17 06:15:07.108Z; source body SHA-256 bc11437b0ef17dcf4b91f1dd747598a8f12e615b799dd81a79f1255842a6924c.
  • Observed 2026-10-17 06:53:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-17 07:00:07.405Z; source body SHA-256 144290c75a8e56c75efc02af4781ad6023effc93af11beecc88e5a894fd759e2.
  • Observed 2026-10-17 07:53:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-17 08:00:09.060Z; source body SHA-256 7be3a24f888fea0090cfe562315fa855fd38009dce22d030b3202578d40de7a3.
  • Observed 2026-10-17 08:53:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-17 09:00:08.266Z; source body SHA-256 dda37380aed4adf0d16283db418b687ad12fa115e99cb467408b1713a5975398.
  • Observed 2026-10-17 09:53:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-17 10:00:07.986Z; source body SHA-256 9340f13b53b6f68bd8a30ed2d06d6d234571fd5b0e713e9ce9e31feeb68061fa.
  • Observed 2026-10-17 10:53:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-17 11:00:07.266Z; source body SHA-256 5a711bd8c8d161a730ce3a8e27f04e0d3fbb9b2da387eb562a09cd242e107b73.

Values use the decoded station report. Null means not reported, never zero. Gust is kept separate from sustained wind.

Observation source page · Cached readings as JSON · Official source

Surface stations in the latest cached source

2220 total · source current; checked . Showing 100 on page 18. {"flagged":535,"old":0,"implausible":1,"outside":2359,"unreadable":1,"damagedStored":0} excluded reports (counts by reason).

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