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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.

Water-level gauge VCAF1

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.

Tide gauge (coastal water level) · Vaca Key Tide Station (in MHHW) · Tide Station · -81.1067, 24.71167. Units ft; datum not supplied.

Source checked 2026-10-17 10:25:04.306Z · current.

Stage in this gauge’s units, not a regional flood depth. Tide/lake gauges remain water levels; datum is not supplied by this feed. Historical observations and the latest forecast keep separate times.

Retained observations: 3; target 24 hours, at most 96 reports per station. Recording began 2026-10-17 06:15:05.234Z; oldest available reading 2026-10-17 07:06:00 UTC.

Observed stage and separate NWS forecast at VCAF1 (ft)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.2.10ft10-17 07:06Z10-17 08:06Z2026-10-17 07:06:00 UTC · 1 ft2026-10-17 07:36:00 UTC · 1.09 ft2026-10-17 08:06:00 UTC · 1.07 ft
Observed stage and separate NWS forecast · 3 retained observations; 0 discontinuities. Lines join reported values only; missing intervals are not interpolated.
Observed reports as a table (3)
Observed (UTC)Stage / unitsSource category / water
2026-10-17 07:06:00 UTC1 ftAction stage · Tide gauge (coastal water level)
2026-10-17 07:36:00 UTC1.09 ftAction stage · Tide gauge (coastal water level)
2026-10-17 08:06:00 UTC1.07 ftAction stage · Tide gauge (coastal water level)
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 07:06:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-17 08:05:04.368Z; source body SHA-256 65352b4d0286750024cc23e7fcd002a3abc32063acdeb744c720c908fcded24c.
  • Observed 2026-10-17 07:36:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-17 08:25:04.581Z; source body SHA-256 608146df439df6605f743df87dc6a9ef7de4b31142f1c3b38ab76306641f4590.
  • Observed 2026-10-17 08:06:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-17 09:05:04.945Z; source body SHA-256 85af434a4d3836cda6aa7dfdfd7e5eef87a4fde33c9f1d747d91b57f894dac5f.

Only observed gauge records enter this history. Forecast maxima and forecast hydrograph points never become observations. A missing datum or unsupported flow value remains unknown.

Observation source page · Cached readings as JSON · Official source

Gauges in the latest cached source

115 total · source current; checked . Showing 100 on page 1. 0 gauges have suspect readings set aside.

Source status · Storm Mode