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Station: MITC - Mount Mitchell State Park        Date of First Observation: June 26, 2008

Station Type: ECONET - Tower what is this?         Maintenance Logs

City, State: Mount Mitchell, NC      County: Yancey County

Latitude: 35.7585°      Longitude: -82.2712°

Elevation: 6200 feet above sea level

Climate Division: NC01 - Southern Mountains

River Basin: Nolichucky

Supported By: NC DENR Air Quality

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Showing nearest 15 stations ordered by distance...        Name ID City State County Network Distance from MITC Years of Data Mt Mitchell 315923 Mount Mitchell NC Yancey County COOP 0 mi 1980 - 2018 Mt Mitchell 315921 Montreat NC Yancey County COOP 0.6 mi 1925 - 1962 Mt Mitchell 2 Ssw 315922 Montreat NC Yancey County COOP 1.9 mi 1953 - 1965 Busick BSKN7 NC Yancey County RAWS-MW 4.4 mi 2003 - 2018 Busick NBUS Old Fort NC Yancey County RAWS 4.6 mi 2003 - 2018 Burnsville 6.4 S NC-YN-12 Burnsville NC Yancey County CoCoRaHS 4.8 mi 2013 - 2018 North Fork 316231 Montreat NC Buncombe County COOP 5.3 mi 1948 - 1962 Burnsville 6.6 SSW NC-YN-14 Burnsville NC Yancey County CoCoRaHS 5.6 mi 2016 - 2018 Burnsville 6.5 SSW NC-YN-4 Burnsville NC Yancey County CoCoRaHS 5.9 mi 2007 - 2018 Coxcombe Mtn 312110 Burnsville NC Yancey County COOP 6 mi 1948 - 1962 Burnsville 9.1 SE NC-YN-8 Burnsville NC Yancey County CoCoRaHS 6.4 mi 2010 - 2010 Burnsville 8.0 SE NC-YN-3 Burnsville NC Yancey County CoCoRaHS 6.6 mi 2007 - 2012 Old Fort 3.6 NW NC-MD-8 Old Fort NC McDowell County CoCoRaHS 6.6 mi 2013 - 2018 Burnsville 5.9 SSW NC-YN-13 Burnsville NC Yancey County CoCoRaHS 6.8 mi 2014 - 2018 Celo 2 S 311624 Celo NC Yancey County COOP 7.2 mi 1948 - 2014

Station Time Weather Temp (F) Dewpoint (F) Humidity (%) Pressure (mb) Wind (mph)

      

» Mount Mitchell State Park, NC (MITC) » Station Sensor Metadata

Site Panorama -Sorry, image for this station does not exist at present time.- VIEW 360° interactive panoramic image (A new window will pop-up) Requires Quicktime plug-in. Free download. A new window will pop-up. This station is in the ECONET network. Parameter Metadata for ECONET stations: Place mouse arrow over blue-colored text in table below for more information. PARAMETER SENSOR RANGE ACCURACY DSR DPR DAP DRR Air Temperature ceramic capacitance -52C to 60C (-60F to 140F) +/- 0.2C at -40C, +/- 0.3C at 20C, +/- 0.4C at 40C 1min 1min 1min 30min Relative Humidity film capacitance 0-100% +/- 3% @ 0%-90%, +/- 5% @ 90%-100% 1min 1min 1min 30min Pressure silicon capacitive pressure 600mb-1100mb +/- 0.5mb @ 0C-30C, +/- 1mb @ -52C- 60C 1min 1min 1min 30min Wind Direction potentiometer vane 360 degree mechanical, 0-355 degree electrical +/- 3 degrees 1min 1min 1min 30min Wind Speed helicoid propeller sustained 0-116 kt (60m/s) +/- 0.5 kt 5sec 1min 1min 30min Wind Gust helicoid propeller gusts:0-191 kt (0-100m/s) +/- 0.5 kt 5sec 1min 1min 30min Precipitation tipping bucket rain gage inifinite in increments of tips within +/-1% @ <1 in/hr, -3% @ 1-2 in/hr, -5% @ 2-3in/hr instant instant 1min 30min Soil Moisture Theta MLx probe 0 - 0.5 m^3/m^3 within +/- 1% 1min 1min 1min 30min Soil Temperature thermistor -35C to 50C +/- 0.5C 1min 1min 1min 30min Solar Radiation photovoltaic detector 0 - 3000 W/m^2 within +/- 1% 1min 1min 1min 30min Photosynthetically Active Radiation silicon photodector 0 - 10000 micromole/s m^2 within +/- 1% 1min 1min 1min 30min

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