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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
08077650
Latitude
29.44745 N
Longitude
94.92020 W
Elevation
-
Rank
1,716of 4,689 in Texas, Oct 16
Observed
7:30 AMCDT, 1 hour ago
Precipitation in the gauge's latest reading
0in

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 463 instruments in Texas stand at one.

Station report

Moses Lk-Galveston Bay nr Texas City, in 2 sheets

Drawn from the register, in the manner of the Field Book, and opened beside the plates that explain each part of it.

1The sun

Contents

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 51 degrees above the horizon at 29.45 N, and the day is 11 h 19 min long. Level ground there takes 78 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Moses Lk-Galveston Bay nr Texas City, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 51 degrees above the horizon, against 84 at the June solstice, 61 at the equinoxes and 37 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 19 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 08077650FIG. E THE SUN AT MOSES LK-GALVESTON BAY NR TEXAS CITYELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 84°EQUINOXES 61°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 37°OCT 16, 51°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 19 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 78 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 29.45 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLEMoses Lk-Galveston Bay nr Texas City, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP 08077650TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVFROM THE REGISTER SHEET 1 of 2DATE2026-10-16IDSR-08077650-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

From the Field Book

2The instrument

Contents

A data collection platform. Its sensors, as its network builds them.

Elevation of a data collection platform, Moses Lk-Galveston Bay nr Texas City, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: no reading in the last day.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 08077650FIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF A DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READANTENNA, SENDING BY SATELLITE-AIR TEMPERATURE-PRECIPITATION GAUGE-SCHEMATIC; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOT TO SCALETITLEMoses Lk-Galveston Bay nr Texas City, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · DCP 08077650TYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVFROM THE REGISTER SHEET 2 of 2DATE2026-10-16IDSR-08077650-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

From the Field Book

Near Moses Lk-Galveston Bay nr Texas City