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South Carolina State Climate Office
Lake and buoy observations for:
Start date:11/03/2016 - 0300 UTC
End date:11/03/2016 - 0421 UTC

Usually updates around 20 minutes past the hour.
Yellow wind background indicates wind speed 20 to 33 knots.
Orange wind background indicates wind speed 34 to 47 knots.
Red wind background indicates wind speed 48 to 63 knots.
Purple wind background indicates wind speed 64 knots and greater.
The observations are courtesy of the National Data Buoy Center.
Station/
Position
Name and location (latitude and longitude) of the observation.
Time

(UTC)Time - Coordinated universal time, abbreviated UTC. This was formerly known as Greenwich mean time (GMT). Other terms used to refer to it include "Zulu time (Z)", "universal time," and "world time".

Conversion:
Easter Standard Time: UTC - 5 hours.
Easter Daylight Time: UTC - 4 hours.
Temp.
Air Sea
°FAir and Sea temperature (degrees Fahrenheit).
Dew
Point
°FDew point temperature (degrees Fahrenheit) is the temperature to which air must be cooled in order to reach saturation (assuming air pressure and moisture content are constant). A higher dew point indicates more moisture present in the air.
Wind
DIR/SP/G
(deg/kt/kt)DIR-Wind direction (the direction the wind is coming from in degrees clockwise from true N) during the same period used for wind speed.

Key:
    90 - Wind blowing from the east.
   180 - Wind blowing from the south.
   270 - Wind blowing from the west.
   360 - Wind blowing from the north.
   VRB - Variable direction.

SP - Wind speed (knots) averaged over an eight-minute period for buoys and a two-minute period for land stations. .

G - Peak 5 or 8 second gust speed (knots) measured during the eight-minute or two-minute period.
Pressure/
Tendency
(in)Sea level pressure in inches (in) and pressure tendency.

Pressure Tendency is the direction (plus or minus) and the amount of pressure change for a three hour period ending at the time of observation.
Swell
HGT/PER/DIRSwell is a formation of long wavelength ocean surface waves on the sea. Swells are far more stable in their directions and frequency than normal oceanic waves since they are formed by tropical storms and by stable wind systems.

Key:
   HGT - Swell Height This is the estimated average height of the highest one-third of the swells. It is estimated from determining how the wave energy is distributed among various periods (frequencies), determining if a separate swell energy peak exists, and then, picking a frequency to separate swell and wind-waves. The swell height is calculated from the wave energies below the separation frequency.
   PER - This is the peak period in seconds of the swells. If more than one swell is present, this is the period of the swell containing the maximum energy.
   DIR - This is the direction that the swells are coming from. Swells are waves not produced by the local wind and come in at a higher period (longer wave length) than waves produced by the local wind. Direction is given on a 16 point compass scale.
Wind Wave
HGT/PER/DIR
STPWind waves are generated by wind passing over the sea.

Key:
   HGT - This is the average height of the highest one-third of the wind-waves. Again, it is estimated by the process mentioned under Swell Height, except that it is the calculated from the energies above the separation frequency
   PER - Wind Wave Period is the time (in seconds) that it takes successive wind wave crests or troughs to pass a fixed point. This is the peak period in seconds of the wind-waves.
   DIR - This is the direction that the wind-waves are coming from. Wind-waves are produced (or were recently produced) by the local wind. If a swell is present, these waves arrive at a lower period (more frequently) than do the swells. Direction is given on a 16 point compass scale.
   STP - Steepness is reported as either "VERY STEEP", "STEEP","AVERAGE", or "SWELL". For a given wave height, steep waves represent a more serious threat to capsizing vessels or damaging marine structures than broad swell. It is determined by examining the significant wave height and the dominant wave period when compared to climatology.
CHDS1 N/A          
LMFS1
34.11/81.27
0320 66/- - -/0G0 30.25/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
WATS1
34.34/80.70
0330 58/- - 150/1G2 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LMSS1 N/A          
ACXS1 N/A          
FBIS1
32.68/79.89
0400 69/- 67 290/3G3 30.27/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
FBPS1 N/A          
NIWS1 N/A          
MROS1 N/A          
41029
32.80/79.62
0308 72/72 - 190/2G2 30.24/- -/-/- -/-/-
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41004
32.50/79.10
0350 76/80 64 80/4G6 30.24/+0.00 3.28/7.7/SE 0.98/3.3/ENE
AVERAGE
41424 N/A          
OCPN7 N/A          
BFTN7
34.72/76.67
0348 68/68 - 220/2G3 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CLKN7
34.62/76.53
0400 70/- - 230/5G6 30.23/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
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41025
35.01/75.40
0350 75/80 60 250/10G12 30.22/-0.02 2.62/7.7/ENE 0.66/3.0/SE
SWELL
41001 N/A          
41035 N/A          
41036 N/A          
41037
33.99/77.36
0308 73/74 - 220/6G10 30.26/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41038
34.14/77.72
0308 66/71 - 250/6G8 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41013
33.44/77.74
0400 75/77 61 240/2G6 30.24/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SPAG1 N/A          
SECG1 N/A          
SKMG1 N/A          
FPKG1
32.04/80.90
0348 -/- - -/0G0 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41008
31.40/80.87
0350 74/74 66 -/-G- 30.24/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
AVERAGE
SAXG1
31.42/81.30
0300 72/- 66 80/4G- 30.27/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41112 N/A          
FRDF1
30.68/81.47
0348 74/77 - 20/1G2 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MYPF1
30.40/81.43
0348 74/75 - 80/7G10 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41012 N/A          
SAUF1
29.86/81.27
0400 75/76 - 50/11G12 30.25/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
GTXF1 N/A          
41009 N/A          
41010 N/A          
41113
28.40/80.53
0351 -/76 - -/-G- -/- 0.33/10.5/E 3.61/8.3/ESE
AVERAGE
41114 N/A          
LKWF1
26.61/80.03
0348 78/80 65 80/18G21 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
VAKF1
25.73/80.16
0348 78/83 - 60/16G21 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
FWYF1
25.59/80.10
0400 78/80 - 70/22G24 30.14/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
MLRF1
25.01/80.38
0400 79/80 - 60/17G19 30.11/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
LONF1
24.84/80.86
0400 78/77 71 80/15G17 30.11/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SMKF1 N/A          
SANF1
24.46/81.88
0350 78/- 70 70/19G23 30.11/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SAPF1
27.76/82.63
0348 74/76 - 70/10G13 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SPGF1 N/A          
41046
23.87/68.48
0350 79/82 70 60/12G16 30.00/- 6.89/8.3/NE 3.28/5.6/NNE
STEEP
41047
27.52/71.48
0400 76/79 64 40/16G21 30.11/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
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41048
31.86/69.59
0350 72/76 59 80/8G12 30.19/-0.01 4.59/7.7/NNE 1.64/4.0/ENE
AVERAGE
BEPB6 N/A          
SJNP4
18.46/66.12
0348 -/- - 70/12G15 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MGIP4
17.97/67.05
0348 77/86 - 100/2G3 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LPRP4 N/A          
JOXP4 N/A          
CHAV3
18.34/64.92
0348 79/86 - 70/3G5 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CHSV3
17.75/64.70
0348 -/- - 140/1G2 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LTBV3 N/A          
41043
21.13/64.86
0400 82/84 72 60/16G19 29.94/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41421 N/A          
41420 N/A          
SHIP1
35.00/75.70
0400 73/74 - 240/10G- 30.20/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP2
17.10/83.40
0400 83/- 72 70/17G- 29.93/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP3
35.00/75.50
0300 73/75 - 240/7G- 30.21/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP4
24.90/80.20
0300 77/84 72 70/25G- 30.06/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP5
24.80/75.60
0300 77/84 74 30/23G- 30.08/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP6
23.20/83.40
0300 79/79 76 60/20G- 30.12/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP7
20.90/65.50
0300 81/84 81 60/25G- 29.85/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP8
19.70/74.20
0300 82/85 74 50/35G- 29.94/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
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SHIP9
19.70/67.70
0300 81/84 - 50/26G- 29.83/- -/-/- -/-/-
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SHIP10
19.20/67.20
0300 82/82 72 50/19G- 29.97/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
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SHIP11
17.10/83.10
0300 83/- 73 70/18G- 29.93/+0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
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