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South Carolina State Climate Office
Lake and buoy observations for:
Start date:11/03/2016 - 1700 UTC
End date:11/03/2016 - 1821 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
1720 76/- - 250/13G17 30.14/- -/-/- -/-/-
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WATS1
34.34/80.70
1730 81/- - 330/9G13 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LMSS1 N/A          
ACXS1 N/A          
FBIS1
32.68/79.89
1800 75/- 67 190/7G7 30.16/-0.08 -/-/- -/-/-
-
FBPS1 N/A          
NIWS1 N/A          
MROS1 N/A          
41029
32.80/79.62
1708 73/73 - 240/6G6 30.20/- -/-/- -/-/-
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41004
32.50/79.10
1750 75/81 64 300/8G10 30.15/-0.07 2.62/7.7/SE 0.98/3.1/NW
SWELL
41424 N/A          
OCPN7 N/A          
BFTN7
34.72/76.67
1748 74/67 - 230/4G9 30.07/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CLKN7
34.62/76.53
1800 73/- - 230/12G15 30.09/-0.07 -/-/- -/-/-
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41025
35.01/75.40
1750 76/78 66 250/16G18 30.08/-0.06 2.30/10.0/E 2.95/3.8/SW
AVERAGE
41001 N/A          
41035 N/A          
41036 N/A          
41037
33.99/77.36
1708 71/75 - 230/14G16 30.15/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41038
34.14/77.72
1708 68/72 - 220/8G10 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41013
33.44/77.74
1800 74/78 63 270/12G14 30.12/-0.08 -/-/- -/-/-
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SPAG1 N/A          
SECG1 N/A          
SKMG1 N/A          
FPKG1
32.04/80.90
1748 77/73 - 290/2G2 30.18/- -/-/- -/-/-
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41008
31.40/80.87
1750 72/75 67 -/-G- 30.18/-0.06 -/-/- -/-/-
AVERAGE
SAXG1
31.42/81.30
1700 77/- 67 10/5G- 30.21/-0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41112 N/A          
FRDF1
30.68/81.47
1748 76/77 - 70/4G9 30.18/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MYPF1
30.40/81.43
1748 74/75 - 50/9G10 30.19/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41012 N/A          
SAUF1
29.86/81.27
1800 74/76 - 360/13G15 30.20/-0.05 -/-/- -/-/-
-
GTXF1 N/A          
41009 N/A          
41010 N/A          
41113
28.40/80.53
1721 -/76 - -/-G- -/- 0.66/10.5/E 2.95/8.3/ESE
AVERAGE
41114 N/A          
LKWF1
26.61/80.03
1748 77/80 64 60/12G14 30.10/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
VAKF1
25.73/80.16
1748 77/82 - 310/1G2 30.10/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
FWYF1
25.59/80.10
1800 79/80 - 70/10G10 30.10/-0.05 -/-/- -/-/-
-
MLRF1
25.01/80.38
1800 79/82 - 70/10G11 30.08/-0.05 -/-/- -/-/-
-
LONF1
24.84/80.86
1800 77/78 70 20/12G14 30.08/-0.05 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SMKF1 N/A          
SANF1
24.46/81.88
1750 78/- 69 60/13G16 30.09/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SAPF1
27.76/82.63
1748 -/- - 70/3G5 30.15/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SPGF1 N/A          
41046
23.87/68.48
1800 80/82 68 70/16G19 29.96/-0.06 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41047
27.52/71.48
1800 74/79 66 80/14G18 30.06/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
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41048
31.86/69.59
1750 72/77 56 50/2G4 30.12/-0.05 4.27/10.0/NE 0.98/3.8/ENE
SWELL
BEPB6 N/A          
SJNP4
18.46/66.12
1748 -/- - 90/6G8 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MGIP4
17.97/67.05
1748 85/86 - 170/6G10 29.85/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LPRP4 N/A          
JOXP4 N/A          
CHAV3
18.34/64.92
1748 79/86 - 80/2G5 29.87/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CHSV3
17.75/64.70
1748 81/85 - 70/4G7 29.85/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LTBV3 N/A          
41043
21.13/64.86
1800 82/84 69 60/14G18 29.92/-0.06 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41421 N/A          
41420 N/A          
SHIP1
35.30/75.10
1800 78/72 66 240/20G- 30.06/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP2
34.70/75.60
1800 75/81 - 250/16G- 30.09/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP3
29.20/79.80
1800 80/82 - 360/10G- 30.06/-0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP4
27.00/82.70
1800 79/78 68 330/11G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP5
23.90/65.20
1800 84/81 68 60/17G- 29.98/-0.05 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP6
23.70/83.90
1800 84/84 69 50/8G- 30.07/-0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP7
23.30/82.80
1800 84/84 - 70/17G- 30.05/-0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP8
21.10/84.00
1800 81/86 78 90/21G- 30.03/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
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SHIP9
20.90/83.90
1800 81/84 75 60/20G- 29.97/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
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SHIP10
34.80/75.50
1700 76/79 - 250/15G- 30.10/- -/-/- -/-/-
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SHIP11
26.90/82.70
1700 77/78 66 20/8G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP12
24.10/65.00
1700 88/81 68 60/16G- 30.00/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
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SHIP13
23.20/83.20
1700 84/84 - 70/17G- 30.07/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
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