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South Carolina State Climate Office
Lake and buoy observations for:
Start date:11/03/2016 - 2300 UTC
End date:11/04/2016 - 0021 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
2320 74/- - 240/2G5 30.06/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
WATS1
34.34/80.70
2330 69/- - 220/1G2 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LMSS1 N/A          
ACXS1 N/A          
FBIS1
32.68/79.89
0000 73/- 68 210/9G10 30.10/-0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
FBPS1 N/A          
NIWS1 N/A          
MROS1 N/A          
41029
32.80/79.62
2308 73/73 - 220/10G12 30.09/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41004
32.50/79.10
2350 77/80 62 200/12G14 30.08/-0.03 2.62/8.3/SSE 0.98/2.6/W
SWELL
41424 N/A          
OCPN7 N/A          
BFTN7
34.72/76.67
2330 -/68 - -/-G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CLKN7
34.62/76.53
0000 71/- - 220/6G9 30.03/-0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41025
35.01/75.40
2350 78/78 70 240/16G18 30.01/-0.02 1.97/10.0/ENE 3.28/4.2/SW
VERY_STEEP
41001 N/A          
41035 N/A          
41036 N/A          
41037
33.99/77.36
2308 71/74 - 220/12G16 30.06/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41038
34.14/77.72
2308 67/72 - 230/12G16 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41013
33.44/77.74
0000 77/78 65 210/12G14 30.06/-0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SPAG1 N/A          
SECG1 N/A          
SKMG1 N/A          
FPKG1
32.04/80.90
2330 -/73 - -/-G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41008
31.40/80.87
2350 73/75 68 -/-G- 30.11/-0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
N/A
SAXG1
31.42/81.30
2300 72/- 67 150/3G- 30.12/-0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41112 N/A          
FRDF1
30.68/81.47
2330 -/78 - -/-G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MYPF1
30.40/81.43
2330 -/76 - -/-G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41012 N/A          
SAUF1
29.86/81.27
0000 74/76 - 10/8G9 30.16/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
GTXF1 N/A          
41009 N/A          
41010 N/A          
41113
28.40/80.53
2351 -/76 - -/-G- -/- 0.33/10.5/E 2.62/9.1/ESE
N/A
41114 N/A          
LKWF1
26.61/80.03
2330 -/80 - -/-G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
VAKF1
25.73/80.16
2330 -/82 - -/-G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
FWYF1
25.59/80.10
0000 77/78 - 50/17G20 30.07/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
MLRF1
25.01/80.38
0000 79/82 - 50/11G13 30.05/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
LONF1
24.84/80.86
0000 78/78 69 60/11G13 30.06/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SMKF1 N/A          
SANF1
24.46/81.88
2350 78/- 68 70/13G15 30.06/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SAPF1
27.76/82.63
2330 -/76 - -/-G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SPGF1 N/A          
41046
23.87/68.48
0000 80/82 72 70/18G21 29.98/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41047
27.52/71.48
0000 76/79 65 90/10G14 30.05/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41048
31.86/69.59
2350 72/77 58 260/4G8 30.11/+0.01 3.61/9.1/ENE 0.98/4.0/E
SWELL
BEPB6 N/A          
SJNP4
18.46/66.12
2330 -/85 - -/-G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MGIP4
17.97/67.05
2330 -/86 - -/-G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LPRP4 N/A          
JOXP4 N/A          
CHAV3
18.34/64.92
2330 -/86 - -/-G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CHSV3
17.75/64.70
2330 -/85 - -/-G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LTBV3 N/A          
41043
21.13/64.86
0000 82/84 70 70/14G18 29.96/+0.05 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41421 N/A          
41420 N/A          
SHIP1
27.90/81.10
0000 81/84 - 80/18G- 30.03/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP2
26.20/78.80
0000 72/81 66 170/5G- 30.07/-0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP3
23.20/66.70
0000 80/82 70 70/16G- 29.99/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP4
21.80/71.40
0000 81/84 75 50/15G- 29.95/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP5
21.40/71.10
0000 81/84 - 60/15G- 29.88/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP6
18.20/69.50
0000 -/84 - 50/15G- 29.87/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP7
34.60/75.70
2300 75/81 - 230/16G- 30.03/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP8
28.20/79.80
2300 73/- - 10/15G- 30.00/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP9
28.00/80.10
2300 82/81 64 50/19G- 30.10/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP10
27.40/82.90
2300 76/77 67 330/16G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP11
25.10/75.80
2300 84/82 79 100/34G- 30.03/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP12
23.80/81.30
2300 81/84 - 60/14G- 30.03/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP13
23.30/66.50
2300 77/82 70 70/19G- 29.98/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP14
20.80/79.20
2300 81/84 74 30/33G- 29.88/-0.06 -/-/- -/-/-
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