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South Carolina State Climate Office
Lake and buoy observations for:
Start date:11/03/2016 - 1000 UTC
End date:11/03/2016 - 1121 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
1020 62/- - -/0G3 30.22/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
WATS1
34.34/80.70
1030 52/- - 140/2G2 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LMSS1 N/A          
ACXS1 N/A          
FBIS1
32.68/79.89
1100 64/- 63 310/3G4 30.23/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
FBPS1 N/A          
NIWS1 N/A          
MROS1 N/A          
41029
32.80/79.62
1008 68/72 - 310/8G10 30.19/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41004
32.50/79.10
1050 75/80 66 300/4G6 30.19/-0.01 3.28/7.1/SE 0.98/4.0/ESE
AVERAGE
41424 N/A          
OCPN7 N/A          
BFTN7
34.72/76.67
1048 67/67 - 250/3G6 30.15/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CLKN7
34.62/76.53
1100 68/- - 260/7G9 30.18/-0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41025
35.01/75.40
1050 75/79 66 270/14G16 30.16/-0.02 2.30/7.7/ENE 2.30/3.4/W
AVERAGE
41001 N/A          
41035 N/A          
41036 N/A          
41037 N/A          
41038 N/A          
41013
33.44/77.74
1050 74/77 64 290/8G10 30.19/- 2.62/7.7/E 0.98/4.2/SE
SWELL
SPAG1 N/A          
SECG1 N/A          
SKMG1 N/A          
FPKG1
32.04/80.90
1042 67/73 - 320/3G3 30.23/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41008
31.40/80.87
1050 74/74 65 -/-G- 30.20/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
AVERAGE
SAXG1
31.42/81.30
1000 70/- 67 350/2G- 30.21/-0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41112 N/A          
FRDF1
30.68/81.47
1048 73/77 - 50/1G3 30.19/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MYPF1
30.40/81.43
1048 74/76 - 50/9G10 30.19/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41012 N/A          
SAUF1
29.86/81.27
1100 75/76 - 50/6G7 30.21/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
GTXF1 N/A          
41009 N/A          
41010 N/A          
41113
28.40/80.53
1051 -/76 - -/-G- -/- 0.66/10.5/E 3.28/8.3/ESE
AVERAGE
41114 N/A          
LKWF1
26.61/80.03
1048 77/80 65 70/12G15 30.09/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
VAKF1
25.73/80.16
1048 77/82 - 70/10G17 30.09/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
FWYF1
25.59/80.10
1100 78/79 - 90/17G18 30.09/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
MLRF1
25.01/80.38
1100 79/81 - 80/16G17 30.08/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
LONF1
24.84/80.86
1100 77/77 69 80/9G11 30.09/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SMKF1 N/A          
SANF1
24.46/81.88
1050 77/- 68 80/17G19 30.08/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SAPF1
27.76/82.63
1042 71/76 - 40/6G11 30.16/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SPGF1 N/A          
41046
23.87/68.48
1100 80/- 67 80/12G16 29.99/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41047
27.52/71.48
1100 77/79 62 50/16G21 30.09/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41048
31.86/69.59
1050 72/76 57 20/10G14 30.17/+0.00 4.27/10.0/ENE 1.64/3.8/ENE
SWELL
BEPB6 N/A          
SJNP4
18.46/66.12
1042 76/85 - 150/4G8 29.91/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MGIP4
17.97/67.05
1048 75/85 - 80/3G4 29.89/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LPRP4 N/A          
JOXP4 N/A          
CHAV3
18.34/64.92
1048 80/86 - 50/3G7 29.89/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CHSV3
17.75/64.70
1042 76/84 - 130/3G5 29.88/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LTBV3 N/A          
41043
21.13/64.86
1050 82/84 72 60/14G18 29.93/- 3.94/7.7/NNE 4.59/6.2/NE
STEEP
41421 N/A          
41420 N/A          
SHIP1
34.70/75.60
1100 73/79 - 260/17G- 30.14/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP2
24.80/63.40
1100 78/82 69 60/18G- 30.01/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP3
34.80/75.60
1000 73/78 - 270/12G- 30.15/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP4
26.40/65.00
1000 75/81 - 40/27G- 30.03/+0.06 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP5
24.90/63.20
1000 75/81 70 40/21G- 30.01/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP6
18.30/65.00
1000 -/- - -/-G- 29.88/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP7
17.60/74.20
1000 82/86 72 60/21G- 29.85/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
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