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South Carolina State Climate Office
Lake and buoy observations for:
Start date:11/04/2016 - 1400 UTC
End date:11/04/2016 - 1521 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
1420 69/- - 30/6G13 30.12/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
WATS1
34.34/80.70
1430 68/- - 30/7G20 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LMSS1 N/A          
ACXS1 N/A          
FBIS1
32.68/79.89
1500 71/- 62 10/15G18 30.07/+0.05 -/-/- -/-/-
-
FBPS1 N/A          
NIWS1 N/A          
MROS1 N/A          
41029
32.80/79.62
1408 70/72 - 360/12G16 30.06/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41004
32.50/79.10
1450 73/80 63 350/16G19 30.02/+0.04 1.64/8.3/SE 3.61/4.8/WSW
VERY_STEEP
41424 N/A          
OCPN7 N/A          
BFTN7
34.72/76.67
1448 -/- - 10/14G17 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CLKN7
34.62/76.53
1500 60/- - 10/19G23 30.08/+0.08 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41025
35.01/75.40
1450 67/75 61 360/25G33 30.04/+0.08 1.31/10.0/NE 5.25/5.6/N
VERY_STEEP
41001 N/A          
41035 N/A          
41036 N/A          
41037
33.99/77.36
1408 66/75 - 20/23G31 30.05/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41038
34.14/77.72
1408 61/71 - 40/19G27 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
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41013
33.44/77.74
1450 69/79 62 20/27G37 30.04/- 1.31/7.1/SE 3.94/4.0/NNW
VERY_STEEP
SPAG1 N/A          
SECG1 N/A          
SKMG1 N/A          
FPKG1
32.04/80.90
1448 -/- - 350/10G13 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41008
31.40/80.87
1450 72/74 63 -/-G- 30.04/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
N/A
SAXG1
31.42/81.30
1400 69/- 63 260/6G- 30.06/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41112 N/A          
FRDF1
30.68/81.47
1448 73/77 - 270/9G11 30.07/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MYPF1
30.40/81.43
1448 72/75 - 280/11G12 30.08/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41012 N/A          
SAUF1
29.86/81.27
1500 76/75 - 250/8G10 30.11/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
GTXF1 N/A          
41009 N/A          
41010 N/A          
41113
28.40/80.53
1451 -/76 - -/-G- -/- 0.33/11.8/ENE 2.30/9.1/ESE
N/A
41114 N/A          
LKWF1
26.61/80.03
1448 76/81 66 330/5G7 30.07/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
VAKF1
25.73/80.16
1448 76/81 - 70/5G8 30.09/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
FWYF1
25.59/80.10
1500 76/79 - 10/9G10 30.09/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
MLRF1
25.01/80.38
1500 74/82 - 40/15G17 30.07/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
LONF1
24.84/80.86
1500 75/77 70 10/9G11 30.08/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SMKF1 N/A          
SANF1
24.46/81.88
1450 75/- 68 40/14G16 30.09/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SAPF1
27.76/82.63
1448 77/75 - 350/5G7 30.13/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SPGF1 N/A          
41046
23.87/68.48
1500 79/- 74 90/16G18 29.99/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41047
27.52/71.48
1500 77/- 68 310/4G8 30.01/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41048
31.86/69.59
1450 74/77 61 220/16G18 30.01/+0.00 3.28/10.8/NE 2.62/3.7/SW
SWELL
BEPB6 N/A          
SJNP4
18.46/66.12
1442 85/85 - 140/7G9 29.96/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MGIP4
17.97/67.05
1448 -/- - 150/5G9 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LPRP4 N/A          
JOXP4 N/A          
CHAV3
18.34/64.92
1448 87/86 - 120/3G4 29.95/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CHSV3
17.75/64.70
1448 -/- - 140/5G9 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LTBV3 N/A          
41043
21.13/64.86
1500 82/- 73 90/14G18 29.98/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41421 N/A          
41420 N/A          
SHIP1
27.80/83.80
1500 76/80 67 20/6G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP2
25.70/80.10
1500 72/84 - 330/2G- 30.08/-0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP3
21.30/70.60
1500 83/84 71 110/11G- 29.98/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP4
27.70/83.70
1400 76/79 68 350/8G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP5
25.70/80.10
1400 72/84 - 330/8G- 30.08/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP6
21.50/70.30
1400 82/84 72 100/13G- 29.98/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
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