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South Carolina State Climate Office
Lake and buoy observations for:
Start date:11/04/2016 - 1900 UTC
End date:11/04/2016 - 2021 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
1920 72/- - 40/5G10 30.12/- -/-/- -/-/-
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WATS1
34.34/80.70
1930 74/- - 20/5G12 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LMSS1 N/A          
ACXS1 N/A          
FBIS1
32.68/79.89
2000 68/- 57 30/12G14 30.09/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
FBPS1 N/A          
NIWS1 N/A          
MROS1 N/A          
41029
32.80/79.62
1908 68/72 - 50/19G25 30.07/- -/-/- -/-/-
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41004
32.50/79.10
1950 70/79 57 30/25G31 30.03/+0.01 0.66/14.8/E 7.55/6.2/NNE
VERY_STEEP
41424 N/A          
OCPN7 N/A          
BFTN7
34.72/76.67
1948 65/67 - 10/16G22 30.07/- -/-/- -/-/-
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CLKN7
34.62/76.53
2000 63/- - 10/20G24 30.09/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
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41025
35.01/75.40
1950 64/76 53 20/27G33 30.06/+0.04 0.00/-/- 7.22/7.1/NNE
STEEP
41001 N/A          
41035 N/A          
41036 N/A          
41037
33.99/77.36
1908 64/75 - 10/21G29 30.07/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41038
34.14/77.72
1908 66/71 - 10/16G21 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41013
33.44/77.74
2000 67/79 56 10/25G31 30.06/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SPAG1 N/A          
SECG1 N/A          
SKMG1 N/A          
FPKG1
32.04/80.90
1948 71/73 - 40/17G22 30.06/- -/-/- -/-/-
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41008
31.40/80.87
1950 72/74 66 -/-G- 30.02/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
VERY_STEEP
SAXG1
31.42/81.30
1900 78/- 63 50/14G- 30.03/-0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41112 N/A          
FRDF1
30.68/81.47
1948 78/77 - 20/12G15 30.01/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MYPF1
30.40/81.43
1948 77/76 - 40/12G14 30.01/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41012 N/A          
SAUF1
29.86/81.27
2000 82/76 - 330/10G12 30.01/-0.06 -/-/- -/-/-
-
GTXF1 N/A          
41009 N/A          
41010 N/A          
41113
28.40/80.53
1951 -/78 - -/-G- -/- 0.33/10.5/ENE 1.97/8.3/ESE
N/A
41114 N/A          
LKWF1
26.61/80.03
1948 78/82 66 360/14G16 29.99/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
VAKF1
25.73/80.16
1948 78/82 - 70/7G10 30.00/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
FWYF1
25.59/80.10
2000 77/80 - 30/9G11 30.01/-0.05 -/-/- -/-/-
-
MLRF1
25.01/80.38
2000 77/82 - 50/11G12 29.99/-0.06 -/-/- -/-/-
-
LONF1
24.84/80.86
2000 77/78 64 10/1G2 29.99/-0.06 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SMKF1 N/A          
SANF1
24.46/81.88
1950 76/- 67 20/14G15 30.01/-0.05 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SAPF1
27.76/82.63
1942 82/77 - 320/7G12 30.03/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SPGF1 N/A          
41046
23.87/68.48
2000 80/82 72 120/12G16 29.91/-0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41047
27.52/71.48
2000 76/79 70 20/6G8 29.93/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41048
31.86/69.59
1950 75/77 62 240/14G18 29.95/-0.02 2.62/9.1/ENE 3.28/4.5/WSW
AVERAGE
BEPB6 N/A          
SJNP4
18.46/66.12
1942 85/85 - 120/9G12 29.87/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MGIP4
17.97/67.05
1948 84/86 - 160/7G10 29.86/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LPRP4 N/A          
JOXP4 N/A          
CHAV3
18.34/64.92
1948 85/86 - 200/2G6 29.88/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CHSV3
17.75/64.70
1948 79/85 - 90/3G9 29.89/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LTBV3 N/A          
41043
21.13/64.86
2000 82/84 72 100/12G14 29.93/-0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41421 N/A          
41420 N/A          
SHIP1
37.20/68.10
2000 68/81 55 50/22G- 30.01/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP2
25.70/76.70
2000 77/73 66 30/10G- 29.97/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP3
20.70/71.80
2000 85/85 72 80/5G- 29.88/-0.07 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP4
25.70/80.10
1900 83/78 68 50/6G- 30.01/-0.06 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP5
25.50/76.30
1900 77/84 69 360/10G- 29.98/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP6
24.80/80.20
1900 82/84 69 70/14G- 29.99/-0.06 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP7
21.40/64.70
1900 87/- 74 110/16G- 29.94/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP8
20.80/71.50
1900 84/85 72 60/2G- 29.88/-0.07 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP9
20.80/69.00
1900 82/87 72 120/10G- 29.88/-0.06 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP10
18.30/65.00
1900 -/- - -/-G- 29.90/- -/-/- -/-/-
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