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South Carolina State Climate Office
Lake and buoy observations for:
Start date:11/04/2016 - 0700 UTC
End date:11/04/2016 - 0821 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
0720 68/- - 300/2G6 29.99/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
WATS1
34.34/80.70
0730 60/- - -/0G0 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LMSS1 N/A          
ACXS1 N/A          
FBIS1
32.68/79.89
0800 69/- 65 250/6G9 30.02/-0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
FBPS1 N/A          
NIWS1 N/A          
MROS1 N/A          
41029 N/A          
41004
32.50/79.10
0750 77/80 66 250/18G19 29.99/-0.04 2.30/7.1/ESE 2.95/3.8/W
VERY_STEEP
41424 N/A          
OCPN7 N/A          
BFTN7
34.72/76.67
0748 70/68 - 250/5G8 29.92/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CLKN7
34.62/76.53
0800 71/- - 250/12G14 29.93/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
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41025
35.01/75.40
0750 77/75 69 260/18G21 29.92/-0.03 1.64/10.0/ESE 4.59/5.0/SW
VERY_STEEP
41001 N/A          
41035 N/A          
41036 N/A          
41037
33.99/77.36
0708 71/75 - 240/18G21 29.98/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41038 N/A          
41013
33.44/77.74
0800 76/78 67 250/18G21 29.98/-0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SPAG1 N/A          
SECG1 N/A          
SKMG1 N/A          
FPKG1
32.04/80.90
0748 69/73 - 260/4G7 30.04/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41008
31.40/80.87
0750 73/74 68 -/-G- 30.04/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
N/A
SAXG1
31.42/81.30
0700 69/- 67 230/7G- 30.06/-0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41112 N/A          
FRDF1
30.68/81.47
0748 69/77 - 230/2G7 30.06/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MYPF1
30.40/81.43
0748 69/76 - 270/3G5 30.07/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41012 N/A          
SAUF1
29.86/81.27
0800 67/76 - 260/5G6 30.10/-0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
GTXF1 N/A          
41009 N/A          
41010 N/A          
41113
28.40/80.53
0721 -/76 - -/-G- -/- 0.33/10.5/E 2.30/8.3/ESE
N/A
41114 N/A          
LKWF1
26.61/80.03
0748 75/80 67 130/8G10 30.02/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
VAKF1
25.73/80.16
0748 74/82 - 330/2G4 30.03/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
FWYF1
25.59/80.10
0800 77/77 - 70/5G6 30.04/-0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
MLRF1
25.01/80.38
0800 75/81 - 70/5G6 30.03/-0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
LONF1
24.84/80.86
0800 75/77 68 50/10G11 30.03/-0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SMKF1 N/A          
SANF1
24.46/81.88
0750 76/- 68 60/15G18 30.04/-0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SAPF1
27.76/82.63
0748 72/76 - 70/3G4 30.09/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SPGF1 N/A          
41046
23.87/68.48
0800 80/82 71 70/16G19 29.93/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41047
27.52/71.48
0800 74/79 68 40/10G14 29.99/-0.05 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41048
31.86/69.59
0750 73/77 58 220/10G14 30.01/-0.05 3.61/10.8/NE 0.98/4.0/ENE
SWELL
BEPB6 N/A          
SJNP4
18.46/66.12
0748 -/- - 260/6G6 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MGIP4
17.97/67.05
0748 77/85 - -/0G3 29.86/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LPRP4 N/A          
JOXP4 N/A          
CHAV3
18.34/64.92
0748 78/86 - 120/3G5 29.88/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CHSV3
17.75/64.70
0748 -/- - -/0G0 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LTBV3 N/A          
41043
21.13/64.86
0800 82/84 72 80/12G18 29.91/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41421 N/A          
41420 N/A          
SHIP1
34.60/75.60
0800 75/81 - 260/24G- 29.92/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP2
27.60/83.50
0800 76/79 66 80/10G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP3
26.30/79.00
0800 79/79 71 100/16G- 30.06/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP4
22.20/68.80
0800 80/83 71 90/10G- 29.93/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP5
19.50/69.20
0800 79/- 69 70/15G- 29.85/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP6
34.70/75.60
0700 76/80 - 240/21G- 29.93/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP7
30.90/77.40
0700 74/- 63 210/15G- 30.05/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP8
30.00/79.80
0700 75/73 70 180/6G- 30.20/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP9
27.50/83.40
0700 76/79 66 100/12G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP10
26.60/79.90
0700 77/82 - VRB/2G- 29.94/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP11
26.20/79.90
0700 75/- 70 340/20G- 30.06/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP12
25.60/79.90
0700 79/84 - 70/15G- 30.04/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP13
23.20/73.20
0700 79/84 74 30/20G- 29.98/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP14
22.30/68.50
0700 80/83 71 90/13G- 29.93/-0.05 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP15
19.60/67.40
0700 80/- 72 80/17G- 29.90/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP16
18.50/65.40
0700 79/86 75 110/30G- 29.84/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
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