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South Carolina State Climate Office
Lake and buoy observations for:
Start date:11/04/2016 - 0800 UTC
End date:11/04/2016 - 0921 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
0820 68/- - -/0G4 29.99/- -/-/- -/-/-
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WATS1
34.34/80.70
0830 61/- - -/0G1 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LMSS1 N/A          
ACXS1 N/A          
FBIS1
32.68/79.89
0900 68/- 65 240/6G9 30.01/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
FBPS1 N/A          
NIWS1 N/A          
MROS1 N/A          
41029 N/A          
41004
32.50/79.10
0850 76/80 68 250/18G19 29.98/-0.04 1.97/7.7/ESE 2.95/4.2/WSW
VERY_STEEP
41424 N/A          
OCPN7 N/A          
BFTN7
34.72/76.67
0848 69/68 - 320/5G10 29.93/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CLKN7
34.62/76.53
0900 71/- - 290/15G18 29.94/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41025
35.01/75.40
0850 76/75 66 310/19G25 29.92/-0.02 1.31/10.8/ESE 4.59/5.6/SW
VERY_STEEP
41001 N/A          
41035 N/A          
41036 N/A          
41037
33.99/77.36
0808 71/74 - 240/16G21 29.97/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41038 N/A          
41013
33.44/77.74
0850 76/- 67 250/19G23 29.97/- 1.31/8.3/SE 3.94/4.8/WSW
VERY_STEEP
SPAG1 N/A          
SECG1 N/A          
SKMG1 N/A          
FPKG1
32.04/80.90
0842 69/73 - 270/6G9 30.03/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41008 N/A          
SAXG1
31.42/81.30
0800 69/- 67 240/7G- 30.06/-0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41112 N/A          
FRDF1
30.68/81.47
0848 68/77 - 230/3G5 30.06/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MYPF1
30.40/81.43
0848 69/76 - 250/5G6 30.06/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41012 N/A          
SAUF1
29.86/81.27
0900 67/76 - 250/5G5 30.09/-0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
GTXF1 N/A          
41009 N/A          
41010 N/A          
41113
28.40/80.53
0851 -/76 - -/-G- -/- 0.33/11.1/E 2.30/8.3/ESE
N/A
41114 N/A          
LKWF1
26.61/80.03
0848 73/80 64 300/6G8 30.03/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
VAKF1
25.73/80.16
0848 74/81 - 330/2G4 30.03/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
FWYF1
25.59/80.10
0900 77/77 - 50/4G4 30.03/-0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
MLRF1
25.01/80.38
0900 74/81 - -/0G2 30.03/-0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
LONF1
24.84/80.86
0900 75/77 68 40/8G8 30.03/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SMKF1 N/A          
SANF1
24.46/81.88
0850 76/- 67 60/15G17 30.04/-0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SAPF1
27.76/82.63
0842 71/76 - 30/1G3 30.08/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SPGF1 N/A          
41046
23.87/68.48
0900 80/82 72 80/18G21 29.93/-0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41047
27.52/71.48
0850 74/- 68 40/6G10 29.98/- 4.92/7.7/ENE 1.64/3.6/ENE
AVERAGE
41048
31.86/69.59
0850 73/77 59 210/10G12 30.01/-0.04 3.28/10.8/NNE 0.98/4.5/ENE
SWELL
BEPB6 N/A          
SJNP4
18.46/66.12
0842 76/84 - 270/3G4 29.88/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MGIP4
17.97/67.05
0848 77/85 - 110/2G3 29.88/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LPRP4 N/A          
JOXP4 N/A          
CHAV3
18.34/64.92
0848 78/85 - 90/3G5 29.88/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CHSV3
17.75/64.70
0842 76/84 - 150/3G4 29.87/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LTBV3 N/A          
41043
21.13/64.86
0900 82/84 72 80/14G18 29.93/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41421 N/A          
41420 N/A          
SHIP1
34.60/75.70
0900 75/81 - 260/21G- 29.92/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP2
27.60/83.50
0900 76/79 66 110/5G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP3
26.80/79.30
0900 75/78 64 60/16G- 30.02/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP4
24.30/82.90
0900 78/82 71 30/17G- 30.03/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP5
22.10/69.00
0900 80/83 71 110/12G- 29.94/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP6
36.70/71.50
0800 74/80 62 240/20G- 29.87/-0.09 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP7
34.60/75.60
0800 75/81 - 260/24G- 29.92/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP8
27.60/83.50
0800 76/79 66 80/10G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP9
26.30/79.00
0800 79/79 71 100/16G- 30.06/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
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SHIP10
22.20/68.80
0800 80/83 71 90/10G- 29.93/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP11
19.50/69.20
0800 79/- 69 70/15G- 29.85/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
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SHIP12
18.70/81.90
0800 82/86 77 30/22G- 29.89/-0.05 -/-/- -/-/-
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