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South Carolina State Climate Office
Lake and buoy observations for:
Start date:11/05/2016 - 1400 UTC
End date:11/05/2016 - 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 56/- - 40/2G5 30.36/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
WATS1
34.34/80.70
1430 63/- - 350/3G5 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LMSS1 N/A          
ACXS1 N/A          
FBIS1
32.68/79.89
1500 60/- 49 10/13G17 30.31/+0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
FBPS1 N/A          
NIWS1 N/A          
MROS1 N/A          
41029
32.80/79.62
1408 59/71 - 20/18G25 30.29/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41004
32.50/79.10
1450 66/79 55 30/18G25 30.23/+0.03 0.00/-/- 6.23/7.1/NE
STEEP
41424 N/A          
OCPN7 N/A          
BFTN7
34.72/76.67
1448 60/64 - 20/16G22 30.26/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CLKN7
34.62/76.53
1500 61/- - 20/17G21 30.28/+0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41025
35.01/75.40
1450 63/72 50 20/19G25 30.26/+0.05 2.95/9.1/NE 5.25/5.9/NE
AVERAGE
41001 N/A          
41035 N/A          
41036 N/A          
41037
33.99/77.36
1408 62/74 - 30/19G27 30.27/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41038
34.14/77.72
1408 58/70 - 30/19G25 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41013
33.44/77.74
1450 65/78 55 30/18G23 30.25/- 2.30/10.0/E 5.58/6.2/ENE
VERY_STEEP
SPAG1 N/A          
SECG1 N/A          
SKMG1 N/A          
FPKG1
32.04/80.90
1442 61/72 - 30/14G18 30.30/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41008
31.40/80.87
1450 66/73 52 -/-G- 30.25/+0.05 -/-/- -/-/-
VERY_STEEP
SAXG1
31.42/81.30
1400 63/- 53 10/13G- 30.27/+0.06 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41112 N/A          
FRDF1
30.68/81.47
1448 70/75 - 20/7G15 30.24/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MYPF1
30.40/81.43
1448 69/74 - 40/18G21 30.23/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41012 N/A          
SAUF1
29.86/81.27
1500 71/74 - 20/21G23 30.23/+0.05 -/-/- -/-/-
-
GTXF1 N/A          
41009 N/A          
41010 N/A          
41113
28.40/80.53
1451 -/76 - -/-G- -/- 0.98/10.5/ENE 3.61/9.1/ENE
AVERAGE
41114 N/A          
LKWF1
26.61/80.03
1448 78/80 68 40/20G23 30.07/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
VAKF1
25.73/80.16
1448 77/82 - 350/6G9 30.08/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
FWYF1
25.59/80.10
1500 75/80 - 340/12G13 30.09/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
MLRF1
25.01/80.38
1500 76/82 - 20/4G4 30.08/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
LONF1
24.84/80.86
1500 75/77 65 360/8G8 30.09/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SMKF1 N/A          
SANF1
24.46/81.88
1450 76/- 66 30/11G13 30.10/+0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SAPF1
27.76/82.63
1442 74/76 - 40/11G15 30.15/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SPGF1 N/A          
41046
23.87/68.48
1450 80/82 74 290/8G10 29.97/- 4.59/10.0/NE 1.64/3.8/SSE
SWELL
41047
27.52/71.48
1450 76/79 68 10/8G12 29.97/- 3.61/10.0/NE 1.64/4.0/E
SWELL
41048
31.86/69.59
1450 72/76 68 30/23G27 29.97/+0.01 6.56/9.1/NW 5.58/5.9/NW
AVERAGE
BEPB6 N/A          
SJNP4
18.46/66.12
1442 85/84 - 150/15G19 29.98/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MGIP4
17.97/67.05
1448 87/84 - 140/4G10 29.97/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LPRP4 N/A          
JOXP4 N/A          
CHAV3
18.34/64.92
1448 84/85 - 220/7G10 29.99/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CHSV3
17.75/64.70
1442 83/84 - 150/8G12 29.97/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LTBV3 N/A          
41043
21.13/64.86
1450 82/84 76 130/12G16 30.00/- 4.27/10.0/NNE 2.95/5.6/NE
SWELL
41421 N/A          
41420 N/A          
SHIP1
36.40/65.60
1500 67/75 53 20/18G- 30.07/+0.06 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP2
24.70/74.80
1500 80/80 - 350/15G- 29.91/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP3
23.20/83.10
1500 79/84 - 40/17G- 30.03/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP4
22.80/70.60
1500 81/82 70 20/9G- 29.97/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP5
17.90/76.00
1500 85/84 74 40/16G- 29.96/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP6
34.50/76.60
1400 60/71 - 360/10G- 30.22/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP7
28.20/65.80
1400 75/79 - 270/8G- 29.91/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP8
23.30/82.90
1400 79/84 - 40/19G- 30.03/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP9
23.00/83.80
1400 86/84 69 40/24G- 29.91/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP10
18.10/75.80
1400 84/84 73 30/15G- 29.96/+0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP11
17.60/65.30
1400 75/83 68 110/17G- 29.97/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
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