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South Carolina State Climate Office
Lake and buoy observations for:
Start date:11/05/2016 - 1500 UTC
End date:11/05/2016 - 1621 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
1520 59/- - 40/4G8 30.36/- -/-/- -/-/-
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WATS1
34.34/80.70
1530 65/- - 20/4G7 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LMSS1 N/A          
ACXS1 N/A          
FBIS1
32.68/79.89
1600 61/- 49 30/15G19 30.31/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
FBPS1 N/A          
NIWS1 N/A          
MROS1 N/A          
41029
32.80/79.62
1508 60/71 - 30/18G23 30.29/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41004
32.50/79.10
1550 66/79 56 20/19G23 30.24/+0.02 1.97/10.8/E 5.58/7.1/ENE
STEEP
41424 N/A          
OCPN7 N/A          
BFTN7
34.72/76.67
1548 61/64 - 20/13G20 30.26/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CLKN7
34.62/76.53
1600 62/- - 20/17G20 30.27/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41025
35.01/75.40
1550 63/73 50 20/19G25 30.26/+0.03 2.95/9.1/ENE 4.92/5.6/NNE
AVERAGE
41001 N/A          
41035 N/A          
41036 N/A          
41037
33.99/77.36
1508 62/74 - 20/19G25 30.28/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41038
34.14/77.72
1508 58/70 - 30/18G23 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41013
33.44/77.74
1550 65/78 56 20/18G25 30.26/- 2.95/10.0/E 4.92/6.2/NE
VERY_STEEP
SPAG1 N/A          
SECG1 N/A          
SKMG1 N/A          
FPKG1
32.03/80.90
1548 62/71 - 30/11G15 30.31/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41008
31.40/80.87
1550 66/73 54 -/-G- 30.26/+0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
VERY_STEEP
SAXG1
31.42/81.30
1500 68/- 52 50/12G- 30.27/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41112 N/A          
FRDF1
30.68/81.47
1548 70/75 - 30/9G15 30.24/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MYPF1
30.40/81.43
1548 70/74 - 40/19G23 30.24/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41012 N/A          
SAUF1
29.86/81.27
1600 70/74 - 20/22G24 30.24/+0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
GTXF1 N/A          
41009 N/A          
41010 N/A          
41113
28.40/80.53
1551 -/76 - -/-G- -/- 1.31/10.5/ENE 3.61/9.9/ENE
AVERAGE
41114 N/A          
LKWF1
26.61/80.03
1548 77/80 67 40/21G24 30.08/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
VAKF1
25.73/80.16
1548 78/83 - 30/9G17 30.08/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
FWYF1
25.59/80.10
1600 76/80 - 360/22G23 30.08/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
MLRF1
25.01/80.38
1600 77/82 - 20/10G11 30.07/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
LONF1
24.84/80.86
1600 76/78 66 350/5G6 30.08/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SMKF1 N/A          
SANF1
24.46/81.88
1550 76/- 66 40/11G13 30.10/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SAPF1
27.76/82.63
1542 75/76 - 60/12G17 30.15/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SPGF1 N/A          
41046
23.87/68.48
1600 80/82 73 300/6G8 29.95/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41047
27.52/71.48
1600 77/79 63 360/12G16 29.96/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41048
31.86/69.59
1550 71/76 67 20/23G27 29.97/+0.01 7.22/9.1/NNW 7.55/5.6/NNW
STEEP
BEPB6 N/A          
SJNP4
18.46/66.12
1542 84/85 - 140/15G19 29.96/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MGIP4
17.97/67.05
1548 87/84 - 150/4G9 29.95/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LPRP4 N/A          
JOXP4 N/A          
CHAV3
18.34/64.92
1548 85/86 - 220/7G11 29.97/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CHSV3
17.75/64.70
1548 84/84 - 140/7G14 29.95/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LTBV3 N/A          
41043
21.13/64.86
1550 82/84 76 150/14G16 29.98/- 4.27/9.1/NE 2.95/5.9/NE
AVERAGE
41421 N/A          
41420 N/A          
SHIP1
34.50/76.60
1600 61/71 - 50/19G- 30.24/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP2
17.80/76.30
1600 83/84 73 40/17G- 29.95/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP3
36.40/65.60
1500 67/75 53 20/18G- 30.07/+0.06 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP4
34.50/76.60
1500 61/71 - 30/25G- 30.25/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP5
29.90/75.80
1500 79/78 69 360/27G- 30.11/+0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP6
24.70/74.80
1500 80/80 - 350/15G- 29.91/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP7
23.20/83.10
1500 79/84 - 40/17G- 30.03/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP8
22.80/70.60
1500 81/82 70 20/9G- 29.97/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP9
17.90/76.00
1500 85/84 74 40/16G- 29.96/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
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