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South Carolina State Climate Office
Lake and buoy observations for:
Start date:11/05/2016 - 2200 UTC
End date:11/05/2016 - 2321 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
2220 65/- - 60/1G4 30.26/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
WATS1
34.34/80.70
2230 58/- - -/0G2 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LMSS1 N/A          
ACXS1 N/A          
FBIS1
32.68/79.89
2300 65/- 50 40/12G15 30.27/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
FBPS1 N/A          
NIWS1 N/A          
MROS1 N/A          
41029
32.80/79.62
2208 65/71 - 50/12G18 30.25/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41004
32.50/79.10
2250 67/79 58 20/19G21 30.22/+0.01 1.97/8.3/ENE 5.58/6.7/NE
STEEP
41424 N/A          
OCPN7 N/A          
BFTN7
34.72/76.67
2218 60/64 - -/-G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CLKN7
34.62/76.53
2300 59/- - 20/8G10 30.27/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41025
35.01/75.40
2250 62/79 47 350/16G19 30.26/+0.02 4.27/8.3/ENE 3.28/6.7/NE
AVERAGE
41001 N/A          
41035 N/A          
41036 N/A          
41037
33.99/77.36
2208 65/74 - 20/14G19 30.27/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41038 N/A          
41013
33.44/77.74
2300 66/77 53 30/16G21 30.26/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SPAG1 N/A          
SECG1 N/A          
SKMG1 N/A          
FPKG1
32.04/80.90
2218 65/71 - -/-G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41008
31.40/80.87
2250 66/73 54 -/-G- 30.23/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
VERY_STEEP
SAXG1
31.42/81.30
2200 64/- 48 40/8G- 30.24/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41112 N/A          
FRDF1
30.68/81.47
2218 66/75 - -/-G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MYPF1
30.40/81.43
2218 68/74 - -/-G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41012 N/A          
SAUF1
29.86/81.27
2300 69/74 - 20/22G24 30.20/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
GTXF1 N/A          
41009 N/A          
41010 N/A          
41113
28.40/80.53
2251 -/76 - -/-G- -/- 0.66/10.5/ENE 3.28/9.9/E
AVERAGE
41114 N/A          
LKWF1
26.61/80.03
2218 77/80 - -/-G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
VAKF1
25.73/80.16
2218 76/83 - -/-G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
FWYF1
25.59/80.10
2300 78/80 - 30/25G27 30.06/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
MLRF1
25.01/80.38
2300 78/81 - 70/20G21 30.03/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
LONF1
24.84/80.86
2300 76/78 69 40/23G25 30.04/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SMKF1 N/A          
SANF1
24.46/81.88
2250 78/- 68 40/12G15 30.06/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SAPF1
27.76/82.63
2212 78/76 - -/-G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SPGF1 N/A          
41046
23.87/68.48
2300 80/82 72 350/8G10 29.93/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41047
27.52/71.48
2300 77/79 65 350/10G14 29.94/+0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41048
31.86/69.59
2250 72/76 65 20/25G31 30.00/+0.05 8.20/10.0/N 9.19/6.7/NNE
AVERAGE
BEPB6 N/A          
SJNP4
18.46/66.12
2218 83/85 - -/-G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MGIP4
17.97/67.05
2218 78/84 - -/-G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LPRP4 N/A          
JOXP4 N/A          
CHAV3
18.34/64.92
2218 84/86 - -/-G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CHSV3
17.75/64.70
2218 82/84 - -/-G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LTBV3 N/A          
41043
21.13/64.86
2300 83/84 76 150/14G16 29.94/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41421 N/A          
41420 N/A          
SHIP1
34.80/76.00
2300 63/74 - 10/15G- 30.24/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP2
32.40/79.70
2300 65/73 48 30/15G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP3
23.80/81.50
2300 78/84 60 20/22G- 29.88/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP4
36.10/69.60
2200 70/61 67 330/15G- 29.97/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP5
34.70/76.10
2200 63/76 - 20/15G- 30.24/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP6
25.60/76.70
2200 78/72 67 30/25G- 30.00/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP7
25.30/79.90
2200 81/79 70 50/9G- 30.02/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP8
17.90/65.50
2200 -/- - -/-G- 29.94/- -/-/- -/-/-
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