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South Carolina State Climate Office
Lake and buoy observations for:
Start date:11/05/2016 - 1100 UTC
End date:11/05/2016 - 1221 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
1120 49/- - 360/2G4 30.30/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
WATS1
34.34/80.70
1130 40/- - 150/1G2 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LMSS1 N/A          
ACXS1 N/A          
FBIS1
32.68/79.89
1100 56/- 48 360/14G18 30.25/+0.05 -/-/- -/-/-
-
FBPS1 N/A          
NIWS1 N/A          
MROS1 N/A          
41029
32.80/79.62
1108 57/71 - 10/16G21 30.25/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41004
32.50/79.10
1150 66/78 51 40/18G23 30.20/+0.04 3.28/8.3/ENE 5.58/6.7/NE
STEEP
41424 N/A          
OCPN7 N/A          
BFTN7
34.72/76.67
1112 54/65 - 360/11G15 30.21/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CLKN7
34.62/76.53
1100 57/- - 360/16G19 30.22/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41025
35.01/75.40
1150 64/72 50 20/21G25 30.21/+0.05 2.95/8.3/NE 5.58/5.3/NNE
AVERAGE
41001 N/A          
41035 N/A          
41036 N/A          
41037
33.99/77.36
1108 62/74 - 30/19G27 30.22/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41038 N/A          
41013
33.44/77.74
1150 64/77 53 20/19G25 30.22/- 1.97/9.1/E 4.92/6.7/ENE
STEEP
SPAG1 N/A          
SECG1 N/A          
SKMG1 N/A          
FPKG1
32.04/80.90
1112 60/72 - 20/11G15 30.25/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41008
31.40/80.87
1150 67/73 51 -/-G- 30.20/+0.05 -/-/- -/-/-
STEEP
SAXG1
31.42/81.30
1100 61/- 53 10/8G- 30.21/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41112 N/A          
FRDF1
30.68/81.47
1118 68/75 - 30/11G15 30.18/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MYPF1
30.40/81.43
1118 69/74 - 40/16G18 30.17/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41012 N/A          
SAUF1
29.86/81.27
1200 70/74 - 20/21G23 30.18/+0.05 -/-/- -/-/-
-
GTXF1 N/A          
41009 N/A          
41010 N/A          
41113
28.40/80.53
1121 -/76 - -/-G- -/- 0.66/11.1/ENE 3.61/7.1/E
AVERAGE
41114 N/A          
LKWF1
26.61/80.03
1118 71/80 65 320/7G8 30.02/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
VAKF1
25.73/80.16
1118 73/82 - 350/5G7 30.05/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
FWYF1
25.59/80.10
1100 73/77 - 330/13G13 30.05/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
MLRF1
25.01/80.38
1100 74/82 - 350/13G15 30.03/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
LONF1
24.84/80.86
1100 75/77 67 360/11G11 30.04/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SMKF1 N/A          
SANF1
24.46/81.88
1150 76/- 65 40/10G11 30.06/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SAPF1
27.76/82.63
1112 69/76 - 30/8G13 30.10/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SPGF1 N/A          
41046
23.87/68.48
1150 77/82 73 270/16G21 29.95/- 3.94/10.0/NE 3.61/6.2/ENE
SWELL
41047
27.52/71.48
1150 75/79 67 10/16G19 29.93/- 3.61/9.1/ENE 1.97/4.8/ESE
SWELL
41048
31.86/69.59
1150 73/76 64 360/6G8 29.96/+0.04 4.27/6.2/WNW 1.31/3.6/W
STEEP
BEPB6 N/A          
SJNP4
18.46/66.12
1112 80/84 - 190/4G5 29.97/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MGIP4
17.97/67.05
1118 82/84 - 90/3G5 29.95/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LPRP4 N/A          
JOXP4 N/A          
CHAV3
18.34/64.92
1118 84/85 - -/0G3 29.98/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CHSV3
17.75/64.70
1112 80/84 - 230/1G1 29.96/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LTBV3 N/A          
41043
21.13/64.86
1150 82/84 76 120/8G10 29.98/- 5.58/10.8/NNE 1.97/4.0/E
SWELL
41421 N/A          
41420 N/A          
SHIP1
37.00/64.50
1200 63/77 51 350/22G- 30.02/+0.08 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP2
33.70/76.60
1200 64/81 51 20/30G- 30.18/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP3
30.50/73.20
1200 73/77 62 20/23G- 29.96/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP4
23.50/82.60
1200 79/79 71 110/8G- 30.04/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP5
20.30/83.00
1200 81/82 75 70/21G- 30.00/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP6
18.40/75.40
1200 86/84 74 40/15G- 29.93/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP7
34.50/76.90
1100 56/71 - 360/20G- 30.21/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP8
23.60/82.10
1100 77/84 - 30/18G- 30.02/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP9
23.50/82.90
1100 81/81 70 120/6G- 30.00/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP10
22.20/71.20
1100 82/90 77 80/20G- 29.97/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP11
21.40/75.80
1100 -/84 - 10/11G- 29.94/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP12
18.60/75.20
1100 84/85 74 30/18G- 29.91/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP13
18.30/65.00
1100 -/- - -/-G- 29.98/- -/-/- -/-/-
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