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South Carolina State Climate Office
Lake and buoy observations for:
Start date:11/06/2016 - 1700 UTC
End date:11/06/2016 - 1821 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
1720 66/- - 180/4G4 30.29/- -/-/- -/-/-
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WATS1
34.34/80.70
1730 71/- - 330/3G5 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LMSS1 N/A          
ACXS1 N/A          
FBIS1
32.68/79.89
1800 66/- 49 60/10G13 30.28/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
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FBPS1 N/A          
NIWS1 N/A          
MROS1 N/A          
41029 N/A          
41004
32.50/79.10
1750 69/79 51 20/12G16 30.24/-0.04 2.62/8.3/E 2.62/4.3/NE
AVERAGE
41424 N/A          
OCPN7 N/A          
BFTN7
34.72/76.67
1748 66/63 - 350/7G8 30.22/- -/-/- -/-/-
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CLKN7
34.62/76.53
1800 66/- - 10/8G10 30.24/-0.07 -/-/- -/-/-
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41025
35.01/75.40
1750 64/73 47 340/14G16 30.23/-0.06 2.95/8.3/E 1.97/5.3/E
SWELL
41001 N/A          
41035 N/A          
41036 N/A          
41037 N/A          
41038 N/A          
41013
33.44/77.74
1800 65/80 46 10/10G16 30.25/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
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SPAG1 N/A          
SECG1 N/A          
SKMG1 N/A          
FPKG1
32.04/80.90
1748 66/70 - 50/9G11 30.28/- -/-/- -/-/-
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41008
31.40/80.87
1750 68/73 63 -/-G- 30.24/-0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
STEEP
SAXG1
31.42/81.30
1700 68/- 60 30/9G- 30.27/-0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41112 N/A          
FRDF1
30.68/81.47
1748 69/74 - 10/8G12 30.23/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MYPF1
30.40/81.43
1748 70/73 - 40/15G18 30.22/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41012 N/A          
SAUF1
29.86/81.27
1800 75/73 - 60/11G12 30.22/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
GTXF1 N/A          
41009 N/A          
41010 N/A          
41113 N/A          
41114 N/A          
LKWF1
26.61/80.03
1748 77/80 64 60/16G18 30.09/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
VAKF1
25.73/80.16
1748 78/83 - 60/13G17 30.09/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
FWYF1
25.59/80.10
1800 78/80 - 50/20G22 30.09/-0.05 -/-/- -/-/-
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MLRF1
25.01/80.38
1800 78/81 - 60/16G18 30.06/-0.05 -/-/- -/-/-
-
LONF1
24.84/80.86
1800 76/77 68 40/18G21 30.06/-0.07 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SMKF1 N/A          
SANF1
24.46/81.88
1750 77/- 68 80/18G22 30.07/-0.05 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SAPF1
27.76/82.63
1748 78/76 - 60/5G7 30.14/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SPGF1 N/A          
41046
23.87/68.48
1800 79/82 68 10/10G12 29.91/-0.06 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41047
27.52/71.48
1800 77/80 67 30/21G27 30.01/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
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41048
31.86/69.59
1750 72/76 54 360/12G16 30.09/-0.05 5.25/7.7/NNE 3.28/5.6/NE
STEEP
BEPB6 N/A          
SJNP4
18.46/66.12
1748 80/85 - 20/5G7 29.89/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MGIP4
17.97/67.05
1748 81/83 - 60/5G12 29.87/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LPRP4 N/A          
JOXP4 N/A          
CHAV3
18.34/64.92
1748 87/86 - 180/4G7 29.88/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CHSV3
17.75/64.70
1748 89/85 - 160/7G9 29.87/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LTBV3 N/A          
41043
21.13/64.86
1750 76/84 71 110/14G16 29.92/- 2.62/9.1/NE 4.59/5.9/NE
VERY_STEEP
41421 N/A          
41420 N/A          
SHIP1
36.10/64.60
1800 73/75 52 270/15G- 30.00/-0.06 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP2
35.20/75.20
1800 64/70 - 340/13G- 30.20/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP3
31.60/80.40
1800 70/74 62 30/17G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP4
27.90/77.50
1800 75/81 57 70/21G- 30.04/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP5
26.00/77.80
1800 77/78 72 70/14G- 30.00/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP6
25.70/77.20
1800 82/81 69 190/22G- 30.06/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP7
20.20/73.50
1800 82/84 72 50/20G- 29.90/-0.05 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP8
17.60/74.20
1800 86/84 - 50/16G- 29.85/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP9
17.10/70.80
1800 -/- - -/-G- 29.86/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP10
35.70/71.10
1700 72/77 58 310/28G- 30.17/- -/-/- -/-/-
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SHIP11
35.20/75.00
1700 64/78 - 330/13G- 30.22/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP12
34.00/76.60
1700 75/77 53 30/13G- 30.27/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP13
31.70/80.40
1700 69/73 61 30/16G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP14
20.00/73.70
1700 82/84 72 50/20G- 29.92/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
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SHIP15
17.40/74.00
1700 86/84 - 40/17G- 29.85/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP16
17.10/76.60
1700 81/85 74 20/17G- 29.89/-0.07 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP17
17.10/70.60
1700 -/- - -/-G- 29.89/- -/-/- -/-/-
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