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South Carolina State Climate Office
Lake and buoy observations for:
Start date:11/07/2016 - 0300 UTC
End date:11/07/2016 - 0421 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
0320 55/- - -/0G0 30.30/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
WATS1
34.34/80.70
0330 47/- - 140/1G2 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LMSS1 N/A          
ACXS1 N/A          
FBIS1
32.68/79.89
0400 59/- 54 320/3G3 30.29/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
FBPS1 N/A          
NIWS1 N/A          
MROS1 N/A          
41029
32.80/79.62
0308 66/69 - 20/6G8 30.28/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41004
32.50/79.10
0350 70/79 50 30/12G16 30.26/+0.00 2.30/9.1/E 2.30/4.5/ENE
SWELL
41424 N/A          
OCPN7 N/A          
BFTN7
34.72/76.67
0348 59/63 - 10/10G11 30.25/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CLKN7
34.62/76.53
0400 60/- - 360/8G11 30.28/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41025
35.01/75.40
0350 65/72 48 20/21G25 30.25/+0.01 1.31/10.0/ESE 5.58/6.2/NNE
VERY_STEEP
41001 N/A          
41035 N/A          
41036 N/A          
41037
33.99/77.36
0308 69/74 - 20/14G19 30.27/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41038 N/A          
41013
33.44/77.74
0350 70/80 50 20/16G19 30.27/- 1.97/7.7/E 1.97/4.2/ENE
AVERAGE
SPAG1 N/A          
SECG1 N/A          
SKMG1 N/A          
FPKG1
32.04/80.90
0348 65/70 - 40/8G10 30.28/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41008 N/A          
SAXG1
31.42/81.30
0300 60/- 57 40/4G- 30.27/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41112 N/A          
FRDF1
30.68/81.47
0348 70/73 - 20/6G9 30.23/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MYPF1
30.40/81.43
0348 72/73 - 50/14G17 30.23/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41012 N/A          
SAUF1
29.86/81.27
0400 74/73 - 90/16G17 30.24/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
GTXF1 N/A          
41009 N/A          
41010 N/A          
41113
28.40/80.53
0351 -/75 - -/-G- -/- 0.98/11.8/E 3.94/9.9/E
AVERAGE
41114 N/A          
LKWF1
26.61/80.03
0348 77/78 60 70/19G21 30.11/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
VAKF1
25.73/80.16
0348 78/82 - 60/14G19 30.11/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
FWYF1
25.59/80.10
0400 78/80 - 60/24G26 30.11/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
MLRF1
25.01/80.38
0400 78/81 - 80/19G23 30.08/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
LONF1
24.84/80.86
0400 75/76 69 40/13G14 30.09/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SMKF1 N/A          
SANF1
24.46/81.88
0350 77/- 65 70/19G23 30.09/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SAPF1
27.76/82.63
0348 74/76 - 70/9G16 30.16/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SPGF1 N/A          
41046
23.87/68.48
0350 79/82 69 20/12G16 29.94/- 6.56/10.0/N 2.95/6.2/NE
AVERAGE
41047
27.52/71.48
0350 75/80 59 20/16G21 30.06/- 6.23/9.1/NNE 6.23/5.6/NNE
AVERAGE
41048
31.86/69.59
0350 72/76 55 320/16G19 30.05/-0.02 2.62/8.3/NE 4.27/5.0/NNW
AVERAGE
BEPB6 N/A          
SJNP4
18.46/66.12
0348 -/- - 170/3G4 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MGIP4
17.97/67.05
0348 79/83 - 70/1G4 29.88/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LPRP4 N/A          
JOXP4 N/A          
CHAV3
18.34/64.92
0348 80/85 - -/0G3 29.91/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CHSV3
17.75/64.70
0348 79/85 - 150/1G2 29.90/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LTBV3 N/A          
41043
21.13/64.86
0350 80/84 72 130/4G4 29.94/- 3.61/9.1/ENE 0.98/3.8/SE
SWELL
41421 N/A          
41420 N/A          
SHIP1
32.60/68.90
0400 70/73 62 310/28G- 30.00/-0.09 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP2
27.40/79.90
0400 75/82 64 220/28G- 30.15/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP3
24.40/80.30
0400 77/84 70 60/21G- 29.94/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP4
22.40/72.10
0400 80/83 69 70/17G- 29.96/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP5
18.50/65.50
0400 81/86 - 170/13G- 29.88/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP6
33.50/77.10
0300 68/81 48 40/17G- 30.24/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP7
31.80/80.00
0300 70/77 51 60/17G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP8
27.60/79.90
0300 75/82 64 220/28G- 30.15/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP9
26.30/78.60
0300 77/82 69 70/20G- 30.09/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP10
26.20/79.20
0300 73/84 65 60/22G- 30.09/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP11
26.00/78.10
0300 77/79 - 90/21G- 30.03/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP12
25.50/80.00
0300 75/79 72 40/20G- 30.14/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP13
22.20/72.30
0300 80/83 67 60/19G- 29.97/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP14
18.50/65.70
0300 80/86 - 180/12G- 29.88/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP15
17.10/73.30
0300 -/- - -/-G- 29.89/- -/-/- -/-/-
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