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South Carolina State Climate Office
Lake and buoy observations for:
Start date:11/06/2016 - 0900 UTC
End date:11/06/2016 - 1021 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
0920 48/- - -/0G0 30.29/- -/-/- -/-/-
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WATS1
34.34/80.70
0930 41/- - 150/2G3 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LMSS1 N/A          
ACXS1 N/A          
FBIS1
32.68/79.89
1000 59/- 50 360/8G10 30.27/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
FBPS1 N/A          
NIWS1 N/A          
MROS1 N/A          
41029
32.80/79.62
0908 64/71 - 30/14G16 30.26/- -/-/- -/-/-
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41004
32.50/79.10
0950 69/78 57 30/14G16 30.23/+0.00 2.95/9.1/E 3.28/5.0/ENE
AVERAGE
41424 N/A          
OCPN7 N/A          
BFTN7
34.72/76.67
0948 52/63 - 340/4G7 30.25/- -/-/- -/-/-
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CLKN7
34.62/76.53
1000 55/- - 350/7G8 30.27/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
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41025
35.01/75.40
0950 62/79 42 360/10G12 30.26/+0.00 3.94/8.3/ENE 1.64/4.0/NNE
AVERAGE
41001 N/A          
41035 N/A          
41036 N/A          
41037
33.99/77.36
0908 63/73 - 360/12G16 30.27/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41038
34.14/77.72
0908 60/70 - 20/10G14 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41013
33.44/77.74
1000 65/78 50 10/10G16 30.27/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SPAG1 N/A          
SECG1 N/A          
SKMG1 N/A          
FPKG1
32.04/80.90
0948 59/70 - 10/6G8 30.27/- -/-/- -/-/-
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41008
31.40/80.87
0950 70/73 62 -/-G- 30.21/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
VERY_STEEP
SAXG1
31.42/81.30
0900 60/- 54 360/9G- 30.24/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41112 N/A          
FRDF1
30.68/81.47
0948 64/74 - 350/8G12 30.22/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MYPF1
30.40/81.43
0948 65/73 - 360/9G13 30.20/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41012 N/A          
SAUF1
29.86/81.27
1000 71/73 - 10/21G22 30.19/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
GTXF1 N/A          
41009 N/A          
41010 N/A          
41113
28.40/80.53
0951 -/76 - -/-G- -/- 0.98/11.8/ENE 3.61/5.0/E
VERY_STEEP
41114 N/A          
LKWF1
26.61/80.03
0948 77/78 63 50/17G19 30.07/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
VAKF1
25.73/80.16
0948 77/82 - 50/9G15 30.06/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
FWYF1
25.59/80.10
1000 77/79 - 50/20G21 30.07/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
MLRF1
25.01/80.38
1000 78/78 - 60/17G19 30.04/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
LONF1
24.84/80.86
1000 74/76 68 40/16G19 30.05/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SMKF1 N/A          
SANF1
24.46/81.88
0950 76/- 65 60/18G22 30.06/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SAPF1
27.76/82.63
0948 66/75 - 40/6G11 30.14/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SPGF1 N/A          
41046
23.87/68.48
1000 78/82 68 350/10G12 29.94/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41047
27.52/71.48
1000 76/80 67 30/16G19 29.98/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
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41048
31.86/69.59
0950 71/76 59 10/19G23 30.07/+0.03 4.92/9.1/NNE 6.56/6.7/NNE
AVERAGE
BEPB6 N/A          
SJNP4
18.46/66.12
0942 80/85 - 190/4G5 29.90/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MGIP4
17.97/67.05
0948 80/83 - 100/3G6 29.88/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LPRP4 N/A          
JOXP4 N/A          
CHAV3
18.34/64.92
0948 81/85 - 90/2G3 29.91/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CHSV3
17.75/64.70
0948 82/84 - 170/3G8 29.90/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LTBV3 N/A          
41043
21.13/64.86
1000 82/84 75 140/12G16 29.91/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41421 N/A          
41420 N/A          
SHIP1
35.20/74.90
1000 63/79 - 350/15G- 30.22/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP2
32.00/80.50
1000 66/72 58 30/17G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP3
18.80/75.00
1000 82/84 71 50/23G- 29.90/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP4
33.90/71.30
0900 66/61 63 350/12G- 30.03/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP5
31.90/80.50
0900 67/72 59 40/19G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP6
25.70/77.70
0900 73/86 65 60/19G- 30.03/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
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SHIP7
18.70/75.20
0900 82/84 72 60/25G- 29.88/-0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
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