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South Carolina State Climate Office
Lake and buoy observations for:
Start date:11/07/2016 - 0400 UTC
End date:11/07/2016 - 0521 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
0420 54/- - -/0G1 30.30/- -/-/- -/-/-
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WATS1
34.34/80.70
0430 45/- - 130/1G2 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LMSS1 N/A          
ACXS1 N/A          
FBIS1
32.68/79.89
0500 60/- 55 350/5G6 30.29/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
FBPS1 N/A          
NIWS1 N/A          
MROS1 N/A          
41029
32.80/79.62
0408 65/70 - 360/6G8 30.28/- -/-/- -/-/-
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41004
32.50/79.10
0450 70/79 49 40/14G18 30.25/-0.01 1.97/7.7/E 2.62/4.5/NE
AVERAGE
41424 N/A          
OCPN7 N/A          
BFTN7
34.72/76.67
0448 58/63 - 20/7G12 30.26/- -/-/- -/-/-
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CLKN7
34.62/76.53
0500 59/- - 10/11G13 30.28/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41025
35.01/75.40
0450 64/71 49 20/21G25 30.24/+0.00 1.31/10.0/ENE 5.58/6.2/NNE
VERY_STEEP
41001 N/A          
41035 N/A          
41036 N/A          
41037
33.99/77.36
0408 68/74 - 10/14G19 30.26/- -/-/- -/-/-
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41038
34.14/77.72
0408 64/70 - 360/12G16 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
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41013
33.44/77.74
0500 69/80 49 20/16G21 30.26/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
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SPAG1 N/A          
SECG1 N/A          
SKMG1 N/A          
FPKG1
32.04/80.90
0448 62/70 - 20/6G7 30.29/- -/-/- -/-/-
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41008
31.40/80.87
0450 70/72 58 -/-G- 30.24/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
VERY_STEEP
SAXG1
31.42/81.30
0400 61/- 57 30/5G- 30.27/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41112 N/A          
FRDF1
30.68/81.47
0448 70/73 - 20/5G9 30.23/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MYPF1
30.40/81.43
0448 72/73 - 50/17G18 30.22/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41012 N/A          
SAUF1
29.86/81.27
0500 74/73 - 90/12G13 30.24/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
GTXF1 N/A          
41009 N/A          
41010 N/A          
41113
28.40/80.53
0451 -/75 - -/-G- -/- 0.98/10.5/ENE 3.94/9.1/E
AVERAGE
41114 N/A          
LKWF1
26.61/80.03
0448 76/79 64 50/22G25 30.10/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
VAKF1
25.73/80.16
0448 77/82 - 70/16G20 30.09/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
FWYF1
25.59/80.10
0500 77/80 - 50/20G25 30.10/-0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
MLRF1
25.01/80.38
0500 78/81 - 80/18G20 30.07/-0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
LONF1
24.84/80.86
0500 76/76 69 50/14G15 30.07/-0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SMKF1 N/A          
SANF1
24.46/81.88
0450 76/- 66 80/19G21 30.08/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SAPF1
27.76/82.63
0448 73/76 - 70/11G16 30.16/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SPGF1 N/A          
41046
23.87/68.48
0500 79/82 72 20/14G18 29.93/-0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41047
27.52/71.48
0500 74/80 58 20/16G19 30.05/-0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41048
31.86/69.59
0450 72/76 55 310/18G23 30.03/-0.04 2.30/10.0/NE 4.92/6.2/N
VERY_STEEP
BEPB6 N/A          
SJNP4
18.46/66.12
0448 80/84 - 130/4G5 29.90/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MGIP4
17.97/67.05
0448 79/82 - 130/2G4 29.87/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LPRP4 N/A          
JOXP4 N/A          
CHAV3
18.34/64.92
0448 79/86 - -/0G1 29.91/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CHSV3
17.75/64.70
0448 78/85 - 150/2G3 29.90/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LTBV3 N/A          
41043
21.13/64.86
0500 80/84 72 -/0G2 29.92/-0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41421 N/A          
41420 N/A          
SHIP1
31.80/80.00
0500 70/77 49 60/13G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP2
27.10/79.90
0500 75/82 64 220/28G- 30.15/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP3
26.00/78.10
0500 75/77 - 40/32G- 30.06/+0.06 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP4
22.60/73.00
0500 79/79 71 50/26G- 30.03/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP5
22.50/71.90
0500 79/83 69 60/16G- 29.96/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP6
17.10/84.00
0500 80/- 67 30/14G- 29.95/-0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP7
32.60/68.90
0400 70/73 62 310/28G- 30.00/-0.09 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP8
31.80/80.00
0400 70/77 50 50/18G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP9
30.50/74.30
0400 72/63 63 350/14G- 30.03/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP10
27.40/79.90
0400 75/82 64 220/28G- 30.15/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP11
24.40/80.30
0400 77/84 70 60/21G- 29.94/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP12
22.40/72.10
0400 80/83 69 70/17G- 29.96/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP13
19.30/75.10
0400 82/82 75 50/35G- 29.93/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP14
18.50/65.50
0400 81/86 - 170/13G- 29.88/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP15
17.10/73.60
0400 -/- - -/-G- 29.88/- -/-/- -/-/-
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