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South Carolina State Climate Office
Lake and buoy observations for:
Start date:11/07/2016 - 1600 UTC
End date:11/07/2016 - 1721 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
1620 62/- - 70/8G12 30.41/- -/-/- -/-/-
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WATS1
34.34/80.70
1630 66/- - 30/4G8 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LMSS1 N/A          
ACXS1 N/A          
FBIS1
32.68/79.89
1700 65/- 45 40/20G22 30.36/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
FBPS1 N/A          
NIWS1 N/A          
MROS1 N/A          
41029
32.80/79.62
1608 64/70 - 40/21G29 30.36/- -/-/- -/-/-
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41004
32.50/79.10
1650 68/79 49 30/19G23 30.30/+0.00 1.31/16.0/ENE 6.23/6.2/NE
VERY_STEEP
41424 N/A          
OCPN7 N/A          
BFTN7
34.72/76.67
1648 58/62 - 20/12G17 30.33/- -/-/- -/-/-
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CLKN7
34.62/76.53
1700 58/- - 360/12G16 30.35/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
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41025
35.01/75.40
1650 60/73 47 20/23G29 30.32/+0.00 3.61/10.8/NE 6.89/8.3/NNE
STEEP
41001 N/A          
41035 N/A          
41036 N/A          
41037
33.99/77.36
1608 61/73 - 40/18G23 30.35/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41038
34.14/77.72
1608 57/69 - 40/16G27 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
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41013
33.44/77.74
1650 63/79 51 20/19G23 30.33/- 0.00/-/- 6.23/6.2/ENE
VERY_STEEP
SPAG1 N/A          
SECG1 N/A          
SKMG1 N/A          
FPKG1
32.04/80.90
1648 67/69 - 70/16G20 30.36/- -/-/- -/-/-
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41008
31.40/80.87
1650 71/72 58 -/-G- 30.29/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
VERY_STEEP
SAXG1
31.42/81.30
1600 72/- 59 50/14G- 30.33/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41112 N/A          
FRDF1
30.68/81.47
1648 74/73 - 30/7G17 30.29/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MYPF1
30.40/81.43
1648 74/73 - 60/14G18 30.27/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41012 N/A          
SAUF1
29.86/81.27
1700 74/73 - 60/16G17 30.28/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
GTXF1 N/A          
41009 N/A          
41010 N/A          
41113
28.40/80.53
1651 -/75 - -/-G- -/- 0.66/10.5/E 3.94/6.7/E
STEEP
41114 N/A          
LKWF1
26.61/80.03
1648 76/76 61 40/19G22 30.15/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
VAKF1
25.73/80.16
1648 76/81 - 50/11G19 30.14/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
FWYF1
25.59/80.10
1700 76/81 - 40/23G26 30.13/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
MLRF1
25.01/80.38
1700 74/81 - 90/24G26 30.10/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
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LONF1
24.84/80.86
1700 74/76 70 70/18G20 30.10/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SMKF1 N/A          
SANF1
24.46/81.88
1650 76/- 68 90/20G23 30.10/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
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SAPF1
27.76/82.63
1642 78/75 - 90/10G14 30.19/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SPGF1 N/A          
41046
23.87/68.48
1700 78/82 67 20/16G21 29.98/+0.00 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41047
27.52/71.48
1700 75/79 60 360/16G19 30.06/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
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41048
31.86/69.59
1650 67/76 55 340/21G25 30.02/-0.03 8.20/10.0/N 7.22/5.6/NNW
AVERAGE
BEPB6 N/A          
SJNP4
18.46/66.12
1642 80/85 - 50/7G12 29.91/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MGIP4
17.97/67.05
1648 83/83 - 170/5G8 29.89/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LPRP4 N/A          
JOXP4 N/A          
CHAV3
18.34/64.92
1648 85/85 - 190/3G5 29.91/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CHSV3
17.75/64.70
1648 86/84 - 140/3G7 29.89/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LTBV3 N/A          
41043
21.13/64.86
1700 81/84 73 30/6G8 29.92/-0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41421 N/A          
41420 N/A          
SHIP1
34.30/76.60
1700 59/71 - 20/22G- 30.30/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP2
24.80/69.40
1700 76/80 62 40/20G- 30.02/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP3
22.20/77.50
1700 82/82 - 60/32G- 29.97/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP4
34.30/76.60
1600 60/71 - 10/28G- 30.28/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP5
31.90/80.40
1600 69/72 51 50/23G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP6
28.40/76.20
1600 72/64 60 20/15G- 30.06/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP7
24.60/69.60
1600 76/80 64 30/22G- 30.03/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP8
18.40/66.10
1600 81/75 76 110/9G- 29.93/-0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
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SHIP9
17.40/76.80
1600 -/- - -/-G- 29.91/- -/-/- -/-/-
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SHIP10
17.10/81.50
1600 76/- 71 40/15G- 29.94/+0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
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