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South Carolina State Climate Office
Lake and buoy observations for:
Start date:11/07/2016 - 1300 UTC
End date:11/07/2016 - 1421 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
1320 53/- - 40/3G6 30.39/- -/-/- -/-/-
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WATS1
34.34/80.70
1330 55/- - 30/3G6 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LMSS1 N/A          
ACXS1 N/A          
FBIS1
32.68/79.89
1400 63/- 51 30/15G18 30.37/+0.05 -/-/- -/-/-
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FBPS1 N/A          
NIWS1 N/A          
MROS1 N/A          
41029
32.80/79.62
1308 64/69 - 40/16G21 30.34/- -/-/- -/-/-
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41004
32.50/79.10
1350 69/79 48 40/19G23 30.31/+0.05 1.64/9.1/E 4.92/5.3/NE
VERY_STEEP
41424 N/A          
OCPN7 N/A          
BFTN7
34.72/76.67
1348 55/- - 10/10G12 30.34/- -/-/- -/-/-
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CLKN7
34.62/76.53
1400 58/- - 10/16G20 30.35/+0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
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41025
35.01/75.40
1350 60/71 46 30/21G27 30.32/+0.05 2.30/14.8/SSE 6.56/7.1/NNE
STEEP
41001 N/A          
41035 N/A          
41036 N/A          
41037
33.99/77.36
1308 62/73 - 50/19G25 30.34/- -/-/- -/-/-
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41038
34.14/77.72
1308 59/69 - 40/19G23 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
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41013
33.44/77.74
1400 65/79 49 20/23G27 30.33/+0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
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SPAG1 N/A          
SECG1 N/A          
SKMG1 N/A          
FPKG1
32.04/80.90
1348 64/- - 50/10G13 30.35/- -/-/- -/-/-
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41008
31.40/80.87
1350 70/72 60 -/-G- 30.29/+0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
VERY_STEEP
SAXG1
31.42/81.30
1300 60/- 56 10/10G- 30.30/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41112 N/A          
FRDF1
30.68/81.47
1348 72/- - 30/6G13 30.28/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MYPF1
30.40/81.43
1348 72/- - 50/15G18 30.27/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
41012 N/A          
SAUF1
29.86/81.27
1400 74/72 - 60/17G18 30.28/+0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
GTXF1 N/A          
41009 N/A          
41010 N/A          
41113
28.40/80.53
1351 -/75 - -/-G- -/- 0.66/10.5/E 3.94/5.9/E
STEEP
41114 N/A          
LKWF1
26.61/80.03
1348 76/- 62 40/21G25 30.15/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
VAKF1
25.73/80.16
1348 76/- - 60/16G22 30.14/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
FWYF1
25.59/80.10
1400 74/79 - 50/26G29 30.14/+0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
MLRF1
25.01/80.38
1400 77/80 - 70/23G25 30.10/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
LONF1
24.84/80.86
1400 75/75 69 50/8G10 30.11/+0.04 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SMKF1 N/A          
SANF1
24.46/81.88
1350 76/- 67 60/19G22 30.10/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SAPF1
27.76/82.63
1348 71/- - 70/12G16 30.20/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SPGF1 N/A          
41046
23.87/68.48
1400 79/82 69 30/18G23 29.98/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
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41047
27.52/71.48
1400 75/80 60 10/16G19 30.09/+0.02 -/-/- -/-/-
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41048
31.86/69.59
1350 68/76 56 330/21G29 30.05/+0.04 2.62/11.4/N 9.84/8.3/NNW
STEEP
BEPB6 N/A          
SJNP4
18.46/66.12
1348 -/- - 140/7G9 -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
MGIP4
17.97/67.05
1348 79/- - 130/2G5 29.93/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LPRP4 N/A          
JOXP4 N/A          
CHAV3
18.34/64.92
1348 84/- - 140/3G6 29.94/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
CHSV3
17.75/64.70
1348 85/- - 150/2G6 29.93/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
LTBV3 N/A          
41043
21.13/64.86
1400 81/84 72 20/6G10 29.96/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
41421 N/A          
41420 N/A          
SHIP1
34.30/76.60
1400 60/71 - 10/21G- 30.31/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP2
31.90/80.40
1400 70/72 55 60/18G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP3
24.30/70.00
1400 77/80 65 40/21G- 30.03/+0.05 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP4
17.10/82.00
1400 79/- 70 60/12G- 29.92/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP5
35.60/75.10
1300 57/64 42 30/12G- 30.33/-0.06 -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP6
34.20/76.60
1300 61/73 - 20/22G- 30.31/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP7
31.90/80.40
1300 68/72 57 50/20G- -/- -/-/- -/-/-
-
SHIP8
25.40/77.10
1300 77/82 63 50/30G- 30.09/+0.03 -/-/- -/-/-
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SHIP9
24.10/70.20
1300 77/80 66 50/20G- 30.02/+0.06 -/-/- -/-/-
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SHIP10
19.30/81.70
1300 81/84 - 40/30G- 29.93/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
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SHIP11
17.20/76.00
1300 -/- - -/-G- 29.90/- -/-/- -/-/-
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SHIP12
17.10/82.20
1300 80/- 67 60/12G- 29.90/+0.01 -/-/- -/-/-
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