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Marine Weather and Tides Surf City, NC Version 3.4

What's New / NOTES 10/6/2018 Colors of tide XTide graphs changed to emphasize that they were upgraded. See next note. Comments welcome. 10/4/2018 I have fixed XTide and updated the harmonic files. There were some name changes so you might have to click EDIT to find the new station name.

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Sunrise 6:00AM

Sunset 8:12PM

Wednesday May 22, 2019 9:33 PM EDT (01:33 UTC)

Moonrise 10:52PM

Moonset 8:11AM

Illumination 84%

NOTE: Some of the data on this page has not been verified and should be used with that in mind. It may and occasionally will, be wrong. The tide reports are by xtide and are NOT FOR NAVIGATION.

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7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Surf City, NC

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Area Discussion for - Wilmington, NC

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Fxus62 kilm 230014 afdilm area forecast discussion national weather service wilmington nc 814 pm edt Wed may 22 2019 Synopsis Very warm temperatures will develop over the next couple of days and continue for most of the forecast period. There is very little chance of rain during this time as well. Near term through Thursday night As of 7 pm Wednesday... Convergence and convection holding s through W of the forecast area early this evening, with kltx vad wind profiler showing 10-15 kt ese-e flow in the lowest 3000 ft at this time. This will help in raising absolute humidity about the region, up several degrees overnight, washing away the recent, slight low-level drying. 1-meter wind-speeds in a down trend mode, dipping to <4 mph sustained at 12z Thursday, with 2-meter rh approaching 90 percent. The richest low-level water vapor resides across NE sc and here, look for patches of fog and mist into pre-dawn, mainly clear overnight, TSTM debris ice clouds may sweep along the i-95 corridor later tonight, due to the earlier convective blow-up east of athens ga. As of 400 pm Wednesday... Clouds were a bit stubborn to leave today across our local area in stiff northeasterly on shore flow. High pressure will continue to extend down from the north as it shifts off the mid atlantic coast through thurs. The gusty on shore flow will shift around to the southeast and then become southerly on thurs as it diminishes. Tonight will be dry with temps in the lower 60s over northern zones and the mid 60s elsewhere. Thursday will be a transitional day back to warmer weather as a warmer and moister return flow begins to develop at the sfc and ridge builds up through the southeast conus. This will increase the relative humidity and drive temps back up. Highs should reach back up to the mid 80s to near 90 inland. Models show a kink in the ridge for late thurs into early Fri as a shortwave pushes the tail end of cold front by just north. This should act to shift winds around to a more SW to W flow into fri. Overnight lows will be back up a few degrees thurs night as dewpoints creep back up. Short term Friday through Friday night As of 400 pm Wednesday... The story for the memorial day weekend will be the heat as a potent mid level ridge will be meandering across the southeast. Some guidance is hinting at the feature becoming more elongated and suppressed to the south which could at least allow for some convection overnight Saturday into Sunday morning. Have not included mentionable pops at this time opting to wait on a little more guidance and consistency. Highs will be in the lower to middle 90s with overnight lows in the

steamy 70s. Long term Saturday through Wednesday As of 400 pm Wednesday... No real changes in sight for the extended forecast as the massive ridge hanging around the southeast will be the dominant feature. There is a hint of a pattern change late next week as a stronger trough well to the north attempts to break down the ridge. In between it will be a hot grind with daytime highs well into the 90s and steamy overnight lows in the 70s. No pops at this time but a northwest flow MCS is always a small possibility depending on the configuration of the ridge. Aviation 00z Thursday through Monday As of 0014z... Southeast winds will become light tonight with only ground fog expected. Winds will become southerly on Thursday with warm air advection commencing. Temperatures will likely rise into the mid 80s, near 90 inland. There could be a stratocu ceiling by late morning, with no convection expected. Extended outlook... ContinuedVFR through the weekend as high pressure dominates. Hot. Slight chance of brief MVFR conditions each morning from low stratus and or fog and afternoon ts. Marine As of 7 pm Wednesday... E waves every 5 seconds presently at 3-4 feet, will drop 1-2 feet overnight , gradually, as winds abate. No tstms or fog, no showers overnight. As of 4 pm Wednesday... Seas up between 4 to 5 ft in places with stiff NE winds this afternoon will begin to diminish and veer around through tonight into Thursday as high pressure drifts farther off of the mid atlantic coast. NE winds up around 15 kts with higher gusts will come around to the E through tonight and then SE to S on thurs as they diminish some. This will allow seas to drop less than 3 ft by thurs aftn. The tail end of cold front moving by to the north of the waters will push winds around to the SW to W by Fri morning which will kick seas back up a bit over 3 ft into thurs. Ilm watches warnings advisories Sc... None. Nc... None. Marine... None. Synopsis... Shk 8 near term... Rgz mjc short term... Shk long term... Shk aviation... 43 8

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
JMPN7 - 8658163 - Johnny Mercer Pier, Wrightsville Beach, NC	22 mi	51 min	ESE 11 G 13	73°F	76°F		1024.3 hPa
41038 - ILM2 - 5 miles SE of Wrightsville Beach, NC	24 mi	85 min	ESE 12 G 16	73°F	75°F		1023.7 hPa
41110 - Masonboro Inlet, NC	24 mi	33 min			75°F	4 ft
WLON7	29 mi	45 min		73°F	79°F		1024.2 hPa
41037 - ILM3 - 27 miles SE of Wrightsville Beach, NC	33 mi	85 min	E 14 G 19	74°F	76°F		1023.8 hPa
41064	34 mi	85 min	E 16 G 19	73°F	76°F		1023.3 hPa
41159	34 mi	33 min			76°F	4 ft
BFTN7 - 8656483 - Beaufort, NC	48 mi	45 min	E 6 G 8.9	71°F	78°F		1025.1 hPa

Wind History for Wrightsville Beach, NC

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
MCAS New River, NC	18 mi	37 min	ESE 8	8.00 mi	Smoke	73°F	53°F	50%	1024.3 hPa

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Tide / Current Tables for New Topsail Inlet, North Carolina

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Tide / Current Tables for New River Inlet, North Carolina

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Weather Map and Satellite Images

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Wind Forecast for Wilmington, NC (21,6,7,8)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Morehead City, NC

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