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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 6:44AM

Sunset 5:05PM

Friday November 16, 2018 5:19 AM EST (10:19 UTC)

Moonrise 1:40PM

Moonset 12:02AM

Illumination 59%

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 160751 afdilm area forecast discussion national weather service wilmington nc 251 am est Fri nov 16 2018 Synopsis High pressure will build into the carolinas today and Saturday bringing clear skies and below-normal temperatures. Frost is possible tonight for some inland areas. Another cold front will move through the area Tuesday night, followed by high pressure through thanksgiving day. Low pressure developing to our south could bring rain in by Friday. Near term through tonight As of 300 am Friday... A west to northwest flow is now in place through basically all layers of the troposphere. There remains some stratus across the area this morning but this should dissipate and or mix out during the next few hours. Certainly a colder airmass settling in but not the coldest of the season and it is rather shallow. This will allow temperatures to rise into the middle and upper 50s today. As for Saturday morning guidance continues to advertise lows a few degrees above freezing even inland. Some frost is possible however and but probably not enough for a npw. Short term Saturday through Sunday night As of 300 am Friday... A zonal upper level flow over the carolinas on Saturday will continue into Sunday as a very positively tiled and sheared upper trough dips into the mid- atlantic states. A speed MAX in the subtropical jet will move across the carolinas on Sunday, but with little impact on our sensible weather. At the surface, high pressure over the mid- atlantic states on Saturday will move off the northeast coast on Sunday. A very weak coastal trough will attempt to develop off the ga sc coast Sunday as easterly fetch lengthens off the southeast coast. A very shallow layer of moisture will begin to feed back in from the south just beneath the subsidence inversion. While the GFS and ECMWF actually wring out a couple hundredths of an inch along the coast late Sunday afternoon and Sunday night, it appears the depth of moisture should be insufficient for more than clouds, and i'll maintain a dry forecast through the period. Low to mid 60s for highs on Saturday should warm another degree or two on Sunday. Lows ranging from the upper 30s inland to lower 40s coast Saturday night should warm into the 40s to near 50 at the coast Sunday night due to clouds and modification from onshore flow. Long term Monday through Thursday As of 345 pm Thursday... Longwave upper pattern continues to display a low amplitude trough encompassing much of the u.S. With upper ridging along the immediate west coast. Westerly flow aloft starts out this period with dry and near normal temps expected for Sunday. Models the past few days indicate an impulse in the lower levels of the flow over the atlantic off the southeast u.S. Coast. Models indicate it making it's turn to the NW then N during Mon and to the NE by early tue, finally pulling away from the carolina coast. Have indicated a short- period of patchy light rain along the immediate coast Mon into mon night. A sfc cold front is able to push across Tue into wed

with the aid of a mid-level S W trof. Not much of CAA behind it as flow aloft drops back to zonal. By the end of this period, models hint of a pcpn event shaping up but just too far out in time for specifics. Aviation 06z Friday through Tuesday As of 06z... MVFR ceilings remain in most areas as cold air advection stratus remains under a significant inversion around 900mb. This will gradually mix out in a few hours leavingVFR conditions through the remainder of the period as surface high pressure builds in. Extended outlook...VFR. Marine Near term through tonight ... as of 300 am Friday... Winds and seas scaling back this morning as expected. 41013 is now down to eight feet seas with sustained winds just over 20 knots. Will go ahead and extend the small craft advisory until 12 utc for the northern waters and issue a scec headline for the southern waters. By this evening winds will drop to ten knots or less from the west northwest. Significant seas will drop to 2-4 feet. Short term Saturday through Sunday night ... as of 300 am Friday... High pressure over the mid-atlantic will move off the northeast coast Sunday. A very weak coastal trough will attempt to form off the ga sc coast on Sunday, but there shouldn't be enough support in the upper levels of the atmosphere for anything significant to develop. Northeasterly winds 10-15 kt Saturday morning should diminish to less than 10 kt by late afternoon, then will turn more easterly on Sunday. Wind direction could become variable Sunday night if the weak coastal trough to our south can lift northward. Long term Monday through Tuesday ... as of 345 pm Thursday... A semi-active significant seas period as long period ese ground swell at 9+ second periods will highlight this period. Winds this period will primarily have a northerly trajectory but remain in the 10 to occasionally 15 kt speeds. This could further increase slightly depending on the movement and strength of the low level impulse moving around the periphery of the atlantic as explained in the public discussion for this time period. Significant seas will run in the 2 to 4 foot range, primarily coming from the 9+ second period ese swell. Ilm watches warnings advisories Sc... None. Nc... None. Marine... Small craft advisory until 8 am est early this morning for amz250-252. Synopsis... Tra near term... Shk short term... Tra long term... Dch aviation... Shk

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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	32 min	W 9.9 G 14	46°F	65°F		1015.4 hPa
41110 - Masonboro Inlet, NC	24 mi	20 min			65°F	3 ft
41038 - ILM2 - 5 miles SE of Wrightsville Beach, NC	24 mi	72 min	WNW 16 G 21	47°F	66°F		1013.9 hPa
WLON7	29 mi	32 min					1015.4 hPa
41037 - ILM3 - 27 miles SE of Wrightsville Beach, NC	33 mi	72 min	WNW 23 G 29	51°F	71°F		1014.3 hPa
41159	34 mi	50 min			75°F	9 ft
41064	34 mi	72 min	NW 23 G 31	53°F	74°F		1013.3 hPa
BFTN7 - 8656483 - Beaufort, NC	48 mi	32 min	WNW 9.9 G 18	46°F	61°F		1014.7 hPa

Wind History for Wrightsville Beach, NC

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Airport Reports

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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 (5,6,7,8)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Morehead City, NC

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