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Marine Weather and Tides Calabash, NC Version 3.4

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Sunrise 7:08AM

Sunset 5:08PM

Wednesday December 11, 2019 5:29 PM EST (22:29 UTC)

Moonrise 4:54PM

Moonset 6:24AM

Illumination 100%

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 Calabash, NC

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Area Discussion for - Wilmington, NC

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FXUS62 KILM 111953 AFDILM

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington NC 253 PM EST Wed Dec 11 2019

SYNOPSIS. High pressure will bring a chilly period through Thursday. A coastal trough and wave of low pressure will bring rain late Friday through Saturday morning. High pressure will then give way to a cold front on Tuesday.

NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/. The weather for the next 36 hours will be dominated by high pressure behind a cold frontal passage that brought a big temperature change and gusty winds to the Cape Fear region. Highs this afternoon under cold air advection will range from the upper 40s to the lower 50s, which is between 5 and 10 degrees below normal and between 20 and 30 degrees below yesterdays maximum afternoon temperatures. As strong high pressure to the north moves eastward, the surface pressure gradient will allow for gusty winds up to 30 mph at times today and tonight. The wind direction will shift from the northwest to the northeast as the high pressure moves eastward Thursday and winds should relax a bit, although gusts could still reach into the 20 mph range at times Friday afternoon and evening.

SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/. A good dose of warm advection-induced rain to spread across the area late Friday. The better dynamics come Friday night but it appears they will lag the deep moisture. With this lack of phasing and poor deep layer lapse rates convection may be hard to come by, even the elevated variety. Near seasonable highs on Friday will not fall much Friday night in the ongoing warm advection.

LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/. Rain may linger a bit into Saturday even though the deep moisture will be moving off the coast-the main vort max will still be crossing the area. Dry air moves in Saturday night. By Sunday any weak cool advection will be offset by the return of sunshine and a fairly seasonable weekend is expected. Warm and moist advection spread west-to-east on Monday first only leading to increasing clouds but then rain chances. Tough to say when the latter materializes as it may be quite gradual and usually a bit slower than progged by models. Also, most of the WAA rain may stay north of the CWA and the best rain chances may come on Tuesday with cold frontal passage.

AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/. MVFR convective rolls from diurnal heating across our western areas, affecting KFLO, should clear out by 18z TAF time. Scattered to broken high clouds to linger into overnight hours before clearing out as high pressure builds into the region. Current northerly winds will die down by sunset, especially inland. Winds veer to northeasterly by tomorrow morning, with winds tomorrow 10-15 kts and gusts near 20 kts.

Extended Outlook . Another round of MVFR/IFR is possible Friday into Saturday as an area of low pressure moves by the coastal Carolinas. VFR expected Sunday and Monday.

MARINE. High pressure will keep things dry offshore, but a building pressure gradient offshore is expected to kick up north to northeast winds over the next 36 hours between 20 and 25 kts with gusts up to 30 kts at times. Significant wave heights between 5 and 7 feet are possible, especially beyond 10 NM. Wave trains from the southeast between 8 and 10 seconds and the north between 6 and 8 seconds. A small craft advisory remains in effect.

Winds and seas may dip below advisory thresholds on Friday as a coastal trough weakens the gradient. Surface low pressure moves up the coast Friday night and cold frontal passage expected to lead to a sharp turn to offshore flow soon thereafter on Saturday. The following cold air push may allow some 6 ft seas to once again necessitate an advisory, though it may be short-lived. Weakening winds and diminishing seas Sunday into early Monday as weak high moves off the coast. A return flow/southerly winds establishes itself by Monday.

ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. SC . None. NC . None. MARINE . Small Craft Advisory until 6 AM EST Saturday for AMZ250-252- 254-256.

SYNOPSIS . ILM NEAR TERM . MCK SHORT TERM . mbB LONG TERM . mbB AVIATION . VAO

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
41024 - Sunset Nearshore (SUN 2)	5 mi	81 min	N 14 G 19	51°F	56°F		1030.1 hPa
41119	5 mi	39 min			56°F	2 ft
MROS1 - 8661070 - Springmaid Pier, SC	23 mi	59 min		50°F
41108	31 mi	59 min			57°F	4 ft
WLON7	41 mi	59 min		49°F	53°F		1029.7 hPa
JMPN7 - 8658163 - Johnny Mercer Pier, Wrightsville Beach, NC	48 mi	59 min	N 11 G 13	49°F	57°F		1029 hPa
NIWS1 - North Inlet-Winyah Bay Reserve, SC	48 mi	104 min	N 8.9	54°F			1028 hPa	33°F
41038 - ILM2 - 5 miles SE of Wrightsville Beach, NC	49 mi	81 min	NNE 16 G 19	50°F	58°F		1028.9 hPa
41110 - Masonboro Inlet, NC	49 mi	49 min			58°F	3 ft

Wind History for Springmaid Pier, SC

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
North Myrtle Beach Grand Strand Airport, SC	9 mi	36 min	N 8	10.00 mi	Fair	50°F	28°F	43%	1030.4 hPa
Myrtle Beach International Airport, SC	22 mi	33 min	N 13	10.00 mi	Fair	50°F	24°F	36%	1030.4 hPa

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Tide / Current Tables for Dunn Sound, Little River Inlet, South Carolina

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Tide / Current Tables for Myrtle Beach Airport, ICWW, South Carolina

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Wind Forecast for Wilmington, NC (17,4,5,8)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Wilmington, NC

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