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Marine Weather and Tides Calabash, NC Version 3.4

NOTICE 10/9/2019 Updated the Marine Zones. 9/4/2019 Fixed the weather maps due to NOAA moving them. 7/25/2019 New feature in the Airports section gives a link to 5 minute updates for data reports. 6/2/2019. Many thanks to a user for reporting an error on one of the Edit pages. The switch to PHP 7.2 caused many pages that previously worked to quit working. I fixed many but I still depend on users to report ones I missed. Please report errors HERE or send an email to me at L-36.com. Allen

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Sunrise 7:19AM

Sunset 6:43PM

Tuesday October 15, 2019 6:53 AM EDT (10:53 UTC)

Moonrise 7:03PM

Moonset 7:46AM

Illumination 97%

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 150803 afdilm area forecast discussion national weather service wilmington nc 403 am edt Tue oct 15 2019 Synopsis Clouds will increase and thicken through today as a warm front begins to lift north over the area, leading to rain tonight into Wednesday. Unseasonably cool weather will arrive Thursday as high pressure builds in Thursday and Friday. Temperatures will warm through the weekend as the high shifts offshore. Near term through Wednesday A quiet weather day today, will be partially muddled by high cloud passage off a wet southern stream system laid out across the gulf states this morning. Recent satellite passes with precipitable water sensing arrays, show an axis if 2.2 inch pwat values from louisiana to the western tip of the florida panhandle. Much of this will pass south of our area during the next 24 hours, where risks of excessive rain prevail. As the steering flow backs Wednesday, the higher pwat content will be pulled across the area ahead of a cold front. QPF is uncertain because of the expected disorganized nature of the rain areas and convection. The coastal zones should have more exposure to the moisture stream, and am expecting 3 4-1.25 inches coast, to 1 2 inch farther inland. Low-end cape, dewpoint rises into the 60s, and moderate effective shear could result in an isolated rumble, but mainly rain and showers expected. Filtered sunshine and a seasonably cool start should hold most max- ts in the 70s today. Southerly flow and periods of rain will result in 70s again on Wednesday. Short term Wednesday night through Thursday night A change in air mass will arrive Wed night into thurs. Any lingering pcp or clouds Wed eve will move rapidly off to the east leading to clearing skies and much cooler and drier weather for thurs as high pressure builds in. A deep NW flow will advect plenty of dry and cool air into the carolinas. Pcp water values will down near .35 inches by thurs morning. The 850 temps will drop about 10c by thurs aftn in deep cold advection. Bright oct sunshine will not be enough to offset the caa, leaving high temps below 70 most places. Overall expect cool and dry high pressure to settle over the carolinas. Enough cool air will advect in Wed night to bring overnight lows down below 50 most places, but thurs night should drop into the mid 40s most places. Long term Friday through Monday High pressure will be migrating overhead through Friday before shifting offshore late Sat into sun. The cold and dry air mass will modify by the end of the weekend as a southerly return flow sets up. Therefore temps running below normal at the start of the weekend will warm above normal by early next week. Decent radiational cooling will give way to another night in the 40s while daytime highs will be reaching near 70. By the end of the

weekend, temps will be up near 80 for highs and in the 60s for lows. Sunny days will give way to increasing clouds and chc of pcp Sun night into Mon as warm air starts to ride up and over the shallow cooler air in place as warm front coastal trough Aviation 06z Tuesday through Saturday Vfr, except patches of fog near the coast through 11z. Light veering wind today. Clouds increase overnight due to upstream warm front, butVFR through 6z tonight. Virga late in TAF cycle may induce moderate turbulence at times. Extended outlook... Ifr MVFR conditions Tuesday night through Wednesday with an improvement to cooler and drier conditions and vfr through the remainder of the period. Marine A warm frontal system will bring worsening marine conditions, but not until Wednesday. For today NE winds will lighten and veer to se late today and tonight. Rain in reduced visibility and increasing winds, will overspread the waters Wednesday and a small craft advisory has been raised for ssw gusts to 25 kt and 6-7 foot seas offshore. Wind-seas will dominate the wave spectrum Wednesday, making for hazardously steep waves. Visibility may be reduced to below 1 nm at times Wednesday in heavy rain. Isolated tstms possible. Strong CAA in gusty offshore winds behind cold front, should keep seas in the 3 to 5 ft range. The offshore flow will keep greatest seas in the outer waters and may have enough 6 fters to create a marginal SCA through Wed night. Gradient relaxes as high pressure builds in from the west. Speeds drop to 10 kt or less later Thu with offshore flow slowly become onshore Fri into sat. Seas build from 2 to 3 ft Tue night to 4 to 6 ft on wed. Offshore flow Wed night into Thu will drop seas for the end of the week. Seas will be a mix of 4 to 5 sec wind wave, with a northerly wind wave Thu through sat. Tides coastal flooding Minor tidal flooding requires an advisory for the lower CAPE fear river with this late morning's high tide. This to include downtown wilmington, and the battleship park grounds across the way. Ilm watches warnings advisories Sc... None. Nc... Coastal flood advisory from 10 am this morning to noon edt today for ncz107. Marine... Small craft advisory from noon Wednesday to noon edt Thursday for amz250-252-254-256. Synopsis... Ilm near term... Mjc short term... Rgz long term... Rgz aviation... Mjc 08 marine... Mjc rgz

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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	45 min	NNE 7.8 G 9.7	67°F	75°F		1019.4 hPa
41119	5 mi	63 min			75°F	1 ft
MROS1 - 8661070 - Springmaid Pier, SC	23 mi	53 min		65°F
41108	31 mi	53 min			76°F	2 ft
WLON7	41 mi	53 min		60°F	75°F		1019.3 hPa (+0.8)
JMPN7 - 8658163 - Johnny Mercer Pier, Wrightsville Beach, NC	48 mi	53 min	N 5.1 G 6	65°F	75°F		1018.7 hPa (+0.7)
NIWS1 - North Inlet-Winyah Bay Reserve, SC	48 mi	68 min	NNW 1.9	63°F			1018 hPa	60°F
41038 - ILM2 - 5 miles SE of Wrightsville Beach, NC	49 mi	45 min	NNE 9.7 G 16	72°F	76°F		1018.8 hPa
41110 - Masonboro Inlet, NC	49 mi	43 min			76°F	2 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	60 min	N 3	10.00 mi	Fair	60°F	57°F	93%	1018.9 hPa
Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, SC	22 mi	57 min	N 3	10.00 mi	Fair	60°F	57°F	93%	1019.2 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, South Carolina

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

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Ground Weather Radar Station Wilmington, NC

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