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Marine Weather and Tides Varnam, NC Version 3.4

NOTICE 12/16/2019 NOAA is having trouble with requests that include wind gusts. I am posting graphs without wind gusts until it gets fixed. 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.

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Sunrise 7:10AM

Sunset 5:38PM

Tuesday January 28, 2020 10:53 AM EST (15:53 UTC)

Moonrise 9:37AM

Moonset 9:14PM

Illumination 13%

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 Varnam, NC

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Area Discussion for - Wilmington, NC

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FXUS62 KILM 281417 AFDILM

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington NC 917 AM EST Tue Jan 28 2020

SYNOPSIS. Seasonable temperatures will dominate the Eastern Carolinas for much of this work week. Another quick moving system will bring a few showers early Thursday followed by a stronger system and better chance of rain later in the period.

UPDATE/. No changes to the forecast at this time.

NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/. Dry and quiet wx expected through the near term period as high pressure builds into the area from the W. Not much in the way of cloud cover today/tonight, as the entire column will be quite dry. Exception is Wed, when moisture increases around 700-500 mb ahead of a mid-level shortwave trough. Better moisture and lift will hold off until after the daytime period, so just advertising a dry forecast with increasing clouds Temps will be near normal. highs mainly in the mid 50s both days, with lows tonight in the low/mid 30s.

SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/. A quick moving mid level system will bring a chance of showers to the area for the short term period. The track is somewhat to the south and the higher pops reside in our South Carolina counties. No thunder is anticipated in our area with the system as well. Lows Thursday morning will be muted somewhat with the moisture in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Some insolation Thursday will match odds with modest cold air advection with highs in the 50s. Finally Friday morning will see middle 30s or so.

LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/. Still no model consensus on the system to affect the area late week into the weekend. The GFS remains the slower of the guidance with a later phasing system while the ECMWF is much more progressive and weaker with the mid level trough. Really the only changes made to this mornings forecast were to trim back pops incrementally late Saturday as even the slower GFS is a little faster. The temperature forecast remains intact with near seasonal values for the most part with a fairly decent warmup early next week without any significant cold air advection in the system's wake and prospects for a building ridge.

AVIATION /12Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/. Cold front has pushed offshore, with northerly winds expected today. Some ground fog will quickly mix out shortly after sunrise. Winds will diminish tonight, with some fog possible around 10Z.

Extended Outlook . Potential for MVFR conditions associated with rain chances Wednesday night, as a disturbance moves eastward across SC. More showers possible late Friday, otherwise VFR expected.

MARINE. Benign marine conditions continue through mid week as sfc high pressure slowly builds in from the W. ~15 kt NW winds this morning will drop to 5-10 kt this aftn, continuing at that magnitude tonight into Wed while slowly veering to the NE. Seas 1-3 ft due to weak wind waves and a 1 ft 10-11 second easterly swell.

A northeast flow will prevail across the waters for several days or at least until a front moves across this weekend with a westerly flow in its wake. Wind speeds aren't overwhelming with the highest values, on the upper end of a 10-15 knot range occurring Thursday. Significant seas will be representative of these wind fields with a range of 2-4 feet. There remains a possibility of a window of small craft seas late in the period depending on the evolution of the what is currently a low confidence system.

ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. SC . None. NC . None. MARINE . None.

SYNOPSIS . SHK NEAR TERM . MAS SHORT TERM . SHK LONG TERM . SHK AVIATION . 43 MARINE . MAS/SHK

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
41119	14 mi	63 min			53°F	1 ft
41024 - Sunset Nearshore (SUN 2)	14 mi	45 min	N 7.8 G 12	46°F	53°F		1017 hPa
SSBN7	14 mi	31 min				1 ft
41108	21 mi	53 min			53°F	2 ft
WLON7	25 mi	53 min		52°F	51°F		1015.8 hPa (+1.9)
JMPN7 - 8658163 - Johnny Mercer Pier, Wrightsville Beach, NC	31 mi	53 min	N 8.9 G 11	46°F	52°F		1015.2 hPa (+1.9)
41038 - ILM2 - 5 miles SE of Wrightsville Beach, NC	32 mi	45 min	NNE 9.7 G 16	45°F	53°F		1015.7 hPa
41110 - Masonboro Inlet, NC	32 mi	43 min			53°F	2 ft
MROS1 - 8661070 - Springmaid Pier, SC	40 mi	53 min		50°F
41013 - Frying Pan Shoals, NC Buoy	46 mi	33 min	NNE 16 G 21	50°F	64°F		1015.3 hPa	41°F
41037 - ILM3 - 27 miles SE of Wrightsville Beach, NC	48 mi	45 min	NNE 16 G 21	47°F	60°F		1016.1 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
Brunswick County Airport, NC	11 mi	58 min	N 7	10.00 mi	Fair	46°F	35°F	66%	1016.3 hPa

Link to 5 minute data for KSUT

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Tide / Current Tables for Holden Beach, North Carolina

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Tide / Current Tables for Shallotte Inlet (Bowen Point), North Carolina

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Wind Forecast for Wilmington, NC (10,2,3,4)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Wilmington, NC

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