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Marine Weather and Tides Carolina Beach, NC Version 3.4

NOTICE 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 6:35AM

Sunset 7:55PM

Tuesday August 20, 2019 11:51 AM EDT (15:51 UTC)

Moonrise 9:54PM

Moonset 10:01AM

Illumination 75%

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 Carolina Beach, NC

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Area Discussion for - Wilmington, NC

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Fxus62 kilm 201320 afdilm area forecast discussion national weather service wilmington nc 920 am edt Tue aug 20 2019 Synopsis Bermuda high and piedmont trough, typical of summertime, will persist thru Friday with scattered showers and thunderstorms possible each afternoon and evening. A cold front will drop southward into the area Friday, stalling across the area for much of the upcoming weekend and producing scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms. Update No major changes necessary with this forecast update. Near term through Wednesday Another repeat of yesterday except for a better chance for convection inland and later in the day and evening. Locations across the central and western carolinas look to be more active than yesterday with some of this convection migrating eastward to the ilm CWA to the i-95 corridor. This activity will be slow to dissipate and could see activity ongoing after midnight Wed but overall should be in a dissipating stage given the loss of heating and some stabilization. MAX temps today will nearly be normal for this time of the year. Tonights lows will remain above normal with widespread 70s. For wed, model consensus indicates a better chance for convection along the sea breeze then what occurred during the preceding 2 days. Models upstream late Tue indicate a mcc MCS that will push southeastward, reaching the appalachian mountains early Wed and if still together after crossing them, could affect the ilm CWA during daylight wed. Will indicate pops hier Wed when compared to tue. Wed temps will run 1 to 3 degrees hier than Tue which makes it slightly hier than the norm. Short term Wednesday night through Thursday night Conditions will remain steady state for the short term period, Wednesday night through Friday morning. Good chance pops reside over the area via the sea breeze and to some extend height falls with the approaching mid level trough. A subtle piedmont trough will be a player as well. Highs show a similar stable trend with values in the upper 80s to lower to middle 90s or so. Lows remain in the steamy 70s. Long term Friday through Monday Unsettled period in store for the extended the question is for how long. Guidance is mixed on the southern extent of a cold front, the main catalyst for the unsettled conditions, for the latter part of the weekend. The ECMWF shows a wetter scenario based on handling of a system drifting north across the gulf of mexico. Overall we have maintained a slow drying trend from north to south late in the period with really no dry periods. Temperature guidance forecast remains unchanged.

Aviation 13z Tuesday through Saturday PredominantlyVFR this TAF period. With bermuda high offshore, typical summertime pattern today with isolated storms possible along sea breeze this afternoon. Scattered high clouds throughout TAF period being advected from the southwest, with scattered diurnal cumulus this afternoon. Low pressure currently along the sc ga border will migrate northeastward throughout the day, and may bring rain to inland terminals after sunset tonight. South- southwest winds through tomorrow, with higher winds around 10kts along the coast with sea breeze this afternoon. Extended... MainlyVFR thru Thu with brief MVFR ifr periods each day due to aftn evening convection and fog and or stratus around daybreak. A cold front will drop south and stall across the region Fri thru sat. This will lead to an increase in tsra coverage with MVFR ifr conditions possible at any time of the day or night. Marine Today thru wed: the sfc ridge axis extending from the bermuda high will extend onshore across southern sc today. The ridge axis will drop southward and onshore in the vicinity of ga and florida by late wed. The sfc pg will be conducive to 10 to 15 kt speeds today and again into Wed with progs indicating some pinching of the gradient late Wed and especially Wed night. Nearshore both days, an active and inland progressing sea breeze will result in s winds around 15 kt each aftn and early evening. Significant seas will hold around 3 ft with some 4 footers by late Wed across the nc waters. Wind driven 3 to 5 second period wind-waves chop will dominate each aftn thru early evening, especially near shore. At all other times, a SE swell around 9 second periods will be the more dominant. Wed night thru sat: south to southwest winds of 10-15 knots will continue for the first part of the short and long term periods. Guidance is still trending toward a frontal passage basically Saturday with a northeast flow ensuing. As would be expected the flow is modest with speeds remaining in the 10-15 knot range. Significant seas will be 2- 3 feet with some four footers possibly sprinkled in. Ilm watches warnings advisories Sc... None. Nc... None. Marine... None. Synopsis... Shk update... Mas near term... Dch short term... Shk long term... Shk aviation... Vao marine... Dch shk

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
41038 - ILM2 - 5 miles SE of Wrightsville Beach, NC	12 mi	44 min	W 5.8 G 9.7	83°F	83°F		1020.9 hPa
41110 - Masonboro Inlet, NC	12 mi	42 min			84°F	2 ft
JMPN7 - 8658163 - Johnny Mercer Pier, Wrightsville Beach, NC	14 mi	58 min	WSW 8 G 11	85°F	84°F		1020.7 hPa
WLON7	14 mi	58 min		87°F	85°F		1021.3 hPa
41108	22 mi	52 min			85°F	2 ft
41037 - ILM3 - 27 miles SE of Wrightsville Beach, NC	29 mi	44 min	W 7.8 G 12	81°F	85°F		1021.3 hPa
41024 - Sunset Nearshore (SUN 2)	33 mi	44 min	WSW 7.8 G 12	82°F	85°F		1021.5 hPa
41119	34 mi	92 min			85°F	2 ft
41013 - Frying Pan Shoals, NC Buoy	42 mi	42 min	SW 3.9 G 5.8	83°F	83°F		1021.2 hPa	77°F

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	57 min	SW 7	10.00 mi	Fair	87°F	73°F	65%	1021.3 hPa
Wilmington International Airport, NC	17 mi	59 min	WSW 9	10.00 mi	Fair	87°F	73°F	63%	1021.1 hPa

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Tide / Current Tables for Wilmington Beach, North Carolina

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Tide / Current Tables for Campbell Island, North Carolina

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Weather Map and Satellite Images

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Wind Forecast for Wilmington, NC (11,2,3,4)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Wilmington, NC

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