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Marine Weather and Tides Carolina Beach, 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 6:55AM

Sunset 7:34PM

Thursday April 2, 2020 8:28 PM EDT (00:28 UTC)

Moonrise 12:30PM

Moonset 2:17AM

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 022316 AFDILM

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington NC 716 PM EDT Thu Apr 2 2020

SYNOPSIS. High pressure will build in from the north for the remainder of the week and into the weekend. A warmup will begin next week as it shifts offshore. Some late week rain chances could materialize with the arrival of a weak front.

NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/. If you're a fan of sunny spring weather where crisp mornings transition into mild afternoons with climbing sun angle, then the days upcoming you will not want to miss. The clear skies and dry air will highly promote efficiency in radiational cooling, and patchy frost was inserted from Red Springs to St Paul to Jerome to Ammon to Wallace, sites running along the very northern tier of the SE corner of NC, where upper 30s are forecast. Frost was reported this morning in Red Springs.

From frost to fire, hallmark signatures of spring, and Friday seems to capture this essence, following a chilly start, relative humidity will dip to 24-29 percent most areas Friday afternoon, co-joined with gusty NW winds. This brings an elevated fire danger, and even though the ground remains soggy in spots, fine fuels and grasses will become capable of fire spread, as they are quick to dry.

Subsident drying lowers in the column Friday, so we may not see any clouds other than thin cirrus, unlike today where residual 850 mb vapor cooked up some afternoon cumulus. Dewpoints will lower into Friday lending to drier conditions, with 10-meter winds a few knots stronger tomorrow.

SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/. A fairly weak gradient in place through the short term with local light northerly winds still arguably from the stalled nor'easter, at least initially. Saturday night a small/weak high builds in from the north turn flow slightly more onshore. The end result is near full sunshine on Saturday yet highs a few degrees below climo and a few clouds developing overnight with seasonable temps.

LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/. A flat ridge builds to our west beginning on Sunday but surface high pressure will be slow to form making our warmup a gradual one at first. Pressures do rise offshore on Monday however making for a more substantial boost to the warmth. The ridge aloft seems to weaken late in the period allowing a weak frontal boundary to drop into the area. The forecast will continue to show a gradual increase of POPs that overall do tend to remain low given the lack of any deep layer forcing while temperatures remain elevated above climo.

AVIATION /23Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/. VFR through the 00Z TAF period. Winds diminish this evening, however they should stay up enough to keep fog at bay. Friday, more of the same with dry wx and sunny skies.

Extended Outlook . VFR conditions through the weekend. Flight restrictions possible for the early to mid week portion of next week.

MARINE. No Small Craft Advisories are needed this period, but conditions will be bumpy tonight and Friday with gusts to 20 kt common, because high pressure drops into Tennessee, and tightens the pressure gradient with the large oceanic low positioned offshore NE of the local waters. Caution is advised as choppy 4 feet seas form tonight in the blustery offshore wind. Inshore seas will likely be far more tranquil, but the 20 kt gusts will still be present throughout. The sea spectrum will be made up of offshore NW-N wind-sea every 3- 5 seconds, mixed with ENE waves 1-2 feet every 12-13 seconds, as back-swell from the mammoth low send back low amplitude ripples our way. Friday will maintain 20 kt gusts much of the day and caution is advised. Winds will begin an easing trend mid to late afternoon of Friday.

Increasingly light NE winds Saturday into Sunday as nor'easter finally starts to pull away and a weak high builds in from the north. There will still be some backswell from this system but most of it will stay outside of our 20nm forecast zones. In fact spectral wave bulletins show a 12-13 second wave for the entire forecast period being the dominant wave as the light winds will not generate a significant component to the dominant sea state. High pressure moves off the coast on Monday turning the wind to the SW.

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

SYNOPSIS . ILM NEAR TERM . 08 SHORT TERM . mbB LONG TERM . mbB AVIATION . 08/MAS MARINE . MJC/MBB

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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	80 min	NW 14 G 19	63°F	62°F		1011.9 hPa
41110 - Masonboro Inlet, NC	12 mi	48 min			62°F	3 ft
JMPN7 - 8658163 - Johnny Mercer Pier, Wrightsville Beach, NC	14 mi	58 min	NW 5.1 G 8	63°F	61°F		1011.7 hPa
WLON7	14 mi	58 min		62°F	65°F		1012.3 hPa
41108	22 mi	58 min			63°F	3 ft
41037 - ILM3 - 27 miles SE of Wrightsville Beach, NC	29 mi	80 min	W 7.8 G 14		65°F		1011.4 hPa
41024 - Sunset Nearshore (SUN 2)	33 mi	80 min	NW 12 G 16	64°F	62°F		1012.9 hPa
41119	34 mi	68 min			62°F	1 ft
41013 - Frying Pan Shoals, NC Buoy	42 mi	38 min	WNW 16 G 21	64°F	70°F	4 ft	1012.8 hPa	46°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	73 min	WNW 7 G 15	10.00 mi	Fair	63°F	35°F	36%	1012.9 hPa
Wilmington International Airport, NC	17 mi	3.6 hrs	NW 12	10.00 mi	Fair	67°F	33°F	29%	1011.8 hPa

Link to 5 minute data for KSUT

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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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Wind Forecast for Wilmington, NC (20,4,5,8)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Wilmington, NC

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