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Marine Weather and Tides Myrtle Grove, NC Version 3.4

NOTICE 8/26/2020 The 7 day forecast is taking about 5 seconds to load but it will eventually load. NOAA is still working on it. 8/18/2020 NOAA continues to have trouble. Wind guest will occasionally be left off graphs. I am working with NOAA to resolve the issue. 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 7:13AM

Sunset 5:33PM

Friday January 22, 2021 8:32 PM EST (01:32 UTC)

Moonrise 12:42PM

Moonset 1:48AM

Illumination 72%

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 Myrtle Grove, NC

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Area Discussion for - Wilmington, NC

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FXUS62 KILM 222236 AFDILM

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington NC 536 PM EST Fri Jan 22 2021

SYNOPSIS. Building high pressure will bring a drying and cooling trend into the weekend. Another low pressure system will bring clouds and occasional rain on Monday, followed by another system later in the week.

NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/. Forecast soundings show a drying in the low to mid levels through evening but cirrus level moisture lingering until 00z. Thereafter deeper layer drying occurs as surface boundary sinks off to our south in zonal flow for completely clear sky for much of the night. CAA ongoing but in a very tempered fashion resulting in fairly seasonable lows. Cloudless sky to continue Saturday but with slightly bolstered CAA behind a weak shortwave. Pair this with weak mixing and temperatures take a chilly turn to the tune of about a category/5 degrees. Good but not idealized radiational cooling Saturday night (possibly a few knots of wind as well as a few predawn clouds AOA 3 km) should support low temperatures that are 5 degrees cooler than tonight's lows.

SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/. Considerable changes from the beginning of the short term period, early Sunday morning, to the end of the period, later Monday. Initially cold high pressure will be overhead providing ideal radiational conditions for a cold start, below freezing for most areas. The high will drift offshore as a complex frontal system takes shape to the southwest and moves across Monday afternoon. Guidance has shifted ever so slightly to the main forcing and precipitation shield southward so pops have been incrementally increased. Highs will go from the lower 50s Sunday to the lower to middle 60s Monday with lows Monday morning in the lower 40s or so.

LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/. Changeable conditions for the extended period as well as a cold front associated with the system Monday moves across late Tuesday. Before this a very warm day is in store Tuesday with most if not all areas seeing highs in the 70s. Even the laggard SuperBlend guidance is on board now but grudgingly still cooler than the guidance from the global models. Temperatures Wednesday and Thursday revert quickly to near or below normal. Finally a system with varying solutions moves across Thursday. Maintained the chance pops for this time.

AVIATION /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/. VFR for area terminals over the next 24 hours with light south winds shifting to the northwest. Occasional gusts possible to 15-20kts Saturday afternoon ending after sunset.

Extended Outlook . VFR through Sunday. Worsening flight conditions expected Monday with rain, low clouds, and periodically reduced visibility. Another system mid to late week will bring reduced flight conditions.

MARINE. Through Saturday Night . A N to NW cold advection regime tonight, something that can often be supportive of advisory-worthy conditions in the cool season. And while a small portion of the forecast zones may deteriorate that far late tonight/Saturday morning it appears to be quite a bit less than over half of the 20nm zones, meaning no flags at this time. The evening/overnight crew can certainly reassess. Interestingly later Saturday despite a stronger sense of cool advection the overall gradient weakens allowing for a continuation of sub-advisory conditions, though less experienced mariners may well wait for a quieter day. The gradient and resulting winds will already commence an abating trend Saturday night. Sunday through Wednesday . A northeast flow initially will quickly transition to a return/onshore flow later Sunday as high pressure moves offshore. Later Monday into the day Tuesday a more significant southwest flow develops. This flow could see speeds in a 20-25 knot range for a period of time. This will allow seas to possibly build into headline criteria as well. By midweek an offshore flow is back in place which serves to dampen the seas also.

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

SYNOPSIS . ILM NEAR TERM . mbB SHORT TERM . SHK LONG TERM . SHK AVIATION . MCK MARINE . mbB/SHK

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
MBIN7	2 mi	32 min	WSW 2.9 G 2.9	50°F			1013.9 hPa (+1.3)
NOXN7 - North Carolina Reserve, NC	3 mi	107 min	W 4.1	51°F			994 hPa	36°F
41110 - Masonboro Inlet, NC	6 mi	25 min			54°F	2 ft
41038 - ILM2 - 5 miles SE of Wrightsville Beach, NC	6 mi	24 min	W 12 G 16	50°F	54°F		1014.8 hPa
JMPN7 - 8658163 - Johnny Mercer Pier, Wrightsville Beach, NC	7 mi	44 min		51°F	52°F		1014.4 hPa
WLON7	10 mi	44 min		47°F	47°F		1015 hPa
41037 - ILM3 - 27 miles SE of Wrightsville Beach, NC	26 mi	24 min		55°F	57°F
41108	29 mi	92 min			55°F	2 ft
41024 - Sunset Nearshore (SUN 2)	39 mi	24 min	W 7.8 G 7.8	48°F	53°F		1015.4 hPa
41013 - Frying Pan Shoals, NC Buoy	46 mi	32 min	W 5.8 G 5.8		61°F		1014.5 hPa (+1.0)
41064	47 mi	84 min	W 12 G 19	57°F	62°F		1014.3 hPa
41159	47 mi	36 min			62°F	3 ft

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
Wilmington International Airport, NC	13 mi	39 min	SW 3	10.00 mi	Fair	48°F	37°F	66%	1015 hPa
Brunswick County Airport, NC	18 mi	37 min	SW 3	10.00 mi	Fair	49°F	42°F	76%	1015.2 hPa

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Tide / Current Tables for Masonboro Inlet, North Carolina

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Tide / Current Tables for Wilmington Beach, North Carolina

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