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Marine Weather and Tides Holly Ridge, 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 6:06AM

Sunset 8:25PM

Tuesday July 14, 2020 11:26 AM EDT (15:26 UTC)

Moonrise 12:34AM

Moonset 1:57PM

Illumination 32%

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 Holly Ridge, NC

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Area Discussion for - Wilmington, NC

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FXUS62 KILM 141404 AFDILM

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington NC 1000 AM EDT Tue Jul 14 2020

SYNOPSIS. A ridge of high pressure will build over the area through the week, maintaining hot and humid weather along with isolated thunderstorms. Storms could increase in coverage again this weekend, as the ridge flattens and brings the storm track a little closer to the area.

UPDATE/. No changes to the forecast.

NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/. Slightly drier air has built into the Carolinas the wake of yesterday's convection and weak surface cold front now stalling just off the coast. The bigger changes have actually occurred aloft where the atmosphere is now sharply drier and a little warmer due to subsidence downstream of an upper ridge building in from the west. From a thermodynamic standpoint these changes should limit the coverage and intensity of any convection today as rising parcels will contend with a cap 10-20kft aloft and very dry air above 700 millibars. I'm only forecasting a slight chance (20 percent) of a shower or t-storm today in a few spots (seabreeze zone and Sandhills) with dry weather prevailing elsewhere. Highs should again rise into the 90s almost everywhere with heat indices 100+ degrees.

Mostly clear and quiet tonight with lows 73-77. A little stronger onshore wind on Wednesday may keep temperatures down a couple of degrees versus today, however dewpoints in the 70s will still produce heat indices near 100 degrees. Only isolated showers or storms are possible Wednesday despite a little more Atlantic moisture since the upper ridge will be located almost directly overhead.

SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/. The story for the short term will be a brief push of slightly cooler and drier air from the northeast. Some highs in the upper 80s are actually showing p in the forecast for Thursday. The mid levels will be very dry and generally hostile to convection although some sea breeze isolated activity cannot be ruled out.

LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/. After a very brief and somewhat isolated reprieve from the summertime doldrums hot and humid conditions return for the extended period. Trends are for the East to West oriented mid level ridge to control conditions through about Saturday or so, a little longer than previous cycles. Overall for the forecast the storyline of increasing pops remains intact incorporating the recent trend. As for temperatures, perhaps a slight cooling trend late in the period with the increase in moisture but overall heat index values will continue to merit a look see each afternoon.

AVIATION /12Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/. Due to dry air aloft, convection will be much less today, possibly only CU formation. Southwest flow today with temperatures climbing to around 90.

Extended Outlook . Brief MVFR/IFR conditions possible in scattered diurnal convection, however coverage should be 20 percent or less each day.

MARINE. A weak front stalling off the coast this morning should lead to light northeast winds. However this afternoon's seabreeze should veer winds more directly onshore. Speeds should remain 10 kt or less. By Wednesday high pressure building down the East Coast from New England will establish a little better synoptic gradient and east winds should average 10 kt. There's still a southeast fresh swell at 7 seconds period that will be our dominant wave group today. Wave heights measured by buoys around 4 feet this morning should slowly decrease throughout the day, and will average only 2 feet by late tonight into Wednesday.

A very subtle northeast flow will be in place for a few hours shifting quickly to southeast via the sea breeze and synoptic conditions. This flow will be in place through about Saturday with more of a southwest flow developing later in the weekend into early next week as the Piedmont Trough becomes a bit more prominent. Still wind speeds should be ten knots or so at most with maybe a slight increase early next week. Significant seas will be mostly in a 2-3 ft narrow range.


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

SYNOPSIS . ILM NEAR TERM . TRA SHORT TERM . SHK LONG TERM . SHK AVIATION . 43 MARINE . TRA/SHK

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
JMPN7 - 8658163 - Johnny Mercer Pier, Wrightsville Beach, NC	21 mi	87 min			81°F
41038 - ILM2 - 5 miles SE of Wrightsville Beach, NC	25 mi	79 min	N 7.8 G 12	79°F	83°F		1014.9 hPa
41110 - Masonboro Inlet, NC	25 mi	50 min			83°F	3 ft
WLON7	26 mi	87 min			83°F
41037 - ILM3 - 27 miles SE of Wrightsville Beach, NC	37 mi	79 min	NNE 7.8 G 9.7	81°F	84°F		1015.1 hPa
41064	40 mi	79 min	NNE 5.8 G 7.8	82°F	84°F		1014.8 hPa
41159	40 mi	61 min			84°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
MCAS New River, NC	17 mi	91 min	NNE 4	10.00 mi	Fair	82°F	71°F	69%	1015.2 hPa
Wilmington International Airport, NC	22 mi	94 min	N 7	10.00 mi	Fair	84°F	71°F	65%	1015 hPa
Jacksonville, Albert J Ellis Airport, NC	23 mi	91 min	N 3	10.00 mi	Fair	82°F	73°F	77%	1016 hPa

Link to 5 minute data for KNCA

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Tide / Current Tables for Ocean City Beach (fishing pier), North Carolina

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Tide / Current Tables for New Topsail Inlet, North Carolina

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Weather Map

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

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Ground Weather Radar Station Morehead City, NC

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