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Station FBIS1 - Folly Island, SC Image indicating link to RSS feed of recent meteorological observations for station FBIS1

Owned and maintained by National Data Buoy Center
C-MAN Station
MARS payload
32.685 N 79.888 W (32°41'6" N 79°53'18" W)

Site elevation: 3 m above mean sea level
Air temp height: 6.7 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 9.8 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: 4.6 m above mean sea level

Right whales are active off SC from November to April. Speed restrictions of 10 knots apply to vessels 65 feet or greater within the vicinity of this station between November 1 and April 30.  It is illegal to approach right whales within 500 yards. To learn more about right whales and rules protecting them, go to: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/shipstrike.

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Station FBIS1
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Conditions at FBIS1 as of
(10:00 am EDT)
1400 GMT on 05/18/2021:
     

Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation.
5-day plot - Wind Direction Wind Direction (WDIR): NE ( 50 deg true )
5-day plot - Wind Speed Wind Speed (WSPD): 15 kts
5-day plot - Wind Gust Wind Gust (GST): 17 kts
5-day plot - Atmospheric Pressure Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 30.33 in
5-day plot - Pressure Tendency Pressure Tendency (PTDY): +0.05 in ( Rising )
5-day plot - Air Temperature Air Temperature (ATMP): 71.8 °F
5-day plot - Wind Speed at 10 Meters Wind Speed at 10 meters (WSPD10M): 16 kts
5-day plot - Wind Speed at 10 Meters Wind Speed at 20 meters (WSPD20M): 16 kts
5-day plot - Wind Speed, Wind Gust and Atmospheric Pressure Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure
Continuous Winds
TIME
(EDT)		 5-day plot - Wind Direction WDIR 5-day plot - Wind Speed WSPD
10:00 amNE ( 50 deg ) 15 kts
9:50 amNE ( 52 deg ) 14 kts
9:40 amNE ( 52 deg ) 13 kts
9:30 amNE ( 46 deg ) 13 kts
9:20 amNE ( 45 deg ) 14 kts
9:10 amNE ( 48 deg ) 14 kts
  
Peak gust during the measurement hour
TIME
(EDT)		 5-day plot - Gust Direction GDR 5-day plot - Gust Speed GST
9:58 amNE ( 50 deg ) 17 kts
Previous observations
5-day plot - Wind Direction 5-day plot - Wind Speed 5-day plot - Wind Gust 5-day plot - Wave Height 5-day plot - Dominant Wave Period 5-day plot - Average Period 5-day plot - Mean Wave Direction 5-day plot - Atmospheric Pressure 5-day plot - Pressure Tendency 5-day plot - Air Temperature 5-day plot - Water Temperature 5-day plot - Dew Point 5-day plot - Salinity 5-day plot - Visibility 5-day plot - Tide (above MLLW)
MM DD TIME
(EDT)		 WDIR WSPD
kts		 GST
kts		 WVHT
ft		 DPD
sec		 APD
sec		 MWD PRES
in		 PTDY
in		 ATMP
°F		 WTMP
°F		 DEWP
°F		 SAL
psu		 VIS
nmi		 TIDE
ft
0518 9:00 am NE 15 16----30.32+0.08 71.4-----
0518 8:00 am NE 12 14----30.30+0.06 71.2-----
0518 7:00 amENE 8 9----30.27+0.04 70.9-----
0518 6:00 am E 9 10----30.24+0.00 71.4-----
0518 5:00 am E 9 10----30.24-0.01 71.1-----
0518 4:00 am E 8 9----30.24-0.02 71.2-----
0518 3:00 am E 8 9----30.24-0.02 71.4-----
0518 2:00 amESE 7 8----30.25-0.02 71.6-----
0518 1:00 am E 9 10----30.26+0.00 71.6-----
051812:00 am E 9 10----30.26+0.02 72.0-----
051711:00 pm E 10 11----30.27+0.03 71.8-----
051710:00 pm E 11 12----30.25+0.01 71.8-----
0517 9:00 pm E 11 12----30.24+0.01 71.8-----
0517 8:00 pm E 12 14----30.24+0.00 71.8-----
0517 7:00 pm E 11 12----30.24-0.01 71.8-----
0517 6:00 pm E 11 13----30.24-0.03 72.0-----
0517 5:00 pmENE 10 10----30.24-0.02 72.9-----
0517 4:00 pm E 10 11----30.25-0.02 72.9-----
0517 3:00 pm E 9 11----30.26-0.02 72.9-----
0517 2:00 pm E 11 12----30.27-0.02 73.2-----
0517 1:00 pmENE 8 10----30.27-0.01 73.4-----
051712:00 pm E 9 11----30.28+0.00 73.8-----
051711:00 am NE 6 7----30.29+0.03 73.9-----

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