North Inlet Winyah Bay WeatherNIWS1
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.2 mi away/-3 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/South Carolina/Cape San Roman Beach
Coming up. Tomorrow is 16 degrees cooler: a high of 68° after 84° today.
Now. Cape San Roman Beach is 70° and mostly clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south-southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 64° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 72°, and the coolest Sunday, near 62°. Rain is possible tomorrow (43%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:42 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:54 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Cape San Roman Beach, South Carolina.
Air quality
Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Myrtle Beach-Conway (SC), 42 miles off.
Yesterday measured 48, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing SW 233°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: low
The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.
A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.
The surf zone forecast for Coastal Georgetown, and the waves at buoy 41004, 49.6 mi away.
Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 11:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ESE (108°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 7 s | ESE (123°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 7 s | SE (138°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | SE (124°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 7 s | SE (130°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 7 s | SE (138°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 7 s | SE (130°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 7 s | SE (126°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | SE (136°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (122°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | SE (129°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (120°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (122°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (118°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | SE (131°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | SE (130°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (117°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 7 s | SE (132°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 7 s | ESE (119°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | SE (125°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (110°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (116°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (114°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (107°) |
Coastal Georgetown, including Murrells Inlet, Litchfield Beach, Pawleys Island, and Debordieu Beach. Issued 7:33 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Low |
| Surf height | 1 foot | 1 foot |
| Water temperature | In the upper 70s | - |
| UV index | High | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Waterspout risk | Low | None |
| Weather | Sunny. Patchy fog early | Partly sunny. A chance of showers |
| High temperature | In the lower 80s | In the upper 60s |
| Winds | Southwest winds around 5 mph, becoming south 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon | Breezy. North winds 20 to 25 mph |
| Remarks | Moderate south to north longshore current | Strong north to south longshore current |
| Tides | Winyah Bay EntranceHigh, 12:13 PM | Winyah Bay EntranceLow, 6:14 AMHigh, 1:04 PM |
The 6 instruments nearest Cape San Roman Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
North Inlet Winyah Bay WeatherNIWS1
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.2 mi away/-3 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
GeorgetownGGE
At an airfield/10.2 mi away/39 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
McClellanville 7 NE03728
At a climate reference station/11.2 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Citizen station GW6442GW6442
In a volunteer observer's own ground/37.3 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Georgetown 10.7 SSESC-GT-65
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
North Inlet Winyah Bay WeatherNIWS1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.2 mi away/-3 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.