Springmaid PierNDBC-MROS1
At a harbour/2.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/South Carolina/Lakewood Beach
Lakewood Beach, South Carolina
Beach in Horry County, South Carolina71°
84°/67°
Clear·
Feels like 71°·Light breeze 4 mph SW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 16 degrees cooler: a high of 68° after 84° today.
Now. Lakewood Beach is 71° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the southwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 63° 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 72°, and the coolest Sunday, near 63°. Rain is likely tomorrow (52%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:41 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:52 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.
0UV Low
52Air quality
85%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
71feels71
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8467
15mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6860
52%
20mph
Sun
Oct 18
6348
21%
20mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6850
10%
15mph
Tue
Oct 20
7253
12mph
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7254
12mph
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7255
12mph
71°
84°67°
68°60°
63°48°
68°50°
72°53°
72°54°
72°55°
As of 1:00 AM in Lakewood Beach, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Lakewood Beach
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Myrtle Beach-Conway (SC), 12 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate12.1 mi
- Ozone31Good34 ppb12.1 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 48, good.
GoodModerate
- 48YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lakewood Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Lakewood Beach, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 128°
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.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Coastal Horry.
Friday
- Rip current risk
- North of Myrtle Beach LowMyrtle Beach South Low
- Surf height
- North of Myrtle Beach 1 to 3 feetMyrtle Beach South 1 to 2 feet
- Water temperature
- In the upper 70s
- UV index
- High
Surf zone forecast
Coastal Horry, including Cherry Grove, North Myrtle Beach, Atlantic Beach, Windy Hill, Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach, and Garden City. Issued 7:33 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | North of Myrtle Beach LowMyrtle Beach South Low | North of Myrtle Beach LowMyrtle Beach South Low |
| Surf height | North of Myrtle Beach 1 to 3 feetMyrtle Beach South 1 to 2 feet | North of Myrtle Beach 1 to 3 feetMyrtle Beach South 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 | North winds around 20 mph |
| Remarks | Moderate south to north longshore current | Moderate north to south longshore current |
| Tides | Springmaid PierHigh, 12:09 PM | Springmaid PierLow, 6:17 AMHigh, 1:04 PM |
- Sunday
- Low rip current risk. Surf height 1 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
- Monday
- Moderate rip current risk. Surf height 2 to 4 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
- Tuesday
- Moderate rip current risk. Surf height 2 to 5 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 15 mph
Beach
- County
- Horry County
- State
- South Carolina
- Latitude
- 33.6332° N
- Longitude
- 78.9452° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Lakewood Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/3.4 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW6442GW6442
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.0 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Myrtle Beach 5.2 SWSC-HR-73
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Myrtle BeachMYBS1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.0 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in South Carolina
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Lakewood Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Surfside Beachtown, 3 mi
- Socasteecommunity, 4 mi
- Garden Citycommunity, 5 mi
- Myrtle Beachcity, 5 mi
- Forestbrookcommunity, 6 mi
- Murrells Inletcommunity, 8 mi
- Carolina Forestcommunity, 9 mi
- Bucksportcommunity, 9 mi
- Red Hillcommunity, 11 mi
- Litchfield Beachcommunity, 15 mi
- Conwaycity, 15 mi
- Briarcliffe Acrestown, 16 mi
Beaches near Lakewood Beach
- Pirateland Beachunder 1 mi
- Long Bay Beachunder 1 mi
- Ocean Lakes Beachunder 1 mi
- Myrtle Beach State Parkunder 1 mi
- State Park Beachunder 1 mi
- Surfside Beach1 mi
- Pebble Beach2 mi
- Midway Swash2 mi