North Inlet Winyah Bay WeatherNIWS1
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.3 mi away/-3 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/South Carolina/North Island Beach
North Island Beach, South Carolina
Beach in Georgetown County, South Carolina70°
84°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 70°·Light air 1 mph SW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 16 degrees cooler: a high of 68° after 84° today.
Now. North Island Beach is 70° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the southwest at 1 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. 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 Thursday, near 72°, and the coolest Sunday, near 62°. Rain is possible tomorrow (44%).
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.
0UV Low
52Air quality
93%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
70feels70
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8464
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6859
44%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6245
17%
17mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6748
12mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7150
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7151
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7252
mostly clear day
70°
84°64°
68°59°
62°45°
67°48°
71°50°
71°51°
72°52°
As of 1:00 AM in North Island Beach, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at North Island Beach
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Myrtle Beach-Conway (SC), 35 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
- Ozone31Good-
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 North Island 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 North Island 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
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Coastal Georgetown, and the waves at buoy 41004, 56.8 mi away.
Friday
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- 1 foot
- Water temperature
- In the upper 70s
- UV index
- High
Waves at buoy 41004, Edisto
- Wave height
- 1.3 ft
- Period
- 8 s
- From
- ESE (108°)
- Swell
- 1.3 ft at 8 s from ESE
- Wind waves
- 0.7 ft at 2 s from SW
- Water
- 82 °F
- Read
- Fri 12:20 AM
- Distance
- 56.8 mi
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.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12:20 AM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | ESE (108°) |
| 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°) |
Surf zone forecast
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 |
- Sunday
- Low rip current risk. Surf height 2 to 4 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
- Monday
- Moderate rip current risk. Surf height 3 to 6 feet. Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers. Highs in the upper 60s. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
- Tuesday
- Moderate rip current risk. Surf height 4 to 7 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 20 mph
Beach
- County
- Georgetown County
- State
- South Carolina
- Latitude
- 33.3214° N
- Longitude
- 79.1705° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest North Island Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
GeorgetownGGE
At an airfield/8.6 mi away/39 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
McClellanville 7 NE03728
At a climate reference station/16.1 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Citizen station GW6442GW6442
In a volunteer observer's own ground/30.3 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
North Inlet Winyah Bay WeatherNIWS1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.3 mi away/-3 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Georgetown 7.3 ESC-GT-43
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 North Island Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- DeBordieu Colonycommunity, 4 mi
- Pawleys Islandtown, 8 mi
- Georgetowncity, 8 mi
- Litchfield Beachcommunity, 11 mi
- Murrells Inletcommunity, 18 mi
- Dunbarcommunity, 18 mi
- Garden Citycommunity, 21 mi
- Surfside Beachtown, 23 mi
- McClellanvilletown, 24 mi
- Andrewstown, 25 mi
- Bucksportcommunity, 25 mi
- Socasteecommunity, 27 mi