North Inlet Winyah Bay WeatherNIWS1
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.7 mi away/-3 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/South Carolina/Pawleys Island Beach
Pawleys Island Beach, South Carolina
Beach in Georgetown County, South CarolinaBeach Hazards Statement, in full
* WHAT...Strong north to south longshore current. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal New Hanover County. In South Carolina, Coastal Georgetown County. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Saturday through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties, and other hazardous areas. It may sweep swimmers off their feet, making it difficult to return to shore.
Caution should be used when in or near the water. Check with lifeguards before entering the ocean for possible hazards you may be swept into.
73°
64°/57°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 73°·Light breeze 7 mph WSW
Alert. A Beach Hazards Statement is in force for Pawleys Island Beach until 8 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Pawleys Island Beach is 73° and mostly clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the west-southwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. 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 Friday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 64°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:41 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:50 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 day is 11 hours 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
-UV
52Air quality
94%Humidity
15%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
73feels73
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 17
6457
overcast
Sun
Oct 18
6445
17mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6648
11%
15mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7049
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7151
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7051
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 23
7251
mostly clear day
73°
64°57°
64°45°
66°48°
70°49°
71°51°
70°51°
72°51°
As of 3:00 AM in Pawleys Island Beach, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Pawleys Island Beach
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Myrtle Beach-Conway (SC), 27 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
- Ozone33Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pawleys Island Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Sat 2 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 Pawleys Island Beach, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 10 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ESE 119°
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 Georgetown.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- 1 to 2 feet
- Water temperature
- In the mid 70s
- UV index
- Low
Surf zone forecast
Coastal Georgetown, including Murrells Inlet, Litchfield Beach, Pawleys Island, and Debordieu Beach. Issued 3:02 AM EDT Sat Oct 17.
| Forecast | Today | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Moderate |
| Surf height | 1 to 2 feet | 2 to 5 feet |
| Water temperature | In the mid 70s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Waterspout risk | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers | Sunny |
| High temperature | Around 70 | In the mid 60s |
| Winds | Breezy. Northwest winds around 15 mph, increasing to north around 25 mph in the afternoon | Breezy. North winds around 25 mph |
| Remarks | Moderate north to south longshore current | Strong north to south longshore current |
| Tides | Winyah Bay EntranceLow, 6:14 AMHigh, 1:04 PM | Winyah Bay EntranceLow, 7:08 AMHigh, 1:58 PM |
- Monday
- Moderate rip current risk. Surf height 3 to 6 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. North winds around 20 mph
- Tuesday
- Low rip current risk. Surf height 4 to 7 feet. Sunny. Highs around 70. North winds around 15 mph
- Wednesday
- Low rip current risk. Surf height 2 to 4 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 15 mph
Beach
- County
- Georgetown County
- State
- South Carolina
- Latitude
- 33.4285° N
- Longitude
- 79.1217° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Pawleys Island 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 now4 instruments
GeorgetownGGE
At an airfield/14.0 mi away/39 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW6442GW6442
In a volunteer observer's own ground/22.4 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
McClellanville 7 NE03728
At a climate reference station/23.7 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Pawleys Island 1.4 NSC-GT-48
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/14 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Brookgreen GardensMINS1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/17 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in South Carolina
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Pawleys Island Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Pawleys Islandtown, under 1 mi
- Litchfield Beachcommunity, 3 mi
- DeBordieu Colonycommunity, 5 mi
- Murrells Inletcommunity, 10 mi
- Georgetowncity, 11 mi
- Garden Citycommunity, 13 mi
- Surfside Beachtown, 15 mi
- Dunbarcommunity, 15 mi
- Bucksportcommunity, 17 mi
- Socasteecommunity, 19 mi
- Forestbrookcommunity, 22 mi
- Myrtle Beachcity, 23 mi