Hilton Head Island - Sea PinesSPMS1
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.8 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/South Carolina/Coligny Beach
Coming up. Tomorrow is 14 degrees cooler: a high of 70° after 84° today.
Now. Coligny Beach is 73° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the south at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 83° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 68° 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.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 74°, and the coolest Sunday, near 64°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:50 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:04 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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Coligny Beach, South Carolina.
Air quality
Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Savannah (GA), 17 miles off.
Yesterday measured 45, 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 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing SSE 150°
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 Beaufort-Coastal Colleton-Coastal Jasper, and the waves at buoy 41008, 50.9 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 | 1.3 ft | - | E (99°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | ESE (105°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 7 s | ESE (110°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (90°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 7 s | E (101°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (95°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | ESE (104°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (99°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | ESE (102°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (96°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (96°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (100°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (91°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 1.3 ft | - | E (100°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (101°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ESE (112°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (91°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (95°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (92°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (97°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (99°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (92°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (84°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 7 s | ESE (104°) |
Beaufort-Coastal Colleton-Coastal Jasper, including Hunting Island, Fripp Island, Hilton Head Island, Daufuskie Island, and Edisto Beach. Issued 6:16 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Low |
| Surf height | 2 to 3 feet | 2 to 3 feet |
| Water temperature | Around 80 | - |
| UV index | High | - |
| Weather | Sunny | Mostly sunny. A chance of showers |
| High temperature | In the lower 80s | In the lower 70s |
| Winds | Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph | North winds around 20 mph |
| Tides | Hilton Head IslandHigh, 12:43 PM | Hilton Head IslandLow, 6:44 AMHigh, 1:35 PM |
The 5 instruments nearest Coligny Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Hilton Head Island - Sea PinesSPMS1
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.8 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station EW6014EW6014
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/7.7 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Hilton Head Island 5.1 SWSC-BF-79
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/11 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
In a park or preserve/34.5 mi away/0 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.