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At a river or reservoir gauge/2.2 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/South Carolina/Edingsville Beach
Edingsville Beach, South Carolina
Beach in Charleston County, South CarolinaGale Watch, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, north winds 20 to 30 kt and seas 3 to 5 ft expected. For the Gale Watch, northeast winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and seas 6 to 11 ft possible. * WHERE...South Santee River SC to Altamaha Sound GA out 20 NM. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, from 5 AM to 2 PM EDT Saturday. For the Gale Watch, from Saturday afternoon through late Monday night. * IMPACTS...Strong winds can cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should consider altering plans to avoid possible hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe wind and seas.
77°
84°/69°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 77°·Light breeze 6 mph WSW
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for Edingsville Beach until 3 AM Tuesday. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 15 degrees cooler: a high of 69° after 84° today.
Now. Edingsville Beach is 77° and mostly clear at 10 AM. The dew point is 71°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the west-southwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 83° by 1 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 Wednesday, near 74°, and the coolest Sunday, near 64°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:47 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:01 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
23Air quality
79%Humidity
27%Cloud
Now
10:00 AM
77feels77
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
8469
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6962
28%
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
6450
18mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6952
15mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7354
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7456
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7457
UV 6
77°
84°69°
69°62°
64°50°
69°52°
73°54°
74°56°
74°57°
As of 10:00 AM in Edingsville Beach, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Edingsville Beach
Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Charleston (SC), 26 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
- Ozone14Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)16Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 41, good.
GoodModerate
- 41YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Edingsville Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 9 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 Edingsville Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 10 miles Sat 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSE 151°
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 Charleston.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- 1 to 2 feet
- Water temperature
- In the upper 70s
- UV index
- High
Surf zone forecast
Charleston, including Cape Romain, Isle of Palms, Sullivans Island, Folly Beach, and Kiawah Island. Issued 7:25 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Moderate |
| Surf height | 1 to 2 feet | 2 to 3 feet |
| Water temperature | In the upper 70s | - |
| UV index | High | - |
| Weather | Sunny | Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers |
| High temperature | Around 80 | In the upper 60s |
| Winds | Southwest winds around 5 mph, increasing to around 15 mph in the afternoon | Breezy. North winds 20 to 25 mph |
| Tides | Isle of PalmsHigh, 12:09 PM | Isle of PalmsLow, 6:10 AMHigh, 1:00 PM |
- Sunday
- Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
- Monday
- Surf height 3 to 4 feet. Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. North winds around 20 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 15 mph
Beach
- County
- Charleston County
- State
- South Carolina
- Latitude
- 32.5235° N
- Longitude
- 80.2637° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Edingsville 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 now4 instruments
Citizen station FW4310FW4310
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.7 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/19.5 mi away/17 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/27.0 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Edisto Island 2.2 ESESC-CR-238
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
In a park or preserve/5.6 mi away/0 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 Edingsville Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Edisto Beachtown, 5 mi
- Edisto Islandtown, 5 mi
- Rockvilletown, 7 mi
- Seabrook Islandtown, 7 mi
- Kiawah Islandtown, 12 mi
- Meggetttown, 12 mi
- Harbor Islandcommunity, 13 mi
- Adams Runcommunity, 15 mi
- Hollywoodtown, 16 mi
- Raveneltown, 18 mi
- Fripp Islandcommunity, 19 mi
- Jacksonborocommunity, 21 mi
Beaches near Edingsville Beach
- Edisto Beach1 mi
- Edisto Beach4 mi
- Seabrook Beach7 mi
- Hunting Island Beach15 mi
- Folly Beach County Park19 mi
- Fripp Island beach20 mi
- Folly Beach22 mi
- Burkmeyer Beach25 mi