North Inlet Winyah Bay WeatherNIWS1
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.9 mi away/-3 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/South Carolina/Litchfield Beach
Litchfield Beach, South Carolina
Beach in Georgetown County, South Carolina* WHAT...North winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 45 kt and seas 6 to 12 ft possible. * WHERE...Portions of Atlantic coastal waters. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through late Sunday 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.
69°
85°/65°
Clear·
Feels like 69°·Light air 2 mph SW
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for Litchfield Beach until 6 AM Monday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 18 degrees cooler: a high of 67° after 85° today.
Now. Litchfield Beach is 69° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 2 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 Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest Sunday, near 62°. Rain is possible tomorrow (49%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:42 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:53 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
91%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
69feels69
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8565
12mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6759
49%
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
6246
19%
18mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6748
14mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7150
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7252
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7252
mostly clear day
69°
85°65°
67°59°
62°46°
67°48°
71°50°
72°52°
72°52°
As of 1:00 AM in Litchfield Beach, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Litchfield Beach
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Myrtle Beach-Conway (SC), 24 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate24.3 mi
- Ozone31Good34 ppb24.3 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 Litchfield 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 Litchfield 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 ESE 117°
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.
Friday
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- 1 foot
- Water temperature
- In the upper 70s
- UV index
- High
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
- 33.4566° N
- Longitude
- 79.1039° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Litchfield Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
GeorgetownGGE
At an airfield/16.0 mi away/39 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW6442GW6442
In a volunteer observer's own ground/20.2 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
McClellanville 7 NE03728
At a climate reference station/25.8 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Pawleys Island 2.6 NSC-GT-24
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/19 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Brookgreen GardensMINS1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/17 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 Litchfield Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Pawleys Islandtown, 2 mi
- DeBordieu Colonycommunity, 7 mi
- Murrells Inletcommunity, 7 mi
- Garden Citycommunity, 11 mi
- Georgetowncity, 13 mi
- Surfside Beachtown, 13 mi
- Bucksportcommunity, 15 mi
- Dunbarcommunity, 15 mi
- Socasteecommunity, 17 mi
- Forestbrookcommunity, 20 mi
- Myrtle Beachcity, 21 mi
- Red Hillcommunity, 23 mi