North Inlet Winyah Bay WeatherNIWS1
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.9 mi away/-3 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/South Carolina/North Litchfield Beach
North Litchfield Beach, South Carolina
Beach in Georgetown County, South Carolina* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and seas 7 to 10 ft expected. * WHERE...Southeast North Carolina and Northeast South Carolina coastal waters out 20 NM. * WHEN...From noon Saturday to 6 AM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for hazardous conditions.
68°
85°/65°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 68°·Light air 4 mph SW
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for North 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. North Litchfield Beach is 68° and mostly clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the southwest at 4 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.
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
40Air quality
91%Humidity
24%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
68feels68
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
8565
12mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6759
49%
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
6246
20%
18mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6748
14mph
Tue
Oct 20
7151
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7252
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7252
mostly clear day
68°
85°65°
67°59°
62°46°
67°48°
71°51°
72°52°
72°52°
As of 3:00 AM in North Litchfield Beach, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at North Litchfield Beach
Index 40, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Myrtle Beach-Conway (SC), 23 miles off.
40Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)40Good-
- Ozone28Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 49, good.
GoodModerate
- 49YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at North Litchfield Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 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 North Litchfield Beach, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ESE 116°
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
- High
Surf zone forecast
Coastal Georgetown, including Murrells Inlet, Litchfield Beach, Pawleys Island, and Debordieu Beach. Issued 3:11 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Low |
| Surf height | 1 to 2 feet | 1 to 2 feet |
| Water temperature | In the mid 70s | - |
| UV index | High | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Waterspout risk | Low | None |
| Weather | Sunny | Partly sunny. A chance of showers |
| High temperature | In the lower 80s | In the upper 60s |
| Winds | Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph | 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 lower 60s. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
- Monday
- Moderate rip current risk. Surf height 3 to 6 feet. Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. North winds around 20 mph
- Tuesday
- Moderate rip current risk. Surf height 4 to 7 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 15 mph
Beach
- County
- Georgetown County
- State
- South Carolina
- Latitude
- 33.4813° N
- Longitude
- 79.0865° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest North Litchfield Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/16.4 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW6442GW6442
In a volunteer observer's own ground/18.2 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
McClellanville 7 NE03728
At a climate reference station/27.8 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Pawleys Island 5.0 NNESC-GT-52
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/37 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Brookgreen GardensMINS1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 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 North Litchfield Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Litchfield Beachcommunity, 2 mi
- Pawleys Islandtown, 4 mi
- Murrells Inletcommunity, 6 mi
- Garden Citycommunity, 9 mi
- DeBordieu Colonycommunity, 9 mi
- Surfside Beachtown, 11 mi
- Bucksportcommunity, 13 mi
- Georgetowncity, 14 mi
- Socasteecommunity, 15 mi
- Dunbarcommunity, 16 mi
- Forestbrookcommunity, 18 mi
- Myrtle Beachcity, 19 mi
Beaches near North Litchfield Beach
- Magnolia Beachunder 1 mi
- Huntington Beach1 mi
- Litchfield Beach2 mi
- Pawleys Island Beach4 mi
- Debidue Beach8 mi
- Prince George Beach8 mi
- DeBordieu Beach8 mi
- Garden City Beach10 mi