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Synopsis...

ON THE WEATHER MAP...

A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA TODAY 
BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. 
SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND TUESDAY 
WITH A BREAK FROM THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR MOST OF THE AREA 
ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE A 
DEGREE OR TWO BELOW NORMAL THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS 
NEAR NORMAL.
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Regional Hourly Observations For ORANGEBURG County
200 PM EDT FRI APR 26 2024

...Lake and Supplemental Coastal Observations...
  
STATION/POSITION TIME  TEMP    WIND        PRES    WAVE   SWELL
                       AIR SEA DIR/SP/G            HT/PER HT/PER/DIR
                 (UTC) (F)     (DEG/KT/KT) (MB)    (FT/S) (FT/S/D)
Winyah Bay       1745   63      60/ 13     1026.0S
Lake Murray      1730   67      60/  3/  9   N/A
Chrlstn Harbor   1736   66 70   60/ 19/ 22 1025.7R
ACE Basin NERRS  1745   77      90/  3     1024.0S
Fort Pulaski     1736   69 70   80/ 14/ 17 1024.4F
Sapelo Island    1800   76      70/ 13     1023.0

Current Temperatures, Dewpoint, RH, Wind, Regional Obs, Surface 4-Panel

Current Agricultural Weather Conditions in South Carolina
Based on observations at 200pm EDT, Friday April 26, 2024

Across South Carolina...temperatures are near 72 degrees central and near 76 degrees east. Current sky conditions are partly sunny central and mostly sunny east. In the central part of the state, relative humidity is near 61%, and the dew point is near 58 degrees. In the east, relative humidity is near 55%, and the dew point is near 59 degrees. Winds are unavailable west. Winds are from the east at 10 mph central, where conditions are favorable for spraying. Winds are from the east at 15 mph with gusts at 24 mph east, where conditions are not favorable for spraying due to strong winds. Based on current available observations, the highest temperature is 77 degrees at Orangeburg. The lowest temperature is 57 degrees at Greer.

Current NOWCAST not available:
Nowcasts are not issued routinely during fair weather. Only when
precipitation or other significant weather is occuring in this county will these
forecasts be issued. Currently, there is no short term forecast in effect.

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Medium & Long Range Outlook For South Carolina 
                           S CAROLINA                                                                     
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                 6 TO 10 DAY  8 TO 14 DAY   30 DAY    90 DAY 
                 MAY 1-MAY 5  MAY 3-MAY 9    JUN       JUN-AUG                      
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   Temperature:      Above        Above                                            
 Precipitation:      Below       Normal                                            

....  Medium and long range outlooks provided by NCEP/K. Thomas Priddy
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Almanac Information 

Friday April 26, 2024 the 117th Day of Year

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SUN
Declination 14.000000
Distance 0.999718 AU
Rise 06:39 EDT Set 20:05 EDT
Transit Meridian 13:21 EDT
Civil Twilight Begins 06:14 EDT Ends 20:30 EDT

Calculations made for central point in the state.
Time in ET -- and will vary due to location and
elevation -- Priddy
Historical Weather And Climate Facts For Today

APRIL 26TH
HISTORIC WEATHER EVENTS
...1834...
Killer frosts were reported in the Deep South. The frost was quite severe
around Huntsville AL, and highlighted a backward spring in the South that
year. (David Ludlum)
...1978...
An unusually strong occluded front swept out of the Gulf of Alaska and
produced the first April thunderstorm of record at Fairbanks. Pea size hail
fell northeast of Fairbanks from thunderstorms whose tops were less than
8000 feet. (The Weather Channel)
...1984...
Severe thunderstorms associated with an intense cyclone spawned a total of
forty-seven tornadoes in two days from Louisiana to Upper Michigan. The
tornadoes killed 16 persons and injured 259 others. (Storm Data)


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