Alert archive / South Carolina / Dense Smoke Advisories in 2011
Dense Smoke Advisory 2, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this dense smoke advisory at Feb 17, 2011, 4:14 PM EST for Berkeley County, South Carolina. It took effect at Feb 18, 2011, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2011, 4:14 PM EST (21:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2011, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2011, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
County Berkeley County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 33 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 773 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
303 WWUS72 KCHS 172114 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 414 PM EST THU FEB 17 2011 SCZ045-180500- /O.NEW.KCHS.SM.Y.0002.110218T0500Z-110218T1400Z/ INLAND BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 414 PM EST THU FEB 17 2011 ...DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY. * TIMING: SMOKE CAUSED BY PRESCRIBED BURNING BEING CONDUCTED BY THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND DENSITY TONIGHT. THE WORST VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED BETWEEN ABOUT 3 AND 7 AM. * VISIBILITY: ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS: AT THIS POINT NO ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED BUT THE FOREST SERVICE INDICATED THEY MAY HAVE TO CLOSE WITHERBEE ROAD BETWEEN HIGHWAY 402 AND ALLIGATOR ROAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY MEANS FIRES WILL CREATE SMOKE THICK ENOUGH TO GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS OF TRAFFIC CONTROL AUTHORITIES. USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS. LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. && $$
7 follow-up statements
814 WWUS72 KCHS 180100 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 800 PM EST THU FEB 17 2011 GAZ119-SCZ048>052-180900- /O.NEW.KCHS.FG.Y.0005.110218T0100Z-110218T1400Z/ COASTAL CHATHAM-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON- COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYBEE ISLAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD... EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER...DANIEL ISLAND... NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 800 PM EST THU FEB 17 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST FRIDAY. * VISIBILITY: VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS THIS EVENING AS DENSE SEA FOG MOVES INLAND FROM OFF THE ATLANTIC. VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO WILL OCCUR NEAR BODIES OF WATER SUCH AS THE CHARLESTON HARBOR...THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY...THE SAVANNAH HARBOR AND THE COOPER...ASHLEY...WANDO...STONO AND BROAD RIVERS. * IMPACTS: POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED. && $$ SCZ045-180900- /O.CON.KCHS.SM.Y.0002.110218T0500Z-110218T1400Z/ INLAND BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 800 PM EST THU FEB 17 2011 ...DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY. * TIMING: SMOKE CAUSED BY PRESCRIBED BURNING BEING CONDUCTED BY THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND DENSITY TONIGHT. THE WORST VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED BETWEEN ABOUT 3 AND 7 AM. * VISIBILITY: ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS: AT THIS POINT NO ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED BUT THE FOREST SERVICE INDICATED THEY MAY HAVE TO CLOSE WITHERBEE ROAD BETWEEN HIGHWAY 402 AND ALLIGATOR ROAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY MEANS FIRES WILL CREATE SMOKE THICK ENOUGH TO GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS OF TRAFFIC CONTROL AUTHORITIES. USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS. LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. && $$
602 WWUS72 KCHS 180155 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 855 PM EST THU FEB 17 2011 GAZ117-139>141-181000- /O.EXA.KCHS.FG.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110218T1400Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MCALLISTER...HALFMOON LANDING... TOWNSEND...DARIEN 855 PM EST THU FEB 17 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST FRIDAY. * VISIBILITY: VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS THIS EVENING AS DENSE SEA FOG MOVES INLAND FROM OFF THE ATLANTIC. VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO WILL OCCUR NEAR BODIES OF WATER SUCH AS THE CHARLESTON HARBOR...THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY...THE SAVANNAH HARBOR AND THE COOPER...ASHLEY...WANDO...STONO...BROAD AND ALTAMAHA RIVERS. * IMPACTS: POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED. && $$ GAZ119-SCZ048>052-181000- /O.CON.KCHS.FG.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110218T1400Z/ COASTAL CHATHAM-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON- COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYBEE ISLAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD... EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER...DANIEL ISLAND... NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 855 PM EST THU FEB 17 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST FRIDAY... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST FRIDAY. * VISIBILITY: VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS THIS EVENING AS DENSE SEA FOG MOVES INLAND FROM OFF THE ATLANTIC. VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO WILL OCCUR NEAR BODIES OF WATER SUCH AS THE CHARLESTON HARBOR...THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY...THE SAVANNAH HARBOR AND THE COOPER...ASHLEY...WANDO...STONO...BROAD AND ALTAMAHA RIVERS. * IMPACTS: POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED. && $$ SCZ045-181000- /O.CON.KCHS.SM.Y.0002.110218T0500Z-110218T1400Z/ INLAND BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 855 PM EST THU FEB 17 2011 ...DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY. * TIMING: SMOKE CAUSED BY PRESCRIBED BURNING BEING CONDUCTED BY THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND DENSITY TONIGHT. THE WORST VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED BETWEEN ABOUT 3 AND 7 AM. * VISIBILITY: ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS: AT THIS POINT NO ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED BUT THE FOREST SERVICE INDICATED THEY MAY HAVE TO CLOSE WITHERBEE ROAD BETWEEN HIGHWAY 402 AND ALLIGATOR ROAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY MEANS FIRES WILL CREATE SMOKE THICK ENOUGH TO GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS OF TRAFFIC CONTROL AUTHORITIES. USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS. LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. && $$
199 WWUS72 KCHS 180330 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1030 PM EST THU FEB 17 2011 SCZ045-181130- /O.EXA.KCHS.FG.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110218T1400Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.SM.Y.0002.110218T0500Z-110218T1400Z/ INLAND BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 1030 PM EST THU FEB 17 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST FRIDAY... ...DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST FRIDAY. A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST FRIDAY. * VISIBILITY: VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS THIS AS DENSE SEA FOG MOVES INLAND FROM OFF THE ATLANTIC. VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO WILL OCCUR NEAR BODIES OF WATER SUCH AS THE CHARLESTON HARBOR...THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY...THE SAVANNAH HARBOR AND THE COOPER...ASHLEY...WANDO...STONO...BROAD AND ALTAMAHA RIVERS. IN ADDITION...THE FOG WILL MIX WITH DENSE SMOKE ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FRANCIS MARION NATIONAL FOREST WHERE THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE IS CONDUCTING PRESCRIBED BURN ACTIVITIES. * IMPACTS: THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE MAY CLOSE WITHERBEE ROAD BETWEEN HIGHWAY 402 AND ALLIGATOR ROAD DUE TO DENSE SMOKE. OTHERWISE...POOR VISIBILITIES FROM DENSE FOG WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE ACROSS INLAND BERKELEY COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY MEANS FIRES WILL CREATE SMOKE THICK ENOUGH TO GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS OF TRAFFIC CONTROL AUTHORITIES. USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS. LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED. && $$ GAZ101-116-118-138-SCZ042>044-047-181130- /O.EXA.KCHS.FG.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110218T1400Z/ EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-INLAND LIBERTY-HAMPTON- INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...PEMBROKE...SAVANNAH... HINESVILLE...HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE... RIDGELAND 1030 PM EST THU FEB 17 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST FRIDAY. * VISIBILITY: VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS THIS AS DENSE SEA FOG MOVES INLAND FROM OFF THE ATLANTIC. VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO WILL OCCUR NEAR BODIES OF WATER SUCH AS THE CHARLESTON HARBOR...THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY...THE SAVANNAH HARBOR AND THE COOPER...ASHLEY...WANDO...STONO...BROAD AND ALTAMAHA RIVERS. * IMPACTS: POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED. && $$ GAZ117-119-139>141-SCZ048>052-181130- /O.CON.KCHS.FG.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110218T1400Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- COASTAL MCINTOSH-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON- COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MCALLISTER...TYBEE ISLAND... HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD... EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER...DANIEL ISLAND... NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 1030 PM EST THU FEB 17 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST FRIDAY... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST FRIDAY. * VISIBILITY: VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS THIS AS DENSE SEA FOG MOVES INLAND FROM OFF THE ATLANTIC. VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO WILL OCCUR NEAR BODIES OF WATER SUCH AS THE CHARLESTON HARBOR...THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY...THE SAVANNAH HARBOR AND THE COOPER...ASHLEY...WANDO...STONO...BROAD AND ALTAMAHA RIVERS. * IMPACTS: POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED. && $$
316 WWUS72 KCHS 180843 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 343 AM EST FRI FEB 18 2011 SCZ045-181400- /O.CAN.KCHS.FG.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110218T1400Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.SM.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110218T1400Z/ INLAND BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 343 AM EST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. * VISIBILITY: AREAS OF FOG WILL MIX WITH DENSE SMOKE ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FRANCIS MARION NATIONAL FOREST WHERE THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE IS CONDUCTING PRESCRIBED BURN ACTIVITIES. * IMPACTS: THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE MAY CLOSE WITHERBEE ROAD BETWEEN HIGHWAY 402 AND ALLIGATOR ROAD DUE TO DENSE SMOKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY MEANS FIRES WILL CREATE SMOKE THICK ENOUGH TO GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION AND ALLOW FOR EXTRA TRAVEL TIME. USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS. LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS OF TRAFFIC CONTROL AUTHORITIES. && $$ SCZ042>044-180945- /O.CAN.KCHS.FG.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110218T1400Z/ HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE... SUMMERVILLE 343 AM EST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. PATCHY DENSE FOG MAY STILL DEVELOP NEAR DAYBREAK THIS MORNING BUT FOG REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW 1/2 MILE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME WIDESPREAD. $$ GAZ099-100-114-115-137-181400- /O.EXA.KCHS.FG.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110218T1400Z/ CANDLER-BULLOCH-TATTNALL-EVANS-LONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...METTER...STATESBORO...REIDSVILLE... CLAXTON...LUDOWICI 343 AM EST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. * VISIBILITY: VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS AS AREAS OF DENSE FOG DEVELOP AND EXPAND PRIOR TO DAYBREAK. * IMPACTS: POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED. && $$ GAZ101-116>119-138>141-SCZ047>052-181400- /O.CON.KCHS.FG.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110218T1400Z/ EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM- COASTAL CHATHAM-INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- COASTAL MCINTOSH-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON- CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...HINESVILLE... HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT... HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER... DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 343 AM EST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. * VISIBILITY: VISIBILITIES WILL BE 1/4 MILE OR LESS POCKETS OF DENSE SEA FOG LINGER ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES WILL OCCUR NEAR BODIES OF WATER SUCH AS THE CHARLESTON HARBOR...THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY...THE SAVANNAH HARBOR AND THE COOPER...ASHLEY...WANDO...STONO...BROAD AND ALTAMAHA RIVERS. * IMPACTS: POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED. && $$
652 WWUS72 KCHS 181129 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 629 AM EST FRI FEB 18 2011 GAZ099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ047>052-181400- /O.CON.KCHS.FG.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110218T1400Z/ CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-INLAND BRYAN- COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY- COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-INLAND JASPER- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...METTER...STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD... REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE...FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH... TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING... TOWNSEND...DARIEN...RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD... EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER...DANIEL ISLAND... NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 629 AM EST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. * VISIBILITY: VISIBILITIES WILL BE 1/4 MILE OR LESS POCKETS OF DENSE SEA FOG LINGER ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES WILL OCCUR NEAR BODIES OF WATER SUCH AS THE CHARLESTON HARBOR...THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY...THE SAVANNAH HARBOR AND THE COOPER...ASHLEY...WANDO...STONO...BROAD AND ALTAMAHA RIVERS. * IMPACTS: POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED. && $$ SCZ045-181400- /O.CON.KCHS.SM.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110218T1400Z/ INLAND BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 629 AM EST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. * VISIBILITY: AREAS OF FOG WILL MIX WITH DENSE SMOKE ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FRANCIS MARION NATIONAL FOREST WHERE THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE IS CONDUCTING PRESCRIBED BURN ACTIVITIES. * IMPACTS: THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE HAS REPORTED THAT WITHERBEE ROAD IS CLOSED BETWEEN HIGHWAY 402 AND ALLIGATOR ROAD DUE TO DENSE SMOKE. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE BY MID MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY MEANS FIRES WILL CREATE SMOKE THICK ENOUGH TO GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION AND ALLOW FOR EXTRA TRAVEL TIME. USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS. LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS OF TRAFFIC CONTROL AUTHORITIES. && $$
062 WWUS72 KCHS 181216 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 716 AM EST FRI FEB 18 2011 GAZ101-118-SCZ047>052-181330- /O.CAN.KCHS.FG.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110218T1400Z/ EFFINGHAM-INLAND CHATHAM-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON- CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...SAVANNAH...RIDGELAND... BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER... DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 716 AM EST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. PATCHY DENSE FOG MAY LINGER THROUGH MID MORNING AROUND WATERWAYS AND ALONG THE BEACHES AND BARRIER ISLANDS. $$ GAZ099-100-114>117-119-137>141-181400- /O.CON.KCHS.FG.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110218T1400Z/ CANDLER-BULLOCH-TATTNALL-EVANS-INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN- COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY- INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...METTER...STATESBORO...REIDSVILLE... CLAXTON...PEMBROKE...FORT MCALLISTER...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN 716 AM EST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. * VISIBILITY: VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES AS AREAS OF DENSE FOG EXPAND AROUND DAWN THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE QUICKLY BY MID MORNING AS THE FOG DISSIPATES. * IMPACTS: POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED. && $$ SCZ045-181400- /O.CON.KCHS.SM.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110218T1400Z/ INLAND BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 716 AM EST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. * VISIBILITY: AREAS OF FOG WILL MIX WITH DENSE SMOKE ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FRANCIS MARION NATIONAL FOREST WHERE THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE IS CONDUCTING PRESCRIBED BURN ACTIVITIES. * IMPACTS: THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE HAS REPORTED THAT WITHERBEE ROAD IS CLOSED BETWEEN HIGHWAY 402 AND ALLIGATOR ROAD DUE TO DENSE SMOKE. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE BY MID MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY MEANS FIRES WILL CREATE SMOKE THICK ENOUGH TO GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION AND ALLOW FOR EXTRA TRAVEL TIME. USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS. LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS OF TRAFFIC CONTROL AUTHORITIES. && $$
685 WWUS72 KCHS 181353 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 853 AM EST FRI FEB 18 2011 GAZ099-100-114>117-119-137>141-181500- /O.EXP.KCHS.FG.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110218T1400Z/ CANDLER-BULLOCH-TATTNALL-EVANS-INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN- COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY- INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...METTER...STATESBORO...REIDSVILLE... CLAXTON...PEMBROKE...FORT MCALLISTER...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN 853 AM EST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. $$ SCZ045-181500- /O.EXP.KCHS.SM.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110218T1400Z/ INLAND BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 853 AM EST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE REPORTS THAT VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED AND ALL ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN REOPENED. THEREFORE...THE DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. $$ JAQ
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this dense smoke advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense smoke advisory went out at Feb 17, 3:30 PM EST, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 3:30 PM EST, 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 330 PM EST THU FEB 17 2011 .SYNOPSIS... ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXPAND OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE A DRY COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN RETURN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH ANOTHER COLD FRONT EXPECTED TUESDAY. COOLER HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/... ATLC HIGH PRESSURE WILL STRETCH WESTWARD WHILE UPPER RIDGING SLIDES EASTWARD OVER THE AREA. WINDS WILL BECOME SWLY OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE APPALACHIANS. DISSIPATION OF LOW CLOUDS AND MID-LEVEL MOISTURE BEING SHUNTED OFF TO THE NE WILL YIELD A MOSTLY CLEAR FIRST HALF OF THE NIGHT ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA AND WITH SUFFICIENT LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE UNDER THE NOCTURNAL INVERSION...CONDITIONS LOOK FAVORABLE FOR SOME FOG TO DEVELOP. THERE IS ALSO THE CHANCE THAT SEA FOG DEVELOPS ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS AND ADVECTS ONSHORE. HOWEVER...INCREASING SWLY WINDS OFF THE SURFACE SHOULD PREVENT FOG FROM BECOMING DENSE AND ANY SEA FOG FROM MOVE TOO FAR INLAND. AT THIS POINT WE HAVE MAINTAINED MENTION OF AREAS OF FOG AND WILL SEE HOW THINGS PROGRESS THIS EVENING. MILD OVERNIGHT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH LOWS IN THE UPR 40S TO LWR 50S AWAY FROM THE LOCALLY MILDER COAST. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY/... AN 850 MB RIDGE WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION ON FRIDAY WITH A DRIER WESTERLY FLOW DEVELOPING. SURFACE DEWPOINTS WILL DROP A SOLID 8-10 DEGREES OVER TODAY/S VALUES. MORNING FOG AND LOW CLOUDS SHOULD CLEAR OUT DURING THE MORNING WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. INCREASING THICKNESSES AND DOWNSLOPE FLOW SHOULD RESULT IN A WARM DAY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S. AS THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL DROP INTO THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL ONLY BE ACCOMPANIED BY A SMALL AMOUNT OF LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE SO IT SHOULD A DRY PASSAGE BUT THE INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS WILL KEEP FRIDAY NIGHT LOWS FROM DROPPING BELOW 50 OR SO. ON SATURDAY SOUTHERN ZONES WILL BE SOUTH OF THE FRONT WHILE NORTHERN AREAS SEE A COOL NE FLOW. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM UPPER 70S FAR SW TO AROUND 70 FAR NE. COASTAL SECTIONS WILL BE COOLER DUE TO AN ONSHORE FLOW. THE BACKDOOR FRONT SHOULD FULLY CLEAR THE FORECAST AREA BY SUNDAY MORNING WITH COOL HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING OVERHEAD BEFORE SHIFTING OFFSHORE DURING THE DAY. TEMPS WILL BE A COUPLE DEGREES COOLER AS A RESULT BUT STILL WELL ABOVE NORMAL. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE IN THE ATLC SUN NIGHT WHILE A BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGE MOVES THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. THE RIDGE WILL FLATTEN OUT MON INTO MON NIGHT WHILE A SMALL BUT POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM COMING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS RAPIDLY SHIFTS E. THIS SYSTEM WILL SHIFT OFFSHORE OF THE MID ATLC STATES EARLY TUE...PUSHING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION LATE IN THE DAY ON TUESDAY. MODELS ARE A BIT CONFLICTED AS TO THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE ON ITS SOUTHERN FLANKS WITH WHICH TO PRODUCE PRECIP SO WILL KEEP THE FCST DRY ATTM. HOWEVER...WHAT IS OF VERY GOOD AGREEMENT AMONG ALL THE LONG-TERM MODELS IS THAT POTENT COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BUMP TEMPS DOWN ABOUT 15-20 DEGREES FOR TUE NIGHT INTO WED. HAVE SHOWN SUCH AN ADJUSTMENT IN THE TEMPS FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THIS SYSTEM WILL THEN BE FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE GOING INTO WED WITH TEMPS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. && .AVIATION /20Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... MOSTLY VFR THROUGH 06Z/18...ALTHOUGH EITHER SITE COULD SEE MARGINAL MVFR CIGS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRES NEAR THE COAST DISSIPATES. ALSO SOME WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 15-20 KT AT KCHS AS THE SEA BREEZE ANGLES INLAND AND LOW LEVEL PRES GRADIENTS TIGHTEN UP. AFTER ABOUT 08Z/18...VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE IN JEOPARDY AS THE POTENTIAL FOR STRATUS AND FOG INCREASES AS MOISTURE GETS TRAPPED UNDER THE INVERSION. HOWEVER...WINDS JUST OFF THE SURFACE WILL BE INCREASING OUT OF THE SW. ALTHOUGH THERE COULD BE SOME RADIATION FOG...THERE COULD ALSO BE SEA FOG ADVECTING INLAND TOWARD THE TERMS...ALTHOUGH THIS IS MORE LIKELY AT KCHS. DECIDED TO KEEP THINGS NO WORSE THAN MVFR ATTM DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY BUT CONDS COULD BECOME IFR OR LOWER B/W ABOUT 08-14Z. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...POSSIBLE MVFR CIG/VSBY FRI NIGHT WITH A BACKDOOR FRONT MOVING IN. MVFR BR POSSIBLE AT KSAV SAT NIGHT. EARLY MORNING MVFR RADIATION FOG POSSIBLE AT BOTH TERMINALS MONDAY. && .MARINE... TONIGHT...THE COASTAL TROUGH OF LOW PRES APPEARS TO HAVE DISSIPATED THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS ARE SOLIDLY S/SE ACROSS OUR MARINE AREA. MEANWHILE...ATLC HIGH PRES WILL TAKE CONTROL WITH WINDS BECOMING SW OVERNIGHT. SPEEDS WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY DUE TO A TIGHTENING PRES GRADIENT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SEAS SHOULD BE NO HIGHER THAN 4 FT WITHIN 20 NM AND 5 FT WITHIN 60 NM SO NO ADVISORIES ARE EXPECTED. WITH REGARDS TO SEA FOG...THE 18Z WRF/15Z SREF SUGGEST AT LEAST PATCHY SEA FOG DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE COOL NEARSHORE WATERS AS SE/S WINDS MAINTAIN DEWPOINTS IN THE MID/UPPER 50S. TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY TO DISCUSS SPECIFIC VSBYS BUT SOME DENSE FOG COULD DEVELOP AND THUS A DENSE FOG ADVISORY COULD EVENTUALLY BE NEEDED. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION THE POTENTIAL IN OUR HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PRODUCT. FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...WESTERN ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY LOSE ITS INFLUENCE OVER THE MARINE AREA ON FRIDAY AS THE HIGH WEAKENS AND PUSHES EAST. A BACKDOOR FRONT WILL SWITCH WINDS AROUND TO NNE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS COOLER HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS FROM THE NORTH. WINDS/SEAS CURRENTLY FORECAST JUST BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA ALTHOUGH THINGS COULD GET CLOSE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY SEAS OVER THE OFFSHORE GA WATERS AND WINDS IN THE SC NEARSHORE. WITH REGARDS TO SEA FOG...WE HAVE MAINTAINED THE GOING FORECAST AS-IS DUE TO LITTLE ADDITIONAL CONFIDENCE IN FOG FORMATION. NONE OF THE GUIDANCE IS HITTING THE SEA FOG VERY HARD BUT MODEL DEWPOINTS EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 50S FRIDAY MORNING WITH WATER TEMPS IN THE LOWER 50S. WIND SPEEDS WILL BE 8-10 KT WHICH IS A LITTLE STRONG FOR MAXIMIZING RESIDENCE TIME OVER THE COOLER SHELF WATERS. SEA FOG CAN DEVELOP RAPIDLY AND NOT ALWAYS FOLLOW THE RULES SO WE CERTAINLY CANNOT RULE OUT SOME AREAS OF FOG ALONG THE COAST FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. SW FLOW ON MON WILL SHIFT W BY TUE BUT WARM AIR ADVECTION REGIME WILL LIKELY HAVE A HARD TIME MIXING WINDS DOWN TO THE COOL WATERS...BUT SPEEDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WITH SLOWLY BUILDING SEAS EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && RJB/JRL
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 4:05 PM EST, 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 405 PM EST THU FEB 17 2011 AMZ374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>044-047- 052-182115- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM-JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- 405 PM EST THU FEB 17 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCZ045-182115- INLAND BERKELEY- 405 PM EST THU FEB 17 2011 ...DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ330-350-352-354-GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-182115- CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM- COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON- CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 405 PM EST THU FEB 17 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SEA FOG...WARMER AND MORE HUMID AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COOL NEAR SHORE WATERS TONIGHT. THIS MAY ALLOW FOR THE FORMATION OF SEA FOG THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. THE FOG COULD BECOME LOCALLY DENSE AND DENSE FOG ADVISORIES MAY BE REQUIRED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEA FOG...WARMER AND MORE HUMID AIR MOVING ACROSS THE RELATIVELY COOLER NEAR SHORE WATERS MAY ALLOW FOR THE FORMATION OF SEA FOG FOR MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE FOG COULD BECOME LOCALLY DENSE AND DENSE FOG ADVISORIES MAY BE REQUIRED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.