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Waves this morning at the Washout (900AM EDT), CHEST-SHOULDER high with HEAD high peaks and CHOPPY AND DISORGANIZED conditions. Tide is incoming and some showers and thunderstorms should help the wave form later this morning. Strong SW winds have persisted over the last 12 hours or so as a frontal boundary approaches from the west. Currently a line of showers are located over North Charleston and will reach FOlly Beach, SC in the next hour or two. Once the boundary moves offshore winds will weaken helping to clean up the surf. This will be the time to get on it. Winds will pick back up this afternoon in the W-WSW @ 10-15kts range, but will leave some windswell in the water throughout the afternoon. This windswell looks to drop off late today into tomorrow. A couple of low pressure systems will be moving across the area this weekend with the best chance at some more developing southerly windswell Sunday into Monday. Tough forecast for late weekend. BOTTOM LINE: CLEAN UP SESSION THIS MORNING, SOUTHERLY WINDSWELL DROPPING OFF, SOME LEFTOVER SWELL TODAY INTO TOMORROW, ANOTHER SOUTHERLY WIND EVENT ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. Today (5/9/08): Water Temp: 71F Weather: Overcast with Showers and Thunderstorms becoming Partly Cloudy High Tide: 1157AM EDT Most Likely Wave Size: STOMACH-CHEST (Probability: 60%) Next Most Likely Size: CHEST-SHOULDER+ (Probability: 40%) Wave Form: SEMI-GLASSY/SEMI-CHOPPY Low Tide: 549PM EDT Most Likely Wave Size: THIGH-WAIST (Probability: 60%) Next Most Likely Size: WAIST-STOMACH (Probability: 40%) Wave Form: SEMI-CHOPPY Wind Speed and Direction: SW @ 25-30kts becoming WSW @ 10-15kts Ocean Current: MODERATE TO STRONG (SW-NE) FOLLYWEATHER.COM SURF INDEX: 6 (10: Drooling, 1: Where is my remote control surfer?) Tomorrow (5/10/08): Water Temp: 71F Weather: Partly Cloudy High Tide: 1259PM EDT Most Likely Wave Size: THIGH-WAIST (Probability: 70%) Next Most Likely Size: WAIST-STOMACH (Probability: 30%) Wave Form: SEMI-CHOPPY Low Tide: 650PM EDT Most Likely Wave Size: KNEE-THIGH (Probability: 80%) Next Most Likely Size: THIGH-WAIST (Probability: 20%) Wave Form: SEMI-CHOPPY Wind Speed and Direction: WSW @ 10-15kts Ocean Current: NOTE: Building late with the incoming tide and strong southerly winds. FOLLYWEATHER.COM SURF INDEX: 5 (10: Drooling, 1: Where is my remote control surfer?) WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO: S-SW WINDSWELL CLEAN UP SESSION WITH SHOWERS NOW! WINDS RETURN WSW WITH LIGHT CHOP AND DROPPING SURF, KEEP AN EYE ON IT TOMORROW MORNING FOR A FUN INCOMING TIDE SESSION, ANOTHER SHOT AT STRONG SW WINDS LATE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
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