570 FZUS52 KMHX 022030 SRFMHX SURF ZONE FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 430 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2009 NCZ103-030430- OUTER BANKS DARE- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...DUCK...KITTY HAWK...KILL DEVIL HILLS... NAGS HEAD...RODANTHE...AVON...CAPE HATTERAS 430 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2009 .FRIDAY... RIP CURRENT RISK: DUCK TO RODANTHE...LOW RISK. RODANTHE TO CAPE HATTERAS...LOW RISK. CAPE HATTERAS TO HATTERAS INLET...LOW RISK. EVEN WHEN THE RISK IS LOW...RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO PIERS...JETTIES AND SAND BARS. LIGHTNING RISK...LOW. ISOLATED CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING EXPECTED. UV INDEX...VERY HIGH...FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM. WEATHER...SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 12 PM. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH...DIMINISHING TO AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SURF... WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE WILL BE 2 TO 3 FEET FROM CAPE HATTERAS SOUTH, AND 1 TO 2 FEET NORTH. AREA WATER TEMPERATURES: DUCK PIER HAS 75 DEGREES, AVALON PIER REPORTED 78, OREGON INLET MARINA HAS 82 DEGREES, AVON PIER REPORTED 75, AND HATTERAS FISHING PIER WAS 76 DEGREES. TIDE INFORMATION... AT CAPE HATTERAS... LOW TIDE AT 11:32 PM. HIGH TIDE AT 5:07 AM FRIDAY. LOW TIDE AT 11:00 AM FRIDAY. HIGH TIDE AT 5:48 PM FRIDAY. ALL BEACH GOERS SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF INHERENT DANGERS WHEN ENTERING THE SURF INCLUDING STRONG RIP CURRENTS...SWIFT LONGSHORE CURRENTS...POUNDING SHORE BREAK AND SHALLOW SAND BARS. IT IS SAFEST IF YOU SWIM AT A GUARDED BEACH AND ALWAYS HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH PATROL. $$ NCZ104-030430- OUTER BANKS HYDE- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...OCRACOKE 430 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2009 .FRIDAY... RIP CURRENT RISK: OCRACOKE ISLAND...LOW RISK. EVEN WHEN THE RISK IS LOW...RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO PIERS...JETTIES AND SAND BARS. LIGHTNING RISK...LOW. ISOLATED CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING EXPECTED. UV INDEX...VERY HIGH...FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM. WEATHER...SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 12 PM. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. SURF... WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE WILL BE 2 TO 3 FEET. TIDE INFORMATION... AT OCRACOKE INLET... LOW TIDE AT 11:42 PM. HIGH TIDE AT 5:15 AM FRIDAY. LOW TIDE AT 11:10 AM FRIDAY. HIGH TIDE AT 5:56 PM FRIDAY. ALL BEACH GOERS SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF INHERENT DANGERS WHEN ENTERING THE SURF INCLUDING STRONG RIP CURRENTS...SWIFT LONGSHORE CURRENTS...POUNDING SHORE BREAK AND SHALLOW SAND BARS. IT IS SAFEST IF YOU SWIM AT A GUARDED BEACH AND ALWAYS HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH PATROL. $$ NCZ095-030430- CARTERET- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...CAPE LOOKOUT NATIONAL SEASHORE... SHACKLEFORD BANKS...ATLANTIC BEACH...PINE KNOLL SHORES...EMERALD ISLE 430 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2009 .FRIDAY... RIP CURRENT RISK: OCRACOKE INLET TO CAPE LOOKOUT...LOW RISK. CAPE LOOKOUT TO BOGUE INLET...LOW RISK. EVEN WHEN THE RISK IS LOW...RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO PIERS...JETTIES AND SAND BARS. LIGHTNING RISK...LOW. ISOLATED CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING EXPECTED. UV INDEX...VERY HIGH...FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM. WEATHER...SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 12 PM. HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. SURF... WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE WILL BE 2 TO 3 FEET DIMINISHING TO 1 TO 2 FEET. AREA WATER TEMPERATURES: BEAUFORT HAS 83 DEGREES AND BOGUE INLET PIER REPORTED 82 DEGREES. TIDE INFORMATION... AT ATLANTIC BEACH... LOW TIDE AT 11:32 PM. HIGH TIDE AT 5:04 AM FRIDAY. LOW TIDE AT 11:00 AM FRIDAY. HIGH TIDE AT 5:45 PM FRIDAY. ALL BEACH GOERS SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF INHERENT DANGERS WHEN ENTERING THE SURF INCLUDING STRONG RIP CURRENTS...SWIFT LONGSHORE CURRENTS...POUNDING SHORE BREAK AND SHALLOW SAND BARS. IT IS SAFEST IF YOU SWIM AT A GUARDED BEACH AND ALWAYS HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH PATROL. $$ NCZ098-030430- ONSLOW- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...HAMMOCKS BEACH...NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH 430 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2009 .FRIDAY... RIP CURRENT RISK: BOGUE INLET TO SURF CITY...LOW RISK. EVEN WHEN THE RISK IS LOW...RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO PIERS...JETTIES AND SAND BARS. LIGHTNING RISK...LOW. ISOLATED CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING EXPECTED. UV INDEX...VERY HIGH...FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM. WEATHER...SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 12 PM. HIGHS AROUND 90. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. SURF... WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE WILL BE 1 TO 2 FEET. TIDE INFORMATION... AT NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH... LOW TIDE AT 11:30 PM. HIGH TIDE AT 5:09 AM FRIDAY. LOW TIDE AT 10:58 AM FRIDAY. HIGH TIDE AT 5:50 PM FRIDAY. ALL BEACH GOERS SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF INHERENT DANGERS WHEN ENTERING THE SURF INCLUDING STRONG RIP CURRENTS...SWIFT LONGSHORE CURRENTS...POUNDING SHORE BREAK AND SHALLOW SAND BARS. IT IS SAFEST IF YOU SWIM AT A GUARDED BEACH AND ALWAYS HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH PATROL. $$