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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
851 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008

...HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM TUESDAY JULY 22ND 2008...

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF UNOFFICIAL MAXIMUM HIGH TEMPERATURES
TAKEN SINCE 8AM TUESDAY MORNING.  THESE REPORTS WERE GATHERED...FROM
NWS AND FAA AIRPORT OBS (AWOS/ASOS)...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...FIRE
WEATHER (RAWS) OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FOREST SERVICE...COCORAHS
OBSERVERS...VOLUNTEER OBSERVATIONS (MESONET)...AND WEATHER
UNDERGROUND.  THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR HOME PAGE AT
WEATHER.GOV/ILM.

AWAY FROM THE COAST TEMPERATURES TUESDAY WERE GENERALLY EQUAL TO OR
A FEW DEGREES HOTTER THAN THE HIGHS FROM MONDAY.  NEAR THE COAST THE
INFLUENCE OF WATER TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 80S WAS FELT WITH MANY
LOCATIONS ENDING UP A BIT COOLER THAN MONDAY.  THE MOST NOTICEABLE
IMPACT WAS ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA WHERE THE AIRPORT AT
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH AND MYRTLE BEACH WAS BETWEEN 6 AND 7 DEGREES
COOLER THAN MONDAY.



**********************MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES**********************



LOCATION              MAXIMUM TEMP     COMMENTS



NORTH CAROLINA

...BLADEN COUNTY...
   TURNBULL CREEK         102         RAWS
   BLADENBORO 5NNW        100         MESONET
   ELIZABETHTOWN          97          AWOS (AIRPORT)

...BRUNSWICK COUNTY...

   WINNABOW               95          MESONET (WX UNDERGROUND)
   SOUTHPORT              91          AWOS (AIRPORT)
   LONG BEACH 3WNW        90          MESONET
   BALD HEAD ISLAND       88          MESONET

...COLUMBUS COUNTY...
   WHITEVILLE 6.7NNW      103         COCORAHS
   WHITEVILLE             97          AWOS (AIRPORT)

...NEW HANOVER COUNTY
   OGDEN 4W               96          NWS EMPLOYEE (KINGS GRANT)
   WILMINGTON             96          ASOS (AIRPORT)
   MASONBORO 1ENE         95          NWS EMPLOYEE
   WILMINGTON             95          NWS OFFICE
   WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH     86          NOAA (JOHNNY MERCER PIER)

...PENDER COUNTY...
   BURGAW 4E              98          COOP
   HAMPSTEAD              95          MESONET (WX UNDERGROUND)

...ROBESON COUNTY...
   LUMBERTON              98          ASOS (AIRPORT)
   ORRUM                  97          COOP (LUMBER RIVER SP)

SOUTH CAROLINA

...DARLINGTON COUNTY...
   DARLINGTON             99          AWOS (AIRPORT)
   DARLINGTON             98          COOP

...DILLON COUNTY...
   DILLON                 97          COOP

...FLORENCE COUNTY...
   QUINBY 2ENE            99          MESONET
   FLORENCE               98          ASOS (AIRPORT)
   EFFINGHAM              97          COOP

...HORRY COUNTY...
   LORIS                  96          COOP
   RED HILL 5ENE          96          MESONET (WX UNDERGROUND)
   MYRTLE BEACH           91          AWOS (AIRPORT)
   NORTH MYRTLE BEACH     89          ASOS (AIRPORT)
   SURFSIDE BEACH         89          MESONET

...MARION COUNTY...
   MULLINS               102          COOP

...MARLBORO COUNTY...
   BENNETTSVILLE 1N       96          COOP

...WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY...
   CADES 4W               99          COOP


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