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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
528 PM EST THU JAN 3 2008

...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES THURSDAY JANUARY 3RD 2008...

MORNING LOWS RANGED FROM THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S FOR MOST OF THE
AREA...WITH UPPER 20S FOUND CLOSER TO THE COAST.  THE TEMPERATURES
WERE UNIFORM BECAUSE OF A NORTHWESTERLY WIND THAT REMAINED ABOVE
10 MPH THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THIS WIND HELPED TO KEEP THE
ATMOSPHERE MIXED...THEREFORE IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS
WERE NOT MET.

WINDS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING...THEREFORE
CONDITIONS FOR RADIATIONAL COOLING SHOULD BE EXCELLENT. A MUCH
WIDER RANGE IN TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED BECAUSE OF THIS. WE
WILL PUT OUT ANOTHER STATEMENT ON MINIMUM TEMPERATURES FRIDAY
BY 530 PM FRIDAY EVENING.



LOCATION               MORNING LOW     COMMENTS

NORTH CAROLINA

...BLADEN COUNTY...
   ELIZABETHTOWN 3SW       21             COOP
   TURNBULL CREEK          22             RAWS
   EAST ARCADIA 2NE        23             COOP
   ELIZABETHTOWN AIRPORT   23             AWOS

...BRUNSWICK COUNTY...
   LONGWOOD                23             COOP
   WINNABOW                23             MESONET
   SUPPLY                  24             RAWS
   SOUTHPORT               25             AWOS
   SUNNY POINT             25             RAWS
   SUNSET BEACH            25             CARO-COOPS
   BALD HEAD ISLAND        27             MESONET

...COLUMBUS COUNTY...

   WHITEVILLE 7NW          22             COOP
   WHITEVILLE              24             RAWS
   WHITEVILLE              25             AWOS

...NEW HANOVER COUNTY...
   CASTLE HAYNE            21             COOP
   WILMINGTON              23             ASOS (NWS WILMINGTON)
   MASONBORO ISLAND        24             NERRS
   WILMINGTON              24             MESONET (KINGS GRANT)
   CAROLINA BEACH          25             MESONET
   WILMINGTON              25             MESONET (USGS LORAN STATION)
   WILMINGTON              25             MESONET (OGDEN)
   WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH      25             NOAA NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE
   WILMINGTON              26             MESONET (NC STATE PORTS)

...PENDER COUNTY...
   SURF CITY               19             COOP
   BACK ISLAND             21             RAWS
   MOORES CREEK NB         22             COOP
   BURGAW 4E               23             COOP
   HAMPSTEAD               25             MESONET (NEW TOPSAIL BEACH)

...ROBESON COUNTY...
   ORRUM                   21             COOP (LUMBER RIVER SP)
   LUMBERTON 3SE           22             COOP
   LUMBERTON               23             ASOS

SOUTH CAROLINA

...DARLINGTON COUNTY...
   DARLINGTON              21             AWOS
   DARLINGTON              22             COOP
   HARTSVILLE              23             COOP

...DILLON COUNTY...
   DILLON                  21             COOP

...FLORENCE COUNTY...
   FLORENCE                23             ASOS
   QUINBY                  24             MESONET

...GEORGETOWN COUNTY...
   GEORGETOWN              25             COOP
   KENSINGTON              25             MESONET

...HORRY COUNTY...
   LORIS                   23             MESONET
   LONGS                   24             MESONET
   NORTH MYRTLE BEACH      24             ASOS
   SURFSIDE                24             MESONET
   MYRTLE BEACH AIRPORT    25             ASOS

...MARION COUNTY...
   MARION                  23             COOP
   MULLINS                 23             COOP

...MARLBORO COUNTY...
   BENNETTSVILLE 1N        22             COOP

...WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY...
   CADES                   22             COOP
   GREELEYVILLE 5N         23             COOP
   HEMINGWAY 8ESE          24             COOP


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