FZUS52 KMHX 031922 SRFMHX SURF ZONE FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 330 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2009 NCZ103-040400- OUTER BANKS DARE- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...DUCK...KITTY HAWK...KILL DEVIL HILLS... NAGS HEAD...RODANTHE...AVON...CAPE HATTERAS 330 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2009 .INDEPENDENCE DAY... 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. HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. SURF... WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE WILL BE 1 TO 2 F FEET. AREA WATER TEMPERATURES: DUCK PIER HAS 77 DEGREES, AVALON PIER REPORTED 78, OREGON INLET MARINA HAS 80 DEGREES, AVON PIER REPORTED 75, AND HATTERAS FISHING PIER WAS 75 DEGREES. TIDE INFORMATION... AT CAPE HATTERAS... HIGH TIDE AT 5:48 PM. LOW TIDE AT 12:23 AM SATURDAY. HIGH TIDE AT 5:58 AM SATURDAY. LOW TIDE AT 11:46 AM SATURDAY. 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. $$ NCZ104-040400- OUTER BANKS HYDE- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...OCRACOKE 330 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2009 .INDEPENDENCE DAY... RIP CURRENT RISK: OCRACOKE ISLAND...LOW RISK. EVEN WHEN THE RISK IS LOW...RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO PIERS...JETTIES AND SAND BARS. LIGHTNING RISK...LOW. ISOLATED CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING EXPECTED. UV INDEX...VERY HIGH...FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM. WEATHER...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH ...BECOMING WEST IN THE AFTERNOON. SURF... WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE WILL BE 1 TO 2 FEET. TIDE INFORMATION... AT OCRACOKE INLET... HIGH TIDE AT 5:56 PM. LOW TIDE AT 12:33 AM SATURDAY. HIGH TIDE AT 6:06 AM SATURDAY. LOW TIDE AT 11:57 AM SATURDAY. ALL BEACH GOERS SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF INHERENT DANGERS WHEN ENTERING THE SURF INCLUDING STRONG RIP CURRENTS...SWIFT LONGSHORE CURRENTS...POUNDING SHORE BREAK AND SHALLOW SAND BARS. IT IS SAFEST IF YOU SWIM AT A GUARDED BEACH AND ALWAYS HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH PATROL. $$ NCZ095-040400- CARTERET- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...CAPE LOOKOUT NATIONAL SEASHORE... SHACKLEFORD BANKS...ATLANTIC BEACH...PINE KNOLL SHORES...EMERALD ISLE 330 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2009 .INDEPENDENCE DAY... 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. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING WEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SURF... WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE WILL BE 1 TO 2 FEET. AREA WATER TEMPERATURES: BEAUFORT HAD 83 DEGREES AND BOGUE INLET PIER REPORTED 78 DEGREES. TIDE INFORMATION... AT ATLANTIC BEACH... HIGH TIDE AT 5:45 PM. LOW TIDE AT 12:23 AM SATURDAY. HIGH TIDE AT 5:55 AM SATURDAY. LOW TIDE AT 11:47 AM SATURDAY. 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. $$ NCZ098-040400- ONSLOW- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...HAMMOCKS BEACH...NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH 330 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2009 .INDEPENDENCE DAY... RIP CURRENT RISK: BOGUE INLET TO SURF CITY...LOW RISK. EVEN WHEN THE RISK IS LOW...RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO PIERS...JETTIES AND SAND BARS. LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. NO CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING EXPECTED. UV INDEX...VERY HIGH...FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM. WEATHER...SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING WEST AROUND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SURF... WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE WILL BE 1 TO 2 FEET. AREA WATER TEMPERATURES: HAMMOCKS BEACH REPORTED 80 DEGREES. TIDE INFORMATION... AT NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH... HIGH TIDE AT 5:50 PM. LOW TIDE AT 12:21 AM SATURDAY. HIGH TIDE AT 6:00 AM SATURDAY. LOW TIDE AT 11:45 AM SATURDAY. ALL BEACH GOERS SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF INHERENT DANGERS WHEN ENTERING THE SURF INCLUDING STRONG RIP CURRENTS...SWIFT LONGSHORE CURRENTS...POUNDING SHORE BREAK AND SHALLOW SAND BARS. IT IS SAFEST IF YOU SWIM AT A GUARDED BEACH AND ALWAYS HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH PATROL. $$