PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
341 PM EDT TUE OCT 20 2009

...THE EDISTO 40 MILE BUOY REMAINS INOPERATIVE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...

BUOY 41004...THE EDISTO 40 MILE BUOY...HAS STOPPED TRANSMITTING
DATA SINCE SEPTEMBER 22. WHILE THIS OUTAGE IS ON THE NATIONAL DATA
BUOY CENTER MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE...THE DATE OF RETURN TO SERVICE
IS NOT YET KNOWN.

WHILE THERE ARE NO OTHER NEARBY BUOYS...USERS MAY WISH TO
CONSIDER OBTAINING OBSERVATIONS FROM THE CLOSEST FOLLOWING
SITES...

BUOY 41029...CAPERS NEARSHORE.
BUOY 41033...FRIPP NEARSHORE.
BUOY 41008...GRAYS REEF.
BUOY 41013...FRYING PAN SHOALS.
FBIS1...FOLLY BEACH C-MAN.

IN ADDITION...OBSERVATIONS ARE PERIODICALLY AVAILABLE FROM THE
CHARLESTON PILOT BOAT AT BUOY 6. THESE REPORTS ARE FOUND IN THE
AWIPS PRODUCT CALLED...OTHER MARINE REPORTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. THE WMO HEADER IS SXUS82 KCHS.

MAINTENANCE AND STATUS UPDATES ARE AVAILABLE ON LINE
AT...WWW.NDBC.NOAA.GOV.

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