About Carolina StormWatch Weather And Region

The station is powered by a Davis Wireless Vantage Pro 2 Weather Station. The data is collected every 2 seconds and the site is updated every 5 seconds. This site and its data is collected using Weather Display Software. The station is comprised of an anemometer, a rain gauge and a thermo-hydro sensor situated in optimal positions for highest accuracy possible.

Carolina StormWatch Weather is located on the Mainland approximately 2.5 NM NNE of the Beatiful Sunset Beach Barrier Island and the Atlantic Ocean. The coordinates are Latitude: 33.9164 North and Longtitude: -78.497 West with an Elevation of 52 feet. The physical location is in the Wyndfall At Sandpiper Bay Neighberhood just off Old Georgetown Road just west of of Seaside Road (Highway 904).

The Station is located within the Sunset Beach City Limits on the Northern fringe of Sunset Beach adjacent to Sandpiper Bay Golf Club. We are located in Brunswick County, NC approximately 6 miles North of the NC/SC State Line. Wilmington, NC is approximately 40 miles North of our location via Highway 17. North Myrtle Beach is about 12 South of our location and Myrtle Beach is approximately 25 miles South via Highway 17 which is the major Highway running North to South just Inland from the Coast. Highway 17 is a four lane highway that runs from Virginia to Georgia (and beyond). The famous small Fishing Village of Calabash, featuring it's fresh Seafood, is approxiamtely 4 miles south. Calabash is well known for it's numerous "Seafood Restaurants" and is a favorite dining destination for locals as well as people Vacationing and from all around the Region.

Sunset Beach is listed as one of the top 5 "Unknown Best Beaches in the Southeastern US" according to several publications. Along with the well known Vacation Destinations of North Myrtle Beach and Myrtle Beach, SC, Brunswick County, NC has several great Vacation Destinations for people from the East Coast and Midwest States as well as all across the US. Ocean Isle Beach, Holden Beach, Oak Island, Sunset Beach, Bald Head Island (only accessible by ferry) and Historic Southport are the more popular destinations with many of these locations being located on fragile but beautiful Barrier Islands.

Brunswick County is also a favorite retirement destination for Retirees from the "Snow Belt States" of the Northeast and Midwest with it's temperate climate where people experience the change of Seasons but can golf at the 50+ Golf Courses located within 30 miles of Sunset Beach. An avid golfer can play virtually every day of the year with the temperate Weather Conditions. In 2008, Brunswick County was listed as the 8th fasteast growing County in the US before the downturn in the Economy but is still one of the fastest growing locations in the US (per capita percent of Population Growth) today.

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