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National Weather Service Charleston SC
506 PM EDT Sat May 25 2024

SCZ050-260800-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
506 PM EDT Sat May 25 2024

Date           05/25/24      Sun 05/26/24            Mon 05/27/24            Tue
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      71          92          75          92          73
Temp             81 75 73 72 75 87 92 90 83 78 76 76 78 87 92 90 83 78 76 74 76
Dewpt            71 71 71 70 70 70 69 70 70 71 71 71 72 70 67 68 69 70 70 70 71
RH               72 87 93 93 84 57 47 52 65 79 85 85 82 57 44 49 63 76 82 87 85
Wind dir          S SW  W  W  W  W  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW  W
Wind spd          8  4  1  1  1  4  6 10  9  6  6  6  8 10 13 14 11  9  8  6  6
Clouds           B2 B1 SC CL FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          30          20          30          40
QPF 12hr                   1.21           0           0        0.01        0.29
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C                 C  S                    S  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms             C  C                 C  S                    S  C  C  C  C  S
Heat index                      92 97 96                92 96 94
Max heat         93                97    97                96    96


Date           05/28  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          92      69    92      67    86      64    87      65    87
Temp          91 82   74 73 90 82   72 70 84 76   67 69 86 77   69 70 85 79
Dewpt         65 65   64 62 57 60   59 58 55 58   61 61 56 59   60 63 57 60
PWind dir         W       W    NW      NW    NE       E    NE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW CL FW   FW SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20      10     5       5    10       5    10       5    20
Rain shwrs     S  S                                                       S
Tstms          S  S                                                       S

$$
GAZ118-260800-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
506 PM EDT Sat May 25 2024

Date           05/25/24      Sun 05/26/24            Mon 05/27/24            Tue
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      71          93          73          93          73
Temp             81 75 73 71 74 86 92 90 85 79 77 75 76 86 92 92 85 79 75 73 75
Dewpt            70 71 70 70 71 72 70 70 71 72 71 69 70 69 67 67 70 72 71 71 73
RH               69 87 90 97 90 63 49 52 63 79 82 82 82 57 44 44 61 79 87 93 94
Wind dir          W SW  W  W  W  W SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W
Wind spd          5  4  1  1  1  4  6  8  6  5  5  4  5  9 11 11  8  5  6  5  5
Clouds           B2 B1 SC FW SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          10           5          30          40
QPF 12hr                   0.08           0           0        0.02        0.13
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  S                                         S  C  C  S  S  S
Tstms             C  S                                         S  C  C  S  S  S
Heat index                      92 98 96 90             90 96 96 90
Max heat         95                98    98                96    97


Date           05/28  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          91      68    91      68    86      65    87      65    86
Temp          89 85   73 70 89 85   73 70 84 78   67 68 85 80   70 69 85 79
Dewpt         67 65   62 61 57 60   60 60 57 61   63 63 58 61   63 64 59 62
PWind dir         W       W    NW      NW    NE       E     E      SE    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW CL CL FW   FW SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20       5     0       5    10       5    10       5    20
Rain shwrs     S  S                                                       S
Tstms          S  S                                                       S

$$
SCZ050-260800-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
506 PM EDT Sat May 25 2024

Date           05/25/24      Sun 05/26/24            Mon 05/27/24            Tue
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      73          89          76          89          74
Temp             79 76 74 73 76 85 89 87 81 78 77 77 79 86 88 87 81 78 76 75 77
Dewpt            73 74 72 71 73 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 75 74 73 73 73 74 74 73 73
RH               82 94 93 93 90 70 61 65 79 88 90 90 88 68 61 63 77 88 94 94 87
Wind dir         SW  W SW  W  W SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW  W
Wind spd          8  5  2  2  2  4  9 10  6  5  5  5  5  9 13 13 10  8  8  6  5
Clouds           B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          20           5          30          40
QPF 12hr                   0.82           0           0        0.01        0.31
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S                 S                       S  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms             S  S                 S                       S  C  C  C  C  S
Heat index                      93 98 95                94 95 94
Max heat         90                98    97                96    96


Date           05/28  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          90      71    90      69    84      66    85      68    84
Temp          90 82   75 73 89 80   73 71 82 76   70 69 84 77   70 71 83 78
Dewpt         70 71   69 65 63 65   64 62 61 63   63 64 62 64   64 65 62 65
PWind dir        SW       W    NW      NW    NE       E     E      SE    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW CL CL   FW SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20      10     5       5    10       5    10       5    10
Rain shwrs     S  S
Tstms          S  S

$$
SCZ048-260800-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
506 PM EDT Sat May 25 2024

Date           05/25/24      Sun 05/26/24            Mon 05/27/24            Tue
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      72          91          74          92          73
Temp             82 76 74 72 76 85 91 89 83 78 77 75 77 86 91 90 83 78 75 74 76
Dewpt            72 72 71 70 72 73 72 73 74 73 73 72 71 72 70 71 72 73 73 72 73
RH               72 87 90 93 87 67 54 59 74 85 87 90 82 63 50 54 70 85 94 93 90
Wind dir         SW SW  W  W  W  W SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW  W  W
Wind spd          6  4  1  1  1  4  5  6  5  5  5  4  5  9 11 11  6  5  6  4  5
Clouds           B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20           5          40          40
QPF 12hr                   0.09           0           0        0.03        0.13
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S                 S                       S  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms             S  S                 S                       S  C  C  C  C  S
Heat index                      92 99 97 90             92 97 96
Max heat         96                99    97                97    97


Date           05/28  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          91      69    91      68    85      66    86      66    86
Temp          89 83   74 72 89 83   73 70 83 77   69 69 84 79   70 70 84 79
Dewpt         69 68   64 62 60 64   61 60 59 63   64 64 61 64   64 64 62 64
PWind dir         W       W    NW      NW    NE       E     E      SE    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW CL CL CL   FW SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20       5     5       5    10       5    10       5    20
Rain shwrs     S  S                                                       S
Tstms          S  S                                                       S

$$
SCZ043-260800-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
506 PM EDT Sat May 25 2024

Date           05/25/24      Sun 05/26/24            Mon 05/27/24            Tue
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      68          91          71          91          69
Temp             81 74 71 69 73 85 91 90 83 76 73 72 75 85 90 91 83 75 72 70 73
Dewpt            70 70 69 68 71 70 68 69 71 71 70 70 71 70 66 66 69 70 70 69 72
RH               69 87 93 97 93 61 47 50 67 85 90 93 87 61 45 44 63 84 93 97 97
Wind dir         SW  S  N  N  N  W SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W
Wind spd          4  1  0  0  0  3  5  6  5  4  4  4  4  9 11 11  8  5  4  4  4
Clouds           B2 B1 SC CL FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          30          10          30          40
QPF 12hr                   0.15           0           0        0.03        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  S                 C                       S  C  C  S  S  S
Tstms             C  S                 C                       S  C  C  S  S  S
Heat index                      90 95 95                90 93 94
Max heat         93                95    95                93    94


Date           05/28  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          89      64    89      62    83      60    84      60    85
Temp          89 83   70 69 87 82   67 66 81 76   62 64 82 77   63 66 83 78
Dewpt         64 64   61 61 55 59   56 58 54 58   59 60 54 58   59 63 56 60
PWind dir         W       W    NW      NW     N       E    NE      SE    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW CL CL CL   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20       5     5       5    10       5    10       5    20
Rain shwrs     S  S                                                       S
Tstms          S  S                                                       S

$$
GAZ099-260800-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
506 PM EDT Sat May 25 2024

Date           05/25/24      Sun 05/26/24            Mon 05/27/24            Tue
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      70          92          72          91          71
Temp             80 74 72 70 73 85 91 92 86 79 76 73 75 85 90 91 83 76 73 72 74
Dewpt            70 71 69 69 70 72 69 67 71 71 69 68 70 69 67 67 71 72 71 71 72
RH               72 90 90 97 90 65 49 44 61 77 79 84 84 59 47 45 67 87 93 97 93
Wind dir          W  W  N  N  N  W SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW SW  W  W SW SW  W  W
Wind spd          2  2  0  0  0  2  5  5  2  2  2  3  4  8 10 10  4  3  2  4  4
Clouds           B1 SC SC FW SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     40          10           5          40          40
QPF 12hr                   0.06           0           0        0.04        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C                                         S  C  C  C
Tstms             C                                         S  C  C  C
Heat index                      91 96 96 91                93 94
Max heat         91                96    96                93    94


Date           05/28  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          90      66    90      65    85      62    87      63    88
Temp          89 83   70 69 88 83   70 67 83 78   65 66 85 80   67 67 86 81
Dewpt         63 63   58 60 55 58   56 59 55 58   58 61 56 59   59 61 56 60
PWind dir         W      NW    NW       N     N      NE    NE      SE    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   CL CL CL FW   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20       5     0       5    10       5    10       5    20
Rain shwrs        S                                                       S
Tstms             S                                                       S

$$

PRODUCT KEY...

--- Cloud Cover ---
CODE   PERCENTAGE            SKY COVER DAY/NIGHT
 CL    0 TO <=5 percent      Sunny/Clear
 FW    >5 TO <=25 percent    Sunny/Mostly Clear
 SC    >25 TO <=50 percent   Partly Cloudy
 B1    >50 TO <=69 percent   Mostly Cloudy
 B2    >69 TO <=87 percent   Mostly Cloudy
 OV    >87 TO 100 percent    Cloudy

--- Obstructions to Visibility ---    --- Weather Coverage ---
CODE   TYPE                           CODE   QUALIFYING TERM
 F     Fog                             S     Slight
 PF    Patchy Fog                      C     Chance
 F+    Dense Fog                       L     Likely
 PF+   Patchy Dense Fog                O     Occasional
 H     Haze                            D     Definite
 BS    Blowing Snow
 K     Smoke
 BD    Blowing Dust
 AF    Volcanic Ashfall

--- Extended Wind Forecast Character ---
                           12-HR MAX SUSTAINED
CODE   WIND CHARACTER          WIND SPEED
 LT    Light                   < 8 mph
 GN    Gentle                  8-14 mph
 BZ    Breezy                  15-22 mph
 WY    Windy                   23-30 mph
 VW    Very Windy              31-39 mph
 SD    Strong/Damaging         >=40 mph