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National Weather Service Charleston SC
1250 PM EDT Mon May 27 2024

SCZ050-280800-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
1250 PM EDT Mon May 27 2024

Date             Mon 05/27/24            Tue 05/28/24            Wed 05/29/24
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      90          73          92          68          90
Temp                   89 89 83 77 75 73 75 84 90 90 83 75 72 69 71 83 89 89 81
Dewpt                  69 71 71 72 71 70 71 70 66 63 64 63 63 61 62 60 58 58 62
RH                     52 56 67 85 87 90 87 63 45 41 53 66 73 76 73 46 35 35 53
Wind dir               SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  N  W  W  W
Wind spd               13 14 10  8  8  6  6  8  9  9  6  3  3  4  4  6  6  8  5
Clouds                 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          50          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.79        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C  C  S        S  S
Tstms                         C  C  C  S        S  S
Heat index             94 95                   93 91
Max heat               94    95                93    93


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

Min/Max          67    83      65    85      63    84      65    85
Temp          71 69 80 77   67 68 84 76   66 67 82 75   66 68 84 77
Dewpt         59 57 57 60   62 60 58 61   62 61 56 59   59 61 59 61
PWind dir        NW    NE      SE    NE       E     E      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     5       5    10      10    10      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                        S
Tstms                                                             S

$$
GAZ118-280800-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
1250 PM EDT Mon May 27 2024

Date             Mon 05/27/24            Tue 05/28/24            Wed 05/29/24
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      91          71          92          67          90
Temp                   88 90 85 78 75 72 73 84 90 91 84 76 71 68 70 83 89 89 82
Dewpt                  69 66 69 72 71 70 71 69 65 61 63 62 61 59 61 60 57 58 61
RH                     54 45 59 82 87 93 93 61 44 37 49 62 71 73 73 46 34 35 49
Wind dir                W SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  N NW NW  W
Wind spd               11 12  8  6  6  5  6  8  9  9  5  2  2  2  3  5  6  8  5
Clouds                 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          50          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.80           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C  C  S
Tstms                         C  C  C  S
Heat index             92 93                   92 91
Max heat               93    94                92    93


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

Min/Max          68    84      65    85      64    83      65    85
Temp          71 69 82 77   68 69 85 77   67 67 83 76   67 68 83 77
Dewpt         60 59 57 61   63 64 61 62   62 63 57 58   59 61 59 61
PWind dir        NW    NE       E    NE       E     E      SE     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC   SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    10      10    20      10    20      10    20
Rain shwrs                            S             S             S
Tstms                                 S             S             S

$$
SCZ050-280800-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
1250 PM EDT Mon May 27 2024

Date             Mon 05/27/24            Tue 05/28/24            Wed 05/29/24
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      87          75          88          72          89
Temp                   87 85 81 80 78 76 77 84 88 88 82 76 73 72 72 84 88 87 80
Dewpt                  72 73 72 74 73 72 72 71 69 68 67 66 65 63 63 62 61 62 65
RH                     61 67 74 82 85 87 85 65 54 52 61 71 76 73 73 48 40 43 60
Wind dir               SW  S SW SW SW  W  W  W  W SW  W  W  W NW NW  N  W SW SW
Wind spd               14 19 11 10  9  8  8  6  8  9  5  2  2  3  4  6  6  8  5
Clouds                 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          50          20           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.79        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C  C  C           S
Tstms                         C  C  C  C           S
Heat index             93 91                   92 92
Max heat               93    94                93    92


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

Min/Max          69    82      67    83      66    82      68    83
Temp          72 71 80 75   69 69 83 75   67 68 81 74   68 70 83 76
Dewpt         62 59 59 61   64 62 61 62   62 62 59 60   61 62 61 62
PWind dir         W    NE      SE    NE       E     E      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     5      10    10      10    10      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                        S
Tstms                                                             S

$$
SCZ048-280800-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
1250 PM EDT Mon May 27 2024

Date             Mon 05/27/24            Tue 05/28/24            Wed 05/29/24
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      90          72          92          69          90
Temp                   89 89 86 79 76 73 74 84 90 91 84 77 73 70 71 82 88 89 83
Dewpt                  70 70 72 73 72 70 72 70 66 63 64 62 62 60 61 61 59 60 62
RH                     54 54 63 82 87 90 93 63 45 40 51 60 68 71 71 49 38 38 49
Wind dir                W SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  W  W  W
Wind spd               12 13  9  8  8  6  8  6  8  9  5  3  3  3  3  5  6  6  4
Clouds                 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          50          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.57           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C  C  C
Tstms                         C  C  C  C
Heat index             94 94 92                93 92
Max heat               94    95                93    93


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

Min/Max          69    83      66    85      65    83      66    84
Temp          73 70 81 77   68 69 84 77   68 68 82 75   68 69 83 77
Dewpt         61 58 58 62   63 63 61 63   63 63 58 60   60 62 60 63
PWind dir        NW    NE       E    NE       E     E      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          5    10      10    20      10    20      10    20
Rain shwrs                            S             S             S
Tstms                                 S             S             S

$$
SCZ043-280800-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
1250 PM EDT Mon May 27 2024

Date             Mon 05/27/24            Tue 05/28/24            Wed 05/29/24
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      89          69          90          65          88
Temp                   87 87 82 75 72 69 72 83 89 90 82 74 69 66 68 82 87 88 80
Dewpt                  68 66 70 71 70 69 71 68 63 59 62 59 59 58 60 58 55 56 59
RH                     53 50 67 87 93100 97 61 42 35 51 59 70 75 76 44 34 34 49
Wind dir                W SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  N  W  W  W
Wind spd               12 12  8  5  6  5  6  6  8  8  4  1  2  1  2  5  8  8  4
Clouds                 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          50          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.21        0.53           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C  S
Tstms                         C  C  S
Heat index             91                      90
Max heat               91    90                90    90


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

Min/Max          64    82      61    84      59    83      60    85
Temp          68 66 79 76   63 65 83 76   62 63 81 75   62 65 84 77
Dewpt         57 56 55 59   60 59 57 59   60 60 54 59   57 61 57 61
PWind dir        NW     N       E    NE      NE     E      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     5       5    10       5    10      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                        S
Tstms                                                             S

$$
GAZ099-280800-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
1250 PM EDT Mon May 27 2024

Date             Mon 05/27/24            Tue 05/28/24            Wed 05/29/24
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      89          70          91          65          88
Temp                   86 88 84 76 72 71 73 84 89 90 83 74 69 66 69 83 87 88 80
Dewpt                  69 67 72 71 70 69 70 67 61 60 62 59 59 57 61 59 57 57 61
RH                     57 50 67 85 93 93 90 57 39 37 49 59 70 73 76 44 36 35 52
Wind dir               SW SW  W SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW  W NW NW NW  N NW NW NW
Wind spd               11 14  8  5  6  5  6  8  8  8  3  2  2  2  1  4  6  6  3
Clouds                 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     50          50           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.16        0.39           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S  C  C  S
Tstms                   S  S  C  C  S
Heat index             90 91 90                   90
Max heat               90    92                      91


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

Min/Max          66    83      62    85      62    84      62    86
Temp          69 67 81 77   65 66 84 78   63 64 82 76   64 65 84 77
Dewpt         59 57 56 61   59 61 59 60   60 61 55 59   57 60 57 61
PWind dir        NW     N      NE    NE       E     E      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr          5     5      10    20      10    20      10    20
Rain shwrs                            S             S             S
Tstms                                 S             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