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POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1049 AM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

SCZ050-222100-
CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT-CHARLESTON SC
32.91N  80.03W ELEV. 45 FT
1049 AM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                      84          66          87          65          85
TEMP                82 84 82 75 70 68 66 70 80 86 85 77 71 68 65 68 79 85 82 73
DEWPT               69 67 67 67 68 68 66 68 66 65 66 66 66 65 63 62 59 56 55 53
RH                  65 57 61 76 93100100 93 62 50 53 69 84 90 93 81 50 37 40 49
WIND DIR             S  S SE SE  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S SW  W  W  W NW NW NW  N
WIND SPD             8 10  9  6  5  4  3  3  6  9 10  9  8  8  6  8  8 13 14 10
CLOUDS              B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
POP 12HR                     30          20          30          20           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.10           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS           S  C  C     S           S  C  C  S  S
TSTMS                S  C  C     S           S  C  C  S  S
HEAT INDEX          85 87 85                82 88 87
MAX HEAT               88    87                88    88                84    84


DATE          SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13  MON 05/27/13  TUE 05/28/13
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          55    79      56    82      60    84      62    85
TEMP          60 58 77 69   58 61 81 73   63 64 83 74   65 66 84 75
DEWPT         49 46 42 48   51 53 52 55   57 59 57 59   61 63 60 62
PWIND DIR        NE    NE      SE    SE       S     S       S     S
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
AVG CLOUDS    FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC
POP 12HR          0     0       5     5      10    10      10    20
RAIN SHWRS                                                     S  S
TSTMS                                                          S  S

$$
GAZ118-222100-
SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT-INLAND CHATHAM GA
32.12N  81.20W ELEV. 50 FT
1049 AM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                      85          66          90          65          87
TEMP                80 84 84 77 72 68 66 69 81 88 89 81 73 69 66 67 80 86 86 77
DEWPT               69 67 67 68 68 67 66 68 67 65 64 65 65 64 63 62 59 55 55 54
RH                  69 57 57 74 87 97100 97 63 47 44 58 76 84 90 84 49 35 35 45
WIND DIR            SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  S SW SW  W  W NW NW NW  N
WIND SPD             5  6  8  8  4  3  2  2  5  8  9  6  4  4  4  8 11 14 17 11
CLOUDS              B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR                     30          20          30          10           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.10           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS           S  C  C  S              S  S  S
TSTMS                S  C  C  S              S  S  S
HEAT INDEX          83 87 87                83 90 90 83             81
MAX HEAT               87    88                90    91                84    85


DATE          SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13  MON 05/27/13  TUE 05/28/13
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          57    81      57    83      61    85      64    86
TEMP          62 59 79 72   60 61 82 75   64 64 84 77   66 67 85 78
DEWPT         50 47 42 49   52 55 52 57   58 60 57 60   62 63 61 63
PWIND DIR         N    NE      SE    SE       S    SE      SE    SE
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
AVG CLOUDS    FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR          0     0       5     5       5    10      10    20
RAIN SHWRS                                                     S  S
TSTMS                                                          S  S

$$
SCZ050-222100-
CHARLESTON WATERFRONT-CHARLESTON SC
32.78N  79.94W ELEV. 10 FT
1049 AM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                      82          68          82          67          82
TEMP                80 82 80 75 71 70 68 71 78 82 81 76 72 69 67 68 78 82 81 74
DEWPT               70 68 67 67 68 68 68 68 67 66 67 67 67 66 64 62 59 57 56 55
RH                  72 63 65 76 90 93100 90 69 58 63 74 84 90 90 81 52 43 42 51
WIND DIR            SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S SW  W  W NW NW NW NW  N
WIND SPD             9 10 10  8  6  5  4  4  6 10 11  9  8  8  6  8  9 12 13 12
CLOUDS              SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
POP 12HR                     20          20          20          20           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.08           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS           S  S  S     S  S  S     S  S  S  S  S
TSTMS                S  S  S     S  S  S     S  S  S  S  S
HEAT INDEX          83 85 82                   84 83                   82 81
MAX HEAT               85    85                84    84                82    82


DATE          SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13  MON 05/27/13  TUE 05/28/13
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          60    74      59    80      63    81      65    81
TEMP          63 61 74 69   61 63 79 73   66 66 81 74   67 68 81 75
DEWPT         49 47 44 49   52 54 53 56   58 59 58 60   62 63 61 63
PWIND DIR        NE    NE       E    SE       S     S       S     S
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
AVG CLOUDS    FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR          0     0       5     5      10    10      10    20
RAIN SHWRS                                                     S  S
TSTMS                                                          S  S

$$
SCZ048-222100-
BEAUFORT MARINE CORPS AIR STATION-BEAUFORT SC
32.48N  80.72W ELEV. 37 FT
1049 AM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                      84          67          88          66          87
TEMP                80 83 81 77 73 69 67 70 80 87 88 80 74 70 67 68 79 87 85 77
DEWPT               69 68 69 69 69 68 67 68 68 67 67 67 66 65 63 62 59 56 55 55
RH                  69 61 67 76 87 97100 93 67 52 50 65 76 84 87 81 50 35 36 47
WIND DIR            SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW  W SW SW  S  S SW  W  W NW NW NW  N
WIND SPD             5  6  8  6  4  3  2  3  4  6  9  5  4  4  5  8  9 16 17 11
CLOUDS              B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR                     30          20          30          10           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.09           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS           S  S  C  S  S           S  C  C
TSTMS                S  S  C  S  S           S  C  C
HEAT INDEX          83 86 84                83 90 91 82
MAX HEAT               86    86                90    91                86    86


DATE          SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13  MON 05/27/13  TUE 05/28/13
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          57    80      58    82      62    84      64    85
TEMP          63 59 77 72   62 63 81 74   65 66 82 76   67 68 84 77
DEWPT         49 46 43 49   52 54 53 57   58 60 58 61   62 63 62 64
PWIND DIR         N    NE       E    SE       S     S       S    SE
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
AVG CLOUDS    FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC
POP 12HR          0     0       5     5       5    10      10    20
RAIN SHWRS                                                     S  S
TSTMS                                                          S  S

$$
SCZ043-222100-
WALTERBORO-INLAND COLLETON SC
32.91N  80.67W ELEV. 98 FT
1049 AM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                      85          65          89          64          85
TEMP                81 85 84 77 71 67 65 68 79 87 88 79 71 67 64 66 79 85 83 73
DEWPT               69 67 68 68 67 67 65 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 61 58 56 54 53
RH                  67 55 59 74 87100100100 67 50 47 60 76 84 90 84 49 37 37 49
WIND DIR             S  S SE SE  S  S  S SW  W SW SW SW SW  W  W  W NW NW NW  N
WIND SPD             5  5  5  3  4  3  2  2  5  8  9  5  5  5  5  6  9 14 17 10
CLOUDS              B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR                     40          20          30          10           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.10           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS           S  C  C  S  S           C  C  C
TSTMS                S  C  C  S  S           C  C  C
HEAT INDEX          84 88 87                   89 90
MAX HEAT               88    88                89    91                84    84


DATE          SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13  MON 05/27/13  TUE 05/28/13
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          53    81      53    83      58    86      61    86
TEMP          58 56 78 71   55 58 82 74   61 62 84 77   64 65 86 77
DEWPT         47 46 40 48   51 52 52 56   56 58 57 59   61 62 60 62
PWIND DIR         N    NE       E    SE       S     S       S     S
WIND CHAR        GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
AVG CLOUDS    FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR          0     0       5     5      10    10      10    20
RAIN SHWRS                                                     S  S
TSTMS                                                          S  S

$$
GAZ099-222100-
METTER-CANDLER GA
32.40N  82.06W ELEV. 197 FT
1049 AM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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          66          90          64          88
TEMP                81 86 87 81 74 69 67 68 80 87 90 82 73 69 65 66 79 85 87 78
DEWPT               68 67 66 67 68 68 67 68 67 65 63 64 65 64 63 63 59 54 53 53
RH                  65 53 50 63 82 97100100 65 48 41 55 76 84 93 90 50 35 31 42
WIND DIR             S  S SE SE SE  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W NW  W NW NW NW NW  N
WIND SPD             4  4  6  5  4  4  3  4  5 10 11  4  3  3  5  9 13 14 18  9
CLOUDS              B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR                     30          30          20          10           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0        0.09           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS              S  C  C           S  S  S  S
TSTMS                   S  C  C           S  S  S  S
HEAT INDEX          84 89 89 83             82 89 91 83
MAX HEAT               89    89                89    91                83    85


DATE          SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13  MON 05/27/13  TUE 05/28/13
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          55    84      56    86      59    88      63    89
TEMP          60 57 81 75   59 59 84 77   62 62 85 80   66 66 87 81
DEWPT         50 46 35 45   50 52 49 54   56 58 55 58   60 61 58 61
PWIND DIR        NE    NE      SE    SE       S     S      SE    SE
WIND CHAR        GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
AVG CLOUDS    FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR          0     0       5     5       5    10      10    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

$$




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