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POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1028 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

SCZ050-202100-
CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT-CHARLESTON SC
32.91N  80.03W ELEV. 45 FT
1028 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

DATE             MON 05/20/13            TUE 05/21/13            WED 05/22/13
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          66          84          66          86
TEMP                79 82 82 81 71 68 67 70 80 83 82 76 71 68 66 70 81 85 83 77
DEWPT               70 68 68 67 66 67 66 67 66 65 65 66 67 68 66 68 67 66 66 67
RH                  74 63 63 63 84 97 97 90 62 55 56 71 87100100 93 63 53 57 71
WIND DIR             S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S SE  S SE
WIND SPD             9  9  6  5  5  2  2  3  6  8  8  6  5  4  2  4  8 11 12  6
CLOUDS              OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR                     60          30          30          10          20
QPF 12HR                   0.58        0.03           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS           L  L  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  C  C                    S  S
TSTMS                L  L  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  C  C                    S  S
HEAT INDEX             85 85 83             82 85 84                83 87 85
MAX HEAT               85    85                85    86                87    87


DATE          THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13  SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13
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          66    85      66    86      64    83      63    83
TEMP          68 70 85 77   68 70 85 76   68 68 82 74   66 67 82 74
DEWPT         68 69 66 66   67 67 64 64   63 64 60 61   62 62 60 61
PWIND DIR         S    SW      SW     W      NW    NE      NE    NE
WIND CHAR        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW SC SC SC
POP 12HR         10    20       5    20      10    10      10    10
RAIN SHWRS           S  S          S  S
TSTMS                S  S          S  S

$$
GAZ118-202100-
SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT-INLAND CHATHAM GA
32.12N  81.20W ELEV. 50 FT
1028 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

DATE             MON 05/20/13            TUE 05/21/13            WED 05/22/13
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                      83          65          84          67          87
TEMP                78 83 83 82 70 67 66 68 80 84 83 77 71 69 67 70 81 86 85 79
DEWPT               69 68 69 69 67 67 65 67 68 66 67 67 68 68 67 69 68 67 67 68
RH                  74 61 63 65 90100 97 97 67 55 59 71 90 97100 97 65 53 55 69
WIND DIR             S  S SE SE  S SE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD             4  5  5  4  2  1  1  1  5  8  8  8  5  2  3  3  6  8 10  8
CLOUDS              B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
POP 12HR                     50          20          30          10          20
QPF 12HR                   0.22           0           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS           S  C  C  S  S           C  C  C                    S  S
TSTMS                S  C  C  S  S           C  C  C                    S  S
HEAT INDEX             86 87 85             83 86 86                84 89 88
MAX HEAT               86    87                87    86                89    89


DATE          THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13  SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13
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          67    87      67    87      65    85      64    83
TEMP          69 70 87 79   69 71 86 77   69 69 84 76   67 68 82 75
DEWPT         68 69 67 68   67 68 65 67   65 66 62 63   63 64 62 63
PWIND DIR         S    SW      SW     W       N    NE      NE    NE
WIND CHAR        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
AVG CLOUDS    SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC
POP 12HR         10    20       5    20      10    10      10    10
RAIN SHWRS           S  S          S  S
TSTMS                S  S          S  S

$$
SCZ050-202100-
CHARLESTON WATERFRONT-CHARLESTON SC
32.78N  79.94W ELEV. 10 FT
1028 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

DATE             MON 05/20/13            TUE 05/21/13            WED 05/22/13
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                      80          69          83          68          83
TEMP                77 79 79 79 72 70 69 72 80 82 81 76 72 70 68 71 80 83 81 76
DEWPT               69 68 68 68 66 66 66 67 67 66 66 66 67 68 67 68 67 67 67 67
RH                  76 69 69 69 81 87 90 84 65 58 60 71 84 93 97 90 65 59 63 74
WIND DIR             S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE
WIND SPD             9 10  8  6  8  3  3  4  6 10 10 10  6  6  4  6  9 13 14 10
CLOUDS              B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR                     60          20          20          10          20
QPF 12HR                   0.48        0.05           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS           L  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S                    S  S
TSTMS                L  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S                    S  S
HEAT INDEX                                  82 84 83                82 86 83
MAX HEAT                                       84    84                86    86


DATE          THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13  SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13
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          68    83      68    84      66    81      65    82
TEMP          69 71 83 76   69 71 83 76   69 69 80 74   68 68 81 75
DEWPT         68 69 67 67   67 67 65 65   64 64 61 62   63 62 61 62
PWIND DIR         S    SW      SW     W      NW    NE      NE    NE
WIND CHAR        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW SC SC SC
POP 12HR         10    20       5    20      10     5      10    10
RAIN SHWRS           S  S          S  S
TSTMS                S  S          S  S

$$
SCZ048-202100-
BEAUFORT MARINE CORPS AIR STATION-BEAUFORT SC
32.48N  80.72W ELEV. 37 FT
1028 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

DATE             MON 05/20/13            TUE 05/21/13            WED 05/22/13
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                      80          68          83          67          85
TEMP                79 80 80 80 72 69 68 71 80 83 82 76 73 70 67 71 81 85 83 78
DEWPT               69 69 69 68 68 68 66 68 68 68 68 68 68 68 67 69 68 68 68 69
RH                  72 69 69 67 87 97 93 90 67 61 63 76 84 93100 93 65 57 61 74
WIND DIR            SW  S SE SE SE SE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD             8  5  5  4  3  2  1  2  5  6  6  6  4  3  3  5  8  9 10  8
CLOUDS              B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR                     60          20          30          10          20
QPF 12HR                   0.35           0           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS           C  L  C  S  S  S  S     C  S  C                    S  S
TSTMS                C  L  C  S  S  S  S     C  S  C                    S  S
HEAT INDEX             83 83 83             83 86 85                84 88 86
MAX HEAT               83    83                86    86                88    88


DATE          THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13  SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13
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          67    85      67    86      66    83      65    83
TEMP          69 70 85 78   70 71 85 77   69 69 82 75   68 68 82 75
DEWPT         68 69 68 68   67 68 66 67   65 65 63 63   63 64 62 63
PWIND DIR         S    SW      SW     W       N    NE      NE    NE
WIND CHAR        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW SC SC SC
POP 12HR         10    20       5    20      10     5      10    10
RAIN SHWRS           S  S          S  S
TSTMS                S  S          S  S

$$
SCZ043-202100-
WALTERBORO-INLAND COLLETON SC
32.91N  80.67W ELEV. 98 FT
1028 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

DATE             MON 05/20/13            TUE 05/21/13            WED 05/22/13
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          66          85          65          87
TEMP                77 82 82 81 70 67 66 68 80 85 83 77 71 67 65 69 81 86 85 79
DEWPT               72 68 67 67 66 66 65 67 67 66 66 67 67 67 65 68 67 67 66 67
RH                  85 63 61 63 87 97 97 97 65 53 57 71 87100100 97 63 53 53 67
WIND DIR            SW SW  S SE  S SE  E  E  S SE SE SE SE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD             6  6  4  3  3  1  1  1  4  5  6  5  4  2  2  3  6  8  8  5
CLOUDS              OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR                     60          40          40          20          20
QPF 12HR                   0.48           0           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS           C  L  L  C  S           S  C  C  S                 S  S
TSTMS                C  L  L  C  S           S  C  C  S                 S  S
HEAT INDEX             85 85 83             82 87 85                83 89 87
MAX HEAT               85    85                87    87                89    89


DATE          THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13  SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13
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          65    87      64    88      62    84      62    84
TEMP          67 68 87 78   67 69 87 76   66 66 83 74   66 66 83 74
DEWPT         67 68 66 66   66 66 64 64   62 63 60 60   61 62 60 61
PWIND DIR        SE    SW      SW     W       N    NE      NE    NE
WIND CHAR        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC
POP 12HR         10    20       5    20      10     5      10    10
RAIN SHWRS           S  S          S  S
TSTMS                S  S          S  S

$$
GAZ099-202100-
METTER-CANDLER GA
32.40N  82.06W ELEV. 197 FT
1028 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

DATE             MON 05/20/13            TUE 05/21/13            WED 05/22/13
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                      86          67          88          67          88
TEMP                78 85 86 85 72 69 67 69 81 87 88 81 74 69 67 69 82 88 88 81
DEWPT               70 68 68 68 69 68 67 68 68 65 64 67 67 67 66 68 68 65 64 67
RH                  76 57 55 57 90 97100 97 65 48 45 63 79 93 97 97 63 47 45 63
WIND DIR            SW  S  S SE  S  S SE  S SE  E SE SE SE  E  E  E SE  E SE SE
WIND SPD             3  5  4  3  2  1  0  1  3  6  9  8  3  3  3  3  4  5  6  4
CLOUDS              B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR                     40          30          30          20          20
QPF 12HR                   0.09           0           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS           S  C  C  C  S              C  C  S                 S  S
TSTMS                S  C  C  C  S              C  C  S                 S  S
HEAT INDEX             88 89 88             84 89 89 83             85 90 89 83
MAX HEAT               88    89                89    89                90    89


DATE          THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13  SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13
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          66    89      66    89      64    86      64    85
TEMP          69 68 88 82   69 70 88 78   68 68 85 76   68 68 84 76
DEWPT         67 68 65 66   66 66 61 63   63 63 58 60   61 61 57 60
PWIND DIR         S     W       W    NW       N    NE      NE    NE
WIND CHAR        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC
POP 12HR         10    30       5    20      10    10      10    10
RAIN SHWRS           C  C          S  S
TSTMS                C  C          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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