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National Weather Service Charleston SC
123 AM EDT Thu May 9 2024

SCZ050-100800-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
123 AM EDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/08/24      Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24            Sat
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          90          70          85          59
Temp                   75 73 76 84 89 86 78 74 70 70 73 81 85 84 77 70 65 60 60
Dewpt                  72 71 71 70 69 70 70 70 70 69 70 71 68 66 65 61 56 52 52
RH                     90 93 85 63 52 59 76 87100 97 90 72 57 55 67 73 73 75 75
Wind dir               SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  N  N  N
Wind spd                8  6  8 14 16 14 11  9  8  6  8 11 13 11 11 11 11 10  9
Clouds                 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          80          20          60          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.31        0.11        0.32        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  L  S           C  C  L  L  S  S
Tstms                               C  L  S           C  C  L  L  S  S
Heat index                         94 91
Max heat                           94    91


Date           05/11  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24
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          81      60    83      62    83      66    80      66    84
Temp          78 73   63 63 82 74   64 65 82 74   67 68 79 74   69 68 82 76
Dewpt         49 53   55 54 50 55   57 57 57 61   64 65 65 67   68 68 69 69
PWind dir        NW       W     W       S    SE      SE    SE       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0    10      40    60      60    60
Rain shwrs                                         S  C  C  L    L  L  L  L
Tstms                                              S     S  C    S     S  C

$$
GAZ118-100800-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
123 AM EDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/08/24      Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24            Sat
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          71          85          60
Temp                   75 72 74 85 91 88 79 74 71 71 72 79 83 85 79 73 68 61 63
Dewpt                  71 70 71 70 68 68 69 70 70 70 71 70 68 66 64 62 57 53 53
RH                     87 93 90 61 47 52 72 87 97 97 97 74 61 53 60 68 68 75 70
Wind dir                S SW SW SW SW  W  W SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W NW  N  N  N
Wind spd                5  4  8 13 14 12  8  6  8  6  8 10 12 12  9  9 10  9  8
Clouds                 FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          80          30          70          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.59        0.16        0.77        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  D  C  S        L  L  L  L  S  S
Tstms                               C  D  C  S        L  L  L  L  S  S
Heat index                      90 95 92
Max heat                           95    93


Date           05/11  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24
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          81      59    84      61    83      67    81      67    84
Temp          79 74   62 62 82 75   63 64 82 75   69 69 80 75   69 68 82 77
Dewpt         49 52   53 53 50 54   55 57 57 61   64 66 66 66   67 68 68 68
PWind dir        NW       W     W       S    SE      SE    SE       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    LT
Avg clouds    CL FW   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0    20      40    70      60    60
Rain shwrs                                    S    C  C  L  L    L  C  C  L
Tstms                                         S    S     S  C    S     S  C

$$
SCZ050-100800-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
123 AM EDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/08/24      Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24            Sat
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                      74          88          70          85          62
Temp                   75 74 76 83 87 84 78 74 71 70 74 82 85 83 78 71 67 62 64
Dewpt                  72 72 73 72 72 73 73 71 71 70 71 71 69 67 67 63 58 54 53
RH                     90 93 90 70 61 70 85 90100100 90 69 59 59 69 76 73 75 67
Wind dir               SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W SW  W  W NW  N  N  N
Wind spd               11  9  9 13 14 14 12 10  9  8  8 11 12 11 11 11 11 11 10
Clouds                 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          80          20          60          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.31        0.13        0.34        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  D  S           C  C  L  L  C  C
Tstms                               C  D  S           C  C  L  L  C  C
Heat index                         93 90
Max heat                           94    90                90


Date           05/11  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24
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          80      62    82      65    81      68    80      68    83
Temp          78 73   65 64 81 73   66 67 81 73   68 68 79 73   70 69 82 76
Dewpt         50 54   57 55 52 57   60 59 59 63   64 66 67 67   69 69 70 71
PWind dir        NW       W     W       S    SE      SE    SE       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0    10      40    60      60    60
Rain shwrs                                         S  C  C  L    L  L  L  L
Tstms                                              S     S  S    S  S  S  S

$$
SCZ048-100800-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
123 AM EDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/08/24      Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24            Sat
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          90          70          86          60
Temp                   75 73 75 84 89 86 79 75 71 70 73 81 85 85 78 72 68 61 62
Dewpt                  72 71 72 71 70 72 71 71 71 70 72 71 69 68 66 63 57 53 53
RH                     90 93 90 65 54 63 77 87100100 97 72 59 57 67 73 68 75 72
Wind dir                S SW SW SW SW  W SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W NW  N  N  N
Wind spd                8  5  9 13 14 13  9  8  8  6  8 11 13 12 10 11 13 11  9
Clouds                 SC FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          80          20          70          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.43        0.13        0.45        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  D  S           C  C  L  L  S  S
Tstms                               C  D  S           C  C  L  L  S  S
Heat index                         94 92
Max heat                           95    93


Date           05/11  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24
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          81      60    84      62    82      67    81      67    84
Temp          78 73   64 63 81 74   64 66 81 73   69 68 79 74   70 68 82 77
Dewpt         50 54   54 55 52 56   57 59 59 63   64 67 68 67   68 68 70 70
PWind dir        NW       W     W       S    SE      SE    SE       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0    20      40    70      60    60
Rain shwrs                                    S    C  C  L  L    L  L  L  L
Tstms                                         S    S     S  C    S     S  C

$$
SCZ043-100800-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
123 AM EDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/08/24      Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24            Sat
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          87          67          83          55
Temp                   73 71 74 83 86 87 78 72 68 67 69 78 83 83 76 66 61 56 59
Dewpt                  72 71 71 70 68 69 71 70 68 67 69 70 66 64 64 59 54 51 51
RH                     97100 90 65 55 55 79 93100100100 76 57 53 66 78 78 83 75
Wind dir                S SW SW SW SW  W SW SW SW SW SW  W SW  W  W NW  N  N  N
Wind spd                5  3  6 13 14 12  9  8  6  5  6 10 12 10 10 10 10  8  6
Clouds                 SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          80          20          60          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.36        0.09        0.31           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  D  L  S           C  C  L  L  S  S
Tstms                            S  D  L  S           C  C  L  L  S  S
Heat index                            91
Max heat                           92    91


Date           05/11  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24
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          79      56    82      56    82      62    79      63    84
Temp          77 71   59 59 80 73   59 61 81 72   64 64 76 72   64 65 81 76
Dewpt         48 52   51 53 49 54   53 56 55 60   62 64 65 66   64 65 68 69
PWind dir        NW       W     W       S    SE      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0    20      40    70      60    60
Rain shwrs                                    S    C  C  C  L    L  L  L  L
Tstms                                         S    S     S  C    S     S  C

$$
GAZ099-100800-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
123 AM EDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/08/24      Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24            Sat
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          87          69          84          57
Temp                   74 71 75 86 82 87 79 74 70 69 70 77 82 84 77 67 63 58 60
Dewpt                  70 69 70 71 70 68 68 69 69 68 70 69 66 63 62 59 54 52 52
RH                     87 93 84 61 67 53 69 84 97 97100 76 58 49 60 75 72 80 75
Wind dir               SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W SW SW SW  W  W  W  W NW  N  N  N
Wind spd                5  5  8 13 13 12  9  4  5  5  8  8 10 12 10  9  9  6  5
Clouds                 FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW CL FW CL
PoP 12hr                      5          80          30          70          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.88        0.12        0.57           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  D  L  S           L  L  L  L
Tstms                            S  D  L  S           L  L  L  L
Heat index                      91    91
Max heat                           93    91


Date           05/11  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24
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          80      57    82      58    82      64    80      65    84
Temp          78 72   60 60 80 73   60 61 82 73   65 66 79 73   66 67 83 76
Dewpt         48 51   51 52 48 52   52 54 54 59   62 65 65 65   66 67 67 68
PWind dir        NW      NW     W       S    SE      SE    SE       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL FW   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       5    20      50    70      70    60
Rain shwrs                                    S    C  C  C  L    L  C  C  L
Tstms                                         S    S     S  C    S     S  C

$$

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