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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
648 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

SCZ050-200930-
CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT-CHARLESTON SC
32.91N  80.03W ELEV. 45 FT
648 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

DATE           05/19/13      MON 05/20/13            TUE 05/21/13            WED
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                      69          82          67          86          68
TEMP             76 72 71 70 71 79 81 80 75 71 69 68 71 80 85 84 78 73 71 69 72
DEWPT            68 69 69 69 69 68 67 67 67 68 68 67 69 67 66 66 67 68 68 67 68
RH               76 90 93 97 93 69 63 65 76 90 97 97 93 65 53 55 69 84 90 93 87
WIND DIR          S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE
WIND SPD          8  6  5  4  4  6  6  6  4  3  2  0  2  6  9 10  8  5  4  0  3
CLOUDS           OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR                     40          60          30          30          10
QPF 12HR                   0.17        0.53           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS           C  C  C  C  C  L  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  C  C
TSTMS                C  C  C  C  C  L  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  C  C
HEAT INDEX                         83 82                82 87 86
MAX HEAT         82                83    83                87    87


DATE           05/22  THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13  SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13
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          87      67    84      66    86      67    86      65    82
TEMP          86 78   70 70 83 76   69 69 85 77   70 71 85 77   68 68 81 73
DEWPT         66 66   67 68 65 66   67 68 66 66   66 67 65 66   65 64 62 61
PWIND DIR         S       S     S      SW    SW       W    NE      NE     E
WIND CHAR        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR         20      10    20       5    20      10    10      10    10
RAIN SHWRS     S  S          S  S          S  S
TSTMS          S  S          S  S          S  S

$$
GAZ118-200930-
SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT-INLAND CHATHAM GA
32.12N  81.20W ELEV. 50 FT
648 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

DATE           05/19/13      MON 05/20/13            TUE 05/21/13            WED
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          83          67          87          67
TEMP             74 72 71 70 70 79 82 81 76 72 70 68 71 81 86 85 78 73 70 68 71
DEWPT            70 70 69 69 69 69 68 68 69 69 68 67 69 68 67 67 68 68 67 67 68
RH               87 93 93 97 97 72 63 65 79 90 93 97 93 65 53 55 71 84 90 97 90
WIND DIR         SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD          6  4  2  1  2  6  4  6  3  4  2  0  0  5 10 11  9  5  0  0  4
CLOUDS           OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1
POP 12HR                     30          50          20          30          10
QPF 12HR                   0.05        0.38           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS        C  C  S  S  S  C  C  C  S  S              C  C
TSTMS             C  C  S  S  S  C  C  C  S  S              C  C
HEAT INDEX                         85 84                84 89 88
MAX HEAT                           85    85                89    89


DATE           05/22  THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13  SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13
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          88      67    86      67    87      67    87      66    83
TEMP          87 79   70 71 85 77   70 70 86 78   70 71 86 78   69 69 82 75
DEWPT         67 68   68 68 67 68   67 68 66 68   67 68 65 66   65 65 63 64
PWIND DIR        SE       S    SE      SW    NE      NE    NE      NE     E
WIND CHAR        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR         20      10    20       5    20      10    10      10    10
RAIN SHWRS     S  S          S  S          S  S
TSTMS          S  S          S  S          S  S

$$
SCZ050-200930-
CHARLESTON WATERFRONT-CHARLESTON SC
32.78N  79.94W ELEV. 10 FT
648 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

DATE           05/19/13      MON 05/20/13            TUE 05/21/13            WED
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          81          69          84          70
TEMP             75 73 71 71 72 78 80 80 76 72 71 70 72 80 83 82 78 74 72 71 73
DEWPT            69 69 69 69 69 68 67 67 67 68 68 67 69 67 66 67 67 68 68 67 68
RH               82 87 93 93 90 71 65 65 74 87 90 90 90 65 57 61 69 82 87 87 84
WIND DIR          S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE
WIND SPD          9  9  9  9  8  5  8  8  5  4  3  2  3  8 10 10  8  6  4  3  4
CLOUDS           OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR                     50          50          20          20          10
QPF 12HR                   0.22        0.35           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS           C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
TSTMS                C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
HEAT INDEX                         82 82                82 85 85
MAX HEAT                           82    82                85    85


DATE           05/22  THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13  SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13
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          84      68    83      68    84      68    84      67    81
TEMP          83 77   71 71 82 76   70 70 83 77   71 71 83 76   70 70 80 74
DEWPT         67 67   68 68 66 67   68 68 67 67   67 67 66 67   66 65 63 62
PWIND DIR        SE       S    SE      SW     S       W    NE      NE     E
WIND CHAR        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR         10      10    20       5    20      10     5      10    10
RAIN SHWRS                   S  S          S  S
TSTMS                        S  S          S  S

$$
SCZ048-200930-
BEAUFORT MARINE CORPS AIR STATION-BEAUFORT SC
32.48N  80.72W ELEV. 37 FT
648 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

DATE           05/19/13      MON 05/20/13            TUE 05/21/13            WED
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                      69          82          68          86          68
TEMP             74 72 72 71 71 79 81 80 76 72 70 69 71 81 85 84 78 73 71 69 71
DEWPT            70 70 70 70 69 68 68 68 69 68 68 67 69 68 68 68 68 68 68 67 68
RH               87 93 93 97 93 69 65 67 79 87 93 93 93 65 57 59 71 84 90 93 90
WIND DIR          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE
WIND SPD          6  5  4  3  3  6  4  6  4  4  1  0  0  6 10 11  9  5  4  2  4
CLOUDS           OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1
POP 12HR                     30          60          20          20          10
QPF 12HR                   0.07        0.44           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS        C  S  S  S  C  C  L  C  S  S  S  S        S  S
TSTMS             C  S  S  S  C  C  L  C  S  S  S  S        S  S
HEAT INDEX                         84 83                84 88 87
MAX HEAT                           84    84                88    88


DATE           05/22  THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13  SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13
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          86      68    84      67    86      68    86      66    83
TEMP          85 78   71 71 83 76   70 70 85 78   71 71 85 77   69 69 82 75
DEWPT         68 69   68 68 67 68   67 68 67 68   67 68 67 67   65 65 64 63
PWIND DIR        SE       S     S      SW     S       W    NE      NE     E
WIND CHAR        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR         20      10    20       5    20      10     5      10    10
RAIN SHWRS     S  S          S  S          S  S
TSTMS          S  S          S  S          S  S

$$
SCZ043-200930-
WALTERBORO-INLAND COLLETON SC
32.91N  80.67W ELEV. 98 FT
648 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

DATE           05/19/13      MON 05/20/13            TUE 05/21/13            WED
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                      67          83          66          87          66
TEMP             73 71 70 69 69 79 82 81 75 71 69 67 70 81 86 84 78 72 69 67 70
DEWPT            70 69 69 68 68 68 67 67 67 68 67 66 68 68 67 67 67 67 67 66 67
RH               90 93 97 97 97 69 61 63 76 90 93 97 93 65 53 57 69 84 93 97 90
WIND DIR          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE
WIND SPD          6  3  1  0  1  6  4  4  3  2  0  0  0  5  6  9  6  5  0  0  2
CLOUDS           OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR                     40          60          30          30          20
QPF 12HR                   0.08        0.51           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS        C  C  C  C  C  C  L  C  C  S              C  C  S
TSTMS             C  C  C  C  C  C  L  C  C  S              C  C  S
HEAT INDEX                         85 83                84 89 87
MAX HEAT                           85    85                89    89


DATE           05/22  THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13  SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13
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          88      65    86      65    88      65    87      64    83
TEMP          87 78   69 69 85 77   68 68 87 78   69 69 86 77   68 68 82 74
DEWPT         67 67   66 67 66 67   66 67 66 66   65 67 65 65   64 64 61 61
PWIND DIR         S       S     S      SW     W       W    NE      NE     E
WIND CHAR        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR         20      10    20       5    20      10     5      10    10
RAIN SHWRS     S  S          S  S          S  S
TSTMS          S  S          S  S          S  S

$$
GAZ099-200930-
METTER-CANDLER GA
32.40N  82.06W ELEV. 197 FT
648 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

DATE           05/19/13      MON 05/20/13            TUE 05/21/13            WED
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                      67          86          67          89          67
TEMP             74 71 69 68 69 80 85 84 77 73 70 68 71 83 88 86 79 73 71 68 71
DEWPT            70 70 69 68 68 69 68 68 69 69 68 67 68 69 66 65 68 68 67 66 68
RH               87 97100100 97 69 57 59 76 87 93 97 90 63 48 50 69 84 87 93 90
WIND DIR         SE SE SE SE  S  S SE  S  S SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD          5  3  0  0  0  5  5  5  4  3  0  0  0  4  4  6  6  3  0  0  2
CLOUDS           OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1
POP 12HR                     30          50          30          30          20
QPF 12HR                   0.09        0.11           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS           C  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  S              C  C  S
TSTMS                C  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  S              C  C  S
HEAT INDEX                      83 88 87                87 90 88
MAX HEAT                           88    88                90    90


DATE           05/22  THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13  SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13
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      67    88      67    89      67    88      66    84
TEMP          88 79   71 71 87 79   70 70 88 79   71 71 87 78   70 69 83 75
DEWPT         65 66   66 67 65 66   67 68 64 66   66 65 60 63   64 64 60 63
PWIND DIR        SE      SE    SE       S    NW      NW    NE       E     E
WIND CHAR        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
POP 12HR         20      10    30       5    20      10    10      10    10
RAIN SHWRS     S  S          C  C          S  S
TSTMS          S  S          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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