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National Weather Service Charleston SC
1203 PM EDT Wed Mar 27 2024

SCZ050-272000-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
1203 PM EDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date             Wed 03/27/24            Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24
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                      75          58          68          45          70
Temp                   74 74 69 67 65 62 60 61 64 68 60 55 51 47 46 60 68 69 61
Dewpt                  67 68 67 66 64 61 58 55 52 49 46 42 40 36 36 37 37 39 43
RH                     79 82 93 97 97 97 93 81 65 51 60 61 66 65 68 42 32 33 51
Wind dir                S  S  S SW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  N NW  N  N NW  W SW
Wind spd               12 11  8  4  4  6 10 13 17 17 11  9  6  8  5  9  9  8  8
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     60         100          60           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.10        1.05        0.11           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C  L  D  D  D  L  C  S
Tstms                   S  S  C  L  L  L  S


Date          Sat 03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24
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          50    77      56    83      62    84      65    84
Temp          54 51 75 67   60 57 80 72   65 63 83 73   68 66 83 74
Dewpt         44 43 44 49   49 48 54 57   57 57 59 60   60 59 60 60
PWind dir        SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL CL CL   CL FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 SC   B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     0       0     5

$$
GAZ118-272000-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
1203 PM EDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date             Wed 03/27/24            Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24
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                      76          59          71          45          70
Temp                   75 74 69 67 65 62 60 62 68 70 62 56 52 48 47 60 68 70 61
Dewpt                  66 66 66 65 63 60 58 54 51 47 44 42 40 37 37 37 36 37 42
RH                     74 76 90 93 93 93 93 75 54 44 52 59 63 65 68 42 31 30 49
Wind dir                S  S  S  N NW  N  N  N  N NW NW  N NW  N  N  N  N  W  S
Wind spd               10 10  8  5  5  8 10 12 14 13  9  8  5  6  5  8  5  6  8
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     90         100          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.46        0.99        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  L  D  D  D  D  C  S
Tstms                   S  C  L  L  L  L


Date          Sat 03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24
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          48    78      55    83      61    85      63    86
Temp          52 50 75 67   59 56 80 73   65 62 83 75   68 64 84 76
Dewpt         42 42 43 47   47 50 52 55   56 57 57 59   58 58 58 59
PWind dir        SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     0       0     5

$$
SCZ050-272000-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
1203 PM EDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date             Wed 03/27/24            Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24
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                      73          58          67          48          69
Temp                   72 71 67 66 64 61 60 60 65 67 60 55 52 49 48 60 68 68 60
Dewpt                  66 67 66 65 64 61 59 56 53 52 48 44 42 38 38 39 38 42 45
RH                     81 87 97 97100100 96 87 65 59 64 66 69 66 68 46 33 39 58
Wind dir                S  S  S  S NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  W SW
Wind spd               13 11  9  5  5  8 12 18 19 19 14 12 11 12  9 12 10 11 11
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     60         100          60           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.97        0.12           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  L  D  D  D  L  C  S
Tstms                   S  S  C  L  L  L  S


Date          Sat 03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24
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          52    74      58    79      62    81      65    80
Temp          55 53 74 65   61 58 78 70   65 63 81 71   67 65 80 71
Dewpt         47 45 47 52   52 50 55 58   59 58 60 61   61 60 61 61
PWind dir        SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    CL CL CL CL   FW FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 SC   B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     0       0     5

$$
SCZ048-272000-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
1203 PM EDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date             Wed 03/27/24            Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24
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                      75          59          69          46          70
Temp                   74 73 69 67 65 61 60 60 66 68 61 56 52 48 47 60 67 69 60
Dewpt                  67 67 66 65 63 60 58 55 52 49 46 44 41 37 37 38 38 40 44
RH                     79 81 90 93 93 97 93 84 61 51 58 64 66 65 68 44 34 35 55
Wind dir                S  S  S NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  W SW
Wind spd               11 11  8  5  5  8 11 13 16 14 11  9  6  8  5  9  6  8  8
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     70         100          40           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.32        1.22        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C  D  D  D  D  C  C
Tstms                   S  S  L  L  L  L


Date          Sat 03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24
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          49    76      55    82      61    84      63    84
Temp          54 51 74 66   59 56 79 71   65 62 81 73   68 64 81 74
Dewpt         44 44 46 50   49 50 56 58   57 57 60 61   60 59 61 61
PWind dir        SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL CL FW   FW FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     0       0     5

$$
SCZ043-272000-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
1203 PM EDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date             Wed 03/27/24            Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24
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                      75          57          67          42          70
Temp                   74 74 68 66 63 60 57 60 65 67 59 52 49 45 43 59 67 69 60
Dewpt                  67 66 67 65 62 59 57 53 49 45 43 41 37 35 35 37 36 36 41
RH                     79 76 97 97 97 96100 78 56 45 55 66 63 68 73 44 32 30 49
Wind dir                S  S SW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  N NW  N  N NW  W SW
Wind spd               10  9  5  4  5  9 10 12 14 13  9  6  5  6  3  8  6  8  5
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     80         100          40           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.36        1.12        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  L  D  D  D  D  C  C
Tstms                   S  C  L  L  L  L


Date          Sat 03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24
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          46    77      52    83      60    85      63    85
Temp          50 48 75 66   56 54 80 73   64 61 84 76   67 64 83 75
Dewpt         41 41 43 46   46 48 53 55   56 56 57 59   59 58 59 59
PWind dir        SW    SW      SW     W      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW CL CL   CL FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     0       0    10

$$
GAZ099-272000-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
1203 PM EDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date             Wed 03/27/24            Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24
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                      73          55          70          43          70
Temp                   73 71 66 62 60 57 55 63 68 69 60 53 49 46 44 60 67 70 60
Dewpt                  66 63 64 62 59 56 54 51 47 42 42 40 38 36 36 37 36 35 40
RH                     79 76 93100 96 96 96 65 47 37 51 61 66 68 73 42 32 27 47
Wind dir               SW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  W SW
Wind spd                8  6  5  5  6  9 11 13 14 14  6  5  5  6  3  8  5  8  4
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     80          90          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.40        0.20        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  L  D  D  L  C  S  S
Tstms                   S  C  L  L  C  S


Date          Sat 03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24
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          46    76      53    82      60    84      63    85
Temp          50 48 74 66   56 54 80 72   63 61 81 75   67 64 83 75
Dewpt         40 41 42 45   46 50 53 55   55 56 57 59   58 58 58 58
PWind dir        SW    SW      SW     W      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     0       0    10

$$

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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