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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1055 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

SCZ050-260900-
CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT-CHARLESTON SC
32.91N  80.03W ELEV. 45 FT
1055 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

DATE           05/25/13      SUN 05/26/13            MON 05/27/13            TUE
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                      53          82          60          85          64
TEMP                59 56 54 54 75 80 81 72 65 62 60 65 79 83 83 76 69 66 65 69
DEWPT               53 54 53 53 51 50 51 55 57 58 59 59 58 58 59 61 62 63 63 63
RH                  80 93 96 96 43 35 35 55 75 87 96 81 49 43 44 60 78 90 93 81
WIND DIR             S  S SW  W  W SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
WIND SPD             5  6  3  4  4  4  5  6  4  1  1  2  5  9  9  6  5  4  3  3
CLOUDS              FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR                      0           5           5          10           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
HEAT INDEX                         80                      83 83
MAX HEAT                           80    80                83    84


DATE           05/28  WED 05/29/13  THU 05/30/13  FRI 05/31/13  SAT 06/01/13
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      64    84      64    85      66    86      68    86
TEMP          83 76   66 68 84 75   66 68 85 76   68 70 85 77   70 73 86 77
DEWPT         63 61   63 64 61 64   64 66 64 66   66 67 65 66   66 67 67 67
PWIND DIR        SE      SE    SE       S    SE      SE     E       E     E
WIND CHAR        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC   FW SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC
POP 12HR         10       5     5       5    10       5    10      10    20

$$
GAZ118-260900-
SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT-INLAND CHATHAM GA
32.12N  81.20W ELEV. 50 FT
1055 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

DATE           05/25/13      SUN 05/26/13            MON 05/27/13            TUE
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                      53          84          60          85          63
TEMP                60 56 54 54 76 82 83 74 65 62 60 64 78 83 84 77 69 66 64 67
DEWPT               51 52 53 54 52 49 49 55 58 58 59 60 58 57 58 61 62 63 63 63
RH                  72 86 96100 43 32 31 51 78 87 96 87 50 41 41 58 78 90 97 87
WIND DIR             S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD             3  0  0  0  4  3  5  6  4  2  1  2  5  9  9  8  5  3  3  4
CLOUDS              FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR                      0           0           5           5           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
HEAT INDEX                                                    84
MAX HEAT                           81    81                82    84


DATE           05/28  WED 05/29/13  THU 05/30/13  FRI 05/31/13  SAT 06/01/13
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          85      64    84      64    85      67    86      69    86
TEMP          84 77   67 67 83 78   66 67 85 78   69 70 85 79   71 71 85 79
DEWPT         62 62   64 64 63 65   66 67 66 67   67 67 65 66   67 68 67 68
PWIND DIR        SE      SE     E      SE     E       E     E       E    NE
WIND CHAR        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
AVG CLOUDS    SC FW   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR          5       5     5       5    20      10    10      10    20
RAIN SHWRS                                 S  S
TSTMS                                      S  S

$$
SCZ050-260900-
CHARLESTON WATERFRONT-CHARLESTON SC
32.78N  79.94W ELEV. 10 FT
1055 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

DATE           05/25/13      SUN 05/26/13            MON 05/27/13            TUE
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                      58          80          63          82          67
TEMP                67 65 63 59 75 79 79 73 68 65 63 67 78 81 81 75 71 68 67 70
DEWPT               53 54 55 54 51 51 53 55 57 58 59 59 59 59 60 62 63 63 63 63
RH                  61 68 75 83 43 38 41 53 68 78 87 75 52 47 49 64 76 84 87 78
WIND DIR             S SW SW  W  W  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
WIND SPD             9  6  6  4  4  8  8  9  6  3  2  3  6 10 10  8  6  5  4  4
CLOUDS              FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR                      0           5           5          10           5
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
HEAT INDEX                                                 81 82
MAX HEAT                                 80                81    82


DATE           05/28  WED 05/29/13  THU 05/30/13  FRI 05/31/13  SAT 06/01/13
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          82      68    82      68    83      69    84      70    84
TEMP          81 76   69 70 82 76   69 71 83 76   70 71 84 78   71 72 84 77
DEWPT         63 62   63 64 62 64   65 67 65 67   66 67 66 67   66 67 67 68
PWIND DIR        SE      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE     E       E     E
WIND CHAR        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC   FW SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC
POP 12HR          5       5     5       5    10      10    10      10    20

$$
SCZ048-260900-
BEAUFORT MARINE CORPS AIR STATION-BEAUFORT SC
32.48N  80.72W ELEV. 37 FT
1055 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

DATE           05/25/13      SUN 05/26/13            MON 05/27/13            TUE
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                      53          82          62          84          66
TEMP                62 55 54 54 76 80 82 74 68 65 62 67 79 83 83 76 71 68 66 70
DEWPT               54 53 54 54 52 51 53 56 58 59 60 61 60 59 60 62 62 63 63 63
RH                  75 93100100 43 36 37 53 70 81 93 81 52 44 46 62 73 84 90 78
WIND DIR             S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE
WIND SPD             0  0  0  1  5  4  6  8  5  2  2  2  5  9  9  8  5  4  3  3
CLOUDS              FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR                      0           0           5           5           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
HEAT INDEX                         80                      83 83
MAX HEAT                           80    81                83    84


DATE           05/28  WED 05/29/13  THU 05/30/13  FRI 05/31/13  SAT 06/01/13
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      65    84      65    85      68    85      70    85
TEMP          83 78   68 68 84 77   68 69 85 78   69 71 85 78   72 72 84 78
DEWPT         62 62   63 64 62 64   65 67 65 66   67 67 65 66   67 67 67 67
PWIND DIR        SE      SE    SE      SE     E       E     E       E     E
WIND CHAR        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC   FW SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR          5       5     5       5    10      10    10      10    20

$$
SCZ043-260900-
WALTERBORO-INLAND COLLETON SC
32.91N  80.67W ELEV. 98 FT
1055 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

DATE           05/25/13      SUN 05/26/13            MON 05/27/13            TUE
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                      51          83          58          85          62
TEMP                58 53 51 52 73 80 82 73 65 60 58 63 79 85 85 77 68 64 62 67
DEWPT               53 53 51 52 52 49 49 54 56 57 58 59 58 58 59 60 61 62 62 62
RH                  83100100100 48 34 32 51 73 90100 87 49 40 41 56 78 93100 84
WIND DIR             S  S SW SW  W  W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
WIND SPD             0  0  0  0  3  3  3  3  2  1  1  2  3  5  6  6  5  3  3  3
CLOUDS              FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR                      0           0           5           5           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
HEAT INDEX                                                    85
MAX HEAT                                 81                84    85


DATE           05/28  WED 05/29/13  THU 05/30/13  FRI 05/31/13  SAT 06/01/13
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      63    85      63    86      64    88      66    88
TEMP          85 78   65 66 85 78   66 67 84 78   66 68 87 80   68 70 87 79
DEWPT         63 61   63 64 61 63   64 66 63 66   65 66 64 66   66 67 67 67
PWIND DIR        SE      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE     E       E     E
WIND CHAR        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR         10       5    10       5    10       5    10      10    20

$$
GAZ099-260900-
METTER-CANDLER GA
32.40N  82.06W ELEV. 197 FT
1055 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

DATE           05/25/13      SUN 05/26/13            MON 05/27/13            TUE
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                      53          85          58          87          60
TEMP                61 54 54 54 74 81 85 77 66 62 59 61 77 84 87 79 69 64 61 63
DEWPT               52 52 52 54 52 48 48 54 55 56 58 59 58 56 55 58 59 60 60 61
RH                  72 93 93100 46 32 28 45 68 81 96 93 52 38 34 49 70 87 97 93
WIND DIR             E  S  S SW SW  W SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD             0  0  0  0  5  3  2  1  2  3  3  3  4  5  6  6  5  4  3  3
CLOUDS              FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR                      0           0           5           5           0
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0           0           0
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00


DATE           05/28  WED 05/29/13  THU 05/30/13  FRI 05/31/13  SAT 06/01/13
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      63    87      63    88      66    89      68    89
TEMP          85 80   65 65 86 80   66 65 86 81   68 68 87 82   70 70 87 82
DEWPT         61 61   63 63 62 63   65 65 64 64   65 66 62 63   66 68 67 65
PWIND DIR        SE      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE     E       E     E
WIND CHAR        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
AVG CLOUDS    SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
POP 12HR          5       5     5       5    20       5    10       5    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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