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National Weather Service Charleston SC
951 AM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024

SCZ050-202000-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
951 AM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024

Date             Thu 06/20/24            Fri 06/21/24            Sat 06/22/24
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                      88          72          89          74          92
Temp                83 87 86 81 76 75 73 75 85 87 88 84 78 77 74 78 88 91 90 84
Dewpt               66 65 65 65 67 68 69 72 72 72 72 73 74 74 74 75 74 73 72 74
RH                  57 48 50 58 74 79 87 90 65 61 59 70 88 90100 91 63 56 56 72
Wind dir             E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E SE SE  S  S
Wind spd            13 16 14 11  6  8  9  9 11 11 11  9  5  2  1  1  5  8 10  9
Clouds              SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          30          40          20          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.23           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                  S  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C
Heat index                                  91 94 95 90             97100 97 91
Max heat                                       94    96               100    99


Date          Sun 06/23/24  Mon 06/24/24  Tue 06/25/24  Wed 06/26/24
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          75    94      76    95      75    95      75    96
Temp          77 78 92 85   79 78 93 86   78 77 94 86   78 78 95 86
Dewpt         75 75 74 73   75 75 73 74   74 74 71 73   75 75 71 73
PWind dir         S     S      SW    SW      SW    SW       S     S
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    50      40    60      50    40      30    40
Rain shwrs        S  C  C    C  C  C  L    C  C  S  C    C  S  C  C
Tstms             S  C  C    C  C  C  L    C  C  S  C    C  S  C  C

$$
GAZ118-202000-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
951 AM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024

Date             Thu 06/20/24            Fri 06/21/24            Sat 06/22/24
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                      89          72          89          75          91
Temp                84 88 87 81 77 75 73 75 85 88 87 83 78 76 75 78 87 90 90 84
Dewpt               67 65 65 66 67 68 69 71 73 74 73 74 75 75 74 76 76 75 74 74
RH                  57 47 48 60 71 79 87 87 67 63 63 74 91 97 97 94 70 62 60 72
Wind dir             E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd            14 17 17 13  8  8  9 10 11 12 11  9  5  2  2  2  5  9  9  8
Clouds              SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          30          50          30          60
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.08           0        0.17
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  L  L  S
Tstms                                  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  C  S
Heat index             90                   92 97 94 90             98101 99 91
Max heat               90    90                97    97               101   101


Date          Sun 06/23/24  Mon 06/24/24  Tue 06/25/24  Wed 06/26/24
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          75    94      76    95      76    95      75    96
Temp          77 78 93 86   78 78 94 86   78 77 95 87   78 78 95 87
Dewpt         76 76 74 76   75 75 75 74   74 75 73 75   75 75 74 75
PWind dir         S     S      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    60      30    60      40    50      30    50
Rain shwrs     S  S  C  L    C  C  S  L    C  S  S  C    C     S  C
Tstms          S  S  C  C    C  C  S  L    C  S  S  C    C     S  C

$$
SCZ050-202000-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
951 AM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024

Date             Thu 06/20/24            Fri 06/21/24            Sat 06/22/24
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                      84          75          87          77          89
Temp                81 83 83 80 77 76 76 76 84 87 87 82 79 77 77 79 87 89 88 82
Dewpt               68 67 67 68 69 70 71 73 75 75 75 75 76 76 75 77 76 76 75 76
RH                  65 59 59 67 76 82 85 90 74 68 68 79 91 97 94 94 70 66 66 82
Wind dir             E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind spd            16 17 17 13 10 10  9  9 11 11 11  8  5  2  2  2  5  9  9  8
Clouds              SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          40          40          30          50
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.06        0.32           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                               S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  C  S
Heat index                                  92 96 96                98100 97
Max heat                                       96    96               100    99


Date          Sun 06/23/24  Mon 06/24/24  Tue 06/25/24  Wed 06/26/24
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          76    90      77    92      76    92      77    92
Temp          77 79 89 83   80 78 91 84   79 78 92 84   79 79 92 84
Dewpt         77 77 76 78   78 77 78 78   77 76 78 78   78 77 77 78
PWind dir         S     S      SW    SW      SW    SW       S     S
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         30    50      50    60      50    40      30    40
Rain shwrs     S  C  C  C    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  C  C  C    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C

$$
SCZ048-202000-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
951 AM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024

Date             Thu 06/20/24            Fri 06/21/24            Sat 06/22/24
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                      89          73          88          75          90
Temp                84 88 87 82 77 76 74 76 84 87 87 83 79 77 76 79 87 90 88 84
Dewpt               67 66 66 67 68 68 69 72 75 75 75 75 76 75 75 76 76 75 75 76
RH                  57 48 50 61 74 76 84 87 74 68 68 77 91 94 97 91 70 62 66 77
Wind dir             E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E SE SE SE  S
Wind spd            13 14 14 12  9  9  9 10 11 11 10  6  5  2  2  2  5  8  9  6
Clouds              SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          30          50          30          60
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.09           0        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  L  L  S
Tstms                                  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  C  S
Heat index             90                   92 96 96 90             98101 98 93
Max heat               90    90                96    98               101   101


Date          Sun 06/23/24  Mon 06/24/24  Tue 06/25/24  Wed 06/26/24
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          76    92      76    95      76    95      77    94
Temp          78 79 91 86   80 78 93 86   79 78 94 86   79 79 94 87
Dewpt         76 77 76 78   76 76 77 77   75 76 76 77   76 76 76 78
PWind dir         S     S      SW    SW      SW    SW       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr         20    60      40    60      40    50      30    40
Rain shwrs     S  S  C  L    C  C  C  L    C  S  S  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms          S  S  C  C    C  C  C  L    C  S  S  C    C  S  S  C

$$
SCZ043-202000-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
951 AM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024

Date             Thu 06/20/24            Fri 06/21/24            Sat 06/22/24
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                      89          67          87          70          91
Temp                82 88 86 79 73 71 68 73 85 87 87 84 75 72 71 75 88 91 91 84
Dewpt               66 63 63 64 65 65 66 70 71 72 72 72 73 72 71 74 74 72 72 73
RH                  58 43 46 60 76 81 93 90 63 61 61 67 94100100 97 63 54 54 70
Wind dir             E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  N  E  E SE SE  S  S
Wind spd            12 12 11  8  3  3  4  6  9  9  8  5  3  0  1  1  3  5  8  6
Clouds              SC SC FW CL CL FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5          10          40          10          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.20           0        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  C  C  C              C  C  C  C
Tstms                                     S  C  C  C              C  C  C  C
Heat index                                  90 94 94 90             97 99 99 90
Max heat                                       94    94               100    99


Date          Sun 06/23/24  Mon 06/24/24  Tue 06/25/24  Wed 06/26/24
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          72    93      72    94      71    92      72    94
Temp          73 76 93 87   75 76 94 86   75 76 92 87   74 76 94 88
Dewpt         73 75 73 73   74 75 72 72   72 73 70 72   73 75 70 72
PWind dir         S     S       S    SW      SW    SW       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    50      30    60      40    40      20    40
Rain shwrs           S  C    C  C  S  L    C  S     C    S     S  C
Tstms                S  C    C  C  S  L    C  S     C    S     S  C

$$
GAZ099-202000-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
951 AM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024

Date             Thu 06/20/24            Fri 06/21/24            Sat 06/22/24
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                      91          68          92          72          94
Temp                85 90 88 81 74 72 69 72 86 91 92 85 76 73 72 76 88 93 93 86
Dewpt               66 62 61 63 65 65 65 68 70 70 70 72 73 73 72 75 74 72 71 73
RH                  53 39 40 54 74 79 87 87 59 50 49 65 90100100 97 63 51 49 65
Wind dir             E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd            11 11 11  6  2  3  3  6 10 10 10  8  4  2  2  2  4  5  6  4
Clouds              SC SC FW FW CL CL FW SC FW SC FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5          40          10          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04           0        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   C  C  C              S  S  L  L  S
Tstms                                        C  C  C              S  S  C  C  S
Heat index             90                   91 97 98 91             97101100 93
Max heat               90    90                97    98               101   101


Date          Sun 06/23/24  Mon 06/24/24  Tue 06/25/24  Wed 06/26/24
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          73    97      74    97      74    97      73    98
Temp          75 77 94 88   75 78 96 88   76 77 95 88   76 77 97 89
Dewpt         74 75 71 73   73 74 71 72   72 73 70 72   73 74 70 73
PWind dir        SE    SW      SW    SW      SW     W      SW    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20    50      30    50      40    50      20    50
Rain shwrs     S        C    C  S     C    C        C    S        C
Tstms          S        C    C  S     C    C        C    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