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National Weather Service Charleston SC
105 PM EDT Tue Sep 24 2024

SCZ050-242000-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
105 PM EDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Date             Tue 09/24/24            Wed 09/25/24            Thu 09/26/24
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          87          74          84
Temp                   88 86 79 76 75 74 74 84 86 84 79 77 76 75 76 80 82 81 77
Dewpt                  70 71 72 72 72 71 73 70 69 69 71 71 71 71 72 73 73 73 74
RH                     55 61 79 87 90 90 97 63 57 61 77 82 85 87 87 79 74 77 90
Wind dir                S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E SE  E  E
Wind spd                8 10  8  5  4  4  4  9 11 12 10 10  9  9 10 13 17 20 20
Wind gust                                                                 31 31
Clouds                 SC FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      5           0          10          10          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.83
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  C  C  D
Tstms                                                             S  S  S  S  S
Heat index             93 91                   90
Max heat               94    94                90    90
Coast Flood             Y


Date          Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24
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          74    87      70    86      69    84      68    82
Temp          77 76 85 81   74 71 85 77   71 71 82 74   71 70 80 74
Dewpt         74 74 72 72   71 69 69 69   69 68 69 69   68 68 69 69
PWind dir        SE     S      SW    SW       W     E       E     E
Wind char        BZ    BZ      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         80    40      10    20      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs     D  L  C  C             S    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms          S  S                                               S

$$
GAZ118-242000-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
105 PM EDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Date             Tue 09/24/24            Wed 09/25/24            Thu 09/26/24
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                      90          73          87          75          82
Temp                   90 87 79 76 74 73 74 84 87 84 79 78 77 76 75 79 80 80 79
Dewpt                  72 71 72 73 72 71 72 71 71 72 71 72 72 72 72 75 76 76 75
RH                     56 59 79 90 93 93 93 65 59 67 77 82 85 87 90 88 88 88 88
Wind dir                S SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E SE  E  E
Wind spd                8 11  6  4  3  3  3  8 11 11  9  9  8 10 10 13 20 24 26
Wind gust                                                              31 35 37
Clouds                 FW CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      5           0           5          30          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.31        1.41
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  C  C  D  D  D
Tstms                                                       S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Heat index             97 93                   93 90
Max heat               97    96                93    93


Date          Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24
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    86      70    86      70    85      70    83
Temp          78 76 84 80   74 70 84 77   72 70 83 77   72 71 81 76
Dewpt         75 73 74 72   70 69 69 70   69 68 70 71   69 69 72 71
PWind dir        SE    SW      SW    SW      SW     E       E    NE
Wind char        WY    BZ      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1 SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         80    30      10    20      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs     D  C  C  S             S    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms          S  S                                               S

$$
SCZ050-242000-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
105 PM EDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Date             Tue 09/24/24            Wed 09/25/24            Thu 09/26/24
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                      87          75          85          77          83
Temp                   86 84 79 77 76 75 76 83 85 83 79 77 77 77 77 80 82 81 78
Dewpt                  75 75 75 75 73 73 73 73 74 74 74 74 73 73 74 76 76 77 76
RH                     70 74 88 94 90 94 90 72 70 74 85 90 87 87 90 88 82 88 94
Wind dir                S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E SE  E  E
Wind spd                9 10  8  8  6  6  3  6 10 11 10  9  8  9 10 13 19 21 23
Clouds                 FW FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           0          10          10          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.83
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  C  C  D
Tstms                                                             S  S  S  S  S
Heat index             95 92                   92 90
Max heat               95    96                92    93                      90
Coast Flood             Y


Date          Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24
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    84      73    84      72    82      70    80
Temp          78 77 84 80   75 73 84 77   74 72 81 76   72 71 79 75
Dewpt         76 76 77 75   73 71 72 72   71 70 73 71   70 69 72 71
PWind dir        SE     S      SW    SW       W     E       E     E
Wind char        WY    BZ      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         80    40      10    20      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs     D  D  C  S          S  S    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms          S  S                                               S

$$
SCZ048-242000-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
105 PM EDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Date             Tue 09/24/24            Wed 09/25/24            Thu 09/26/24
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          74          86          76          82
Temp                   88 86 79 76 75 74 75 83 86 84 79 78 77 76 77 80 80 80 78
Dewpt                  74 74 74 74 72 72 73 73 72 73 74 73 73 72 74 76 77 77 76
RH                     63 68 85 94 90 93 94 72 63 70 85 85 87 87 90 88 91 91 94
Wind dir                S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E SE  E  E
Wind spd                8  9  6  4  3  3  2  8  9 10  6  8  8  9 10 13 18 21 24
Wind gust                                                                 32 35
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      5           0           5          20          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.07        1.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  L  L  D
Tstms                                                       S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Heat index             97 94                   92 90
Max heat               97    96                92    93


Date          Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24
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    86      71    86      71    84      70    82
Temp          78 77 84 80   74 71 84 77   73 72 82 76   72 71 80 75
Dewpt         75 74 76 73   71 70 71 71   69 69 73 71   69 69 72 71
PWind dir        SE     S      SW    SW       W     E       E     E
Wind char        WY    BZ      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         80    30      10    20      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs     D  L  C  S             S    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms          S  S                                               S

$$
SCZ043-242000-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
105 PM EDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Date             Tue 09/24/24            Wed 09/25/24            Thu 09/26/24
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                      87          70          86          72          81
Temp                   87 87 79 75 73 71 71 84 86 84 78 76 75 75 74 79 80 79 75
Dewpt                  70 69 72 73 71 70 71 70 69 69 71 71 71 70 72 72 73 73 74
RH                     57 55 79 94 93 97100 63 57 61 79 85 87 84 93 79 79 82 97
Wind dir                S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                6  9  9  4  3  2  2  8 10 11  6  5  5  6  8 11 16 17 17
Clouds                 SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10           5           5          10          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.94
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  L  L  D
Tstms                                                             S  S  S  S  S
Heat index             92 91                   90
Max heat               93    92                90    90


Date          Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24
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          71    84      68    84      67    82      67    79
Temp          75 73 83 78   72 68 83 74   69 68 80 72   69 68 79 71
Dewpt         74 73 73 72   70 68 68 69   68 68 68 69   67 67 68 69
PWind dir        SE     S      SW    SW       W    NE       E    NE
Wind char        BZ    BZ      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         80    40      10    20      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs     D  L  C  C             S    S     S  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms          S  S                                               S

$$
GAZ099-242000-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
105 PM EDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Date             Tue 09/24/24            Wed 09/25/24            Thu 09/26/24
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                      92          70          88          71          80
Temp                   91 91 82 75 72 70 71 84 88 87 78 75 74 73 73 77 78 78 75
Dewpt                  68 67 70 70 70 70 70 70 68 69 70 70 71 71 72 74 73 74 74
RH                     47 45 67 84 93100 97 63 52 55 76 84 90 93 97 90 85 88 97
Wind dir                S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                5  6  6  5  3  3  2  5  8 10  6  5  5  6  8 11 17 20 23
Wind gust                                                                 31 34
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     10           5          20          40          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.37        1.55
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  S  S  C  C  L  L  D  D  D
Tstms                                           S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Heat index             95 94                   92 91
Max heat               95    96                92    92


Date          Fri 09/27/24  Sat 09/28/24  Sun 09/29/24  Mon 09/30/24
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          71    84      66    84      67    84      67    80
Temp          75 73 82 78   71 66 82 75   71 67 82 75   70 68 79 73
Dewpt         74 71 72 72   68 66 66 69   67 66 68 70   69 67 68 69
PWind dir        SE    SW      SW    SW      SW    NE       E    NE
Wind char        WY    BZ      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         80    30       5    20      20    20      20    30
Rain shwrs     D  C  C  S             S    S        S    S  S  S  C
Tstms          S  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