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National Weather Service Charleston SC
718 AM EDT Sat May 25 2024

SCZ050-252000-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
718 AM EDT Sat May 25 2024

Date             Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24            Mon 05/27/24
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          71          93          74          92
Temp             74 87 92 88 81 75 73 71 74 87 92 90 83 78 75 75 77 87 92 90 83
Dewpt            69 68 68 70 70 70 69 70 70 70 70 71 73 73 73 71 73 72 71 71 72
RH               84 53 46 55 69 84 87 97 87 57 49 54 72 85 94 87 87 61 51 54 70
Wind dir          W  W  W SW  S SW SW  N  N SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S
Wind spd          2  5  8 10  8  4  1  0  0  4  6 10  9  6  6  6  8 10 12 14 11
Clouds           SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC CL CL FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     40          30          20          10          10
QPF 12hr                   0.25        0.16           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S  C  C  C  C                 S                          C
Tstms             S  S  C  C  C  C                 S                          C
Heat index          91 96 93                92 98 96                94 99 96
Max heat               96    96                98    99                99    99


Date          Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24
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    93      69    91      67    85      64    85
Temp          75 75 92 83   73 72 90 82   71 69 83 77   67 67 85 76
Dewpt         72 72 67 68   66 64 59 63   62 59 58 61   62 62 58 59
PWind dir        SW     W       W     W      NW    NE      SE     E
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC FW FW   FW FW CL FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40    20      10     5       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  C  S  S
Tstms          C  C  S  S

$$
GAZ118-252000-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
718 AM EDT Sat May 25 2024

Date             Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24            Mon 05/27/24
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          71          92          74          94
Temp             74 86 92 92 83 76 73 71 74 87 92 90 84 79 77 74 76 86 92 92 84
Dewpt            71 70 68 69 71 71 71 71 70 70 71 71 72 72 72 70 71 70 68 67 70
RH               90 59 46 47 67 85 93100 87 57 51 54 67 79 85 87 85 59 46 44 63
Wind dir          W  W  W SW  S  N  N  N  N  W SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd          2  5  6  8  5  0  0  0  0  3  5  8  6  4  5  4  5  8 10 11  6
Clouds           B1 FW SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          40          20           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.15        0.07        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  S                 S                          C
Tstms                      C  C  S                 S                          C
Heat index          91 96 97                92 99 96 90             91 96 96
Max heat               96    97                99    99                96    97


Date          Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24
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    92      68    91      68    85      65    85
Temp          74 74 90 84   72 71 89 83   72 70 84 78   68 68 85 78
Dewpt         71 72 66 63   61 62 58 61   60 59 57 61   63 63 57 59
PWind dir        SW     W       W    NW      NW    NE       E     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC FW FW   FW CL CL FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40    20      10     5       5    10       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  S  S  S
Tstms          C  S  S  S

$$
SCZ050-252000-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
718 AM EDT Sat May 25 2024

Date             Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24            Mon 05/27/24
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                      86          73          89          77          88
Temp             73 83 86 83 79 76 74 73 76 86 89 88 81 77 77 77 78 86 88 87 81
Dewpt            70 71 71 73 72 73 71 72 71 72 72 73 74 74 74 73 74 74 73 73 73
RH               90 67 61 72 79 90 90 97 85 63 57 61 79 90 90 87 88 68 61 63 77
Wind dir          W  W SW SW SW SW NW SW  W SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S
Wind spd          2  5  9 11  8  8  1  2  3  3  9 10  6  5  5  5  5  9 13 12 10
Clouds           SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     40          30          10           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.22        0.11           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S  S  C  S  C                                            C
Tstms             S  S  S  C  S  C                                            C
Heat index             92                   92 96 95                94 95 94
Max heat               92    91                96    97                96    96


Date          Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24
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    91      71    89      70    83      67    83
Temp          75 76 91 82   74 72 89 80   72 70 83 76   68 69 83 76
Dewpt         73 73 70 70   68 66 62 66   64 62 60 64   64 64 61 62
PWind dir        SW    SW       W     W       W    NE      SE     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC FW FW   FW FW CL FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40    20      10     5       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  C  S  S
Tstms          C  C  S  S

$$
SCZ048-252000-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
718 AM EDT Sat May 25 2024

Date             Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24            Mon 05/27/24
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          72          92          75          92
Temp             74 85 91 90 83 77 75 72 76 86 91 89 83 78 77 75 77 86 91 90 83
Dewpt            70 72 70 72 73 71 70 70 70 71 72 73 73 73 73 72 72 72 71 71 72
RH               87 65 50 56 72 82 84 93 82 61 54 59 72 85 87 90 85 63 52 54 70
Wind dir          W  W  W  S  S SW  N  N  N SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S
Wind spd          1  5  6  6  5  2  0  0  0  2  5  8  6  5  5  4  5  8 10 11  6
Clouds           B1 FW SC SC B1 B1 SC CL CL FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     30          20          20           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.26        0.06        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  S  S                 S                          C
Tstms                      C  S  S                 S                          C
Heat index          91 97 97                91 99 97                92 98 96
Max heat               97    97                99   100                98    99


Date          Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24
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    92      69    91      68    85      66    86
Temp          75 75 90 84   73 72 89 83   72 70 84 78   69 69 85 78
Dewpt         72 73 67 66   63 62 61 64   62 61 59 63   64 63 59 61
PWind dir        SW     W       W     W      NW    NE       E     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC FW FW   FW CL CL CL   FW SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40    20      10     5       5    10       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  S  S  S
Tstms          C  S  S  S

$$
SCZ043-252000-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
718 AM EDT Sat May 25 2024

Date             Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24            Mon 05/27/24
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          68          91          71          91
Temp             71 83 90 89 80 73 70 68 72 85 91 91 84 76 73 72 74 85 90 91 83
Dewpt            68 69 66 67 70 71 69 68 70 70 70 70 72 72 71 70 72 71 68 67 70
RH               90 63 45 48 72 93 97100 93 61 50 50 67 87 93 93 93 63 49 45 65
Wind dir         SW  W  W  W SW  N  N  N  N SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd          1  4  6  5  3  0  0  0  0  3  5  6  5  3  4  4  5  8 10 11  6
Clouds           SC FW SC SC B1 B1 SC CL CL FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     40          30          20          10          20
QPF 12hr                   0.20        0.19           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S        C  C  S                 S                    S  S  C
Tstms             S        C  C  S                 S                    S  S  C
Heat index             93 92                90 97 97 90             90 94 94
Max heat               93    93                97    97                94    95


Date          Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24
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          68    92      65    90      63    83      60    85
Temp          71 72 90 83   69 69 88 81   68 66 81 76   62 64 84 77
Dewpt         70 72 64 64   60 61 57 61   58 58 56 59   59 61 55 57
PWind dir        SW     W       W    NW      NW     N       E    NE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC FW CL   FW CL CL FW   FW SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40    20      10     5       5    10       5    10
Rain shwrs     C     S  S
Tstms          C     S  S

$$
GAZ099-252000-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
718 AM EDT Sat May 25 2024

Date             Sat 05/25/24            Sun 05/26/24            Mon 05/27/24
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          70          93          73          92
Temp             72 86 90 89 81 74 72 70 73 85 91 93 87 79 76 73 75 85 90 92 82
Dewpt            70 70 67 66 68 70 69 69 70 70 70 68 70 70 70 69 70 69 67 66 70
RH               93 59 47 47 65 87 90 97 90 61 50 44 57 74 82 87 84 59 47 43 67
Wind dir          W  W  W  W  W  N  N  N  N  W SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  W
Wind spd          1  5  4  4  3  0  0  0  0  2  5  5  3  2  2  3  4  8 10 10  4
Clouds           SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          40          20           5          20
QPF 12hr                   0.19        0.10           0           0        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C                    S                    S  S  C
Tstms                      C  C                    S                    S  S  C
Heat index          91 93 92                90 97 97 92                93 95
Max heat               93    94                97    98                93    95


Date          Tue 05/28/24  Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24
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    92      66    90      65    84      62    86
Temp          72 73 90 82   69 69 88 82   68 67 82 78   64 65 84 78
Dewpt         70 71 63 61   59 60 55 59   57 57 55 59   58 61 55 56
PWind dir        SW     W      NW    NW       N     N      NE    NE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC FW FW   FW CL CL CL   FW FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40    20       5     5       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     C        S
Tstms          C        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