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National Weather Service Charleston SC
945 AM EDT Tue Sep 24 2024

SCZ050-242000-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
945 AM 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          72          87          74          84
Temp                84 88 86 79 76 75 73 74 84 86 84 79 77 76 75 76 80 82 81 77
Dewpt               73 72 72 73 73 73 72 73 70 69 69 71 71 71 71 72 73 73 73 74
RH                  70 59 63 82 90 94 97 97 63 57 61 77 82 85 87 87 79 74 77 90
Wind dir             S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E SE  E  E
Wind spd             6  8 10  6  4  3  4  4  9 11 12 10 10  9  9 10 13 16 18 18
Clouds              FW 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          90 95 92                   90
Max heat               95    95                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          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
945 AM 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                85 90 88 79 76 74 73 74 84 87 84 79 78 77 76 75 79 80 80 79
Dewpt               73 72 71 72 72 72 71 72 71 71 72 71 72 72 72 72 75 76 76 75
RH                  67 56 57 79 87 93 93 93 65 59 67 77 82 85 87 90 88 88 88 88
Wind dir             S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd             6  8 10  6  4  3  3  3  8 11 11  9  9  8 10 10 13 16 19 20
Wind gust                                                                 29 31
Clouds              FW 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          92 97 94                   93 90
Max heat               97    97                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        BZ    GN      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
945 AM 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                84 86 85 79 77 76 75 76 83 85 83 79 77 77 77 77 80 82 81 78
Dewpt               76 75 75 74 74 74 73 73 73 74 74 74 74 73 73 74 76 76 77 76
RH                  77 70 72 85 90 94 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 SE  E  E  E SE  E  E
Wind spd             8  9 10  6  6  6  6  3  6 10 11 10  9  8  9 10 13 14 18 18
Clouds              FW FW FW FW SC SC 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          92 95 93                   92 90
Max heat               95    95                92    93                      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          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        BZ    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
945 AM 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                84 88 86 79 77 76 75 75 83 86 84 79 78 77 76 77 80 80 80 78
Dewpt               75 74 73 74 74 73 72 73 73 72 73 74 73 73 72 74 76 77 77 76
RH                  74 63 65 85 90 90 90 94 72 63 70 85 85 87 87 90 88 91 91 94
Wind dir             S  S  S  S SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd             5  8  9  5  4  3  3  2  8  9 10  6  8  8  9 10 13 14 17 18
Clouds              FW 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          92 97 93                   92 90
Max heat               97    97                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    SW      SW    SW       W     E       E     E
Wind char        BZ    GN      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
945 AM 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          69          86          72          81
Temp                84 87 87 79 74 73 72 71 84 86 84 78 76 75 75 74 79 80 79 75
Dewpt               73 71 71 72 72 72 71 71 70 69 69 71 71 71 70 72 72 73 73 74
RH                  70 59 59 79 93 97 97100 63 57 61 79 85 87 84 93 79 79 82 97
Wind dir            SW  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E SE  E  E
Wind spd             5  6  9  8  3  3  2  2  8 10 11  6  5  5  6  8 11 13 14 13
Clouds              SC 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          90 93 93                   90
Max heat               93    93                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        GN    GN      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
945 AM 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          69          88          71          80
Temp                85 91 92 82 75 72 70 71 84 88 87 78 75 74 73 73 77 78 78 75
Dewpt               70 69 68 70 71 71 70 70 70 68 69 70 70 71 71 72 74 73 74 74
RH                  61 49 46 67 87 97100 97 63 52 55 76 84 90 93 97 90 85 88 97
Wind dir            SW  S  S SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd             6  5  6  5  5  3  3  2  5  8 10  6  5  5  6  8 11 13 16 17
Clouds              FW 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          90 96 96                   92 91
Max heat               96    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    GN      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