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National Weather Service Charleston SC
210 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024

SCZ050-280800-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
210 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024

Date           09/26/24      Fri 09/27/24            Sat 09/28/24            Sun
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                      80          87          71          88          71
Temp                      81 81 84 86 86 79 77 74 72 72 83 88 86 79 75 74 71 73
Dewpt                     77 77 76 75 75 73 72 71 68 68 67 68 69 70 71 71 70 69
RH                        88 88 77 70 70 82 85 90 87 87 59 52 57 74 87 90 97 87
Wind dir                  SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd                  32 27 20 19 18 11  8  6  6  5  9 11 11  8  5  4  3  4
Wind gust                 57 50 37 33
Clouds                    OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     90          40           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.64        0.14           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 D  C
Tstms                      S  S
Heat index                      93 95 95                   92 90
Max heat                           96    95                92    92
Coast Flood                Y
High Surf                  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y
Tornado                    A
Trop Storm                 W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           09/29  Mon 09/30/24  Tue 10/01/24  Wed 10/02/24  Thu 10/03/24
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      70    86      69    86      68    85      67    83
Temp          88 78   71 72 86 77   72 70 86 78   71 69 85 77   70 68 83 75
Dewpt         68 70   70 70 70 70   70 69 67 68   68 67 67 67   66 65 65 65
PWind dir        SW      SW     W       W    NW       W    NW      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          5       5    20      10    20       5     5       0     5
Rain shwrs                      S             S
Tstms                           S             S

$$
GAZ118-280800-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
210 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024

Date           09/26/24      Fri 09/27/24            Sat 09/28/24            Sun
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                      78          87          70          87          70
Temp                      79 78 82 85 86 80 77 74 72 71 80 86 86 78 75 74 72 71
Dewpt                     76 74 74 72 71 71 69 68 67 67 69 69 70 70 71 70 69 68
RH                        91 88 77 65 61 74 76 82 84 87 69 57 59 76 87 87 90 90
Wind dir                   S  S SW SW SW  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW
Wind spd                  34 24 17 17 13  6  5  5  5  4  8 10 10  5  3  4  3  3
Wind gust                 60 42 32 29
Clouds                    OV B2 B1 FW FW FW CL CL FW CL CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                    100          10           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.22           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 D
Tstms                      S
Heat index                         91 91                   90 91
Max heat                           91    93                90    92
Tornado                    A
Trop Storm                 W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           09/29  Mon 09/30/24  Tue 10/01/24  Wed 10/02/24  Thu 10/03/24
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          87      70    86      71    86      69    87      69    84
Temp          86 79   74 71 86 79   75 72 86 78   72 70 87 79   73 70 84 76
Dewpt         70 70   69 68 70 70   70 69 70 70   68 67 69 69   67 65 67 67
PWind dir        SW      SW     W       W    NW       W     W      NE     E
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5       5    20      10    10       5     5       0     5
Rain shwrs                      S
Tstms                           S

$$
SCZ050-280800-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
210 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024

Date           09/26/24      Fri 09/27/24            Sat 09/28/24            Sun
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                      80          86          72          85          73
Temp                      81 81 84 86 85 80 79 76 74 73 81 85 84 78 77 76 74 74
Dewpt                     78 77 77 77 76 76 75 72 70 69 71 72 73 73 74 73 71 71
RH                        91 88 80 75 75 88 88 87 87 87 72 65 70 85 90 90 90 90
Wind dir                  SE  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW
Wind spd                  34 31 24 21 18 11  8  6  6  5  8 10 10  6  5  4  4  4
Wind gust                 60 55 44 37    21
Clouds                    OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     90          40           5           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.64        0.14           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 D  C
Tstms                      S  S
Heat index                      94 97 94                   91 90
Max heat                           97    97                91    91
Coast Flood                Y
High Surf                  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y
Tornado                    A
Trop Storm                 W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           09/29  Mon 09/30/24  Tue 10/01/24  Wed 10/02/24  Thu 10/03/24
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      71    84      71    84      70    85      70    82
Temp          86 78   74 72 84 79   75 71 84 77   73 71 85 78   73 71 82 75
Dewpt         72 72   71 71 73 72   71 70 72 71   70 68 71 70   69 67 69 68
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW       W     W       W     E      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5      10    20      10    10       5     5       0     5
Rain shwrs                      S
Tstms                           S

$$
SCZ048-280800-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
210 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024

Date           09/26/24      Fri 09/27/24            Sat 09/28/24            Sun
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                      78          88          72          87          71
Temp                      80 79 83 86 87 80 77 75 73 73 82 87 85 79 77 75 72 72
Dewpt                     76 75 76 75 74 74 71 69 68 68 69 70 71 72 73 72 69 69
RH                        88 88 80 70 65 82 82 82 84 84 65 57 63 79 87 90 90 90
Wind dir                   S  S SW SW  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW
Wind spd                  34 25 19 17 13  6  5  5  5  5  8  9  9  4  3  3  3  3
Wind gust                 60 48 36 29
Clouds                    OV B1 B1 SC FW SC FW CL FW CL CL FW FW SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                    100          20           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.29           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 D  S
Tstms                      S  S
Heat index                      91 95 95                   92 90
Max heat                           95    98                92    93
Coast Flood                Y
High Surf                  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y
Tornado                    A
Trop Storm                 W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           09/29  Mon 09/30/24  Tue 10/01/24  Wed 10/02/24  Thu 10/03/24
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          87      71    86      71    85      70    86      70    84
Temp          87 79   75 72 86 78   75 72 85 77   73 71 86 78   74 71 83 75
Dewpt         71 72   70 69 72 71   70 69 71 71   69 68 70 70   68 66 68 68
PWind dir        SW      SW     W       W     W       W    SW      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5       5    10      10    10       5     5       0     5

$$
SCZ043-280800-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
210 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024

Date           09/26/24      Fri 09/27/24            Sat 09/28/24            Sun
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                      75          86          67          85          69
Temp                      78 79 83 86 84 77 73 71 68 69 80 85 84 76 72 71 70 70
Dewpt                     76 75 75 73 71 71 70 68 67 66 66 66 67 69 71 70 69 68
RH                        94 88 77 65 65 82 90 90 97 90 62 53 57 79 97 97 97 93
Wind dir                  SE  S  S SW SW  S  S SW SW  S SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd                  29 24 20 17 13  6  4  5  5  5  9 10 10  5  2  2  2  3
Wind gust                 52 42 37 29
Clouds                    OV B2 B1 SC FW SC FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                    100          30           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.49        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 D  C
Tstms                      S  S
Heat index                      90 93
Max heat                           93    91
Tornado                    A
Trop Storm                 W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           09/29  Mon 09/30/24  Tue 10/01/24  Wed 10/02/24  Thu 10/03/24
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      68    84      68    84      66    83      65    82
Temp          85 76   69 69 84 76   71 69 84 76   67 67 83 75   68 67 82 73
Dewpt         67 70   69 69 69 70   68 68 67 68   66 66 67 68   66 64 64 65
PWind dir        SW      SW     W       W    NW       W     N      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          5       5    10      10    10       0     5       0     5

$$
GAZ099-280800-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
210 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024

Date           09/26/24      Fri 09/27/24            Sat 09/28/24            Sun
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                      75          84          66          85          67
Temp                      77 75 76 83 83 75 72 69 67 67 79 84 84 77 73 72 68 68
Dewpt                     74 71 71 68 67 69 67 66 65 64 67 66 66 69 69 68 67 66
RH                        90 87 85 61 59 82 84 90 93 90 67 55 55 76 87 87 97 93
Wind dir                   S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd                  34 26 17 16 12  5  3  4  4  4  8 10  8  2  2  2  2  2
Wind gust                 60 46 32 27 23                      18
Clouds                    OV B2 B2 SC CL FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                    100          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.80           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 D
Tstms                      S
Tornado                    A
Trop Storm                 W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           09/29  Mon 09/30/24  Tue 10/01/24  Wed 10/02/24  Thu 10/03/24
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      67    85      69    85      67    85      66    83
Temp          84 76   70 68 84 76   71 70 84 77   72 68 84 75   70 67 82 74
Dewpt         68 70   68 67 68 69   68 67 68 69   67 66 67 69   66 64 65 66
PWind dir        SW      SW     W       W    NW      NW    NW      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       5    10       5     5       0     5       0     5

$$

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