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National Weather Service Charleston SC
304 PM EDT Tue Jun 17 2025

SCZ050-180800-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
304 PM EDT Tue Jun 17 2025

Date           06/17/25      Wed 06/18/25            Thu 06/19/25            Fri
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                      77          94          77          93          76
Temp          91 84 80 79 77 80 90 93 92 84 80 78 77 81 90 93 91 83 81 79 77 78
Dewpt         75 75 75 75 74 75 75 74 75 75 75 75 74 75 74 75 76 76 75 75 74 74
RH            60 74 85 88 90 85 62 54 58 74 85 91 90 82 60 56 62 80 82 88 90 88
Wind dir      SW  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW  W
Wind spd      12 11 10 10 10  8  8  9 12 10  6  5  5  8  9 10 14 12  8  4  3  3
Clouds        SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     10          20          10          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  S                    C  C  S  S  C  C  C
Tstms                               S  S                    C  C  S  S  C  C  C
Heat index   102 92            101103103 92             99105103 91
Max heat        103               103   105               105   106


Date           06/20  Sat 06/21/25  Sun 06/22/25  Mon 06/23/25  Tue 06/24/25
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          92      74    90      75    91      75    92      75    92
Temp          92 81   76 77 90 82   77 78 91 84   77 78 92 84   76 78 92 84
Dewpt         75 77   76 75 77 77   76 76 76 75   76 76 76 75   75 75 75 76
PWind dir        SW      SW     S       S     S      SW    SW      SW     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      30    30      10    20       5    20       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  S  C  C          S  S             S
Tstms          C  C    C  S  C  C          S  S             S

$$
GAZ118-180800-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
304 PM EDT Tue Jun 17 2025

Date           06/17/25      Wed 06/18/25            Thu 06/19/25            Fri
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                      76          94          76          94          75
Temp          93 85 81 79 76 78 89 94 92 85 80 78 76 79 89 94 92 86 80 77 75 78
Dewpt         72 74 74 73 72 73 74 72 73 74 73 73 72 73 73 74 74 74 74 73 73 74
RH            51 70 79 82 87 85 61 49 54 70 79 85 87 82 59 53 56 68 82 87 94 88
Wind dir       S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW  W
Wind spd      10 10  6  5  4  5  5  8 10  9  4  4  3  4  6  8 11  9  5  2  2  2
Clouds        FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20          10          30          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  S                 S  S                    C  C  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms          S  S                 S  S                    C  C  S  S  S  S  S
Heat index   101 93             98102101 93             97105102 94
Max heat        101               102   102               105   105    91


Date           06/20  Sat 06/21/25  Sun 06/22/25  Mon 06/23/25  Tue 06/24/25
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          93      74    92      75    92      74    92      74    93
Temp          93 85   76 76 91 84   77 78 92 84   77 78 92 84   76 77 93 85
Dewpt         74 75   75 75 75 74   75 76 75 74   74 76 74 74   74 75 75 74
PWind dir        SW       S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      20    40      10    30       5    30       5    20
Rain shwrs     S  C    S     S  C             C             C             S
Tstms          S  C    S     S  C             C             C             S

$$
SCZ050-180800-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
304 PM EDT Tue Jun 17 2025

Date           06/17/25      Wed 06/18/25            Thu 06/19/25            Fri
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          91          78          91          77
Temp          89 83 81 79 78 80 89 91 89 83 81 80 78 81 89 91 89 84 80 79 77 80
Dewpt         76 76 76 76 75 75 76 77 77 76 76 76 75 76 75 77 77 76 76 76 75 76
RH            66 80 85 91 91 85 66 64 68 80 85 88 91 85 64 64 68 77 88 91 94 88
Wind dir       S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW  W
Wind spd      14 12 10 10 10  9  9 11 14 11  8  8  6  8  9 12 17 12  9  8  5  4
Clouds        FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     10          20          10          30          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  S                    C  C  S  S  C  C  C
Tstms                               S  S                    C  C  S  S  C  C  C
Heat index   100 91            100103100 91             99104101 92
Max heat        103               103   103               105   105


Date           06/20  Sat 06/21/25  Sun 06/22/25  Mon 06/23/25  Tue 06/24/25
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          91      76    89      77    89      77    91      77    91
Temp          91 82   78 78 88 82   78 79 89 83   78 79 91 83   78 78 91 83
Dewpt         76 77   77 76 78 77   77 76 77 76   77 76 76 76   76 76 77 76
PWind dir        SW      SW     S       S     S      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40      40    30      10    20       5    20       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  C  C  C          S  S             S
Tstms          C  C    C  C  C  C          S  S             S

$$
SCZ048-180800-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
304 PM EDT Tue Jun 17 2025

Date           06/17/25      Wed 06/18/25            Thu 06/19/25            Fri
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                      76          94          77          93          76
Temp          90 84 80 79 78 79 89 93 91 84 80 79 77 80 88 93 91 84 80 78 76 78
Dewpt         75 76 75 75 74 74 75 74 75 75 74 74 73 74 74 75 75 76 75 75 73 74
RH            62 77 85 88 88 85 64 54 60 74 82 85 87 82 63 56 60 77 85 91 90 88
Wind dir       S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW  W
Wind spd      10 10  8  6  5  5  5  8 12  9  5  4  3  5  6  9 12  9  5  3  2  3
Clouds        FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          20          10          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  S                    C  C  S  S  C  C  S
Tstms                               S  S                    C  C  S  S  C  C  S
Heat index   101 93             99103102 92             97105102 93
Max heat        102               103   105               105   105


Date           06/20  Sat 06/21/25  Sun 06/22/25  Mon 06/23/25  Tue 06/24/25
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          92      75    90      75    90      75    92      75    92
Temp          91 84   77 78 89 82   78 79 90 83   77 78 91 83   77 78 91 84
Dewpt         75 76   75 75 77 76   75 76 76 75   75 76 76 75   75 76 75 75
PWind dir        SW       S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40      30    40      10    30       5    20       5    20
Rain shwrs     S  C    C     C  C             C             S             S
Tstms          S  C    C     C  C             C             S             S

$$
SCZ043-180800-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
304 PM EDT Tue Jun 17 2025

Date           06/17/25      Wed 06/18/25            Thu 06/19/25            Fri
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                      74          93          74          92          73
Temp          91 85 79 76 75 77 89 91 93 85 78 76 74 78 88 91 92 84 79 74 73 76
Dewpt         73 74 74 74 73 73 74 72 72 74 73 73 72 73 74 74 74 74 74 73 72 73
RH            56 70 85 94 94 87 61 54 51 70 85 90 93 85 63 58 56 72 85 97 97 90
Wind dir      SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW  W
Wind spd      10  8  5  5  5  5  5  8  8  8  4  3  3  5  8  9 10  6  3  1  1  1
Clouds        SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20          10          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04           0           0        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  S                 S  S                    C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms          S  S                 S  S                    C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Heat index   100 93             98 99101 93             97101102 91
Max heat        100               101   101               101   102


Date           06/20  Sat 06/21/25  Sun 06/22/25  Mon 06/23/25  Tue 06/24/25
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          92      71    91      72    91      71    93      71    93
Temp          91 82   74 75 91 82   74 76 91 83   74 75 91 83   73 75 93 84
Dewpt         75 75   74 75 76 75   74 76 75 75   74 75 74 74   73 74 75 74
PWind dir        SW       S     S       S     S      SW     S      SW     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      20    40       5    30       5    20       5    20
Rain shwrs     S  C    S     S  C             C             S             S
Tstms          S  C    S     S  C             C             S             S

$$
GAZ099-180800-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
304 PM EDT Tue Jun 17 2025

Date           06/17/25      Wed 06/18/25            Thu 06/19/25            Fri
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                      73          94          74          93          73
Temp          92 85 79 76 74 76 87 93 93 87 79 76 74 77 87 93 92 87 79 76 73 76
Dewpt         71 72 72 72 72 72 72 69 68 71 72 73 72 73 72 71 71 73 73 72 72 73
RH            51 65 79 87 93 87 61 46 44 59 79 90 93 87 61 49 51 63 82 87 97 90
Wind dir      SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  N  N  W
Wind spd       8  4  2  2  2  3  6  8  6  4  3  2  1  3  6  8  8  4  1  0  0  1
Clouds        FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          10           5          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  S                                         C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms          S  S                                         C  C  C  C  S  S
Heat index    99 91             94 98 97 93             94100 99 94
Max heat        101                98    99    90         100   100    90


Date           06/20  Sat 06/21/25  Sun 06/22/25  Mon 06/23/25  Tue 06/24/25
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          93      72    93      73    94      72    95      72    94
Temp          92 85   73 74 93 84   74 75 93 86   74 75 93 86   74 75 93 86
Dewpt         71 73   73 73 72 74   73 74 72 73   73 74 71 72   72 73 71 72
PWind dir         W       S     S       S    SE       S    SE       S    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40      20    40      10    30       5    30       5    20
Rain shwrs        C    S        C             C             C             S
Tstms             C    S        C             C             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