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National Weather Service Charleston SC
534 AM EDT Sun Aug 31 2025

SCZ050-312000-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
534 AM EDT Sun Aug 31 2025

Date             Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            Tue 09/02/25
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                      83          64          83          64          83
Temp             70 77 81 81 76 71 69 65 65 75 81 83 77 71 69 67 67 77 82 82 75
Dewpt            67 66 64 63 62 61 59 58 58 61 62 62 62 62 62 62 62 63 62 61 63
RH               90 69 56 54 62 71 70 78 78 62 53 49 60 73 78 84 84 62 51 49 66
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N NE NE NE NE NE  N  N NE NE NE  E
Wind spd         10 13 14 16 11 10 10 11 11 13 12 11  8  8  8  9 10 10 10 10  8
Wind gust           24 26
Clouds           SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30           5          10           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  C  S
Tstms                S  C


Date          Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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          65    84      68    86      70    88      70    87
Temp          69 68 84 76   71 70 86 79   73 72 88 81   74 71 87 79
Dewpt         62 64 66 68   68 69 70 71   71 70 70 71   68 65 67 69
PWind dir        NE     E       E    SE      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   FW FW SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5    30      10    30      10    20       5    20
Rain shwrs              C          S  C             S             S
Tstms                   C          S  C             S             S

$$
GAZ118-312000-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
534 AM EDT Sun Aug 31 2025

Date             Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            Tue 09/02/25
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                      84          65          83          64          84
Temp             69 78 82 82 75 72 69 67 66 75 82 83 75 70 68 66 66 79 83 83 75
Dewpt            67 71 70 69 67 64 62 60 59 60 61 60 61 61 60 59 62 65 63 63 63
RH               93 79 67 65 76 76 78 78 78 60 49 46 62 73 76 78 87 62 51 51 66
Wind dir          N NE NE NE NE NE NE  N NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N NE NE NE  E  E
Wind spd          9 11 12 11  8  6  6  9 10 11 10  9  5  4  4  5  6  9  9  9  5
Clouds           SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30           5           5           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C
Tstms                   S  C


Date          Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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          67    86      68    88      70    90      69    89
Temp          68 68 86 77   71 70 87 79   73 71 90 81   73 70 88 79
Dewpt         63 64 67 68   69 69 69 70   71 70 70 70   67 64 67 68
PWind dir        NE     E       E     E       S    SW      SW    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   FW FW SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5    30      10    30       5    10       5    10
Rain shwrs              C             C
Tstms                   C             C

$$
SCZ050-312000-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
534 AM EDT Sun Aug 31 2025

Date             Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            Tue 09/02/25
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                      83          66          82          68          82
Temp             71 78 81 81 77 74 71 68 66 75 81 82 77 73 70 69 69 78 82 82 76
Dewpt            70 71 69 68 66 64 63 61 61 63 64 64 65 65 65 65 64 64 63 63 64
RH               97 79 67 65 69 71 76 78 84 66 56 55 67 76 84 87 84 62 53 53 66
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE  N NE NE  E  E
Wind spd         11 14 17 18 13 12 10 12 12 13 12 12  9  8  8  9 10 11 11 10  8
Clouds           SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          10          10           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S  C  S
Tstms             S  S  C  S


Date          Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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          69    83      71    85      72    87      72    86
Temp          71 71 83 77   73 72 85 79   74 73 87 81   75 73 86 79
Dewpt         65 65 68 69   70 70 71 72   72 72 71 73   70 67 69 71
PWind dir        NE     E       E     E      SW    SW      SW     S
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   FW SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5    30      20    30      10    10       5    20
Rain shwrs              C    S  S  C  C                           S
Tstms                   C    S  S  C  C                           S

$$
SCZ048-312000-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
534 AM EDT Sun Aug 31 2025

Date             Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            Tue 09/02/25
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                      83          65          83          66          84
Temp             70 78 82 81 76 71 69 66 66 74 81 82 76 71 69 67 67 78 83 82 76
Dewpt            68 70 69 67 66 63 61 59 59 61 61 60 62 62 61 61 62 64 62 61 63
RH               93 76 65 63 71 76 76 78 78 64 51 47 62 73 76 81 84 62 49 49 64
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N NE NE NE NE NE  N  N NE NE NE  E  E
Wind spd         10 13 12 11  8  8  8 10 11 12 10  9  5  4  5  6  9 10  8  8  5
Wind gust                 21 19 18 18
Clouds           SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30           5           5           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C
Tstms                   S  S


Date          Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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          67    84      68    86      71    89      69    88
Temp          70 68 84 77   72 71 86 78   74 72 88 80   74 71 87 79
Dewpt         63 64 66 68   69 69 69 71   71 70 70 71   67 65 67 70
PWind dir        NE     E       E     E      SW    SW      SW     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5    30      10    30       5    10       5    10
Rain shwrs              C             C
Tstms                   C             C

$$
SCZ043-312000-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
534 AM EDT Sun Aug 31 2025

Date             Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            Tue 09/02/25
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                      81          61          81          61          82
Temp             67 76 80 80 73 68 65 63 62 74 80 81 73 67 65 63 64 76 82 82 74
Dewpt            67 67 64 62 63 61 59 58 56 59 59 58 60 58 58 59 60 62 60 59 61
RH              100 74 58 54 71 78 81 84 81 59 49 46 64 73 78 87 87 62 47 46 64
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E
Wind spd          8 10 11 10  6  5  5  9  9 10 10  9  4  4  4  5  6  9  8  6  3
Wind gust           20    20
Clouds           SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0           5           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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          61    84      65    85      66    87      66    86
Temp          65 65 84 75   67 67 85 78   70 69 87 80   71 68 86 78
Dewpt         59 61 64 67   66 66 68 70   69 68 68 68   63 63 64 67
PWind dir        NE     E       E    SE      SW    SW      SW     W
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0    20      10    30       5    10       0    10
Rain shwrs              S             C
Tstms                   S             C

$$
GAZ099-312000-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
534 AM EDT Sun Aug 31 2025

Date             Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            Tue 09/02/25
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          63          84          62          86
Temp             67 77 84 83 76 70 67 65 64 75 83 83 74 68 64 63 63 78 85 85 76
Dewpt            66 67 66 64 64 63 60 57 56 56 55 55 56 56 55 54 57 61 59 59 60
RH               97 71 55 53 66 78 78 75 75 52 38 38 53 65 73 72 81 56 41 41 58
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E
Wind spd          5 10 10 10  5  4  4  5  6 10 10  9  3  2  2  4  4  6  8  6  3
Clouds           SC SC FW SC SC FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20           5           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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          62    88      66    89      68    91      67    92
Temp          65 64 87 78   69 68 89 80   71 70 90 82   70 68 90 81
Dewpt         60 60 61 63   65 66 65 65   68 67 64 61   61 60 60 61
PWind dir         E     E       E     W      SW     W       W    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0    20      10    20       5     5       0     5
Rain shwrs              S             S
Tstms                   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