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National Weather Service Charleston SC
1249 AM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025

SCZ050-200800-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
1249 AM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025

Date           06/18/25      Thu 06/19/25            Fri 06/20/25            Sat
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          93          75          92          74
Temp                   79 77 80 88 92 90 84 80 79 76 78 86 89 87 81 78 76 74 77
Dewpt                  75 74 74 73 72 73 74 74 75 73 73 73 72 73 74 74 75 74 74
RH                     88 90 82 61 52 58 72 82 88 90 85 65 57 63 79 88 97100 90
Wind dir                S SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW  W  W SW  S  S  S  S SW  S
Wind spd                9  9  9 10 11 14 12 10  8  6  5  5  5  6  5  3  2  2  2
Clouds                 FW SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          30          30          50          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.07        0.01        0.19        0.17
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  C  C  C  S     S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S  C
Tstms                               S  C  C  C  S           C  C  C  C  S  S
Heat index                      96100 98 91             93 96 94
Max heat                          100   100                96    96


Date           06/21  Sun 06/22/25  Mon 06/23/25  Tue 06/24/25  Wed 06/25/25
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      75    93      74    95      74    95      74    93
Temp          88 82   77 78 90 82   76 78 92 86   77 77 92 83   76 77 91 82
Dewpt         73 73   75 74 71 73   74 74 71 73   74 74 71 73   74 73 71 73
PWind dir        SE       S     S      SW    SW      SW     S      SW     E
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW FW FW   CL CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         30       5    10       0    10      10    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  C                                         S             S
Tstms             C                                         S             S

$$
GAZ118-200800-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
1249 AM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025

Date           06/18/25      Thu 06/19/25            Fri 06/20/25            Sat
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          93          74          93          75
Temp                   77 75 77 88 93 92 85 79 77 74 77 86 91 88 82 78 77 75 77
Dewpt                  74 73 75 76 74 73 74 74 74 73 75 75 75 75 76 76 75 74 75
RH                     90 94 94 68 54 54 70 85 90 97 94 70 60 66 82 94 94 97 94
Wind dir                S SW SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                5  5  5  6  9 10  9  6  5  4  3  4  4  5  5  3  2  2  2
Clouds                 FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          30          30          50          30
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.05        0.01        0.06        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S           S  S  C  S              C  C  C  C        S
Tstms                   S           S  S  C  S              C  C  C  C
Heat index                      99103101 93             95102 98
Max heat                          105   103               102   102


Date           06/21  Sun 06/22/25  Mon 06/23/25  Tue 06/24/25  Wed 06/25/25
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    93      74    94      74    94      73    93
Temp          90 82   76 77 91 83   76 76 92 86   77 77 92 83   76 76 91 84
Dewpt         75 75   74 74 74 74   74 74 75 73   74 74 75 74   74 75 75 74
PWind dir        SE       S    SE       S     E      SW     E       S     E
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         40       5    20       0    10       5    20      10    30
Rain shwrs     S  C             S                           S             C
Tstms             C             S                           S             C

$$
SCZ050-200800-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
1249 AM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025

Date           06/18/25      Thu 06/19/25            Fri 06/20/25            Sat
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          76          90          77
Temp                   80 78 80 88 90 88 83 81 80 77 79 87 89 87 82 79 78 77 78
Dewpt                  76 75 76 77 77 77 77 77 77 75 75 77 77 77 77 77 76 75 76
RH                     88 91 88 70 66 70 82 88 91 94 88 72 68 72 85 94 94 94 94
Wind dir               SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW SW  W  W  W SW  S  S  S SW SW SW
Wind spd               11 11 10 11 13 16 13 12 10  8  5  5  8  9  5  4  3  2  3
Wind gust                                   23
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          20          30          50          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0        0.13        0.19
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  S  C  C  S     C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                               S  S  C  C  S           C  C  C  C  S  S  S
Heat index                     100103100 92             98101 99 90
Max heat                          105   103    90         102   102


Date           06/21  Sun 06/22/25  Mon 06/23/25  Tue 06/24/25  Wed 06/25/25
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          89      77    90      77    91      77    91      77    90
Temp          87 82   78 79 88 83   78 78 90 85   78 78 90 83   78 78 88 83
Dewpt         77 76   76 76 76 75   76 76 76 76   76 75 76 77   75 75 77 75
PWind dir         S       S     S      SW    SW      SW     S      SW    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW SC FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30       5    10       5     5      10    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  S                                      S  S          S  S
Tstms          S  S                                      S  S          S  S

$$
SCZ048-200800-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
1249 AM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025

Date           06/18/25      Thu 06/19/25            Fri 06/20/25            Sat
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          92          74          91          75
Temp                   79 77 79 87 92 89 84 80 78 75 78 86 90 87 82 79 77 75 77
Dewpt                  75 74 75 76 75 76 77 75 75 73 75 75 75 76 76 76 75 74 75
RH                     88 90 88 70 58 66 80 85 91 94 91 70 62 70 82 91 94 97 94
Wind dir                S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW  W  W SW  S  S  S  S SW SE
Wind spd                6  5  6  8  9 10 10  8  6  5  4  4  5  5  4  2  2  2  2
Wind gust                                20
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          30          30          50          30
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.07           0        0.05        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S           S  S  C  S  S     S  S  C  C  C  C        S
Tstms                   S           S  S  C  S  S           C  C  C  C
Heat index                      98103100 94             95101 98
Max heat                          103   103               101   101


Date           06/21  Sun 06/22/25  Mon 06/23/25  Tue 06/24/25  Wed 06/25/25
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      75    91      74    94      75    93      74    92
Temp          89 82   77 78 90 82   76 78 92 85   77 77 91 82   76 77 90 82
Dewpt         76 75   76 75 74 74   75 75 75 75   75 75 76 75   75 75 76 75
PWind dir        SE       S    SE       S    SE      SW     E      SW     E
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         40       5    20       5    10       5    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     S  C             S                           S             S
Tstms             C             S                           S             S

$$
SCZ043-200800-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
1249 AM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025

Date           06/18/25      Thu 06/19/25            Fri 06/20/25            Sat
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          91          72          90          72
Temp                   76 74 76 87 91 91 85 78 75 73 75 84 88 88 81 76 73 72 75
Dewpt                  73 72 74 73 71 72 73 74 72 72 74 73 72 72 73 74 73 72 75
RH                     90 93 94 63 52 54 67 88 90 97 97 70 59 59 77 94100100100
Wind dir                S SW SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW  W  W  W SW  S  S  S  S SE
Wind spd                5  5  5  9 10 10  8  5  4  3  3  4  4  3  2  2  1  1  1
Clouds                 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          30          40          40          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.02        0.11        0.05        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  S  S           C  C  S  S        S
Tstms                                  S  C  S  S           C  C  S  S
Heat index                      94 98 99 92             90 95 95
Max heat                           99    99                95    96


Date           06/21  Sun 06/22/25  Mon 06/23/25  Tue 06/24/25  Wed 06/25/25
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          89      71    90      72    92      72    93      72    92
Temp          87 81   73 75 88 82   73 75 90 85   74 75 91 82   74 75 90 82
Dewpt         72 73   73 74 71 72   72 74 71 73   73 74 71 72   72 75 71 73
PWind dir        SE       S    SE       S     E      SW    NE      SW    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW SC FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         40       5    20       0    10      10    20      10    30
Rain shwrs     S  C             S                           S             C
Tstms             C             S                           S             C

$$
GAZ099-200800-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
1249 AM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025

Date           06/18/25      Thu 06/19/25            Fri 06/20/25            Sat
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                      72          93          73          93          72
Temp                   75 73 76 87 93 93 86 79 76 73 75 85 91 91 85 79 75 73 75
Dewpt                  72 72 73 74 71 70 72 73 72 71 73 73 71 71 72 72 73 72 73
RH                     90 97 90 65 49 47 63 82 87 93 94 67 52 52 65 79 94 97 94
Wind dir                S SW SW  W  W  W  W SW SW  W  W NW  W NW  S SE  S  S SE
Wind spd                3  3  4  6  8  8  4  3  3  3  2  2  3  3  2  1  1  1  1
Clouds                 SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          40          30          30          20
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.04        0.01        0.02        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  S              C  C  S  S
Tstms                                  S  C  S              C  C  S  S
Heat index                      95100 99 92             92 98 98 91
Max heat                          100    99                98    99


Date           06/21  Sun 06/22/25  Mon 06/23/25  Tue 06/24/25  Wed 06/25/25
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          94      72    94      72    95      72    96      71    95
Temp          91 83   75 75 92 85   74 75 93 88   75 76 93 84   74 74 92 85
Dewpt         71 73   73 74 71 72   72 73 70 73   72 74 71 72   72 72 71 73
PWind dir         E      SE    SE       S     E       S    NE       S    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30      10    10       5    10       5    20      10    30
Rain shwrs        C                                         S             C
Tstms             C                                         S             C

$$

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