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National Weather Service Charleston SC
1256 AM EDT Thu Oct 2 2025

SCZ050-030800-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
1256 AM EDT Thu Oct 2 2025

Date           10/01/25      Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            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                      60          77          61          79          64
Temp                   66 62 62 70 75 76 70 67 65 63 62 71 77 77 71 68 66 65 66
Dewpt                  56 54 55 57 59 60 60 59 58 57 56 59 61 62 63 64 63 63 63
RH                     70 75 78 63 58 58 71 75 78 81 81 66 58 60 76 87 90 93 90
Wind dir               NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd               10 11 11 13 13 16 13 12 11 12 11 13 14 16 12 11 10 11 11
Wind gust                          25
Clouds                 CL FW CL FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S
High Surf               Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           10/04  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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          80      68    80      69    80      68    83      67    82
Temp          78 73   70 70 78 74   72 71 78 74   71 70 81 74   70 69 80 74
Dewpt         65 65   67 67 68 68   69 69 68 68   68 68 67 68   68 68 67 66
PWind dir        NE      NE     E       E     E       E     E       E     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         30      20    50      30    50      20    40      10    30
Rain shwrs        C    S  S  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  C  C          S  C
Tstms             S    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  S             S

$$
GAZ118-030800-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
1256 AM EDT Thu Oct 2 2025

Date           10/01/25      Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            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                      62          80          63          81          66
Temp                   68 64 63 72 78 78 72 70 68 65 63 72 79 79 73 70 69 67 67
Dewpt                  61 58 56 60 61 61 62 61 60 60 58 62 65 65 64 65 65 65 65
RH                     78 81 78 66 56 56 71 73 76 84 84 71 62 62 73 84 87 93 93
Wind dir               NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                9 10 11 12 12 13 11 12 11 12 11 13 13 13 10 10 10 10 10
Wind gust                                21 23                      20
Clouds                 SC FW CL CL FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S


Date           10/04  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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          81      69    81      71    81      70    84      69    85
Temp          80 74   71 70 79 75   72 72 79 75   72 70 82 75   71 70 83 76
Dewpt         69 68   69 69 72 71   70 70 73 71   70 70 72 70   70 69 71 70
PWind dir        NE      NE     E       E     E       E     E      NE     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         40      30    70      40    50      20    40      10    30
Rain shwrs        C    S  C  C  L    C  C  C  C    S  S  C  C             C
Tstms             S    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C             S             S

$$
SCZ050-030800-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
1256 AM EDT Thu Oct 2 2025

Date           10/01/25      Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            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                      62          77          63          78          67
Temp                   68 64 63 70 75 76 72 70 68 65 63 71 76 77 72 71 69 68 68
Dewpt                  60 58 58 62 64 64 64 64 62 61 60 64 67 67 67 68 67 66 66
RH                     76 81 84 76 69 66 76 81 81 87 90 79 74 71 84 90 93 93 93
Wind dir               NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd               12 13 13 14 16 18 17 14 13 13 13 14 16 18 13 12 10 11 11
Wind gust              23                   26       24             23 20
Clouds                 CL FW CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          30          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                                                S
High Surf               Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           10/04  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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          79      70    80      72    80      70    82      71    82
Temp          78 74   72 72 79 75   74 73 79 75   73 72 80 75   73 72 81 75
Dewpt         70 69   70 70 73 72   71 71 73 72   71 70 72 72   72 71 72 71
PWind dir        NE       E     E       E     E       E     E       E     E
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC B1 B1   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         30      30    50      40    50      20    40      20    30
Rain shwrs        C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  C  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms             S    S  S  S  C    S  C  S  C             S

$$
SCZ048-030800-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
1256 AM EDT Thu Oct 2 2025

Date           10/01/25      Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            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                      61          78          62          79          66
Temp                   67 63 62 70 76 77 72 68 66 64 62 71 78 78 72 69 68 66 67
Dewpt                  59 56 56 60 61 62 62 61 59 58 58 62 64 65 65 65 65 64 64
RH                     75 78 81 71 60 60 71 78 78 81 87 73 62 64 79 87 90 93 90
Wind dir               NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd               10 11 12 13 12 11 11 12 11 13 12 14 12 12 10 10 10 11 12
Wind gust              20 21          23 21 24 23                   21
Clouds                 FW CL CL CL FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S
High Surf               Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           10/04  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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          80      69    80      70    80      69    83      69    84
Temp          79 74   71 70 79 74   72 72 78 74   71 70 82 74   71 70 82 74
Dewpt         68 68   68 69 72 71   70 69 72 71   69 69 71 70   69 69 71 70
PWind dir        NE      NE     E       E     E       E     E       E     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      30    60      40    50      20    40      10    20
Rain shwrs        C    S  C  C  L    C  C  C  C    S  S  C  C             S
Tstms             S    S     S  C    C  C  S  C             S

$$
SCZ043-030800-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
1256 AM EDT Thu Oct 2 2025

Date           10/01/25      Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            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                      57          76          57          78          62
Temp                   62 58 59 70 75 76 68 64 61 59 59 70 76 77 69 65 64 62 64
Dewpt                  57 54 55 56 58 58 60 59 57 55 56 58 60 61 64 63 62 62 63
RH                     84 86 87 61 55 54 76 84 87 87 90 66 58 58 84 93 93100 97
Wind dir               NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                6  8  9 10 10 10  8  8  8  9 10 11 11 10  6  6  6  9  9
Wind gust                 18       20             19                17
Clouds                 CL FW CL CL FW SC SC CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           10/04  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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          78      65    78      66    78      64    82      64    81
Temp          77 70   67 67 77 71   68 68 77 70   67 67 81 71   67 67 80 71
Dewpt         64 66   65 67 68 69   67 68 69 70   67 67 67 69   67 67 67 68
PWind dir        NE      NE     E       E     E      NE     E       E     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      20    50      30    40      20    30      10    20
Rain shwrs        S       S  C  C    C  C  C  C       S  S  C             S
Tstms             S             C    S  S     S             S             S

$$
GAZ099-030800-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
1256 AM EDT Thu Oct 2 2025

Date           10/01/25      Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            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                      60          81          60          82          64
Temp                   67 63 62 72 79 79 72 67 65 62 61 72 80 80 72 68 66 64 65
Dewpt                  60 57 54 55 55 55 57 58 57 55 54 56 59 59 60 61 62 61 61
RH                     78 81 75 55 44 44 59 73 75 78 78 57 49 49 66 78 87 90 87
Wind dir               NE NE NE NE NE  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                5  9 10 11 10 11  8  8  8 10 11 12 11 11  6  6  6  9 10
Wind gust              17                18 19 19                   18 18 19
Clouds                 FW FW CL CL FW FW SC FW CL FW FW CL FW SC SC SC SC B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           10/04  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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          83      67    82      69    82      68    84      66    87
Temp          81 74   69 69 80 73   71 70 80 73   70 69 82 75   70 68 85 76
Dewpt         64 65   66 67 69 69   69 69 70 69   69 68 68 68   69 68 67 68
PWind dir        NE      NE     E       E     E       E     E       E     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      20    50      30    40      20    30      10    20
Rain shwrs                S  S  C    C  C  S  C    S     S  C             S
Tstms                           C             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