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National Weather Service Charleston SC
705 PM EDT Sun Jul 13 2025

SCZ050-140800-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
705 PM EDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date           07/13/25      Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed
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          75          91          76
Temp             80 79 77 76 78 86 90 89 82 78 77 75 78 86 88 88 81 79 78 77 79
Dewpt            76 75 75 74 75 75 74 75 75 75 75 75 75 74 74 75 74 75 75 74 75
RH               88 88 94 94 91 70 60 64 79 91 94100 91 68 63 66 79 88 91 90 88
Wind dir          S  E SE NE  E  E SE SE SE  E SE  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          4  2  1  1  2  4  6  9  6  3  2  2  3  6 10 11 10  6  5  5  5
Clouds           B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 FW SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B2
PoP 12hr                     30          40           5          50          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C              S  C  C              C  C  C  C        S  S  L
Tstms             C              S  C  C              S  C  C  C        S  S  C
Heat index                      95 99 99                94 97 98
Max heat                           99   101                97    98


Date           07/16  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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    92      77    94      77    95      78    95
Temp          88 81   78 79 89 82   79 79 91 83   79 80 92 84   80 80 92 83
Dewpt         73 74   75 76 74 75   76 75 74 75   75 76 74 75   76 76 73 75
PWind dir         S       S     S       S    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC SC B2 B1   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr         70      10    60      10    50      10    40      20    60
Rain shwrs     L  C          L  C          C  C          S  C    S  S  C  L
Tstms          C  C          C  C          C  C          S  C    S  S  C  L

$$
GAZ118-140800-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
705 PM EDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date           07/13/25      Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed
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          75          91          77
Temp             86 80 78 76 78 88 92 90 82 79 77 75 77 86 89 89 83 79 78 77 79
Dewpt            75 75 75 74 75 76 75 75 76 76 76 75 76 76 75 75 76 76 76 75 76
RH               70 85 91 94 91 68 58 62 82 91 97100 97 72 64 64 80 91 94 94 91
Wind dir          E  S SW NE  N NE  E SE  E  E  E NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  S
Wind spd          3  2  1  2  2  3  5  6  5  2  2  2  2  5  9 10  6  4  3  3  3
Clouds           FW SC SC FW SC FW B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B2
PoP 12hr                     30          50          10          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C                 C  C              S  S  C  C              L
Tstms             C                 C  C                 S  C  C              S
Heat index       95             99103101                96 99 99 91
Max heat         99    90         105   103                99   101


Date           07/16  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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      77    92      77    93      77    95      78    96
Temp          89 83   79 79 90 84   79 79 92 84   79 79 93 86   80 80 94 86
Dewpt         76 76   76 76 75 76   76 76 76 76   75 76 76 76   75 75 75 75
PWind dir        SE       S     S       S     S      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2   SC SC B1 B2   FW FW SC B1   SC FW SC B1   SC FW SC B2
PoP 12hr         60      10    60      10    50      10    50      20    60
Rain shwrs     L  L          C  L             C             C    S     S  L
Tstms          C  L          C  L             C             C    S     S  L

$$
SCZ050-140800-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
705 PM EDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date           07/13/25      Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed
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          91          77          90          78
Temp             83 80 79 79 79 86 89 88 82 81 79 78 80 85 88 88 83 81 80 79 80
Dewpt            76 75 76 76 77 77 77 77 76 76 76 76 76 76 77 77 76 76 76 76 77
RH               80 85 91 91 94 75 68 70 82 85 91 94 88 75 70 70 80 85 88 91 91
Wind dir          S  E  S  E  E  E SE SE  E SE SE  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          4  2  2  2  2  5  8  9  5  3  3  3  4  6 10 11  9  6  5  5  5
Clouds           B2 SC FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          40          10          50          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.05           0        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S              S  C  S              C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  L
Tstms             S              S  C  S              S  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  C
Heat index       91             97101100                94 99 99 90
Max heat         92               102   103                99   100


Date           07/16  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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      79    90      79    92      78    94      79    94
Temp          87 82   81 81 88 83   81 81 90 84   80 80 92 85   81 81 92 84
Dewpt         77 76   77 78 77 77   77 77 78 77   78 77 78 78   77 76 77 77
PWind dir         S       S     S       S    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC SC B1 B1   FW FW B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         70      20    50      10    40      20    40      30    50
Rain shwrs     L  C       S  C  C          C  C    S  S  S  C    C  S  C  C
Tstms          C  C       S  C  C          C  C    S  S  S  C    C  S  C  C

$$
SCZ048-140800-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
705 PM EDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date           07/13/25      Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed
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          91          76          90          77
Temp             81 79 77 76 78 86 90 89 82 79 77 76 78 85 88 88 82 79 79 77 79
Dewpt            74 75 75 74 76 77 76 76 76 76 76 75 76 76 76 75 76 76 76 75 76
RH               79 88 94 94 94 75 64 66 82 91 97 97 94 75 68 66 82 91 91 94 91
Wind dir         SE SE  S NE NE  E  E SE SE  E  E  E NE  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd          2  2  1  1  2  3  5  6  5  2  2  2  3  5  9 10  6  4  3  3  4
Clouds           B2 SC FW FW FW FW B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B2
PoP 12hr                     30          50           5          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C                 C  C              S  S  C  C              L
Tstms             C                 C  C                 S  C  C              S
Heat index                      97102100                94 99 98
Max heat                          102   102                99    99


Date           07/16  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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    92      78    94      78    94
Temp          87 81   79 79 88 82   79 79 90 84   80 80 92 85   80 80 92 84
Dewpt         76 76   76 77 77 77   77 77 76 76   76 76 76 77   76 75 76 77
PWind dir         S       S     S       S    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC SC B1 B1   FW FW SC B1   SC FW SC B1   SC FW SC B1
PoP 12hr         60       5    50      10    40      10    40      20    50
Rain shwrs     L  C          C  C          S  C             C    S     S  C
Tstms          C  C          C  C          S  C             C    S     S  C

$$
SCZ043-140800-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
705 PM EDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date           07/13/25      Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed
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          73
Temp             80 77 75 74 75 85 90 88 80 76 74 73 75 85 88 87 80 77 75 73 76
Dewpt            74 76 75 74 75 75 74 75 76 75 74 73 75 75 74 74 75 75 75 73 76
RH               82 97100100100 72 60 66 88 97100100100 72 63 65 85 94100100100
Wind dir          S  S  N  N NE  E  E SE SE SE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          2  1  0  0  1  2  3  5  3  2  1  1  2  4  6  8  5  2  2  2  2
Clouds           B1 SC SC FW FW FW B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B2
PoP 12hr                     30          50           5          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.58           0        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C                 C  C              S  S  C  C              L
Tstms             C                 C  C                 S  C  C              S
Heat index                      94 99 98                94 97 95
Max heat                           99    99                97    96


Date           07/16  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          88      73    90      75    92      75    93      75    92
Temp          87 80   75 77 88 81   76 77 90 83   76 78 92 84   77 77 91 83
Dewpt         74 74   75 76 74 74   75 76 74 75   75 76 74 75   75 75 74 75
PWind dir         S       S     S       S    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2   SC SC B1 B1   SC FW SC B1   SC FW SC B1   B1 SC SC B2
PoP 12hr         70       5    50       5    50      10    40      20    60
Rain shwrs     L  L          C  C          S  C             C    S     S  L
Tstms          C  L          C  C          S  C             C    S     S  L

$$
GAZ099-140800-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
705 PM EDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date           07/13/25      Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed
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          96          73          93          73
Temp             87 80 77 75 76 88 94 91 82 78 75 73 75 85 91 90 83 78 75 74 76
Dewpt            73 73 73 73 74 75 73 73 75 75 74 73 74 75 74 73 74 75 75 74 75
RH               63 79 87 94 94 66 51 56 79 91 97100 97 72 58 58 74 91100100 97
Wind dir          S SW  W NW  N  N  N NE  E SE SE  E NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          2  2  1  2  2  3  4  4  2  2  1  1  2  3  5  5  4  2  2  2  2
Clouds           FW SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 SC SC FW FW B1
PoP 12hr                     20          50          10          60          10
QPF 12hr                   0.18        0.20           0        0.06           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S                 S  C                    L  L              C
Tstms             S                 S  C                    L  L
Heat index       94             98103100                94101 98 90
Max heat        100               103   103               101   102


Date           07/16  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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      73    94      74    95      75    96      75    96
Temp          90 84   75 76 92 85   76 77 93 86   77 77 94 87   77 77 94 86
Dewpt         73 74   74 75 72 74   74 74 73 74   75 75 73 73   74 74 72 74
PWind dir        SE      SE     S       S    SW      SW     W      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2   SC FW SC B2   SC FW SC B1   SC FW SC B1   B1 FW SC B2
PoP 12hr         60      10    60      10    50      10    50      20    60
Rain shwrs     C  L             L             C             C    S        L
Tstms          S  L             L             C             C    S        L

$$

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