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National Weather Service Charleston SC
604 PM EDT Wed May 15 2024

SCZ050-160800-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
604 PM EDT Wed May 15 2024

Date           05/15/24      Thu 05/16/24            Fri 05/17/24            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                      66          86          68          87          71
Temp             79 73 70 67 69 79 85 86 79 72 69 68 72 84 86 84 77 73 71 71 73
Dewpt            67 66 64 64 65 65 64 65 66 67 67 66 68 67 67 68 69 70 70 70 72
RH               67 79 81 90 87 62 50 50 64 84 93 93 87 57 53 59 76 90 97 97 97
Wind dir         SW  W  W  W NW NW NW  N NE  S  S  N  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd         10  5  5  5  6  6  6  8  3  2  2  0  2  4  6  9  6  4  4  4  4
Clouds           B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     50           5           0          10          40
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C                                               C  C  C  C  L
Tstms             C                                               S  S  S  S  S


Date           05/18  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24
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          87      69    86      66    85      65    87      68    91
Temp          85 79   71 70 85 78   69 68 84 76   66 67 86 77   69 72 90 79
Dewpt         72 71   70 68 67 67   66 64 64 66   65 65 65 67   67 69 68 70
PWind dir         S      SW     W      NW     N       N    SW       S    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      50    40      10    10       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     L  L    C  S  C  C
Tstms          S  C    C        C

$$
GAZ118-160800-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
604 PM EDT Wed May 15 2024

Date           05/15/24      Thu 05/16/24            Fri 05/17/24            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                      67          88          69          87          72
Temp             81 74 70 68 69 80 87 88 82 75 71 69 72 83 87 85 78 74 72 72 74
Dewpt            65 65 64 64 64 64 63 63 65 67 67 67 68 67 66 67 68 70 70 70 71
RH               58 74 81 87 84 58 45 43 56 76 87 93 87 59 50 55 71 87 93 93 90
Wind dir          W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S SW
Wind spd          9  5  5  5  5  8  9  8  4  3  2  2  2  5  6 10  9  5  5  3  5
Clouds           FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0          20          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.08        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  C  C  L
Tstms                                                       S  S  S  S  S  S  S


Date           05/18  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24
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          87      69    88      68    88      67    88      68    92
Temp          86 79   71 70 86 81   71 69 87 79   69 69 88 79   70 71 90 83
Dewpt         71 70   69 68 66 67   66 66 64 66   66 65 64 66   67 68 66 68
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      NW     N      SW     E       S    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      50    40      10    10       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     L  L    C  S  S  C
Tstms          S  C    C     S  C

$$
SCZ050-160800-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
604 PM EDT Wed May 15 2024

Date           05/15/24      Thu 05/16/24            Fri 05/17/24            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                      68          84          70          85          72
Temp             77 73 71 68 69 79 84 83 77 72 70 70 73 83 85 82 76 73 72 72 73
Dewpt            70 68 67 65 66 66 66 67 68 69 68 69 70 69 69 70 71 71 71 72 73
RH               79 84 87 90 90 64 55 59 74 90 93 97 90 63 59 67 85 93 97100100
Wind dir         SW  W  W  W NW NW NW  N  E  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd         11  6  6  6  8  8  8  8  5  4  3  3  3  6  9 11  8  5  6  6  6
Clouds           B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     40           5           0          10          40
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0           0           0        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C                                               C  C  C  C  L
Tstms             C                                               S  S  S  S  S


Date           05/18  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24
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          85      70    85      67    84      67    85      70    87
Temp          85 77   71 71 85 78   70 68 83 75   67 68 85 76   70 73 87 78
Dewpt         73 72   71 70 68 68   68 65 66 67   66 65 67 68   68 70 70 71
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      NW     N       N     E       S    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      60    40      20    10       5     5       5     5
Rain shwrs     L  L    L  C  C  C    S
Tstms          S  C    C        C    S

$$
SCZ048-160800-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
604 PM EDT Wed May 15 2024

Date           05/15/24      Thu 05/16/24            Fri 05/17/24            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                      68          88          70          86          72
Temp             80 74 71 69 69 79 86 87 80 74 71 70 73 83 85 83 77 74 73 72 74
Dewpt            68 67 65 64 65 66 65 66 67 68 68 68 70 69 69 70 71 71 72 71 73
RH               67 79 81 84 87 64 50 50 65 82 90 93 90 63 59 65 82 90 97 97 97
Wind dir          W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  N SE  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd          8  5  5  6  6  6  6  6  4  3  2  2  2  5  8  9  8  5  5  4  5
Clouds           SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0          20          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.07        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S                                         S  S  C  C  C  C  L
Tstms             S                                         S  S  S  S  S  S  S


Date           05/18  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24
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          86      69    87      67    86      66    87      69    91
Temp          85 79   71 70 86 80   71 69 85 77   69 68 86 78   70 72 89 80
Dewpt         73 72   69 69 68 68   67 66 66 67   66 66 66 68   68 69 69 71
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      NW     N      SW     E       S    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         80      50    40      10    10       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     L  D    C  S  S  C
Tstms          S  C    C     S  C

$$
SCZ043-160800-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
604 PM EDT Wed May 15 2024

Date           05/15/24      Thu 05/16/24            Fri 05/17/24            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                      63          86          64          86          68
Temp             77 71 67 65 67 78 84 86 79 71 67 65 69 82 86 85 77 71 69 69 71
Dewpt            64 65 64 62 64 65 63 62 65 65 65 64 67 68 66 66 68 69 68 68 71
RH               64 81 90 90 90 64 49 45 62 81 93 97 93 63 51 53 74 93 97 97100
Wind dir          W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N SE  N  N  N  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd          5  4  5  4  5  5  6  6  3  1  0  0  0  4  5  6  5  4  3  2  4
Clouds           SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     50           5           0          20          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.13
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C                                         S  S  C  C  C  C  L
Tstms             C                                         S  S  S  S  S  S  S


Date           05/18  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24
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          86      65    85      63    86      61    87      65    91
Temp          84 78   68 67 83 77   66 65 84 77   65 65 86 78   66 69 90 80
Dewpt         71 71   68 67 66 67   65 64 63 65   63 64 64 67   66 68 66 69
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      NW     N       N     W       S    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         80      50    40      10    10       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     L  D    C  S  C  C
Tstms          S  C    C     S  C

$$
GAZ099-160800-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
604 PM EDT Wed May 15 2024

Date           05/15/24      Thu 05/16/24            Fri 05/17/24            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                      65          88          66          87          69
Temp             79 72 68 65 67 78 85 88 81 72 69 66 70 82 86 86 78 71 70 69 71
Dewpt            62 64 63 62 64 63 62 61 64 64 63 63 66 66 65 64 67 68 68 69 70
RH               56 76 84 90 90 60 46 40 56 76 81 90 87 58 50 48 69 90 93100 97
Wind dir          W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N  E SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S SW
Wind spd          8  4  4  4  4  5  6  6  3  1  1  2  2  4  5  6  5  4  3  2  4
Clouds           FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0          30          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.14        0.19
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                                                       C  C  S  S  S  S  S


Date           05/18  Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24
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          85      66    86      65    88      64    89      67    92
Temp          85 76   69 68 85 79   69 68 86 80   68 67 87 81   69 70 90 84
Dewpt         70 69   67 68 65 66   65 65 63 65   64 65 63 65   65 68 65 67
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      NW     N       W     N       S    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         80      50    30      10    10       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  D    C  S  S  C
Tstms          S  C    S     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