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National Weather Service Charleston SC
640 AM EDT Sun May 19 2024

SCZ050-192000-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
640 AM EDT Sun May 19 2024

Date             Sun 05/19/24            Mon 05/20/24            Tue 05/21/24
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                      79          63          83          62          84
Temp             71 78 77 75 70 68 66 64 66 74 82 81 74 67 63 62 65 78 83 83 75
Dewpt            69 69 68 68 66 65 64 62 61 62 62 63 64 64 63 62 63 62 61 63 64
RH               93 74 74 79 87 90 93 93 84 66 51 54 71 90100100 93 58 47 51 69
Wind dir         NW  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E NE NE  N NE NE  E  E
Wind spd          4  5  5  9  8  6  6  9 10 11 10 10  6  3  3  3  5  8  9  8  6
Clouds           B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                     70          30           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.62        0.11           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  L  C  C
Tstms                S  L  C  S


Date          Wed 05/22/24  Thu 05/23/24  Fri 05/24/24  Sat 05/25/24
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          63    87      67    90      71    91      71    88
Temp          64 65 86 78   69 71 90 80   72 74 91 80   72 73 88 79
Dewpt         64 64 65 67   68 69 67 69   70 70 70 71   71 71 70 71
PWind dir         E    SE       S    SW       S    SW       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     5       5    20      20    30
Rain shwrs                                          S    S  S  C  C
Tstms                                               S    S  S  C  C

$$
GAZ118-192000-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
640 AM EDT Sun May 19 2024

Date             Sun 05/19/24            Mon 05/20/24            Tue 05/21/24
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          84          63          85
Temp             70 80 83 78 72 69 68 65 65 75 82 83 76 70 66 63 66 78 84 84 76
Dewpt            70 70 69 69 67 67 66 64 64 62 61 62 64 65 64 63 64 62 61 62 63
RH              100 72 63 74 84 93 93 97 97 64 49 49 66 84 93100 93 58 46 48 64
Wind dir          W NW  N  E NE NE NE  N NE NE NE  E  E  E NE NE  N NE  E  E  E
Wind spd          3  5  5  5  4  6  5  6  9 10  9  9  5  3  2  2  4  6  8  8  5
Clouds           B2 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     90          40          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                   1.06        0.03           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  D  C  S
Tstms                   C  D  S


Date          Wed 05/22/24  Thu 05/23/24  Fri 05/24/24  Sat 05/25/24
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          63    87      67    90      70    92      71    91
Temp          66 66 86 79   69 70 89 81   72 73 91 82   73 73 90 83
Dewpt         65 64 63 65   67 68 66 67   68 68 68 70   70 71 68 69
PWind dir         E     E       S     S       S     S      SW    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       5    10      20    30
Rain shwrs                                               S     S  C
Tstms                                                    S     S  C

$$
SCZ050-192000-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
640 AM EDT Sun May 19 2024

Date             Sun 05/19/24            Mon 05/20/24            Tue 05/21/24
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                      79          65          80          66          81
Temp             73 79 78 76 71 69 68 66 66 74 80 79 74 70 67 66 68 77 81 80 73
Dewpt            70 71 71 70 68 67 66 64 63 63 63 65 65 65 66 65 64 63 63 66 66
RH               90 77 79 82 90 93 93 93 90 69 56 62 74 84 97 97 87 62 54 62 79
Wind dir          W  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E
Wind spd          3  4  6  8  6  8  9  8 10 11 11 10  6  5  5  5  6  9 11 11  6
Clouds           B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                     80          40           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.88        0.03           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  L  L  C  S
Tstms                S  L  L  S


Date          Wed 05/22/24  Thu 05/23/24  Fri 05/24/24  Sat 05/25/24
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      69    87      73    88      72    86
Temp          67 68 84 76   70 72 87 78   73 75 88 79   73 74 86 78
Dewpt         67 66 67 68   68 70 70 70   71 72 72 72   73 72 72 72
PWind dir         E    SE       S    SW      SW     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     5       5    20      20    30
Rain shwrs                                          S    S  S  S  C
Tstms                                               S    S  S  S  C

$$
SCZ048-192000-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
640 AM EDT Sun May 19 2024

Date             Sun 05/19/24            Mon 05/20/24            Tue 05/21/24
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          64          82          63          84
Temp             72 80 80 76 73 70 68 66 67 75 81 82 75 70 67 64 67 75 83 83 75
Dewpt            70 70 71 70 69 68 66 64 64 62 63 64 65 65 65 64 65 63 63 64 65
RH               93 72 74 82 87 93 93 93 90 64 54 55 71 84 93100 93 66 51 53 71
Wind dir          W NW  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E NE NE NE NE  E  E  E
Wind spd          3  4  5  5  4  6  6  8 10 10 10  9  5  3  2  3  4  6  8  8  4
Clouds           B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     90          50           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   1.50        0.09           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              L  D  C  S
Tstms                   L  D  S


Date          Wed 05/22/24  Thu 05/23/24  Fri 05/24/24  Sat 05/25/24
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          64    86      68    90      71    91      71    90
Temp          66 67 85 78   70 72 88 80   73 74 90 81   73 74 89 81
Dewpt         65 66 66 68   68 70 68 70   70 70 70 72   71 71 70 71
PWind dir         E     E       S    SW       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     5       5    20      20    30
Rain shwrs                                          S    S  S  S  C
Tstms                                               S    S  S  S  C

$$
SCZ043-192000-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
640 AM EDT Sun May 19 2024

Date             Sun 05/19/24            Mon 05/20/24            Tue 05/21/24
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                      78          59          81          59          83
Temp             68 77 77 75 69 64 62 60 63 73 80 81 74 67 61 59 63 73 81 83 74
Dewpt            68 69 68 67 66 64 62 60 62 61 61 61 63 63 61 59 63 62 60 60 63
RH              100 76 74 76 90100100100 97 66 52 51 69 87100100100 68 49 46 69
Wind dir          W  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E NE NE NE NE NE  E
Wind spd          2  4  5  5  5  3  3  5  6  9  8  6  3  1  1  1  2  4  6  5  2
Clouds           B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     70          30           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.25        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  C  L  C  C
Tstms             S  C  L  C  S


Date          Wed 05/22/24  Thu 05/23/24  Fri 05/24/24  Sat 05/25/24
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          59    88      63    90      67    92      68    88
Temp          60 63 86 79   65 67 88 80   69 71 92 81   69 70 87 80
Dewpt         60 63 63 66   65 67 65 68   68 69 68 70   69 70 68 70
PWind dir         E    SW       S    SW       S    SW       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     5       5    20      20    40
Rain shwrs                                          S    S  S  S  C
Tstms                                               S    S  S  S  C

$$
GAZ099-192000-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
640 AM EDT Sun May 19 2024

Date             Sun 05/19/24            Mon 05/20/24            Tue 05/21/24
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          62          83          60          85
Temp             69 79 80 76 72 67 65 63 63 74 81 83 77 68 62 60 63 77 83 85 77
Dewpt            68 69 68 67 67 67 65 63 63 62 61 60 62 63 62 60 63 62 60 58 61
RH               97 72 67 74 84100100100100 66 51 46 60 84100100100 60 46 40 58
Wind dir          W NW  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  N  N NE NE NE NE  E
Wind spd          2  3  4  5  3  4  3  4  6  9  6  6  2  1  0  0  1  3  5  5  1
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     90          30           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   1.01        0.03           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  L  D  C
Tstms                S  L  D  S


Date          Wed 05/22/24  Thu 05/23/24  Fri 05/24/24  Sat 05/25/24
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    88      65    90      68    92      70    91
Temp          63 64 86 81   66 68 88 82   70 72 90 84   72 72 89 82
Dewpt         62 63 61 64   65 67 65 67   66 67 66 67   67 69 67 67
PWind dir         E    SW       S    SW       S    SW      SW     W
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     5       5    20      20    30
Rain shwrs                                          S    S        C
Tstms                                               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