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National Weather Service Charleston SC
951 PM EDT Thu May 9 2024

SCZ050-101700-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
951 PM EDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/09/24      Fri 05/10/24            Sat 05/11/24            Sun
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          85          59          79          60
Temp                69 68 68 69 84 84 85 79 74 67 60 60 72 77 79 72 66 63 61 63
Dewpt               68 68 68 69 71 68 68 66 64 57 52 51 50 50 50 53 54 54 53 54
RH                  97100100100 65 59 57 64 71 70 75 72 46 39 36 51 65 72 75 72
Wind dir            SW SW SW  W  W  W SW  W  W  N  N  N  N NW NW  W  W SW  W NW
Wind spd            10 10  6  6 10  9 12 10 10  9 10  8  9  6 10  6  4  3  5  4
Clouds              SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          70          30           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.40           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  C  L  C  S
Tstms                         S  C  L  C  S


Date           05/12  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24
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          84      63    83      67    81      69    86      68    88
Temp          82 75   65 67 82 72   68 69 80 75   71 70 85 79   71 70 87 78
Dewpt         51 55   58 60 58 61   64 67 69 69   70 69 67 67   66 67 66 69
PWind dir        NW       S    SE      SE     S      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0    20      50    80      70    40      20    30
Rain shwrs                      S    C  C  D  D    L  C  C  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms                           S    C  C  D  D    L  C  C  C    S  S  S  C

$$
GAZ118-101700-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
951 PM EDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/09/24      Fri 05/10/24            Sat 05/11/24            Sun
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          85          61          81          60
Temp                69 68 68 69 79 83 85 80 74 69 62 61 72 78 80 74 67 63 60 63
Dewpt               68 68 68 69 70 68 67 66 64 58 53 52 50 49 49 52 53 53 52 54
RH                  97100100100 74 61 55 62 71 68 72 72 46 36 34 46 61 70 75 72
Wind dir            SW SW SW SW  W SW  W  W  W NW  N  N  N NW  W  W  W  W NW NW
Wind spd             8  8  5  9 11 11 13 10 10  8  8  6  9  4  9  5  4  3  5  4
Clouds              SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          80          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.91           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  L  D  C
Tstms                         C  L  D  C


Date           05/12  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24
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          84      62    81      68    81      70    87      69    88
Temp          83 76   64 65 81 74   69 69 80 76   71 71 86 80   72 70 87 78
Dewpt         50 54   56 58 57 61   65 68 68 68   68 69 65 65   65 67 65 66
PWind dir        NW       S    SE       S     S      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0    30      60    80      60    50      20    40
Rain shwrs                      C    C  L  D  D    L  C  C  C    S     S  C
Tstms                           C    C  L  D  D    L  C  C  C    S     S  C

$$
SCZ050-101700-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
951 PM EDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/09/24      Fri 05/10/24            Sat 05/11/24            Sun
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                      69          83          61          79          63
Temp                70 69 69 71 83 83 83 78 73 67 61 61 71 77 78 71 67 65 63 64
Dewpt               69 69 69 70 71 69 69 68 66 59 54 53 52 51 52 54 55 56 55 56
RH                  97100100 97 67 63 63 71 79 75 78 75 51 40 40 55 65 73 75 75
Wind dir            SW  W SW  W  W SW SW SW  W  N  N  N  N NW  W  W  W SW  W NW
Wind spd            11 10  8 10 12 11 14 13 13 12 12 11 11  9 11  6  8  6  9  6
Clouds              SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          70          30           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.57           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  C  L  C  S
Tstms                         S  C  L  C  S


Date           05/12  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24
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          83      66    81      69    81      70    86      70    86
Temp          82 74   67 69 81 72   69 70 80 75   72 71 85 78   72 71 86 78
Dewpt         52 57   60 61 60 62   65 68 69 70   71 70 68 68   68 68 67 70
PWind dir         W       S    SE      SE     S      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0    20      60    80      70    40      20    30
Rain shwrs                      S    C  L  D  D    L  C  C  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms                           S    C  L  D  D    L  C  C  C    S  S  S  C

$$
SCZ048-101700-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
951 PM EDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/09/24      Fri 05/10/24            Sat 05/11/24            Sun
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          85          60          80          61
Temp                69 68 68 70 80 83 84 80 74 68 62 61 71 77 79 73 67 64 62 63
Dewpt               68 68 68 70 71 69 68 67 65 58 53 53 51 50 51 54 55 54 53 55
RH                  97100100100 74 63 59 65 74 70 72 75 49 39 38 51 65 70 72 75
Wind dir            SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  N  N  N  N NW  W  W  W  W NW NW
Wind spd             8  9  5  8 11 10 12 10 10  9  9  8  9  4 10  6  5  3  6  3
Clouds              SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          70          10           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.94           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  L  L  C
Tstms                         C  L  L  C


Date           05/12  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24
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          84      64    82      68    81      70    87      69    88
Temp          82 75   65 68 81 72   70 69 79 76   72 71 85 79   71 70 86 79
Dewpt         52 56   58 61 59 63   65 68 70 69   70 70 67 67   67 68 67 69
PWind dir         W       S    SE       S     S      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0    30      60    90      60    50      20    40
Rain shwrs                      C    C  L  D  D    L  C  C  C    S     S  C
Tstms                           C    C  L  D  D    L  C  C  C    S     S  C

$$
SCZ043-101700-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
951 PM EDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/09/24      Fri 05/10/24            Sat 05/11/24            Sun
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                      64          84          56          79          56
Temp                65 64 64 67 80 82 83 77 71 63 57 58 70 77 79 71 63 60 57 60
Dewpt               64 64 64 67 70 66 66 65 61 55 50 51 49 48 48 53 53 52 51 54
RH                  97100100100 72 58 57 67 71 75 77 77 47 36 34 53 70 75 80 81
Wind dir            SW SW SW SW  W SW SW SW  W  N  N  N  N NW NW  W SW  W NW NW
Wind spd             6  6  4  6 10  9 10 10  9  6  9  5  9  5  9  5  4  2  5  3
Clouds              SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          70          20           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.43           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  L  L  S  S
Tstms                         S  L  L  S  S


Date           05/12  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24
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          83      58    82      63    79      65    86      65    88
Temp          80 73   60 63 82 72   64 66 77 73   68 68 84 78   68 68 85 78
Dewpt         49 54   55 59 56 60   63 66 68 69   68 68 65 66   65 66 64 68
PWind dir        NW       S    SE      SE     S      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC SC B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0    20      60    90      60    50      20    40
Rain shwrs                      S    C  L  D  D    L  C  C  C    S     S  C
Tstms                           S    C  L  D  D    L  C  C  C    S     S  C

$$
GAZ099-101700-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
951 PM EDT Thu May 9 2024

Date           05/09/24      Fri 05/10/24            Sat 05/11/24            Sun
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          84          58          80          57
Temp                65 65 65 70 77 82 84 77 70 64 59 59 71 77 80 72 64 61 58 60
Dewpt               64 64 65 70 68 65 63 64 60 55 52 52 49 47 46 51 52 51 51 54
RH                  97 97100100 74 56 49 64 71 73 78 78 46 35 30 48 65 70 77 81
Wind dir            SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  N  N  N  N NW NW  W  W NW NW NW
Wind spd             5  5  4  9 12 11 12 10 10  6  9  3  8  5 10  5  5  3  5  2
Clouds              SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          80          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.97           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  L  L  L  S
Tstms                      S  L  L  L  S


Date           05/12  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24
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          83      59    80      65    80      67    86      66    87
Temp          81 74   62 62 80 72   66 67 78 73   68 68 84 78   69 68 85 78
Dewpt         48 52   53 56 53 60   63 66 66 68   68 68 64 65   64 66 63 65
PWind dir        NW      SE    SE      SE     S      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0    30      60    90      60    50      20    40
Rain shwrs                      C    C  L  L  D    L  C  C  C    S     S  C
Tstms                           C    C  L  L  D    L  C  C  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