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National Weather Service Charleston SC
330 PM EDT Sat May 4 2024

SCZ050-050800-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
330 PM EDT Sat May 4 2024

Date           05/04/24      Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue
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          84          68          84          68
Temp          80 74 72 70 69 70 80 83 83 75 71 69 68 71 81 84 83 75 71 70 69 70
Dewpt         65 64 66 67 67 68 67 66 67 67 68 68 68 69 67 67 67 67 68 69 68 69
RH            60 71 81 90 93 93 65 57 59 76 90 97100 93 63 57 59 76 90 97 97 97
Wind dir       S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW
Wind spd       9  6  4  3  2  2  8  9 10  8  3  3  2  5 10 11 11  9  5  5  5  9
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          50          20          50          40
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.10           0        0.11        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C        S  C  S  C  C  C              S  C  C  C  C  C        S
Tstms          C        S  S  S  C  C  C              S  C  C  C  C  C        S


Date           05/07  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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          88      70    93      72    94      72    90      65    84
Temp          87 78   71 73 91 81   74 74 93 83   76 73 88 80   71 66 81 73
Dewpt         68 67   68 69 64 66   68 68 64 67   68 67 64 65   64 60 54 55
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       0     5       0     5      20    30      20    20
Rain shwrs     S  S                                S  S  S  C    S        S
Tstms          S  S                                S  S  S  C    S        S

$$
GAZ118-050800-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
330 PM EDT Sat May 4 2024

Date           05/04/24      Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue
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          68          84          68
Temp          75 73 71 70 68 70 82 84 83 77 72 70 68 71 82 84 83 77 72 70 69 70
Dewpt         66 66 68 68 67 67 66 66 68 67 68 68 68 69 67 67 68 68 68 68 67 68
RH            74 79 90 93 97 90 58 55 61 71 87 93100 93 61 57 61 74 87 93 93 93
Wind dir      SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd       9  8  4  2  1  2  5  5 10  8  3  2  2  4  8  9  9  9  4  4  4  8
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     50          50          30          60          40
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.10           0        0.27        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     L  C              S  C  C  C           S  C  L  L  C  C
Tstms          C  C              S  C  C  C           S  C  L  L  C  C


Date           05/07  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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          88      69    93      70    94      71    91      66    83
Temp          88 80   71 71 91 83   73 72 91 85   75 73 91 81   71 67 82 76
Dewpt         66 68   68 67 64 67   68 68 65 67   67 68 66 66   64 62 56 57
PWind dir         S       S    SW       S    SW      SW    SW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       0     0       0     5      10    30      20    20
Rain shwrs        S                                      S  C    S        S
Tstms             S                                      S  C    S        S

$$
SCZ050-050800-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
330 PM EDT Sat May 4 2024

Date           05/04/24      Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue
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                      70          79          71          79          71
Temp          78 74 72 71 70 70 76 79 77 74 73 73 71 72 77 79 78 74 72 71 71 72
Dewpt         68 67 68 69 69 69 69 68 69 69 70 69 69 70 69 69 69 69 69 70 69 70
RH            71 79 87 93 97 97 79 69 76 84 90 87 93 93 76 72 74 84 90 97 93 93
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW
Wind spd       9  9  6  6  4  4  6  9 10  8  4  4  4  5  9 11 11 10  6  8  8 10
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          40          20          40          40
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.03           0        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S        S  C  S  C  C  S           S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S
Tstms          S        S  S  S  C  C  S           S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S


Date           05/07  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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          82      72    88      75    89      75    85      67    77
Temp          82 76   73 74 88 80   76 76 89 81   77 76 85 78   72 67 77 72
Dewpt         70 70   70 71 69 70   71 71 69 71   71 69 69 69   66 62 59 60
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5     5       0     5      20    30      20    20
Rain shwrs     S                                   S  S     C    S        S
Tstms          S                                   S  S     C    S        S

$$
SCZ048-050800-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
330 PM EDT Sat May 4 2024

Date           05/04/24      Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue
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          69          84          69
Temp          80 74 72 70 69 70 79 82 82 75 72 70 69 71 81 83 83 74 72 70 69 71
Dewpt         67 68 69 69 68 68 68 67 68 68 69 69 68 70 68 69 69 69 68 68 68 69
RH            65 82 90 97 97 93 69 61 63 79 90 97 97 97 65 63 63 84 87 93 97 93
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd       8  5  3  2  2  2  5  8  9  8  3  3  3  5  9 10 10  9  6  8  5  9
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          50          20          50          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0        0.24           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  C  S  S  C     S  C  C  S           S  C  C  C  C  C        S
Tstms          C  C  S  S  S     S  C  C  S           S  C  C  C  C  C        S


Date           05/07  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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          88      70    92      71    94      71    90      66    82
Temp          87 78   71 72 91 80   73 73 92 82   75 73 90 80   71 67 81 74
Dewpt         69 70   70 69 67 70   70 68 68 71   69 69 68 68   65 62 58 59
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       0     5       0     5      10    40      20    30
Rain shwrs     S  S                                      S  C    S        C
Tstms          S  S                                      S  C    S        C

$$
SCZ043-050800-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
330 PM EDT Sat May 4 2024

Date           05/04/24      Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue
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          81          63          83          64
Temp          76 71 69 67 66 67 77 81 81 73 67 65 64 67 80 83 82 73 67 65 65 67
Dewpt         66 67 67 66 66 67 67 65 66 67 67 65 64 67 67 67 67 68 67 65 65 67
RH            71 87 93 97100100 71 58 60 81100100100100 65 59 61 84100100100100
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  N  N  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd       5  5  2  1  1  1  5  5  6  6  1  0  0  3  8  9  9  9  3  4  3  9
Clouds        OV B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     60          50          30          70          40
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.08           0        0.31           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     D  L  S  S  C     S  C  C  C           S  C  L  L  C  C
Tstms          C  C  S  S  S     S  C  C  C           S  C  L  L  C  C
Obvis                        PF


Date           05/07  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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      66    91      67    92      68    87      61    80
Temp          87 79   69 69 91 81   70 70 91 84   73 70 86 79   67 64 79 72
Dewpt         67 68   66 68 64 67   67 67 63 67   67 68 64 65   62 60 54 56
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW       S    SW      SW    SW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       0     5       0    10      20    40      20    20
Rain shwrs        S                                S     S  C    S        S
Tstms             S                                S     S  C    S        S

$$
GAZ099-050800-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
330 PM EDT Sat May 4 2024

Date           05/04/24      Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue
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          85          65          87          66
Temp          80 75 68 67 66 68 79 85 85 76 69 67 65 67 81 87 83 75 70 67 66 68
Dewpt         63 65 66 66 65 66 67 66 67 68 66 66 65 67 69 67 66 68 67 66 65 67
RH            56 71 93 97 97 93 67 53 55 76 90 97100100 67 52 57 79 90 97 97 97
Wind dir       S SE SE  S  S  S SW SW  S SE  S  N  N  S SW SW SW SE  S  S  S SW
Wind spd       4  3  3  1  1  1  5  4  4  8  3  0  0  4  8  8  8  5  3  4  3  8
Clouds        B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     50          40          30          70          30
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.14        0.07        0.07        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  C  C              S  C  C  S           C  L  L  C  C
Tstms          C  C  C              S  C  C  S           C  L  L  C  C
Obvis                     PF PF
Heat index                                                 90
Max heat                                                   90


Date           05/07  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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          88      67    92      68    93      69    87      63    82
Temp          87 81   71 70 90 83   72 70 91 85   73 70 87 77   68 64 80 72
Dewpt         65 67   66 66 63 65   65 68 65 67   67 69 65 65   63 61 54 56
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW     W       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       0     0       0    10      20    40      20    30
Rain shwrs                                         S     S  C    S        C
Tstms                                              S     S  C    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