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National Weather Service Charleston SC
955 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024

SCZ050-062000-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
955 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024

Date             Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            Wed 05/08/24
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                      85          69          90          71          92
Temp                82 84 82 73 71 70 69 72 83 89 88 79 75 73 72 74 86 90 91 83
Dewpt               69 68 68 68 69 69 68 68 68 66 66 66 68 68 68 68 68 66 67 67
RH                  65 59 63 84 93 97 97 87 61 47 48 64 79 84 87 82 55 45 45 59
Wind dir            SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S
Wind spd             9  9  9  9  5  6  6  5  9 10 11  9  9  8  5  5  9 11 11 10
Clouds              B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     60          30          20           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.10        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  C  C  S  S     S  S  S
Tstms                   C  C  C  S  S  S     S  S  S
Heat index                                     92 90                   93 94
Max heat                                       92    92                93    94


Date          Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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          72    93      71    86      60    81      60    84
Temp          75 75 90 80   75 73 83 75   66 62 78 73   64 64 83 74
Dewpt         70 68 66 68   69 69 61 59   55 52 48 52   55 57 53 57
PWind dir        SW    SW      SW     W      NW    NW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    30      40    60      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs              C    C  C  C  L    S        S    S        S
Tstms                   C    C  C  C  L    S        S    S        S

$$
GAZ118-062000-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
955 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024

Date             Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            Wed 05/08/24
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                      86          68          91          71          93
Temp                83 85 84 78 73 71 69 70 84 89 90 82 76 74 71 73 83 91 93 86
Dewpt               68 67 68 68 68 69 68 68 68 65 65 67 68 68 67 68 68 66 65 68
RH                  61 55 59 71 84 93 97 93 59 45 44 61 76 82 87 84 61 44 40 55
Wind dir            SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd             6  6  9  8  6  8  5  5  6  9  8  8  5  5  5  5  9 10 10  8
Clouds              B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC CL FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     50          50          20           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.21        0.12           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  C  C  S        S  S  S
Tstms                   C  C  C  S  S        S  S  S
Heat index                                     91 92                   94 95
Max heat                                       91    93                94    95


Date          Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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          72    94      71    84      60    79      59    83
Temp          75 74 92 82   75 73 82 77   67 62 77 75   63 64 80 77
Dewpt         67 69 66 70   70 69 64 62   58 55 52 55   57 57 55 58
PWind dir        SW    SW      SW     W      NW    NW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    30      40    60      20    10      10    10
Rain shwrs              C    C  S  L  L    S
Tstms                   C    C  S  L  L    S

$$
SCZ050-062000-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
955 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024

Date             Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            Wed 05/08/24
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          71          85          73          88
Temp                78 79 77 73 71 71 71 73 83 85 84 77 74 73 73 75 85 87 86 79
Dewpt               70 70 70 70 70 71 71 70 72 71 71 71 72 72 71 71 71 71 72 72
RH                  76 74 79 90 97100100 90 70 63 65 82 93 97 93 87 63 59 63 79
Wind dir             S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd            10 11 10  9  8  9  8  9 10 10 12 11 11 10  8  6  8 11 13 12
Clouds              B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          30          20           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C  S  C  S  S     S  S  S
Tstms                   S  C  S  S  S  S     S  S  S
Heat index                                     91                   90 92 92
Max heat                                       93    93                94    94


Date          Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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          74    88      73    85      65    79      65    81
Temp          75 75 87 80   75 74 82 75   68 66 77 72   67 67 80 74
Dewpt         73 71 71 72   72 71 66 64   59 55 53 57   58 59 58 62
PWind dir        SW    SW      SW     W      NW    NW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    30      40    50      30    20      20    10
Rain shwrs              C    C  C  C  C    C        S    S  S
Tstms                   C    C  C  C  C    C        S    S  S

$$
SCZ048-062000-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
955 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024

Date             Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            Wed 05/08/24
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                      84          69          90          71          92
Temp                81 84 82 75 72 71 70 71 82 89 88 80 75 74 72 73 83 90 91 83
Dewpt               70 70 70 70 70 69 69 69 70 68 69 71 71 71 68 69 70 68 70 72
RH                  69 63 67 84 93 93 97 93 67 50 54 74 87 90 87 87 65 49 50 70
Wind dir             S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  S
Wind spd             6  6  8  5  4  8  5  6  8  9 10  9  8  6  5  5  9 10 11  9
Clouds              B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     60          30          20           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.25        0.11           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  C  C  S        S
Tstms                   C  C  C  S  S        S
Heat index                                     93 92                   94 97
Max heat                                       93    93                94    97


Date          Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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          72    92      71    86      60    79      60    82
Temp          75 74 90 80   75 73 82 76   67 63 77 73   64 64 80 75
Dewpt         71 70 68 72   71 70 65 64   58 55 52 57   58 59 56 60
PWind dir        SW    SW      SW     W      NW    NW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    40      40    60      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs              C    C  S  C  L    S        S             S
Tstms                   C    C  S  C  L    S        S             S

$$
SCZ043-062000-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
955 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024

Date             Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            Wed 05/08/24
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          65          89          68          91
Temp                82 83 79 73 69 67 66 68 81 88 89 81 73 70 69 71 83 89 91 83
Dewpt               69 68 69 69 67 67 66 68 68 64 63 66 67 67 66 68 68 66 65 68
RH                  65 61 72 87 93100100100 65 45 42 60 81 90 90 90 61 47 42 61
Wind dir            SW SW  S  S  S  S SW  S SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd             6  5  5  5  5  5  3  5  8  9  9  6  6  6  4  5  9 10 10  8
Clouds              B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC CL FW SC FW FW SC B1 B1 FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     60          40          20           0          20
QPF 12hr                   0.65        0.11           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  L  C  C  S              S                    S  S
Tstms                   C  L  C  S  S              S                    S  S
Heat index                                        90                   92 93
Max heat                                             90                92    93


Date          Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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          69    90      66    83      55    77      55    80
Temp          71 72 88 79   70 69 81 73   61 58 75 70   58 60 78 73
Dewpt         68 69 66 69   68 69 60 59   53 52 48 53   54 57 52 56
PWind dir        SW    SW      SW     W      NW    NW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    40      40    60      20    20      10    10
Rain shwrs              C    C  S  C  L    S        S
Tstms                   C    C  S  C  L    S        S

$$
GAZ099-062000-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
955 AM EDT Mon May 6 2024

Date             Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            Wed 05/08/24
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                      88          66          91          69          92
Temp                82 88 86 78 71 68 67 69 82 89 91 83 76 73 70 71 83 90 91 85
Dewpt               70 67 64 68 67 67 66 68 67 63 61 65 65 66 66 68 68 66 64 67
RH                  67 50 48 71 87 97 97 97 61 42 37 55 69 79 87 90 61 45 41 55
Wind dir            SW SW  S SE  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd             5  4  5  5  5  6  5  5  6 12 12  8  6  6  5  6 11 12 12 10
Clouds              B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     60          50          10           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.11        0.07           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  L  C  C
Tstms                   C  L  C  S
Heat index             91                      90 91                   93 93
Max heat               91    90                90    91                93    93


Date          Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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          70    91      67    82      57    79      57    81
Temp          73 72 89 80   73 69 80 75   63 59 77 72   61 61 79 74
Dewpt         67 70 66 70   70 68 60 61   55 52 50 53   53 55 53 55
PWind dir        SW    SW      SW     W      NW    NW       W     W
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    50      40    60      20    20      10    10
Rain shwrs              C    C  C  L  L    S        S
Tstms                   C    C  C  L  L    S        S

$$

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