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National Weather Service Charleston SC
829 PM EDT Mon May 6 2024

SCZ050-070800-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
829 PM EDT Mon May 6 2024

Date           05/06/24      Tue 05/07/24            Wed 05/08/24            Thu
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          91          71          93          73
Temp                71 71 70 73 85 90 89 79 74 73 71 73 85 91 90 81 76 75 73 75
Dewpt               69 69 68 69 68 66 68 67 68 69 69 68 68 65 66 68 69 70 70 69
RH                  93 93 93 87 57 45 50 67 82 87 93 84 57 42 45 65 79 84 90 82
Wind dir             S SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW SW SW
Wind spd             6  8  6  6  9  9 12 10  8  8  5  5  9 12 14 12  9  9  6  9
Clouds              SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     50          20           0          10          10
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C        S  S
Tstms                C        S  S
Heat index                         93 93                   93 93
Max heat                           93    93                93    93


Date           05/09  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24
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          94      71    88      60    82      60    83      62    84
Temp          92 82   73 72 86 77   65 61 79 72   63 63 82 74   64 64 83 74
Dewpt         65 68   69 69 61 59   55 50 48 52   54 54 48 52   55 55 52 56
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      NW    NW       W     W       W    SE
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      40    60      20    10       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs        C    C  C  C  L    S
Tstms             C    C  C  C  L    S

$$
GAZ118-070800-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
829 PM EDT Mon May 6 2024

Date           05/06/24      Tue 05/07/24            Wed 05/08/24            Thu
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          93          70          94          72
Temp                74 72 70 72 84 92 92 82 77 74 71 72 84 91 93 84 79 76 73 73
Dewpt               69 68 68 68 68 65 64 67 68 68 68 68 68 64 64 67 68 68 68 68
RH                  84 87 93 87 59 41 40 61 74 82 90 87 59 41 38 57 69 76 84 84
Wind dir             S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW
Wind spd             8  8  6  5  6  8  9  9  5  5  4  5  9 11 11 10  6  6  6  9
Clouds              FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     50           5           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.06           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C
Tstms                C
Heat index                         94 94                   93 95
Max heat                           94    95                93    95


Date           05/09  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24
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          95      71    86      59    80      60    82      61    82
Temp          92 84   73 71 85 77   65 60 78 73   63 62 80 74   64 63 81 74
Dewpt         65 69   70 70 65 62   56 53 50 54   53 55 51 54   55 57 55 58
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      NW    NW       W     W       W     S
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 B2 B1 B1   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      40    70      20    10       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs        C    C  C  C  L    S
Tstms             C    C  C  C  L    S

$$
SCZ050-070800-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
829 PM EDT Mon May 6 2024

Date           05/06/24      Tue 05/07/24            Wed 05/08/24            Thu
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                      73          86          72          88          73
Temp                74 73 73 75 83 86 85 77 74 73 72 74 85 88 87 79 76 74 73 75
Dewpt               70 70 70 72 71 70 71 71 71 71 71 71 70 69 70 70 71 72 71 70
RH                  87 90 90 90 67 59 63 82 90 93 97 90 61 54 57 74 85 93 93 84
Wind dir             S SW SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW SW SW
Wind spd             8  9 10  8  9 12 14 11 10  9  6  6 10 13 16 12 12 10  8 10
Clouds              SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     50          20           0          10          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C        S  S
Tstms                C        S  S
Heat index                         91 90                   92 92
Max heat                           91    91                92    93


Date           05/09  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24
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      71    86      62    80      62    82      63    81
Temp          88 80   73 72 85 77   66 63 79 72   65 64 82 74   66 65 81 72
Dewpt         70 73   72 71 67 64   58 53 53 57   58 56 54 56   58 59 58 61
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      NW     W       W     W       W    SE
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      40    60      30     5      10     5       5    10
Rain shwrs        S    C  C  C  L    C
Tstms             S    C  C  C  L    C

$$
SCZ048-070800-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
829 PM EDT Mon May 6 2024

Date           05/06/24      Tue 05/07/24            Wed 05/08/24            Thu
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                      71          91          71          92          73
Temp                73 73 71 74 83 90 89 80 75 74 71 73 83 90 90 82 78 76 73 75
Dewpt               69 69 69 69 70 68 69 71 71 71 69 68 69 67 68 70 71 71 69 69
RH                  87 87 93 84 65 49 52 74 87 90 93 84 63 47 49 67 79 85 87 82
Wind dir             S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW
Wind spd             8  9  8  5  8  9 11 11  8  6  5  5  9 11 12 10  9  8  6 10
Clouds              FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     50          10           0          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C
Tstms                C
Heat index                         94 94                   93 94
Max heat                           94    95                93    94


Date           05/09  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24
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          93      71    86      60    80      60    83      62    83
Temp          91 82   73 72 84 77   65 62 78 73   63 63 80 74   65 64 81 73
Dewpt         67 73   71 71 66 64   56 53 51 56   55 55 52 55   57 58 57 61
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      NW    NW       W     W       W    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      40    70      20    10      10     5       5    10
Rain shwrs        C    C  C  C  L    S
Tstms             C    C  C  C  L    S

$$
SCZ043-070800-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
829 PM EDT Mon May 6 2024

Date           05/06/24      Tue 05/07/24            Wed 05/08/24            Thu
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          90          68          92          71
Temp                69 68 66 70 82 89 90 81 74 71 69 71 85 91 92 84 77 74 72 73
Dewpt               68 67 66 68 68 65 63 67 68 69 68 68 69 65 63 67 68 68 69 69
RH                  97 97100 93 63 45 41 63 82 93 97 90 59 42 38 57 74 82 90 87
Wind dir             S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW SW SW
Wind spd             6  5  5  5  8  9  9  6  6  5  4  5  9 11 10  8  8  6  6 10
Clouds              FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          10           0          10          10
QPF 12hr                   0.17           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S
Tstms                S
Heat index                         91 91                   93 93
Max heat                           91    91                93    94


Date           05/09  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24
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          92      67    83      55    78      55    80      56    81
Temp          91 82   70 69 83 77   62 58 77 71   59 59 79 73   61 60 81 74
Dewpt         65 69   68 69 60 58   52 50 47 52   51 54 48 52   52 55 52 56
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      NW    NW       W     W       W     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      40    60      20     5       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs        C    C  C  C  L    S
Tstms             C    C  C  C  L    S

$$
GAZ099-070800-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
829 PM EDT Mon May 6 2024

Date           05/06/24      Tue 05/07/24            Wed 05/08/24            Thu
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          92          69          92          70
Temp                73 70 69 71 83 90 92 83 75 72 69 71 83 90 92 84 78 74 70 72
Dewpt               68 67 67 68 67 64 62 65 66 66 67 68 68 66 64 66 67 67 68 69
RH                  84 90 93 90 59 42 37 55 74 81 93 90 61 45 40 55 69 79 93 90
Wind dir             S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd             6  6  5  4  8 10 10  6  5  6  5  6 10 10 11  8 10  8  8 11
Clouds              FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30           5           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S
Tstms                S
Heat index                         91 93                   93 94
Max heat                           91    93                93    94


Date           05/09  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24
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          92      68    83      56    79      58    81      59    82
Temp          91 80   71 68 82 75   62 58 77 71   60 61 80 73   62 62 81 74
Dewpt         66 70   70 68 62 58   52 51 48 51   51 53 49 53   52 55 52 56
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      NW    NW       W     W       W     S
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 B2 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      40    70      10     5       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs        C    C  C  C  L
Tstms             C    C  C  C  L

$$

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