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National Weather Service Charleston SC
114 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

SCZ050-082000-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
114 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

Date             Wed 05/08/24            Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24
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                      93          73          94          72          88
Temp                   92 91 82 77 76 73 76 87 92 90 80 75 73 72 74 82 85 85 76
Dewpt                  66 67 68 69 69 70 68 68 67 68 69 70 70 69 70 68 65 62 61
RH                     43 45 63 76 79 90 76 53 44 49 69 84 90 90 87 63 51 46 60
Wind dir               SW SW  S  S SW SW SW  W SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd               11 13 11  9  9  8  9 13 14 14 10  8  8  6  6  9 11 11 12
Clouds                 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC FW B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5          40          40          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.21        0.18        0.63
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L
Tstms                                           S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L
Heat index             95 94                91 96 94
Max heat               95    95                96    97


Date          Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24
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    82      60    84      63    83      65    83
Temp          67 63 79 74   63 63 82 75   65 66 81 73   68 68 80 76
Dewpt         56 52 48 52   54 54 49 53   56 57 55 58   62 64 62 64
PWind dir        NW    NW       W     W       S    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10     5       0     0       5    20      30    50
Rain shwrs                                          S    S  C  C  C
Tstms                                               S    S  C  C  C

$$
GAZ118-082000-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
114 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

Date             Wed 05/08/24            Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24
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                      94          72          94          71          86
Temp                   91 93 85 79 76 73 73 85 92 93 81 75 74 72 73 79 83 82 78
Dewpt                  66 65 67 69 69 69 70 70 68 67 69 71 71 70 71 70 67 66 65
RH                     44 40 55 72 79 87 90 61 46 43 67 87 90 93 93 74 59 58 64
Wind dir               SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W  W SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd               10 10  9  9  6  5  9 12 14 13  9  5  8  8  8  9 12 11 10
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          40          50          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.23        0.29        0.72
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L
Tstms                                           S  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L
Heat index             94 95                90 96 97
Max heat               94    95                96    98


Date          Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24
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          60    82      60    84      63    81      65    81
Temp          67 62 79 75   63 63 82 77   66 67 78 74   67 67 79 76
Dewpt         57 54 50 53   53 54 50 55   57 59 59 60   64 64 64 66
PWind dir        NW    NW       W     W       S    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW CL FW   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5     0       0     0       5    20      40    50
Rain shwrs                                       S  S    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                            S  S    C  C  C  C

$$
SCZ050-082000-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
114 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

Date             Wed 05/08/24            Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24
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                      87          74          87          73          85
Temp                   87 87 79 76 76 74 75 85 87 86 78 75 73 73 74 80 84 83 76
Dewpt                  70 70 71 72 72 72 71 71 72 72 71 73 72 72 72 71 70 68 65
RH                     57 57 77 87 87 93 87 63 61 63 79 94 97 97 93 74 63 61 69
Wind dir               SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W SW  W  W
Wind spd               13 16 12 11 12 10 10 13 13 14 11  9  9  8  6  8 11 12 13
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B1 SC FW B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          40          50          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.19        0.19        0.57
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L
Tstms                                              S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L
Heat index             92 92                90 93 92
Max heat               94    93                94    95


Date          Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24
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          65    80      65    82      67    81      69    80
Temp          68 66 78 74   66 66 81 75   68 68 80 73   70 70 78 75
Dewpt         60 55 53 57   57 56 54 58   60 60 60 62   65 67 66 68
PWind dir        NW    NW       W     W       S    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10     5       0     0       5    20      30    50
Rain shwrs                                          S    S  C  C  C
Tstms                                               S    S  C  C  C

$$
SCZ048-082000-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
114 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

Date             Wed 05/08/24            Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24
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                      92          73          93          71          86
Temp                   90 90 82 78 76 73 75 85 91 90 80 75 73 72 73 79 84 83 77
Dewpt                  68 69 71 71 71 70 70 70 70 71 71 72 71 71 72 71 68 67 65
RH                     49 50 69 79 85 90 84 61 50 54 74 90 93 97 97 77 59 59 67
Wind dir               SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd               10 11 10 10  9  6  9 12 14 14 10  8  8  8  8 10 12 12 11
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5          40          50          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.28        0.25        0.62
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  C  C  C  S  S  L  L  L  L
Tstms                                           S  C  C  C  S  S  L  L  L  L
Heat index             94 95                90 97 96
Max heat               94    95                97    99


Date          Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24
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    82      61    84      63    82      66    81
Temp          67 63 79 75   63 63 82 76   66 67 80 74   68 68 79 76
Dewpt         58 54 51 56   55 55 51 58   58 60 59 63   65 66 65 68
PWind dir        NW    NW       W     W       S    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW CL   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10     0       0     5       5    20      40    50
Rain shwrs                                          S    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                               S    C  C  C  C

$$
SCZ043-082000-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
114 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

Date             Wed 05/08/24            Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24
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                      92          70          92          68          84
Temp                   92 92 84 77 74 72 73 85 92 91 80 73 71 69 70 78 82 82 73
Dewpt                  66 65 68 69 68 68 69 68 67 67 69 70 69 69 70 68 64 61 61
RH                     43 41 59 76 82 87 87 57 44 45 69 90 93100100 71 55 49 66
Wind dir               SW SW  S  S  S SW SW  W SW  W SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd               10  9  6  8  6  4  9 13 13 13 10  8  6  5  6  9 11 11 13
Clouds                 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 SC B1 SC B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          10          40          40          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.30        0.19        0.56
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  C  C  C  S  S  L  L  L  L
Tstms                                           S  C  C  C  S  S  L  L  L  L
Heat index             95 94                   96 94
Max heat               95    95                96    96


Date          Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24
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          56    79      56    81      57    80      61    79
Temp          62 60 77 72   58 59 79 74   60 62 78 71   63 64 78 73
Dewpt         54 52 47 52   52 53 48 53   54 57 55 58   60 64 62 64
PWind dir         N    NW       W     W       S    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW CL   FW FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5     0       0     0       5    20      30    50
Rain shwrs                                          S    S  C  C  C
Tstms                                               S    S  C  C  C

$$
GAZ099-082000-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
114 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

Date             Wed 05/08/24            Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24
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                      93          71          93          68          85
Temp                   90 93 86 79 74 71 72 85 92 90 78 73 71 69 70 79 82 82 76
Dewpt                  66 63 66 67 67 68 70 70 68 67 70 72 71 69 70 68 65 61 61
RH                     45 37 51 67 79 90 93 61 46 47 76 97100100100 69 56 49 60
Wind dir                W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W
Wind spd               10 10  6  8  6  6 10 13 14 14  9  5  8  9  9 10 12 12 11
Clouds                 SC FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          60          50          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.74        0.32        0.53
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   S  C  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L
Tstms                                        S  C  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L
Heat index             93 94                90 96 93
Max heat               93    95                96    97


Date          Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24
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          58    81      57    83      60    81      62    81
Temp          65 60 78 74   61 60 81 76   62 63 78 71   64 65 79 74
Dewpt         54 52 47 51   50 52 48 54   54 57 56 59   62 64 62 65
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW    NW       S    SE       E    SE
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW CL FW   FW FW FW SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5     0       0     0       5    20      40    50
Rain shwrs                                          S    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                               S    C  C  C  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