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National Weather Service Charleston SC
715 AM EDT Sat May 4 2024

SCZ050-042000-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
715 AM EDT Sat May 4 2024

Date             Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24
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          68          84          67          85
Temp             72 80 81 81 74 71 69 68 70 79 81 82 75 71 69 68 71 80 83 83 74
Dewpt            68 67 66 67 67 67 68 67 68 65 64 64 65 67 67 66 68 66 64 65 65
RH               87 65 60 63 79 87 97 97 93 62 56 55 71 87 93 93 90 62 53 55 74
Wind dir          S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S
Wind spd          3  5  9  9  6  4  3  2  5  8  9 10  8  5  5  5  5  8 10 11  9
Clouds           B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     20          40          50          20          50
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.01        0.02           0        0.13
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  S     S     S  C  C  C  C  C        S  S  C  C  C  C
Tstms                S  C                 C  C  C  C        S  S  C  C  C  C


Date          Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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    88      70    93      72    94      73    91
Temp          71 71 86 79   72 72 92 80   74 74 92 83   75 75 89 82
Dewpt         67 68 65 66   67 68 65 67   68 68 64 67   69 68 67 67
PWind dir         S    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    30       5     0       5    10      20    30
Rain shwrs        S  C  S                                S  S     C
Tstms             S  C  S                                S  S     C

$$
GAZ118-042000-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
715 AM EDT Sat May 4 2024

Date             Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24
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                      81          67          84          68          85
Temp             71 79 80 80 75 71 69 67 70 80 84 83 77 72 69 68 70 80 83 83 76
Dewpt            68 67 66 67 67 67 67 66 68 66 65 65 66 68 68 68 69 67 67 66 67
RH               90 67 62 65 76 87 93 97 93 62 53 55 69 87 97100 97 65 59 57 74
Wind dir          S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          2  5  6  9  8  4  2  1  3  6  8  9  6  5  4  4  4  6  9  9  6
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     30          30          50          10          50
QPF 12hr                   0.07           0        0.10           0        0.29
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S  S  C  C  S        C  C  C  C              C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                S  C  C  S           C  C  C  C              C  C  C  C  S


Date          Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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    89      70    93      70    95      72    93
Temp          71 71 87 82   72 72 91 85   73 72 92 87   76 74 89 85
Dewpt         68 68 66 67   67 68 65 67   68 68 64 67   67 69 67 68
PWind dir         S    SW       S    SW       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    20       0     0       5     5      10    20
Rain shwrs     S     S  S                                         S
Tstms          S     S  S                                         S

$$
SCZ050-042000-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
715 AM EDT Sat May 4 2024

Date             Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24
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                      81          69          81          70          82
Temp             73 79 80 80 73 71 70 69 71 78 81 80 74 71 71 70 71 79 81 81 74
Dewpt            70 69 68 68 68 68 69 69 70 70 69 69 69 70 70 69 70 69 69 69 69
RH               90 72 67 67 84 90 97100 97 76 67 69 84 97 97 97 97 72 67 67 84
Wind dir          S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          3  6 10  9  9  6  6  4  5  6  9  9  6  5  5  5  4  8  9 10  8
Clouds           B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     10          40          50          20          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03        0.02           0        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  C  C  C  C  C        S  S  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                     C  C  C  C        S  S  C  C  C  C


Date          Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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    84      72    88      74    89      75    87
Temp          71 71 83 78   73 73 87 78   75 75 88 81   76 76 86 80
Dewpt         70 70 69 69   70 71 70 70   72 70 69 71   72 70 71 71
PWind dir        SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    30       5     0       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs        S  C  S                                S  S     S
Tstms             S  C  S                                S  S     S

$$
SCZ048-042000-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
715 AM EDT Sat May 4 2024

Date             Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24
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                      81          68          83          68          84
Temp             73 78 80 80 74 72 70 69 71 79 82 82 76 72 70 69 71 78 82 81 74
Dewpt            70 68 67 67 68 68 68 68 69 69 68 68 69 70 69 69 70 69 69 69 69
RH               90 71 65 65 82 87 93 97 93 72 63 63 79 93 97100 97 74 65 67 84
Wind dir          S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          2  4  6  8  5  3  2  2  3  6  9  9  8  5  4  4  4  6  9  9  6
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     20          30          40          10          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.10           0        0.19
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S  S  S     C  C  C  C  C              C  C  L  L  S
Tstms                   C  C              C  C  C  C              C  C  L  L  S


Date          Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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    87      70    92      71    94      72    91
Temp          71 71 85 79   72 72 89 83   73 73 91 84   75 74 89 83
Dewpt         68 69 68 70   70 69 68 70   70 69 67 71   69 69 70 70
PWind dir         S    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    30       0     5       5    10      20    30
Rain shwrs     S     C  C                                S        C
Tstms          S     C  C                                S        C

$$
SCZ043-042000-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
715 AM EDT Sat May 4 2024

Date             Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24
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                      78          64          81          64          82
Temp             70 78 78 78 74 69 66 65 67 78 81 81 74 68 65 64 67 78 80 80 72
Dewpt            68 68 66 66 67 66 66 65 67 66 64 64 66 66 65 64 67 66 65 65 66
RH               93 71 67 67 79 90100100100 67 56 56 76 93100100100 67 60 60 81
Wind dir          S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S
Wind spd          2  4  6  5  5  2  1  1  3  5  6  6  5  4  4  4  4  6  8  8  6
Clouds           B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     50          30          50          10          70
QPF 12hr                   0.12        0.02        0.14           0        0.24
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  C  C  C  C  S  C  C  C  C  C              C  C  L  L  S
Tstms                S  C  C  S  S        C  C  C  C              C  C  L  L  S


Date          Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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          64    86      66    90      68    92      69    89
Temp          66 67 84 79   68 70 89 83   70 70 90 83   72 71 87 80
Dewpt         66 67 66 67   66 69 65 67   67 68 64 67   67 69 67 68
PWind dir         S    SW      SW    SW       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    40       0     5       5    10      20    30
Rain shwrs     S  S  C  C                                S     S  C
Tstms          S  S  C  C                                S     S  C

$$
GAZ099-042000-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
715 AM EDT Sat May 4 2024

Date             Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24
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                      81          65          85          66          85
Temp             69 76 78 81 74 69 66 65 67 79 84 85 76 70 67 66 68 79 84 82 75
Dewpt            67 68 67 67 67 66 64 64 66 67 64 62 67 67 67 66 68 68 66 64 68
RH               93 76 69 63 79 90 93 97 97 67 51 46 74 90100100100 69 55 55 79
Wind dir          S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S SW SW  S
Wind spd          3  4  4  4  3  3  1  1  4  5  5  5  4  4  4  4  4  5  6  5  3
Clouds           OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     60          50          30          20          70
QPF 12hr                   0.28        0.02        0.02        0.06        0.18
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  C  L  C  C     S  S  C  C  C  S  S        C  C  L  L  S
Tstms                S  C  C  S  S        S  C  C  C  S  S        C  C  L  L  S


Date          Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24
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          66    89      68    92      70    93      70    90
Temp          68 68 87 82   70 70 90 85   72 72 91 86   74 72 88 81
Dewpt         67 68 66 67   67 68 65 67   66 68 64 67   67 69 67 67
PWind dir         S    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    20       0     5       5    10      20    30
Rain shwrs     S        S                                S        C
Tstms          S        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