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National Weather Service Charleston SC
319 AM EDT Tue Jul 2 2024

SCZ050-022000-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
319 AM EDT Tue Jul 2 2024

Date             Tue 07/02/24            Wed 07/03/24            Thu 07/04/24
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          74          89          74          93
Temp          74 73 79 84 84 81 78 76 75 76 84 88 87 82 78 76 74 77 87 92 90 84
Dewpt         70 70 72 74 74 73 73 73 73 74 73 74 73 73 74 74 74 74 74 74 73 73
RH            87 90 79 72 72 77 85 90 94 94 70 63 63 74 88 94100 90 65 56 58 70
Wind dir      NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  N NE  E SE SE  S
Wind spd      11 11 10 10  9  8  5  3  3  4  6  9  9  6  3  1  0  1  3  5 10  9
Clouds        OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          30          30          10          20
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.04        0.20           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  S  S  C  S  S  S  S  S  C  C  S  S                    S  S
Tstms          S  S  S  C  S  S  S  S  S  C  C  S  S                    S  S
Heat index             91 91                90 97 94                95102 98 90
Max heat               91    93                97    96               102   102


Date          Fri 07/05/24  Sat 07/06/24  Sun 07/07/24  Mon 07/08/24
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          76    94      77    95      79    95      78    94
Temp          77 79 93 85   79 81 95 85   80 81 95 86   80 80 94 86
Dewpt         73 76 76 77   76 77 77 77   78 78 77 78   77 78 78 78
PWind dir         S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    10      10    20      30    50      30    50
Rain shwrs                            S    C  S  S  C    C  S  C  C
Tstms                                 S    C  S  S  C    C  S  C  C

$$
GAZ118-022000-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
319 AM EDT Tue Jul 2 2024

Date             Tue 07/02/24            Wed 07/03/24            Thu 07/04/24
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          75          89          74          93
Temp          76 75 81 85 87 84 80 78 76 77 87 89 89 85 79 77 74 77 88 92 91 86
Dewpt         75 74 75 76 76 75 75 75 75 75 76 75 75 74 75 75 74 75 76 74 74 74
RH            97 97 82 75 70 74 85 91 97 94 70 64 64 70 88 94100 94 68 56 58 68
Wind dir      NE NE NE  E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  N  N  N  E SE SE SE
Wind spd       8 10 10 10 10  8  5  3  2  3  4  6  9  5  2  0  0  0  3  5  8  6
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     60          30          60          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.52        0.12        0.51           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  C              S  S  C  C
Tstms          L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  C              S  S  C  C
Heat index             94 98 92             98 99 99 93             99102101 94
Max heat               94    98               100    99    90         103   102


Date          Fri 07/05/24  Sat 07/06/24  Sun 07/07/24  Mon 07/08/24
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          76    94      77    96      78    97      77    96
Temp          78 78 94 87   79 79 95 87   80 80 97 87   80 79 95 88
Dewpt         75 76 75 76   76 76 76 76   77 77 75 76   77 76 76 76
PWind dir         S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    30      10    30      20    50      30    50
Rain shwrs              C             C    S     S  C    C     S  C
Tstms                   C             C    S     S  C    C     S  C

$$
SCZ050-022000-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
319 AM EDT Tue Jul 2 2024

Date             Tue 07/02/24            Wed 07/03/24            Thu 07/04/24
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          76          86          77          90
Temp          75 74 80 84 84 80 79 78 76 77 84 86 86 81 79 77 77 78 87 90 88 82
Dewpt         74 72 74 75 75 74 74 75 75 75 74 75 74 74 75 74 74 75 75 74 74 74
RH            97 93 82 74 74 82 85 91 97 94 72 70 68 79 88 90 90 91 68 60 63 77
Wind dir      NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE  E SE SE  S
Wind spd      13 13 13 13 12 10  8  5  5  5  8 11 11  6  3  2  1  1  3  6  9  6
Clouds        OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          40          40          10          10
QPF 12hr                   0.12        0.07        0.22           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms          C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
Heat index             92 92                91 95 94                96 99 97
Max heat               92    92                95    95                99    99


Date          Fri 07/05/24  Sat 07/06/24  Sun 07/07/24  Mon 07/08/24
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          78    91      79    93      80    93      79    92
Temp          78 79 91 84   80 82 93 84   80 82 93 85   81 81 92 85
Dewpt         74 77 77 77   77 79 78 78   79 79 78 79   79 79 79 79
PWind dir         S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC FW   SC FW FW FW   SC SC FW SC   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    10      10    20      30    40      40    50
Rain shwrs                            S    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                 S    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C

$$
SCZ048-022000-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
319 AM EDT Tue Jul 2 2024

Date             Tue 07/02/24            Wed 07/03/24            Thu 07/04/24
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          75          90          76          92
Temp          77 75 80 84 85 83 79 78 76 77 85 88 88 83 79 78 76 78 87 91 90 85
Dewpt         75 73 74 76 76 75 74 74 75 75 75 76 75 75 75 75 75 76 76 75 75 75
RH            94 94 82 77 75 77 85 88 97 94 72 68 66 77 88 91 97 94 70 60 62 72
Wind dir      NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  N  E SE SE  S
Wind spd      10 12 11 10  9  6  5  3  3  4  5  8  8  5  2  1  1  0  3  5  6  6
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     60          30          30          10          20
QPF 12hr                   0.50        0.08        0.17           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     L  L  C  C  C  S  C  S  C  C  C  C  C              S  S  S  S
Tstms          L  L  C  C  C  S  C  S  C  C  C  C  C              S  S  S  S
Heat index             93 94 90             94 99 98 90             98102101 94
Max heat               93    94                99   100               102   102


Date          Fri 07/05/24  Sat 07/06/24  Sun 07/07/24  Mon 07/08/24
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          77    94      78    95      79    96      79    94
Temp          79 79 93 86   81 80 94 87   81 81 95 87   81 80 93 87
Dewpt         75 77 77 78   77 77 78 78   78 78 78 77   77 78 79 78
PWind dir         S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC FW SC   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    20      10    30      30    50      30    50
Rain shwrs              S             C    C     S  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms                   S             C    C     S  C    C  S  S  C

$$
SCZ043-022000-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
319 AM EDT Tue Jul 2 2024

Date             Tue 07/02/24            Wed 07/03/24            Thu 07/04/24
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          71          88          70          92
Temp          73 71 77 82 83 80 75 73 71 74 84 88 88 82 76 72 71 74 86 92 92 85
Dewpt         69 68 69 72 73 73 72 71 71 73 73 72 72 73 73 72 71 74 75 73 73 73
RH            87 90 76 72 72 79 90 93100 97 70 59 59 74 90100100100 70 54 54 67
Wind dir      NE NE NE  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  E  E  E SE SE  N  N  N  E SE  S  S
Wind spd       8  9  9  8  6  4  3  2  2  3  5  5  5  4  1  0  0  0  2  3  5  6
Clouds        OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20          30           5          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.01        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  S  S  S     S     S  S  S  S  C  S                    S  S
Tstms          S  S  S  S     S     S  S  S  S  C  S                    S  S
Heat index                                  90 95 95                95101101 92
Max heat                     90                95    95               101   101


Date          Fri 07/05/24  Sat 07/06/24  Sun 07/07/24  Mon 07/08/24
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          73    95      75    97      75    97      75    94
Temp          75 77 95 87   77 79 97 86   77 79 97 86   77 78 94 87
Dewpt         73 75 76 76   75 76 76 76   76 77 76 77   76 77 77 76
PWind dir         S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr          5    20      10    30      30    50      30    50
Rain shwrs              S             C    C     S  C    C     S  C
Tstms                   S             C    C     S  C    C     S  C

$$
GAZ099-022000-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
319 AM EDT Tue Jul 2 2024

Date             Tue 07/02/24            Wed 07/03/24            Thu 07/04/24
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          72          91          72          94
Temp          75 74 79 83 85 82 77 74 73 76 85 90 91 84 76 73 72 75 87 92 94 88
Dewpt         74 72 72 72 73 73 73 74 73 74 74 73 73 74 75 73 72 75 75 72 71 73
RH            97 93 79 70 67 74 87100100 94 70 58 56 72 97100100100 68 52 47 61
Wind dir      NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE  E  E  E SE SE  N  N  N SE SE SE  S
Wind spd       8 10 10  9  6  4  3  2  2  2  4  5  5  3  1  0  0  0  2  2  3  3
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     50          20          50          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.07        0.01        0.08           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  C  C  C                    C  C
Tstms          C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  C  C  C                    C  C
Heat index                92                93 98100 91             96100101 96
Max heat                     92                98   100               100   101


Date          Fri 07/05/24  Sat 07/06/24  Sun 07/07/24  Mon 07/08/24
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    96      76    97      76    97      75    97
Temp          76 78 96 89   78 80 97 86   77 80 97 88   78 78 97 88
Dewpt         74 76 73 75   76 76 74 75   76 77 73 75   75 76 74 75
PWind dir         S     S       S    SW       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC FW SC   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    30      10    40      20    50      30    50
Rain shwrs              C             C    S        C    C     S  C
Tstms                   C             C    S        C    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