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National Weather Service Charleston SC
111 AM EDT Sun Jul 7 2024

SCZ050-080800-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
111 AM EDT Sun Jul 7 2024

Date           07/06/24      Sun 07/07/24            Mon 07/08/24            Tue
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                      78          92          77          91          77
Temp                   80 78 80 87 91 89 84 80 79 77 80 87 90 89 84 80 79 77 79
Dewpt                  74 74 74 74 73 72 73 74 74 74 75 75 75 74 75 76 76 76 76
RH                     82 88 82 65 56 57 70 82 85 90 85 68 62 61 74 88 91 97 91
Wind dir                S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  N  S
Wind spd                3  1  3  6  9 10  8  3  1  1  2  5  8  9  6  2  1  0  2
Clouds                 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      5          20          40          60          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.39        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S              S  C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S  C
Tstms                               S              S  C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S  C
Heat index                      95100 96 90             96101 98 92
Max heat                          100   100               101   102


Date           07/09  Wed 07/10/24  Thu 07/11/24  Fri 07/12/24  Sat 07/13/24
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          91      77    93      78    93      77    92      76    92
Temp          90 83   79 80 91 84   80 81 91 84   79 81 90 83   78 80 90 83
Dewpt         76 75   75 76 76 75   76 76 76 75   76 75 75 74   74 75 74 74
PWind dir         S       S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         60      20    50      40    70      50    60      50    60
Rain shwrs     C  L    S  S  C  C    C  S  C  L    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  L
Tstms          C  L    S  S  C  C    C  S  C  L    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  L

$$
GAZ118-080800-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
111 AM EDT Sun Jul 7 2024

Date           07/06/24      Sun 07/07/24            Mon 07/08/24            Tue
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                      77          91          77          90          77
Temp                   79 77 79 89 90 88 85 80 79 77 79 88 90 88 84 80 78 77 78
Dewpt                  75 74 75 76 75 75 74 75 75 74 76 76 77 77 76 76 76 76 76
RH                     88 90 88 66 62 66 70 85 88 90 91 68 66 70 77 88 94 97 94
Wind dir                S  N  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE  S  S SE  S  S SW SW  W
Wind spd                3  0  2  5  9 10  6  2  1  1  2  3  5  6  5  1  1  1  2
Clouds                 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          40          40          70          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.10        0.10        0.42        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S        S  C  C     S     S  C  C  L  L  C  C        C
Tstms                   S        S  C  C     S     S  C  C  L  L  C  C        C
Heat index                     100101 98 93             99103100 93
Max heat                          102   101               103   102    91


Date           07/09  Wed 07/10/24  Thu 07/11/24  Fri 07/12/24  Sat 07/13/24
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          90      76    91      77    92      77    91      76    90
Temp          90 84   78 78 89 84   79 79 90 85   79 79 89 84   78 78 88 84
Dewpt         77 77   77 77 78 77   76 76 77 77   76 75 77 75   75 75 76 75
PWind dir        SW      SW     S      SW     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         70      30    60      30    60      40    60      40    60
Rain shwrs     C  L    C  S  C  L    C     S  L    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  L
Tstms          C  L    C  S  C  L    C     S  L    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  L

$$
SCZ050-080800-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
111 AM EDT Sun Jul 7 2024

Date           07/06/24      Sun 07/07/24            Mon 07/08/24            Tue
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                      81          90          79          89          78
Temp                   82 82 81 87 89 88 83 81 80 79 81 87 89 88 83 81 79 78 79
Dewpt                  75 75 75 75 75 75 74 75 76 76 76 76 77 77 76 77 77 76 77
RH                     79 79 82 68 64 66 74 82 88 91 85 70 68 70 80 88 94 94 94
Wind dir                S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S SW SW  W
Wind spd                5  3  4  6 12  9  6  3  2  1  2  5 11  9  6  2  1  1  2
Clouds                 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      5          20          40          60          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.32        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S              S  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                               S              S  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  C
Heat index                      96 99 98 90             97102100 91
Max heat               90          99    99               102   102


Date           07/09  Wed 07/10/24  Thu 07/11/24  Fri 07/12/24  Sat 07/13/24
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          90      78    90      79    90      79    89      78    89
Temp          89 82   80 80 89 84   81 81 90 84   81 81 87 82   80 80 88 83
Dewpt         78 78   78 79 80 79   78 79 80 79   78 78 79 78   78 78 80 78
PWind dir         S       S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         50      30    50      40    70      50    60      50    50
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  C
Tstms          C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  C

$$
SCZ048-080800-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
111 AM EDT Sun Jul 7 2024

Date           07/06/24      Sun 07/07/24            Mon 07/08/24            Tue
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                      79          90          78          90          77
Temp                   80 79 81 87 90 89 84 81 80 78 79 86 89 88 83 81 79 77 79
Dewpt                  75 75 76 76 76 76 75 75 75 75 76 76 77 77 76 77 76 76 77
RH                     85 88 85 70 64 66 74 82 85 91 91 72 68 70 80 88 91 97 94
Wind dir                S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SW  W
Wind spd                3  1  2  5  8  9  5  2  1  1  2  4  5  6  4  1  1  1  2
Clouds                 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          30          40          70          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03        0.02        0.44        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  C  S           S  C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S  C
Tstms                            S  C  S           S  C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S  C
Heat index                      98102100 92             96102100 91
Max heat                          102   100               102   102


Date           07/09  Wed 07/10/24  Thu 07/11/24  Fri 07/12/24  Sat 07/13/24
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          90      77    91      77    92      78    90      77    89
Temp          89 83   79 79 89 84   80 78 90 84   80 80 88 82   79 79 88 83
Dewpt         78 78   78 77 79 79   77 77 78 79   78 78 78 78   76 76 78 78
PWind dir         S      SW     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60      30    60      30    60      40    60      40    60
Rain shwrs     C  L    C  S  C  L    C  S  C  L    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  L
Tstms          C  L    C  S  C  L    C  S  C  L    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  L

$$
SCZ043-080800-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
111 AM EDT Sun Jul 7 2024

Date           07/06/24      Sun 07/07/24            Mon 07/08/24            Tue
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                      74          90          74          89          73
Temp                   77 76 78 86 90 90 83 77 75 74 77 86 89 89 83 78 75 74 77
Dewpt                  75 74 75 74 73 73 73 74 73 73 75 75 75 75 76 76 75 74 75
RH                     94 94 91 68 58 58 72 90 94 97 94 70 64 64 80 94100100 94
Wind dir                S  N SE SE SE SE  S SE  N  N  E  S  S  S  S  S  N  N SW
Wind spd                1  0  2  5  6  8  5  1  0  0  1  4  5  5  3  1  0  0  1
Clouds                 OV B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          30          30          70          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.07        0.03        0.52        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  C  C           S  C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S  C
Tstms                            S  C  C           S  C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S  C
Heat index                      94 98 98                95 99 99 91
Max heat                           99    98                99    99


Date           07/09  Wed 07/10/24  Thu 07/11/24  Fri 07/12/24  Sat 07/13/24
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          90      73    89      74    91      74    89      73    89
Temp          90 82   75 76 88 82   75 77 89 83   76 77 87 81   75 76 87 82
Dewpt         77 76   75 76 75 75   75 76 74 75   75 75 75 74   73 75 74 74
PWind dir         S      SW     S       S     S       S     S      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         70      20    60      30    60      40    70      40    60
Rain shwrs     C  L    S     C  L    C     C  L    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  L
Tstms          C  L    S     C  L    C     C  L    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  L

$$
GAZ099-080800-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
111 AM EDT Sun Jul 7 2024

Date           07/06/24      Sun 07/07/24            Mon 07/08/24            Tue
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                      75          91          73          90          74
Temp                   77 75 78 87 91 89 82 76 75 74 76 86 89 89 83 77 75 74 76
Dewpt                  75 74 75 76 76 76 76 76 75 74 76 76 76 76 77 77 75 74 76
RH                     94 97 91 70 62 66 82100100100100 72 66 66 82100100100100
Wind dir                S  N SE SE SE SE SE SE  N  N SE  S  S  S SE  S  N  N  W
Wind spd                1  0  1  3  4  5  3  1  0  0  2  3  3  3  2  1  0  0  1
Clouds                 OV B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          70          50          70          30
QPF 12hr                   0.10        0.61        0.19        0.46        0.18
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  L  L  C  C     S  C  C  L  L  C  C        C
Tstms                            S  L  L  C  C     S  C  C  L  L  C  C        C
Heat index                      98103100                96100100 92
Max heat                          103   103               100   102


Date           07/09  Wed 07/10/24  Thu 07/11/24  Fri 07/12/24  Sat 07/13/24
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          91      75    92      74    92      75    91      73    89
Temp          91 82   76 77 90 84   76 76 89 84   77 77 89 82   75 75 87 82
Dewpt         76 76   76 77 75 77   76 75 74 75   76 76 74 75   74 74 73 75
PWind dir         W      SW     S       S    SW       S     S      SE    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         70      20    60      20    60      20    60      30    60
Rain shwrs     C  L    S     S  L    S     S  L    S     C  L    C  S  C  L
Tstms          C  L    S     S  L    S     S  L    S     C  L    C  S  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