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National Weather Service Charleston SC
157 PM EDT Sat Jul 20 2024

SCZ050-202000-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
157 PM EDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date             Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24
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          75          93          76          91
Temp                   90 87 82 79 79 77 77 88 93 89 83 80 78 76 77 87 91 89 84
Dewpt                  75 76 75 75 74 74 74 77 77 78 77 77 76 75 76 77 78 78 78
RH                     62 70 79 88 85 90 90 70 60 70 82 91 94 97 97 72 66 70 82
Wind dir               SW  S  S  S SW  W  W SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S
Wind spd                8 10  8  5  3  2  2  5  8  9  6  5  4  4  4  6  9  9  6
Clouds                 SC B1 B1 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     60          50          70          50          70
QPF 12hr                   0.28        0.26        0.06        0.05        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  C  C  S           C  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                   C  C  C  C  S           C  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Heat index            101 98               100107103 92             99106103 95
Max heat              102   102               107   107    90         106   106


Date          Tue 07/23/24  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24
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    91      78    91      77    91      76    91
Temp          79 79 91 84   80 79 91 84   79 79 90 84   79 79 90 82
Dewpt         76 77 78 78   77 77 78 77   76 77 78 77   76 76 77 75
PWind dir         S     S       S     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         40    60      40    60      40    60      30    50
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  L    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  C
Tstms          C  C  C  L    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  C

$$
GAZ118-202000-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
157 PM EDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date             Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24
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          74          93          76          93
Temp                   91 86 82 78 77 75 77 88 93 88 85 81 79 76 77 88 92 87 83
Dewpt                  75 76 75 74 74 73 73 76 76 76 76 76 75 75 75 76 76 77 76
RH                     60 72 79 88 90 94 87 68 58 68 75 85 88 97 94 68 60 72 80
Wind dir               SW  S  S  S SW SW  S SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S
Wind spd                6  8  5  4  3  1  1  4  6  9  5  4  4  3  4  4  8  9  6
Clouds                 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     60          50          70          50          60
QPF 12hr                   0.57        0.04        0.09        0.03        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C  C  S              C  L  C  C  S  S  C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                   S  C  C  S              C  L  C  C  S  S  C  C  L  L  C
Heat index            102 96                99106 99 94             99105 99 91
Max heat              103   102               106   105    93         105   103


Date          Tue 07/23/24  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24
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    92      77    92      77    91      76    92
Temp          78 78 92 85   79 78 91 84   78 78 90 83   78 78 91 82
Dewpt         76 76 77 76   76 76 76 76   76 76 76 76   76 76 75 76
PWind dir         S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC SC   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 SC SC B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40    60      40    60      30    60      30    50
Rain shwrs     C     S  L    C  S  C  L    C  S  C  L    C     C  C
Tstms          C     S  L    C  S  C  L    C  S  C  L    C     C  C

$$
SCZ050-202000-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
157 PM EDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date             Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24
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                      90          76          90          78          90
Temp                   89 88 83 81 79 78 78 87 90 89 84 81 81 79 79 87 90 89 84
Dewpt                  77 78 77 76 75 75 74 78 78 78 78 78 77 77 77 78 79 79 78
RH                     68 72 82 85 88 91 88 75 68 70 82 91 88 94 94 75 70 73 82
Wind dir                S  S  S  S SW SW  W SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S
Wind spd                9 11  9  5  3  2  2  6 10 12  8  9  8  8  6  9 11 12  9
Clouds                 SC SC B1 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     50          50          70          60          70
QPF 12hr                   0.12        0.51        0.02        0.07        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C  C  C  S           C  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                   S  C  C  C  S           C  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Heat index            102101 92             99105103 94            100106105 95
Max heat              103   102    90         105   105    93         106   106


Date          Tue 07/23/24  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24
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    90      79    90      79    89      78    89
Temp          81 80 90 84   80 80 90 84   80 80 89 83   80 80 89 82
Dewpt         78 78 80 78   78 78 79 78   78 78 79 77   77 77 78 78
PWind dir         S     S       S     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         50    60      40    60      40    60      40    50
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  L    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  C
Tstms          C  C  C  L    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  C

$$
SCZ048-202000-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
157 PM EDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date             Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24
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                      91          75          92          76          91
Temp                   89 87 81 78 77 76 77 85 92 88 84 80 79 76 77 86 90 88 82
Dewpt                  76 77 75 75 74 74 74 78 78 79 78 78 77 75 77 78 78 79 78
RH                     66 72 82 91 90 94 90 80 64 75 82 94 94 97100 77 68 75 88
Wind dir               SW  S  S  S SW SW  W SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S
Wind spd                6  6  5  3  2  1  1  4  6  8  5  5  4  3  4  5  8  8  5
Clouds                 SC B1 B2 OV B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     60          50          70          50          70
QPF 12hr                   0.40        0.16        0.06        0.04        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C  C  C              C  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                   S  C  C  C              C  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Heat index            100 99                97107103 95             98105103 91
Max heat              102   103               107   107    90         105   106


Date          Tue 07/23/24  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24
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    91      77    90      77    90      77    90
Temp          80 78 91 84   80 78 89 83   79 78 89 83   79 78 90 82
Dewpt         77 77 79 78   76 77 78 77   76 77 78 77   76 76 77 77
PWind dir         S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40    60      40    60      40    60      30    50
Rain shwrs     C  S  C  L    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  L    C  S  C  C
Tstms          C  S  C  L    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  L    C  S  C  C

$$
SCZ043-202000-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
157 PM EDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date             Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24
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                      89          71          89          73          91
Temp                   89 87 80 75 74 73 74 84 89 87 81 76 74 73 76 86 91 88 82
Dewpt                  74 75 74 74 73 72 72 77 76 77 76 76 74 73 75 78 77 77 77
RH                     61 68 82 97 97 97 93 80 66 72 85100100100 97 77 64 70 85
Wind dir               SW  S  S  S SW  N  N SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S
Wind spd                5  5  3  2  1  0  0  3  5  6  4  3  2  2  4  5  6  5  3
Clouds                 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     60          50          70          50          70
QPF 12hr                   0.73        0.12        0.05        0.07        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  L  C  C              L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                   C  L  C  C              L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Heat index             98 96                94100 99                98105100 90
Max heat               99    98               100   100               105   105


Date          Tue 07/23/24  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24
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    91      73    90      73    90      73    90
Temp          76 76 91 81   76 76 90 82   75 77 90 82   75 76 90 79
Dewpt         75 76 77 77   75 76 77 76   75 76 77 76   74 76 76 75
PWind dir         S     S       S     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr         40    70      40    60      40    60      30    50
Rain shwrs     C  S  C  L    C  S  C  L    C  S  C  L    C  S  C  C
Tstms          C  S  C  L    C  S  C  L    C  S  C  L    C  S  C  C

$$
GAZ099-202000-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
157 PM EDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date             Sat 07/20/24            Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24
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          72          93          73          93
Temp                   90 89 81 76 74 74 75 85 90 93 85 77 74 73 75 86 91 93 84
Dewpt                  74 74 75 74 73 73 73 75 74 73 75 75 74 73 75 76 74 74 75
RH                     60 61 82 94 97 97 94 72 60 52 72 94100100100 72 58 54 74
Wind dir               SW  W SE  S  S  N  N SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S
Wind spd                3  4  2  1  1  0  0  4  5  5  2  2  2  2  2  4  5  4  1
Clouds                 SC B1 B1 B2 SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     60          50          70          50          60
QPF 12hr                   0.30        0.02        0.05        0.09        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  L  C  S              L  L  C  C  S  S  S  S  L  L  C
Tstms                   C  L  C  S              L  L  C  C  S  S  S  S  L  L  C
Heat index             99 98                94 99102 94             96101103 92
Max heat               99    99                99   102               101   103


Date          Tue 07/23/24  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24
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    92      74    92      73    91      73    91
Temp          75 76 91 84   76 76 92 83   75 76 90 83   75 76 90 81
Dewpt         75 74 75 76   75 76 75 76   75 75 74 75   74 75 74 75
PWind dir         S     S       S     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40    60      40    60      40    60      30    50
Rain shwrs     C     S  L    C     C  L    C     C  L    C     S  C
Tstms          C     S  L    C     C  L    C     C  L    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