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National Weather Service Charleston SC
102 PM EDT Sun Jul 14 2024

SCZ050-142000-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
102 PM EDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date             Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24
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                      96          79          97          79          95
Temp                   95 93 86 83 81 79 81 91 96 92 85 82 81 79 81 90 94 91 85
Dewpt                  75 77 77 77 77 76 76 75 74 75 75 76 76 76 76 76 75 76 76
RH                     53 60 75 82 88 91 85 60 49 58 72 82 85 91 85 64 54 62 75
Wind dir                S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S
Wind spd                6  9  6  5  4  2  3  6  8 11 10  6  6  4  5  6 10 11 10
Clouds                 SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          10          30          30          50
QPF 12hr                   0.17           0        0.16        0.01        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S                    C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  C  C  C
Tstms                   S  S                    C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  C  C  C
Heat index            107107 97 92         102107103 94            102106103 94
Max heat              107   109    94         107   108    91         106   106
Heat                    Y  Y


Date          Wed 07/17/24  Thu 07/18/24  Fri 07/19/24  Sat 07/20/24
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          79    95      79    94      77    90      75    91
Temp          80 81 93 84   80 81 91 83   79 78 88 82   78 77 88 82
Dewpt         76 76 76 76   75 75 75 75   75 75 75 74   74 74 75 74
PWind dir         S    SW      SW    SW      SW     S       S     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30    40      50    60      60    60      60    60
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  C    C  C  C  L    L  C  C  L    L  C  L  L
Tstms          C  C  C  C    C  C  C  L    L  C  C  L    L  C  L  L

$$
GAZ118-142000-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
102 PM EDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date             Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24
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                      97          77          97          78          96
Temp                   96 93 88 83 80 77 79 92 97 92 87 82 80 78 80 91 96 92 87
Dewpt                  73 75 75 76 75 74 74 74 73 74 75 75 76 75 75 75 74 75 76
RH                     48 56 66 80 85 90 85 56 46 56 68 79 88 91 85 60 49 58 70
Wind dir                S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S  S
Wind spd                5  8  6  5  2  1  2  5  5  9  8  5  5  3  5  5  6  8  8
Clouds                 SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     20          10          40          20          60
QPF 12hr                   0.08           0        0.37        0.01        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S                    C  C  S  S              L  L  C
Tstms                   S  S                    C  C  S  S              L  L  C
Heat index            106105 98 91         102107102 96            102107103 98
Max heat              106   107    94         107   106    94         107   107
Heat                    Y  Y


Date          Wed 07/17/24  Thu 07/18/24  Fri 07/19/24  Sat 07/20/24
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    95      77    94      75    92      75    90
Temp          80 80 94 85   79 79 92 86   78 77 90 83   77 77 88 83
Dewpt         76 75 75 75   75 75 76 76   75 75 76 75   74 75 76 76
PWind dir         S    SW      SW    SW      SW     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC B1   B1 SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         40    50      40    60      50    60      60    60
Rain shwrs     C  S  S  C    C  S  C  L    C  C  C  L    L  S  C  L
Tstms          C  S  S  C    C  S  C  L    C  C  C  L    L  S  C  L

$$
SCZ050-142000-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
102 PM EDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date             Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24
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          82          94          80          93
Temp                   91 91 86 83 82 82 84 91 94 91 85 83 81 80 82 90 93 90 84
Dewpt                  79 80 79 78 78 78 77 78 78 78 78 78 78 77 78 78 78 78 78
RH                     68 70 80 85 88 88 80 66 60 66 80 85 91 91 88 68 62 68 82
Wind dir                S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S
Wind spd               10 11  9  8  6  4  5  8 11 11 10  8  8  5  6  8 10 12 11
Clouds                 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          10          30          30          50
QPF 12hr                   0.11           0        0.09           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S                 S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S  S                 S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Heat index            107109 99 93 91 91 94106110106 97 92       90104108105 95
Max heat              108   109    96    95   110   110    93    91   109   109
Heat                    Y  Y


Date          Wed 07/17/24  Thu 07/18/24  Fri 07/19/24  Sat 07/20/24
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          79    92      79    90      77    88      76    88
Temp          81 81 92 85   81 81 89 84   80 79 87 82   79 78 86 82
Dewpt         78 78 79 79   78 78 80 79   77 77 79 77   76 77 78 77
PWind dir        SW    SW      SW    SW      SW     S       S     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         40    40      50    60      70    60      70    60
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  C    C  C  C  L    L  L  L  L    L  C  L  L
Tstms          C  C  C  C    C  C  C  L    L  L  L  L    L  C  L  L

$$
SCZ048-142000-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
102 PM EDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date             Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24
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                      97          79          96          78          95
Temp                   96 94 88 84 82 80 81 90 95 93 86 83 81 79 80 90 94 93 87
Dewpt                  76 77 77 78 76 75 76 76 76 77 77 77 77 76 77 77 77 77 78
RH                     53 58 70 82 82 85 85 64 54 60 75 82 88 91 91 66 58 60 75
Wind dir                S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S
Wind spd                6  8  8  8  4  3  3  5  6  9  6  5  5  4  5  5  8  9  8
Clouds                 SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          10          40          20          50
QPF 12hr                   0.17           0        0.21        0.01        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S                    C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  C  C  C
Tstms                   S  S                    C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  C  C  C
Heat index            110109100 95         102109107 97 92         103109107100
Max heat              110   110    97         109   109    94         109   109
Heat                    Y  Y


Date          Wed 07/17/24  Thu 07/18/24  Fri 07/19/24  Sat 07/20/24
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          79    94      78    93      76    90      75    88
Temp          82 81 93 86   81 79 91 84   78 78 88 83   77 77 86 82
Dewpt         77 77 77 78   77 76 78 78   76 76 78 77   75 75 78 77
PWind dir        SW    SW       S     S      SW     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30    50      40    60      60    60      60    60
Rain shwrs     C  S  C  C    C  C  C  L    L  C  C  L    L  C  C  L
Tstms          C  S  C  C    C  C  C  L    L  C  C  L    L  C  C  L

$$
SCZ043-142000-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
102 PM EDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date             Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24
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                      96          75          95          75          94
Temp                   96 94 86 81 79 76 80 91 95 93 85 80 77 76 78 91 94 93 87
Dewpt                  72 75 75 76 76 74 75 74 72 73 75 76 75 75 76 75 74 75 76
RH                     46 54 70 85 91 94 85 58 48 52 72 88 94 97 94 60 53 56 70
Wind dir               SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S SW  S SW SW SW  S  S
Wind spd                4  6  5  4  1  1  1  5  5  6  5  4  4  2  4  5  6  8  6
Clouds                 SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          10          40          20          60
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0        0.22        0.01        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S                    C  C  S  S              L  L  C
Tstms                   S  S                    C  C  S  S              L  L  C
Heat index            105106 95            101104102 94            102105105 98
Max heat              105   107    90         104   104    91         105   105
Heat                    Y  Y


Date          Wed 07/17/24  Thu 07/18/24  Fri 07/19/24  Sat 07/20/24
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      74    91      73    88      72    87
Temp          78 79 92 82   76 77 89 81   75 75 86 79   74 74 85 78
Dewpt         76 76 74 76   75 75 74 74   74 75 74 75   73 74 73 74
PWind dir         S    SW       S    SW      SW     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   B1 SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30    50      40    70      60    60      60    60
Rain shwrs     C  S  S  C    C  S  C  L    L  C  C  L    L  C  C  L
Tstms          C  S  S  C    C  S  C  L    L  C  C  L    L  C  C  L

$$
GAZ099-142000-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
102 PM EDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date             Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24
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                     100          77          99          76          97
Temp                   99100 92 83 80 78 80 93 98 97 88 81 78 76 79 92 96 97 90
Dewpt                  67 66 71 73 73 73 74 73 71 71 75 75 74 74 75 75 73 73 75
RH                     36 33 51 72 79 85 82 52 42 43 66 82 88 94 88 58 48 46 62
Wind dir               SW SW SE  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S
Wind spd                4  4  5  6  3  2  1  4  4  5  4  3  3  2  3  5  5  5  4
Clouds                 SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20          50          10          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.09           0        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S                 C  C                    L  L  C
Tstms                      S  S                 C  C                    L  L  C
Heat index            104104 99            102106105 98            103106107101
Max heat              104   105    93         106   107    94         107   107


Date          Wed 07/17/24  Thu 07/18/24  Fri 07/19/24  Sat 07/20/24
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    95      75    94      73    91      73    89
Temp          78 78 94 86   77 77 92 84   75 75 89 81   74 74 86 80
Dewpt         75 75 74 75   74 75 74 75   74 74 74 75   73 73 74 76
PWind dir         S    SW      SW    SW      SW     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   B1 SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30    60      30    70      40    60      60    60
Rain shwrs     C     S  L    C     C  L    C  C  C  L    L  S  C  L
Tstms          C     S  L    C     C  L    C  C  C  L    L  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