Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Charleston, SC

Home |  Current Version |  Previous Version |  Graphics & Text |  Print | Product List |  Glossary Off
Versions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
246
FOUS52 KCHS 180239
PFMCHS

Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Charleston SC
1039 PM EDT Sat Aug 17 2024

SCZ050-180800-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
1039 PM EDT Sat Aug 17 2024

Date           08/17/24      Sun 08/18/24            Mon 08/19/24            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          94          73          91          72
Temp                79 77 76 77 87 94 91 83 77 75 74 74 84 90 90 83 78 75 73 73
Dewpt               73 72 72 71 74 75 76 76 74 73 72 72 74 73 71 72 72 71 70 68
RH                  82 85 87 82 65 54 62 80 90 94 93 93 72 58 54 70 82 87 90 84
Wind dir             S SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W SW NW  N  N
Wind spd             6  5  5  6  9  9 12 10  9  6  6  6  8 10  9  3  1  1  2  6
Clouds              SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          50          50          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.22        0.26           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S        S  S  C  S  S
Tstms                               S  S  C  S  S
Heat index                      95106103 91             91 98 96
Max heat                          106   106                98    99


Date           08/20  Wed 08/21/24  Thu 08/22/24  Fri 08/23/24  Sat 08/24/24
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          88      69    86      69    84      68    83      70    85
Temp          88 80   73 71 86 78   72 71 84 76   70 70 83 78   73 72 85 78
Dewpt         70 70   69 67 67 66   65 64 64 64   63 64 69 69   69 69 72 71
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5    20      10    20      20    40      30    50
Rain shwrs                      S             S    S  S  C  C    C  S  C  C
Tstms                           S             S    S  S  C  C    C  S  C  C

$$
GAZ118-180800-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
1039 PM EDT Sat Aug 17 2024

Date           08/17/24      Sun 08/18/24            Mon 08/19/24            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          96          73          93          72
Temp                79 77 75 76 88 95 95 86 79 76 74 75 85 92 92 85 79 76 73 73
Dewpt               70 69 70 69 73 74 72 73 73 73 72 72 73 71 69 70 70 70 69 68
RH                  74 76 84 79 61 51 48 65 82 90 93 90 67 51 47 61 74 82 87 84
Wind dir             S  S SW SW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W SW SW  N  N  N
Wind spd             5  5  5  6  8  9  9  8  6  5  6  6  8  9  8  3  1  0  2  6
Clouds              SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                     10          50          50          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03        0.34           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  S  S  C  C  S
Tstms                            S  S  S  C  C  S
Heat index                      96106104 93             92 99 97 90
Max heat                          106   106                99    99


Date           08/20  Wed 08/21/24  Thu 08/22/24  Fri 08/23/24  Sat 08/24/24
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      72    88      71    85      69    83      72    87
Temp          91 80   74 73 88 79   73 72 85 77   72 70 83 78   74 73 87 79
Dewpt         69 71   70 69 67 67   66 66 65 63   64 65 69 69   68 68 71 71
PWind dir        NE       E    NE       E    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5    20      10    30      20    50      30    50
Rain shwrs                      S             C    S  S  C  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms                           S             C    S  S  C  C    C  S  S  C

$$
SCZ050-180800-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
1039 PM EDT Sat Aug 17 2024

Date           08/17/24      Sun 08/18/24            Mon 08/19/24            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          92          74          91          73
Temp                80 78 77 78 87 91 90 82 78 76 75 76 84 90 89 83 79 77 74 74
Dewpt               73 73 74 73 75 76 77 77 74 74 73 73 74 73 73 74 74 73 71 70
RH                  79 85 90 85 68 62 66 85 88 94 94 90 72 58 59 74 85 87 90 87
Wind dir             S SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W SW SW  W  N  N
Wind spd             9  8  8  9 10 11 13 13 10 10  8  8  9 12 10  8  4  3  5  9
Clouds              SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          40          50          10          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.16        0.51           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  S  S  C  C  S  S
Tstms                            S  S  S  C  C  S  S
Heat index                      96104103 90             91 98 97 90
Max heat                          105   106                98   100


Date           08/20  Wed 08/21/24  Thu 08/22/24  Fri 08/23/24  Sat 08/24/24
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          87      71    85      72    83      70    82      72    84
Temp          87 80   74 73 85 78   74 73 83 77   72 71 82 78   74 73 84 78
Dewpt         71 71   70 69 69 67   66 66 66 64   65 66 70 70   71 70 73 72
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      10    20      10    30      30    40      40    50
Rain shwrs                      S          S  C    S  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                           S          S  C    S  C  C  C    C  C  C  C

$$
SCZ048-180800-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
1039 PM EDT Sat Aug 17 2024

Date           08/17/24      Sun 08/18/24            Mon 08/19/24            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          95          73          92          74
Temp                80 78 76 77 87 94 93 84 78 76 74 75 84 91 91 85 80 78 75 75
Dewpt               72 71 71 70 74 76 76 76 75 74 73 73 74 73 72 72 72 72 70 70
RH                  77 79 85 79 65 56 58 77 91 94 97 94 72 56 54 65 77 82 84 84
Wind dir             S SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW SW  W  W  W  W SW SW  N  N NE
Wind spd             6  6  6  8  8  9 10  9  8  6  6  6  6  8  6  3  1  0  3  6
Clouds              SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                     10          50          50          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.08        0.31           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  S  S  C  C  S
Tstms                            S  S  S  C  C  S
Heat index                      95107106 93             91100 99 91
Max heat                          107   109               100   100


Date           08/20  Wed 08/21/24  Thu 08/22/24  Fri 08/23/24  Sat 08/24/24
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          89      72    87      71    85      70    83      72    86
Temp          89 80   75 73 86 79   74 72 84 77   72 71 82 78   74 73 86 79
Dewpt         70 71   70 69 68 68   66 66 66 64   65 66 70 69   69 69 73 72
PWind dir        NE       E    NE       E    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5    20      10    30      20    40      30    50
Rain shwrs                      S             C    S  S  C  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms                           S             C    S  S  C  C    C  S  S  C

$$
SCZ043-180800-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
1039 PM EDT Sat Aug 17 2024

Date           08/17/24      Sun 08/18/24            Mon 08/19/24            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                      71          93          70          91          70
Temp                78 75 73 73 85 93 92 81 74 72 70 72 84 90 90 83 77 74 72 71
Dewpt               71 70 69 70 74 74 73 74 72 72 70 71 73 70 69 71 70 69 67 67
RH                  79 84 87 90 70 54 54 79 93100100 97 70 52 50 67 79 84 84 87
Wind dir             S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW  W  W  W  W SW  N  N  N NE
Wind spd             5  5  5  5  6  8  9  6  5  4  5  5  6  8  6  2  0  1  2  6
Clouds              B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                     20          50          40           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.13        0.36           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S           S  C  S  S
Tstms                                  S  C  S  S
Heat index                      93103101                90 96 95
Max heat                          103   103                96    97


Date           08/20  Wed 08/21/24  Thu 08/22/24  Fri 08/23/24  Sat 08/24/24
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          88      67    87      66    84      66    83      68    86
Temp          88 79   70 69 87 77   69 68 84 75   68 67 83 76   71 70 86 78
Dewpt         68 68   66 65 65 66   63 63 63 62   61 62 67 67   66 66 69 70
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5    10       5    20      20    30      20    40
Rain shwrs                                    S    S        C    S     S  C
Tstms                                         S    S        C    S     S  C

$$
GAZ099-180800-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
1039 PM EDT Sat Aug 17 2024

Date           08/17/24      Sun 08/18/24            Mon 08/19/24            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                      73          95          71          92          70
Temp                78 76 74 75 86 93 94 83 77 74 72 72 84 90 91 84 78 74 71 72
Dewpt               73 72 70 72 74 73 71 73 72 72 70 70 70 68 66 69 67 66 66 67
RH                  85 87 87 90 68 52 47 72 85 93 93 93 63 49 44 61 69 76 84 84
Wind dir             S SW SW SW  W  W  W SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  N  N NE
Wind spd             3  3  4  5  8  9  9  5  4  4  4  4  5  8  6  1  1  2  2  4
Clouds              B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                     10          50          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.17        0.24           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  S  S
Tstms                                  S  C  S  S
Heat index                      94102101                   94 94
Max heat                          102   104                94    95


Date           08/20  Wed 08/21/24  Thu 08/22/24  Fri 08/23/24  Sat 08/24/24
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          89      68    88      68    86      66    84      68    87
Temp          88 81   72 70 88 79   71 70 86 77   69 67 83 77   71 70 86 80
Dewpt         67 68   68 66 63 65   65 64 61 61   61 62 64 65   65 66 66 67
PWind dir        NE       E     E       E     E      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL FW   FW CL CL FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       0    10       5    20      10    30      10    30
Rain shwrs                                    S             C             C
Tstms                                         S             C             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