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National Weather Service Charleston SC
1031 PM EDT Sat Oct 5 2024

SCZ050-060345-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
1031 PM EDT Sat Oct 5 2024

Date           10/05/24      Sun 10/06/24            Mon 10/07/24            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                      69          83          63          86          64
Temp                72 71 70 70 77 81 80 74 71 68 66 66 79 85 83 75 71 69 67 66
Dewpt               68 68 68 68 67 66 65 65 65 64 62 62 64 63 63 64 66 65 63 61
RH                  87 90 93 93 71 60 60 74 81 87 87 87 60 48 51 69 84 87 87 84
Wind dir            NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E NE  N  N NE  E SE SE SE NE  N NE
Wind spd             3  5  5  5 10 10 10  6  3  2  2  3  3  3  5  5  4  4  6 10
Clouds              B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           10/08  Wed 10/09/24  Thu 10/10/24  Fri 10/11/24  Sat 10/12/24
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          81      62    75      57    73      53    74      54    77
Temp          81 73   67 63 74 68   63 59 72 65   58 56 72 65   58 56 76 66
Dewpt         62 61   59 56 54 54   52 51 49 50   49 47 49 51   52 51 52 56
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      NE    NE       N    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      BZ    WY      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW CL
PoP 12hr          5       5    10      20    20      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                           S  S  S  S

$$
GAZ118-060345-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
1031 PM EDT Sat Oct 5 2024

Date           10/05/24      Sun 10/06/24            Mon 10/07/24            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          82          66          86          66
Temp                74 72 71 71 78 82 80 75 72 70 67 66 79 85 84 75 71 69 67 67
Dewpt               69 69 69 68 70 69 68 68 68 66 65 64 66 64 64 65 65 65 63 63
RH                  84 90 93 90 76 65 67 79 87 87 93 93 64 50 51 71 81 87 87 87
Wind dir            NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E NE NE  N  N NE  E  E SE  E NE  N NE
Wind spd             4  5  4  5  9 10  9  5  3  2  3  3  4  5  5  4  3  3  5  6
Clouds              B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs


Date           10/08  Wed 10/09/24  Thu 10/10/24  Fri 10/11/24  Sat 10/12/24
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          83      65    75      59    73      55    73      55    77
Temp          83 74   70 65 75 69   64 59 73 65   59 55 72 65   59 56 76 68
Dewpt         66 65   62 58 58 56   53 51 52 51   49 48 52 54   52 50 55 57
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      NE     N      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 SC B1 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10       5    20      20    20      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                      S    S  S  S  S

$$
SCZ050-060345-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
1031 PM EDT Sat Oct 5 2024

Date           10/05/24      Sun 10/06/24            Mon 10/07/24            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          81          66          84          67
Temp                74 72 71 71 78 81 80 75 72 70 68 67 79 84 82 75 73 71 68 67
Dewpt               69 69 69 69 71 70 69 67 67 66 65 64 66 67 66 67 67 66 65 64
RH                  84 90 93 93 79 69 69 76 84 87 90 90 64 57 58 76 81 84 90 90
Wind dir            NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E NE NE  N  N NE  E SE SE SE NE  N NE
Wind spd             5  6  8  9 10 10 10  6  4  2  2  3  4  5  6  5  4  4  5  9
Clouds              B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           10/08  Wed 10/09/24  Thu 10/10/24  Fri 10/11/24  Sat 10/12/24
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          80      65    75      60    72      57    73      58    75
Temp          80 73   68 65 75 69   64 60 72 65   60 58 72 66   61 59 75 67
Dewpt         67 65   62 59 60 58   56 53 55 54   52 51 55 55   54 53 57 58
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    WY      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW CL
PoP 12hr          5       5    20      20    20      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                      S    S  S  S  S

$$
SCZ048-060345-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
1031 PM EDT Sat Oct 5 2024

Date           10/05/24      Sun 10/06/24            Mon 10/07/24            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          82          66          86          67
Temp                74 73 72 71 78 82 81 76 73 70 68 67 79 85 83 76 73 71 69 68
Dewpt               69 69 68 69 70 70 70 68 68 66 64 64 66 65 65 66 66 65 64 64
RH                  84 87 87 93 76 67 69 76 84 87 87 90 64 51 55 71 79 81 84 87
Wind dir            NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E NE  N  N NE  E SE SE SE  E  N NE
Wind spd             3  4  4  6  9  8  8  4  2  2  2  2  3  3  5  3  2  2  5  8
Clouds              B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           10/08  Wed 10/09/24  Thu 10/10/24  Fri 10/11/24  Sat 10/12/24
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          82      65    75      59    73      56    74      56    77
Temp          82 74   69 65 75 69   65 60 72 66   60 57 73 66   60 58 76 67
Dewpt         66 65   62 58 58 57   54 51 53 52   50 50 52 54   53 52 56 57
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      NE     N      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5       5    20      20    20      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                      S    S  S  S  S

$$
SCZ043-060345-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
1031 PM EDT Sat Oct 5 2024

Date           10/05/24      Sun 10/06/24            Mon 10/07/24            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                      67          81          61          84          62
Temp                69 69 67 67 78 81 81 74 69 66 64 63 78 84 84 74 69 67 65 64
Dewpt               68 67 67 67 67 65 65 67 65 64 62 62 64 63 63 66 65 63 62 61
RH                  97 93100100 69 58 58 79 87 93 93 97 62 49 49 76 87 87 90 90
Wind dir            NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  N  N  N  N  N NE  E SE SE NE  N NE
Wind spd             1  1  2  4  8  6  5  2  0  0  1  2  2  2  2  3  2  2  5  8
Clouds              B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           10/08  Wed 10/09/24  Thu 10/10/24  Fri 10/11/24  Sat 10/12/24
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          78      59    73      54    70      50    72      51    75
Temp          78 71   65 61 73 66   60 56 70 63   56 53 72 63   55 53 75 64
Dewpt         60 60   57 54 53 53   50 49 48 49   47 47 48 52   50 49 50 55
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      NE     N      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW CL CL
PoP 12hr          5       0    10      10    20       5     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                                 S

$$
GAZ099-060345-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
1031 PM EDT Sat Oct 5 2024

Date           10/05/24      Sun 10/06/24            Mon 10/07/24            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                      68          82          63          86          63
Temp                70 70 69 68 77 82 82 75 71 68 65 64 78 84 85 76 69 66 64 64
Dewpt               68 67 67 67 67 67 66 67 67 65 63 63 65 64 63 64 64 63 61 61
RH                  93 90 93 97 71 61 58 76 87 90 93 97 64 51 48 66 84 90 90 90
Wind dir            NE NE NE NE NE  E NE NE  E NE  N  N NE NE NE SE SE SE NE NE
Wind spd             1  1  3  4  6  6  5  2  1  1  1  1  2  3  2  1  2  2  3  5
Clouds              B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           10/08  Wed 10/09/24  Thu 10/10/24  Fri 10/11/24  Sat 10/12/24
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          82      61    75      56    73      51    74      51    76
Temp          82 73   66 62 75 67   61 56 72 64   56 53 73 63   55 52 76 66
Dewpt         62 61   59 54 53 54   51 48 48 49   46 46 48 51   49 48 51 53
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW CL CL CL
PoP 12hr          0       0    10      10    10       5     5       5     0

$$

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