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National Weather Service Charleston SC
619 PM EDT Thu Sep 19 2024

SCZ050-200800-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
619 PM EDT Thu Sep 19 2024

Date           09/19/24      Fri 09/20/24            Sat 09/21/24            Sun
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          86          68          87          68
Temp             78 74 71 70 71 79 84 83 77 73 71 69 70 80 86 84 77 73 71 69 69
Dewpt            71 70 69 69 69 68 68 68 68 69 69 67 67 67 67 67 68 67 68 66 67
RH               79 87 93 97 93 69 59 61 74 87 93 93 90 65 53 57 74 81 90 90 93
Wind dir         SE  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E NE  N  N NE NE  E  E  E  E  N  N
Wind spd          2  0  0  1  3  6  6  8  5  2  2  4  5  8  8  9  6  3  2  2  3
Clouds           SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S
Coast Flood       Y  Y


Date           09/22  Mon 09/23/24  Tue 09/24/24  Wed 09/25/24  Thu 09/26/24
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    85      67    84      67    84      69    85
Temp          87 78   72 70 85 76   71 70 84 76   71 70 84 77   72 71 84 76
Dewpt         69 69   68 67 69 68   67 66 69 68   67 67 70 70   69 69 72 71
PWind dir         E      SE     E       E    NE       E     E       E     E
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       0     0       5    10      20    30
Rain shwrs                                                       S  S  S  C
Tstms                                                            S  S  S  S

$$
GAZ118-200800-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
619 PM EDT Thu Sep 19 2024

Date           09/19/24      Fri 09/20/24            Sat 09/21/24            Sun
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                      70          86          69          87          68
Temp             78 74 72 70 71 80 86 84 78 74 71 70 69 80 86 85 77 74 71 69 69
Dewpt            71 71 70 69 69 70 69 70 70 70 69 67 68 70 67 68 68 68 68 68 67
RH               79 90 93 97 93 72 57 63 76 87 93 90 97 72 53 57 74 82 90 97 93
Wind dir         SE  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E  E NE  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  N  N
Wind spd          3  0  0  0  2  5  5  5  4  2  2  2  4  5  6  6  4  2  2  2  3
Clouds           SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW SC FW SC FW SC FW CL FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                     10          20           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S
Obvis                     PF
Heat index                         90
Max heat                           90    90                      90


Date           09/22  Mon 09/23/24  Tue 09/24/24  Wed 09/25/24  Thu 09/26/24
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      70    87      70    86      69    86      71    85
Temp          88 78   72 70 87 77   72 71 85 77   72 71 86 77   72 72 85 78
Dewpt         68 68   68 67 68 69   68 67 69 68   68 67 70 69   70 69 71 71
PWind dir         E      SE     E       E     E       E     E       E     E
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5    10      20    30
Rain shwrs                                                       S  S  S  C
Tstms                                                            S  S  S  S

$$
SCZ050-200800-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
619 PM EDT Thu Sep 19 2024

Date           09/19/24      Fri 09/20/24            Sat 09/21/24            Sun
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                      72          83          69          85          69
Temp             78 76 74 72 73 79 83 82 77 74 72 70 70 80 84 82 76 74 72 70 70
Dewpt            71 71 70 69 70 70 71 71 70 70 70 69 69 70 69 69 69 69 69 68 68
RH               79 85 87 90 90 74 67 69 79 87 93 97 97 72 61 65 79 84 90 93 93
Wind dir         SE  N  N  N  N NE  E  E  E NE NE  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E NE  N
Wind spd          2  0  1  2  4  5  8  8  5  3  3  4  5  8  9  9  5  3  2  2  3
Clouds           SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S
Obvis                        PF
Coast Flood       Y  Y


Date           09/22  Mon 09/23/24  Tue 09/24/24  Wed 09/25/24  Thu 09/26/24
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          85      71    84      70    83      70    84      71    83
Temp          85 78   72 72 83 76   72 71 83 76   71 71 83 76   73 72 83 76
Dewpt         70 69   69 68 70 69   68 67 70 69   69 68 71 71   71 70 73 72
PWind dir         E      SE     E       E     E      NE     E       E     E
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       0     0       5    10      20    20
Rain shwrs                                                       S  S  S  S
Tstms                                                            S  S  S  S

$$
SCZ048-200800-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
619 PM EDT Thu Sep 19 2024

Date           09/19/24      Fri 09/20/24            Sat 09/21/24            Sun
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                      70          85          69          87          69
Temp             78 74 72 71 71 80 85 84 78 74 72 70 70 80 86 85 78 74 72 70 70
Dewpt            71 71 71 69 70 71 70 70 71 70 69 68 68 70 68 70 69 69 68 68 68
RH               79 90 97 93 97 74 61 63 79 87 90 93 93 72 55 61 74 84 87 93 93
Wind dir         SE  N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E  E NE  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E NE  N
Wind spd          1  0  0  0  3  5  4  5  3  2  1  2  4  5  5  5  3  2  2  2  2
Clouds           B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW SC FW CL FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S
Heat index                         90                         90
Max heat                           90    90                      90


Date           09/22  Mon 09/23/24  Tue 09/24/24  Wed 09/25/24  Thu 09/26/24
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      71    86      70    86      70    85      71    85
Temp          87 78   73 72 86 77   73 71 85 77   72 71 85 77   73 72 84 78
Dewpt         69 69   68 67 70 70   68 67 70 69   68 68 71 71   70 69 72 72
PWind dir         E      SE     E       E     E       E     E       E     E
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5    10      20    30
Rain shwrs                                                       S  S  S  C
Tstms                                                            S  S  S  S

$$
SCZ043-200800-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
619 PM EDT Thu Sep 19 2024

Date           09/19/24      Fri 09/20/24            Sat 09/21/24            Sun
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          84          66          85          66
Temp             75 71 69 67 68 79 84 84 77 72 69 67 68 80 85 85 77 71 68 67 67
Dewpt            71 70 69 67 68 69 67 67 69 68 68 66 67 67 66 67 67 67 66 66 66
RH               87 97100100100 72 57 57 76 87 97 97 97 65 53 55 71 87 93 97 97
Wind dir         SE  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E SE  E  N  N
Wind spd          1  0  0  0  3  5  6  5  2  0  0  2  4  5  5  5  3  1  1  1  2
Clouds           B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S


Date           09/22  Mon 09/23/24  Tue 09/24/24  Wed 09/25/24  Thu 09/26/24
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      67    84      66    83      66    83      67    83
Temp          87 79   70 69 84 77   70 68 83 76   68 68 83 77   70 70 83 76
Dewpt         67 68   66 66 68 68   66 65 68 68   66 66 68 69   68 68 70 70
PWind dir        NE       S     E       E     E       E     E       E     E
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5    10      20    20
Rain shwrs                                                       S  S  S  S
Tstms                                                            S  S  S  S

$$
GAZ099-200800-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
619 PM EDT Thu Sep 19 2024

Date           09/19/24      Fri 09/20/24            Sat 09/21/24            Sun
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          88          66          88          66
Temp             78 73 71 69 69 81 87 87 79 73 69 67 68 81 86 87 79 73 70 67 68
Dewpt            67 69 69 68 68 69 68 68 69 69 68 67 67 69 66 66 67 67 67 66 66
RH               69 87 93 97 97 67 53 53 72 87 97100 97 67 51 50 67 81 90 97 93
Wind dir          N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E  N NE NE NE NE NE  E SE SE NE  N
Wind spd          2  0  0  0  1  4  5  4  2  1  0  1  2  4  5  4  2  2  1  1  2
Clouds           SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                     PF  F
Heat index                         91 91
Max heat                           91    92                      90


Date           09/22  Mon 09/23/24  Tue 09/24/24  Wed 09/25/24  Thu 09/26/24
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      67    89      67    87      67    86      69    85
Temp          88 80   71 69 88 80   70 68 86 78   69 68 86 78   72 70 85 76
Dewpt         66 67   66 66 66 68   67 66 67 68   67 66 67 69   68 68 69 70
PWind dir        NE       S    SE      SE     E      SE     E       E     E
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL CL   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                                                  S    S  S  S  S
Tstms                                                            S  S  S  S

$$

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