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National Weather Service Charleston SC
1036 AM EDT Sun Aug 24 2025

SCZ050-242000-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
1036 AM EDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Date             Sun 08/24/25            Mon 08/25/25            Tue 08/26/25
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                      86          72          89          71          88
Temp                77 83 84 80 76 74 72 74 83 87 85 81 77 74 71 73 81 86 86 81
Dewpt               71 70 71 71 72 71 71 71 72 71 72 72 73 71 69 67 66 65 66 67
RH                  82 65 65 74 87 90 97 90 70 59 65 74 87 90 93 81 60 50 51 63
Wind dir             N  N  N  S SW SW  W  W  W SW SW  S SW  W NW  N NE NE NE  N
Wind spd             8  6  5  4  3  4  3  3  4  5  6  5  3  3  4  5  5  5  5  3
Clouds              B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20           5          20           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S
Tstms                                           S  S
Heat index                                     93 91
Max heat                     90                93    93


Date          Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25  Sat 08/30/25
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          70    84      67    84      67    83      67    84
Temp          73 70 82 76   69 68 82 76   69 69 80 75   69 69 82 75
Dewpt         66 63 62 63   63 63 61 64   64 64 62 64   64 63 63 65
PWind dir         N    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC SC   FW FW SC B1   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         10    20       5    20      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs              S             S       S  S  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms                   S             S             C             C

$$
GAZ118-242000-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
1036 AM EDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Date             Sun 08/24/25            Mon 08/25/25            Tue 08/26/25
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                      88          72          91          68          90
Temp                78 86 87 81 76 74 73 73 83 89 88 81 76 73 70 68 80 88 89 81
Dewpt               73 73 73 73 73 72 72 72 74 74 73 72 71 68 65 64 68 67 66 67
RH                  85 65 63 77 90 93 97 97 74 61 61 74 85 84 84 87 67 50 47 63
Wind dir             N  N NW  S SW SW  W  W  W  W SW SW  W  W NW NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd             6  5  5  3  2  2  2  2  3  3  5  3  2  2  3  3  4  3  5  3
Clouds              SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW CL CL FW FW SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                     10           5          20           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S
Tstms                                           S  S
Heat index             93 94                90 98 96                   91 92
Max heat               93    96                98    99                91    93


Date          Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25  Sat 08/30/25
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          69    86      69    86      68    84      67    85
Temp          73 70 84 76   71 70 84 76   70 69 82 74   69 69 83 76
Dewpt         65 63 66 65   65 65 66 65   65 65 66 65   65 65 66 66
PWind dir         N    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr          5    20       5    20      10    30      20    40
Rain shwrs              S             S             C    S  S  S  C
Tstms                   S             S             C             C

$$
SCZ050-242000-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
1036 AM EDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Date             Sun 08/24/25            Mon 08/25/25            Tue 08/26/25
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                      85          73          88          72          87
Temp                80 85 85 81 77 76 74 75 83 86 85 81 79 77 74 73 81 85 86 81
Dewpt               74 74 73 74 74 74 73 73 75 74 76 75 75 73 71 69 70 70 71 70
RH                  82 70 67 79 90 94 97 94 77 68 75 82 88 87 90 87 69 61 61 69
Wind dir             N  N SE  S SW  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW  W NW  N NE NE  E NE
Wind spd            10  6  5  4  3  3  3  3  4  5  6  5  4  3  4  5  5  5  5  3
Clouds              B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20           5          20           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S                          S  S
Tstms                                           S  S
Heat index             93 92                90 94 94                   90 91
Max heat               93    93                94    95                90    91


Date          Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25  Sat 08/30/25
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          72    84      70    83      70    83      70    83
Temp          75 72 82 78   73 72 82 77   72 71 81 76   72 72 82 77
Dewpt         68 65 66 66   65 65 67 67   67 67 66 67   66 65 66 67
PWind dir         N    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1 SC   FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         10    20      10    20      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs              S             S       S  S  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms                   S             S             C             C

$$
SCZ048-242000-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
1036 AM EDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Date             Sun 08/24/25            Mon 08/25/25            Tue 08/26/25
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                      87          72          89          70          88
Temp                79 85 86 81 76 74 73 74 83 87 86 81 77 74 72 70 81 86 87 81
Dewpt               72 73 72 73 73 72 72 72 74 74 74 74 72 70 67 67 68 68 68 69
RH                  79 67 63 77 90 93 97 93 74 65 68 79 85 87 84 90 65 55 53 67
Wind dir             N  N NW SW SW  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW  W NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd             8  5  4  4  2  2  2  2  3  3  5  3  2  2  3  4  4  4  4  2
Clouds              B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     10           5          20           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S
Tstms                                           S  S
Heat index             92 92                90 95 94                      91
Max heat               92    93                95    95                      91


Date          Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25  Sat 08/30/25
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          70    84      68    85      68    83      68    84
Temp          73 70 83 76   71 69 83 75   70 69 81 74   70 69 82 75
Dewpt         66 64 65 66   64 64 65 66   66 65 66 66   65 64 66 66
PWind dir         N    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   FW SC SC SC   B1 SC B1 B1   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr          5    20       5    20      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs              S             S       S     C    S  S  S  C
Tstms                   S             S             C             C

$$
SCZ043-242000-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
1036 AM EDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Date             Sun 08/24/25            Mon 08/25/25            Tue 08/26/25
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                      86          70          89          67          86
Temp                76 83 85 80 73 71 70 72 82 87 87 78 74 70 67 69 79 84 85 78
Dewpt               71 70 69 72 71 71 69 71 72 72 70 72 71 68 66 65 65 64 64 66
RH                  85 65 59 77 93100 97 97 72 61 57 82 90 93 97 87 62 51 50 67
Wind dir             N  N  N SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W SW  W NW  N  N NE  N  N  N
Wind spd             6  4  4  2  1  2  1  1  3  4  4  2  2  2  3  4  5  4  4  3
Clouds              B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10           5          20           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S
Tstms                                           S  S
Heat index                                     94 92
Max heat                     90                94    94


Date          Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25  Sat 08/30/25
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          65    82      62    82      64    81      63    82
Temp          70 66 80 72   66 64 80 73   67 66 79 71   65 65 80 72
Dewpt         64 63 61 63   61 62 60 64   64 64 62 64   63 63 63 65
PWind dir         N    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr          5    10       0    10      10    20      10    30
Rain shwrs                                          S             C
Tstms                                               S             C

$$
GAZ099-242000-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
1036 AM EDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Date             Sun 08/24/25            Mon 08/25/25            Tue 08/26/25
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          91          64          89
Temp                80 86 89 82 75 73 71 72 82 89 89 81 73 69 66 65 78 86 87 80
Dewpt               70 70 70 71 70 71 70 70 72 69 67 66 63 61 59 59 63 63 63 64
RH                  72 59 54 69 84 93 97 93 72 52 48 60 71 76 78 81 60 46 45 58
Wind dir             N  N NW  W SW SW  W  W NW  W  W  W NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd             5  3  3  2  1  1  1  2  3  4  4  2  2  2  2  2  4  4  5  3
Clouds              SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           5          10           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index             91 94                   94 92
Max heat               91    94                94    94


Date          Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25  Sat 08/30/25
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          66    86      65    86      65    84      65    85
Temp          70 66 84 76   68 67 84 75   67 67 82 73   67 66 83 75
Dewpt         61 59 62 62   62 61 61 62   64 63 62 63   63 63 63 64
PWind dir         N    NE       E     E       E    NE       E     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr          5     5       0    10      10    20      20    30
Rain shwrs                                          S    S  S     C
Tstms                                               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