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National Weather Service Charleston SC
109 PM EDT Tue Jul 8 2025

SCZ050-090800-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
109 PM EDT Tue Jul 8 2025

Date           07/08/25      Wed 07/09/25            Thu 07/10/25            Fri
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          76          91          76
Temp          90 83 80 79 78 80 87 90 89 82 79 78 76 78 85 89 88 82 79 78 77 78
Dewpt         74 74 75 76 75 76 75 72 73 75 74 75 74 74 73 72 73 74 75 75 74 74
RH            60 74 85 91 91 88 68 56 59 79 85 91 94 88 67 57 61 77 88 91 90 88
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      11 10  8  6  5  6 10 12 13 10  9  6  6  6  9 11 13 11 10  8  6  8
Clouds        SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          50          30          60          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04        0.02        0.07        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S              S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C        C
Tstms          S              S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  C  L  L  C  C        S
Heat index    99 90             96 97 97                92 96 96
Max heat        101                98    99                96    97


Date           07/11  Sat 07/12/25  Sun 07/13/25  Mon 07/14/25  Tue 07/15/25
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          93      76    94      76    94      77    94      76    93
Temp          90 83   79 79 92 84   78 78 92 84   79 79 92 84   78 79 91 83
Dewpt         72 75   76 74 72 75   75 74 72 76   75 75 72 75   75 75 73 75
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SW     W      SW    SW       S    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 SC SC B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         50      30    40      20    40      20    50      20    60
Rain shwrs     C  C    C     S  C    S        C    S     S  C    S     C  L
Tstms          C  C    C     S  C    S        C    S     S  C    S     C  L

$$
GAZ118-090800-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
109 PM EDT Tue Jul 8 2025

Date           07/08/25      Wed 07/09/25            Thu 07/10/25            Fri
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          93          75          93          76
Temp          91 85 81 79 78 79 87 90 88 82 79 77 75 77 85 91 90 84 80 78 76 78
Dewpt         76 75 76 76 75 75 77 75 74 75 75 74 73 74 76 74 74 75 75 74 73 74
RH            62 72 85 91 91 88 72 62 63 79 88 90 94 90 75 58 60 74 85 88 90 88
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S SW  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW
Wind spd       9  8  5  4  3  3  5  6  9  6  5  4  3  4  5  6  9  8  5  4  4  5
Clouds        B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          70          30          60          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.73        0.03        0.06        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  S           S  C  C  L  C  C        S  S  L  L  C  C        S
Tstms          C  S           S  C  C  L  C  S           S  L  L  C  S
Heat index   103 94             99101 97                94101 99 92
Max heat        106    91         103   103               101   101


Date           07/11  Sat 07/12/25  Sun 07/13/25  Mon 07/14/25  Tue 07/15/25
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          94      75    94      76    95      77    95      76    93
Temp          92 85   77 77 92 85   78 78 93 87   79 79 93 85   78 78 91 83
Dewpt         75 76   74 74 75 76   74 75 74 76   75 75 75 77   75 75 77 76
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SW     W      SW     W      SW     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1   SC FW SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW SC B1   B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         50      20    40      20    40      20    50      20    70
Rain shwrs     S  C    S        C    S        C    S        C    S     S  L
Tstms          S  C    S        C    S        C    S        C    S     S  L

$$
SCZ050-090800-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
109 PM EDT Tue Jul 8 2025

Date           07/08/25      Wed 07/09/25            Thu 07/10/25            Fri
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                      79          90          77          91          78
Temp          90 83 81 81 80 81 86 88 88 83 81 79 77 79 85 89 88 83 81 80 78 80
Dewpt         77 77 77 77 77 77 78 77 77 77 76 76 75 76 77 77 76 76 76 76 76 77
RH            66 82 88 88 91 88 77 70 70 82 85 91 94 91 77 68 68 80 85 88 94 91
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      11 10  8  6  5  6 10 12 13 10  8  6  6  5  9 12 13 10 10  8  8  6
Clouds        SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          40          40          50          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.01        0.04        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  C
Tstms                         S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  C
Heat index   103 92             97100100 92             95100 99 90
Max heat        106    90         100   102    90         100   102


Date           07/11  Sat 07/12/25  Sun 07/13/25  Mon 07/14/25  Tue 07/15/25
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          92      78    92      77    93      77    93      77    91
Temp          90 83   80 80 91 84   79 79 91 84   80 79 91 84   79 80 90 83
Dewpt         77 77   77 76 77 78   77 76 77 78   77 77 77 77   77 77 78 78
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 SC SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         50      30    40      30    40      20    40      30    60
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  S  S  C    C  S     C    S     S  C    C  S  C  L
Tstms          C  C    C  S  S  C    C  S     C    S     S  C    C  S  C  L

$$
SCZ048-090800-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
109 PM EDT Tue Jul 8 2025

Date           07/08/25      Wed 07/09/25            Thu 07/10/25            Fri
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          91          76          91          76
Temp          90 84 81 79 79 80 87 89 89 82 80 78 76 78 85 90 88 83 80 78 76 78
Dewpt         76 76 76 76 76 76 77 76 76 75 75 74 74 74 76 75 76 76 76 75 74 75
RH            64 77 85 91 91 88 72 66 66 79 85 88 94 88 75 62 68 80 88 91 94 91
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW
Wind spd       9  8  5  5  4  4  5  9 10  8  5  5  4  4  5  8 10  8  6  5  5  5
Wind gust                                                        18
Clouds        B1 SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          50          30          60          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.11        0.03        0.06        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  S           S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  L  L  C  C        S
Tstms          C  S           S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  L  L  C  S
Heat index   102 93             99100100                94101 99 91
Max heat        106    91         100   102               101   101


Date           07/11  Sat 07/12/25  Sun 07/13/25  Mon 07/14/25  Tue 07/15/25
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          93      76    93      76    94      77    94      76    92
Temp          91 83   78 78 92 85   78 78 92 85   79 79 92 85   78 78 90 83
Dewpt         76 77   75 74 75 77   75 75 75 77   75 75 75 77   76 76 77 77
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SW     W      SW    SW      SW     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   SC FW SC SC   SC FW SC B1   B1 SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr         50      20    30      20    30      20    40      20    60
Rain shwrs     S  C    S        C    S        C    S        C    S     S  L
Tstms          S  C    S        C    S        C    S        C    S     S  L

$$
SCZ043-090800-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
109 PM EDT Tue Jul 8 2025

Date           07/08/25      Wed 07/09/25            Thu 07/10/25            Fri
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          89          72          88          73
Temp          90 83 78 76 74 77 86 87 87 80 76 74 72 75 83 88 86 81 76 75 73 75
Dewpt         74 74 76 75 74 76 75 73 72 74 75 74 72 74 74 72 73 75 75 74 73 74
RH            60 74 94 97100 97 70 63 61 82 97100100 97 74 59 65 82 97 97100 97
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW
Wind spd       6  6  4  3  2  3  5  8  8  5  4  3  3  4  5  8  8  5  5  4  4  5
Clouds        SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          60          30          70          40
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.46        0.05        0.06        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  S              S  C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  L  L  C  C        S
Tstms          C  S              S  C  C  C  C  S        C  L  L  C  S
Heat index    99 90             95 94 94                90 95 93
Max heat        101                96    96                95    95


Date           07/11  Sat 07/12/25  Sun 07/13/25  Mon 07/14/25  Tue 07/15/25
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      73    92      73    92      74    92      74    91
Temp          89 82   75 76 91 84   75 76 91 84   76 76 91 84   76 77 90 82
Dewpt         73 75   75 74 72 75   75 75 72 75   75 75 72 75   75 76 73 75
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SW     W      SW     W       S    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW SC B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      20    40      20    40      20    40      20    60
Rain shwrs     S  C    S        C    S        C    S        C    S     S  L
Tstms          S  C    S        C    S        C    S        C    S     S  L

$$
GAZ099-090800-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
109 PM EDT Tue Jul 8 2025

Date           07/08/25      Wed 07/09/25            Thu 07/10/25            Fri
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          93          72          92          73
Temp          93 87 81 78 76 77 87 91 90 80 77 74 73 75 85 90 90 84 78 75 73 75
Dewpt         72 73 74 74 73 74 75 72 73 74 74 74 72 73 75 72 72 74 74 73 73 74
RH            51 63 79 88 90 90 68 54 58 82 90100 97 94 72 56 56 72 88 94100 97
Wind dir       S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW
Wind spd       3  2  2  2  2  2  2  4  4  3  2  2  2  2  4  5  5  3  2  2  2  2
Clouds        B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          80          30          60          40
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.32        0.04        0.10        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  C     S  S     C  C  L  C  C              L  L  C  C        S
Tstms          C  C     S  S     C  C  L  C  S              L  L  C  S
Heat index   101 94             96 99 98                94 97 97 91
Max heat        103    90          99   100                97    99


Date           07/11  Sat 07/12/25  Sun 07/13/25  Mon 07/14/25  Tue 07/15/25
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          93      73    94      73    96      74    96      73    95
Temp          91 85   75 75 92 86   76 76 93 87   77 76 94 88   76 76 93 85
Dewpt         73 75   73 74 72 74   73 74 72 74   73 74 71 74   74 74 74 75
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      SW     W      SW    NW      SW    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW SC B1
PoP 12hr         50      20    40      20    40      20    40      20    60
Rain shwrs     S  C    S        C    S        C    S        C    S     S  L
Tstms          S  C    S        C    S        C    S        C    S     S  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