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National Weather Service Charleston SC
844 PM EDT Tue May 6 2025

SCZ050-070800-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
844 PM EDT Tue May 6 2025

Date           05/06/25      Wed 05/07/25            Thu 05/08/25            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                      63          82          64          84          66
Temp                69 66 64 67 79 80 75 72 68 66 64 66 77 83 81 74 70 68 66 67
Dewpt               64 63 61 63 62 62 63 64 64 64 63 64 66 67 68 68 68 68 66 67
RH                  84 90 90 87 56 54 66 76 87 93 97 93 69 59 65 82 93100100100
Wind dir             S  N  N NW NW  W  S  S  S SW NW NW NW SW  S  S  S SW SW  W
Wind spd             2  0  0  1  2  5  5  4  2  1  1  2  4  6  8  6  5  3  3  4
Clouds              FW SC SC B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          50          30          50          60
QPF 12hr                      0        0.18           0        0.08        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                                                 S  S  C  C  S  S  S  S  S


Date           05/09  Sat 05/10/25  Sun 05/11/25  Mon 05/12/25  Tue 05/13/25
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          82      61    72      61    76      65    78      66    82
Temp          82 73   66 62 71 68   63 63 76 70   66 67 78 73   69 68 82 73
Dewpt         69 68   65 59 62 62   62 62 68 67   66 67 70 69   68 68 69 68
PWind dir        SW       E    NE      NE     E       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         80      70    70      60    70      60    70      60    70
Rain shwrs     C  D    L  L  L  L    L  L  L  L    C  L  L  L    L  L  L  L
Tstms          S  C    C     S  S    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C    S  S     S

$$
GAZ118-070800-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
844 PM EDT Tue May 6 2025

Date           05/06/25      Wed 05/07/25            Thu 05/08/25            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                      65          81          64          85          65
Temp                71 67 65 67 79 80 76 73 68 66 64 66 78 85 82 76 70 68 66 67
Dewpt               62 64 63 65 65 64 65 65 66 65 64 65 68 67 67 68 68 67 66 67
RH                  73 90 93 93 62 58 69 76 93 97100 97 71 55 61 76 93 97100100
Wind dir            SE  N  N NE  N  N  E  E  S SW NW  N SW SW  S  S  S SW SW  W
Wind spd             1  0  0  2  3  5  5  3  2  1  1  2  3  5  6  4  3  2  2  3
Clouds              FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          70          30          60          60
QPF 12hr                      0        0.40           0        0.22        0.20
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  L  L  L  S  S  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  C
Sprinkles            S
Tstms                            S  S  S              S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S  S


Date           05/09  Sat 05/10/25  Sun 05/11/25  Mon 05/12/25  Tue 05/13/25
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          83      63    76      63    77      66    80      66    83
Temp          82 72   66 63 76 70   64 64 76 72   67 68 79 74   69 68 82 75
Dewpt         68 67   66 63 65 64   63 64 68 67   67 68 70 68   68 67 67 67
PWind dir        SW       E    NE      NE     E       E    SE       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         80      80    80      60    70      60    80      60    60
Rain shwrs     C  D    D  L  L  D    L  L  L  L    L  L  L  D    L  C  L  L
Tstms          S  C    C  S  S  C    C  S  S  C    S  S  S  C    C        C

$$
SCZ050-070800-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
844 PM EDT Tue May 6 2025

Date           05/06/25      Wed 05/07/25            Thu 05/08/25            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                      67          80          66          82          68
Temp                72 70 68 69 79 80 75 71 69 67 66 67 77 82 80 74 71 69 68 69
Dewpt               66 65 64 65 65 64 65 65 65 65 64 65 66 68 69 69 69 68 67 68
RH                  81 84 87 87 62 58 71 81 87 93 93 93 69 63 69 84 93 97 97 97
Wind dir             S  N  N NW  N SE  S  S  S SW NW NW  N  S  S  S SW SW SW  W
Wind spd             2  0  0  4  4  8  8  5  4  4  4  4  5  9 10  8  6  5  5  6
Clouds              FW SC SC B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          50          40          40          60
QPF 12hr                      0        0.19        0.01        0.07        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L
Tstms                                                 S  S  C  C  S  S  S  S  S


Date           05/09  Sat 05/10/25  Sun 05/11/25  Mon 05/12/25  Tue 05/13/25
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          81      64    72      64    76      68    78      69    80
Temp          81 73   66 64 72 68   65 65 76 70   68 68 78 72   69 69 80 73
Dewpt         69 69   66 60 63 63   64 64 68 68   68 68 70 70   69 69 70 69
PWind dir         S       E    NE      NE     E       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         80      80    70      70    60      60    70      60    60
Rain shwrs     L  D    D  L  L  L    L  L  L  L    C  L  L  L    L  L  L  L
Tstms          S  C    C     S  S    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C    S  S     S

$$
SCZ048-070800-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
844 PM EDT Tue May 6 2025

Date           05/06/25      Wed 05/07/25            Thu 05/08/25            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                      65          80          64          82          66
Temp                70 67 65 67 78 79 74 72 69 67 65 66 76 82 79 74 70 68 67 68
Dewpt               65 65 64 66 64 63 64 65 65 65 64 65 67 68 69 69 68 67 66 67
RH                  84 93 97 97 62 58 71 79 87 93 97 97 74 63 72 84 93 97 97 97
Wind dir             S  N  N NE  N NE SE SE  S SW NW NW NE  S  S  S SW SW SW  W
Wind spd             2  0  0  1  2  5  5  2  1  1  1  2  3  5  6  4  2  2  2  3
Clouds              FW SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          60          30          60          60
QPF 12hr                      0        0.21           0        0.16        0.16
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       C  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                               S  S              S  S  C  C  S  S  S  S  S


Date           05/09  Sat 05/10/25  Sun 05/11/25  Mon 05/12/25  Tue 05/13/25
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          82      63    73      62    77      66    79      66    82
Temp          81 72   67 63 72 68   64 64 76 71   68 68 77 73   69 68 81 74
Dewpt         69 68   66 61 64 63   63 64 69 68   67 68 71 69   68 68 68 68
PWind dir        SW       E    NE      NE     E       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         80      80    80      70    70      60    80      70    70
Rain shwrs     C  D    D  L  L  D    L  L  L  L    L  L  L  D    L  L  L  L
Tstms          S  C    C  S  S  C    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C    C        C

$$
SCZ043-070800-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
844 PM EDT Tue May 6 2025

Date           05/06/25      Wed 05/07/25            Thu 05/08/25            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                      59          80          60          83          62
Temp                66 62 60 62 78 79 75 71 65 62 61 63 77 83 81 73 67 64 63 64
Dewpt               57 59 59 61 61 60 62 63 63 62 61 63 67 66 67 67 67 64 63 64
RH                  73 90 96 97 56 52 64 76 93100100100 71 57 63 81100100100100
Wind dir             N  N  N  N  N  N  S  S  N  N  N NW  W  W  S  S  S SW SW  W
Wind spd             0  0  0  0  2  4  4  2  0  0  0  1  2  5  5  3  2  2  2  2
Clouds              FW SC SC B2 B1 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          50          30          60          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.20           0        0.15        0.17
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  L  L  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                               S  S              S  S  C  C  S  S  S  S  S


Date           05/09  Sat 05/10/25  Sun 05/11/25  Mon 05/12/25  Tue 05/13/25
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          82      58    71      57    75      62    77      63    82
Temp          82 71   62 59 70 65   59 59 75 69   63 64 77 71   65 65 82 73
Dewpt         68 66   62 58 60 60   59 59 66 66   63 64 69 68   65 65 67 67
PWind dir        SW       E    NE      NE     E       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         80      70    80      60    70      60    80      60    70
Rain shwrs     C  D    L  L  L  D    L  C  C  L    C  L  L  D    L  C  C  L
Tstms          S  C    C     S  S    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C    C  S     C

$$
GAZ099-070800-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
844 PM EDT Tue May 6 2025

Date           05/06/25      Wed 05/07/25            Thu 05/08/25            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                      61          79          63          85          64
Temp                68 64 61 64 74 75 78 73 66 63 63 65 77 84 83 75 68 66 64 66
Dewpt               53 54 55 58 60 60 61 63 64 63 63 64 66 65 64 65 67 65 64 66
RH                  59 70 81 81 62 60 56 71 93100100 97 69 53 53 71 97 97100100
Wind dir             N  N  N NE  N  N  E SE  S  S  S  W SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W
Wind spd             0  0  0  1  2  4  3  2  1  1  1  1  2  4  4  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds              SC B1 B2 OV B2 OV B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          70          30          70          60
QPF 12hr                      0        0.14           0        0.19        0.33
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  C
Sprinkles            S
Tstms                         S  S  S  S              S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S  S


Date           05/09  Sat 05/10/25  Sun 05/11/25  Mon 05/12/25  Tue 05/13/25
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          82      60    73      59    74      63    78      63    82
Temp          81 72   64 60 72 66   60 60 74 70   63 64 77 72   65 65 80 74
Dewpt         65 65   64 59 61 60   59 60 65 65   63 64 67 66   65 65 65 65
PWind dir        SW       E     E      NE     E       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         80      70    80      60    70      70    80      60    60
Rain shwrs     C  D    L  L  L  D    L  C  L  L    L  L  L  D    L  C  C  L
Tstms          S  C    C     S  C    C  S  S  C    S  S  S  C    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