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National Weather Service Charleston SC
133 PM EDT Sat Jul 12 2025

SCZ050-130800-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
133 PM EDT Sat Jul 12 2025

Date           07/12/25      Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25            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                      75          96          76          93          75
Temp          87 81 78 77 76 77 88 92 91 83 79 78 76 79 87 90 88 82 78 77 76 78
Dewpt         75 75 75 74 74 75 74 73 75 76 75 75 75 76 75 75 75 75 76 75 75 76
RH            68 82 91 90 94 94 63 54 60 80 88 91 97 91 68 62 66 79 94 94 97 94
Wind dir       S  S SW SW SW  W NW  N  S  E  S  S  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd       8  6  4  3  2  2  3  2  4  4  2  1  1  2  4  6  8  5  2  2  2  3
Clouds        B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     30          40          10          50          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.03           0        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  C     S           C  C              S  S  C  C              C
Tstms          C  C     S           C  C              S  S  C  C              S
Heat index    96                97101102 91             96101 98
Max heat        101               102   105               101    99


Date           07/15  Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25
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      75    90      76    91      77    93      77    94
Temp          88 81   77 78 86 81   78 78 88 82   79 80 90 83   79 80 91 83
Dewpt         75 75   75 75 74 74   75 75 73 74   75 76 75 75   76 76 75 76
PWind dir        SE      SE     S       S     S       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2   SC B1 B2 B2   SC B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B2   SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr         70      30    80      30    60      20    60      20    60
Rain shwrs     C  L    S  C  D  L    S  C  L  L       S  C  L    S  S  C  L
Tstms          C  L    S  C  C  L    S  C  C  L       S  C  L    S  S  C  L

$$
GAZ118-130800-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
133 PM EDT Sat Jul 12 2025

Date           07/12/25      Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25            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                      75          96          76          95          76
Temp          88 83 79 77 76 77 88 94 94 86 81 78 76 78 89 93 90 83 79 77 76 78
Dewpt         76 76 76 75 74 75 76 74 73 75 75 75 74 75 76 75 76 76 76 76 75 76
RH            68 80 91 94 94 94 68 53 51 70 82 91 94 91 66 56 64 80 91 97 97 94
Wind dir      SW SW  S SW  W  W NW NW NW  W SW  W  W NW NE  E  E  E  E  E  E NE
Wind spd       5  3  2  2  2  3  5  5  5  3  2  2  2  2  4  5  5  4  2  2  2  2
Clouds        B1 B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     20          30          10          50          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.16           0        0.08           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  S                    C                    C  C              C
Tstms          C  S                    C                    C  C
Heat index    99 91             99105103 95            100105102 91
Max heat        102               105   105    92         105   105


Date           07/15  Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25
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          91      77    90      76    91      77    92      77    94
Temp          89 83   79 79 88 83   78 78 89 83   79 79 90 84   79 79 92 85
Dewpt         75 75   75 76 76 76   75 76 75 75   76 76 76 75   76 76 76 76
PWind dir         E      SE    SE       S     S       S     S      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B1 SC B2 OV   B1 SC B1 B2   B1 SC B1 B2   SC SC SC B2
PoP 12hr         60      20    80      20    70      20    70      20    60
Rain shwrs     C  L    S  S  L  D    S  S  C  L    S     C  L    S     S  L
Tstms          C  L    S  S  C  L    S  S  C  L    S     S  L    S     S  L

$$
SCZ050-130800-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
133 PM EDT Sat Jul 12 2025

Date           07/12/25      Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25            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                      76          94          77          91          77
Temp          87 82 80 78 77 78 88 91 90 84 81 79 78 79 87 89 88 83 80 79 78 79
Dewpt         78 77 77 76 75 76 77 77 77 76 76 77 76 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 76 76
RH            75 85 91 94 94 94 70 64 66 77 85 94 94 94 72 68 70 82 91 94 94 91
Wind dir       S SW SW SW  W  W NW SE  S  E  S  S  E NE  E  E  E SE  E SE  E  E
Wind spd      10  6  4  3  3  2  3  5  6  4  2  2  2  2  4  8  8  5  3  2  2  3
Clouds        B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     40          40          10          40          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.02           0        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  C  S  C  S        C  C              S  S  C  C        S  S  C
Tstms          C  C  S  S  S        C  C              S  S  C  C        S  S  C
Heat index   100 90             99105102 92             99102100 92
Max heat        102               105   106               102   102    90


Date           07/15  Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25
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          89      78    89      79    89      78    91      79    92
Temp          87 82   80 80 87 82   80 81 88 83   80 80 89 83   81 81 90 84
Dewpt         77 76   76 76 77 76   76 76 76 77   77 78 78 77   77 78 79 78
PWind dir        SE       S     S       S     S       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2   SC B1 B2 B2   SC B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr         60      40    80      30    60      30    60      30    60
Rain shwrs     C  L    S  C  D  L    S  C  L  C    S  C  C  L    S  C  C  L
Tstms          C  L    S  C  C  L    S  C  C  C    S  S  C  C    S  S  C  L

$$
SCZ048-130800-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
133 PM EDT Sat Jul 12 2025

Date           07/12/25      Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25            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                      75          95          77          92          76
Temp          87 82 79 77 76 77 87 93 92 84 81 79 77 79 87 91 88 82 79 78 76 78
Dewpt         76 77 77 75 75 75 76 75 75 76 75 75 75 76 77 76 76 76 77 76 76 76
RH            70 85 94 94 97 94 70 56 58 77 82 88 94 91 72 62 68 82 94 94100 94
Wind dir      SW  S SW SW  W  W NW NW NE  S  S  W NW  N NE  E SE SE  E  E  E NE
Wind spd       5  4  2  2  2  2  3  3  4  3  2  2  1  2  3  5  5  4  2  2  2  2
Clouds        B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     20          40          10          40          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.31           0        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  S                 S  C                    C  C              C
Tstms          C  S                 S  C                    C  C              S
Heat index    98 90             98105103 93             99103 99
Max heat        100               105   106    91         103   103


Date           07/15  Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25
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          89      77    88      77    89      78    91      77    93
Temp          87 81   79 79 86 82   79 79 87 82   79 80 89 83   79 79 91 83
Dewpt         76 76   75 76 77 76   76 76 76 76   76 77 77 76   77 76 77 78
PWind dir         E      SE     S       S     S       S     S      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2   SC B1 B2 B2   SC B1 B1 B2   B1 SC B1 B2   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         60      30    70      30    60      20    60      20    50
Rain shwrs     C  L    S  C  L  L    S  C  C  L    S  S  C  L    S     S  C
Tstms          C  L    S  C  C  L    S  S  C  L    S     S  L    S     S  C

$$
SCZ043-130800-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
133 PM EDT Sat Jul 12 2025

Date           07/12/25      Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25            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                      72          93          73          92          73
Temp          87 80 76 74 73 75 87 92 91 83 78 75 73 77 87 90 88 81 77 75 73 76
Dewpt         74 75 75 74 73 75 74 73 73 75 75 75 73 76 75 75 74 76 76 75 73 76
RH            65 85 97100100100 65 54 56 77 91100100 97 68 62 63 85 97100100100
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NE  S SW SW  N  E  E  E SE  E  E  E NE
Wind spd       5  3  1  1  1  1  3  3  3  2  1  1  1  1  2  4  4  3  1  1  1  2
Clouds        B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW FW B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     20          40          10          50          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.17           0        0.06           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  S                    C                    C  C              C
Tstms          C  S                    C                    C  C
Heat index    95                95101100 90             96101 97
Max heat         97               101   101               101    99


Date           07/15  Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25
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          88      73    87      74    89      74    90      75    91
Temp          87 79   74 76 85 79   75 76 87 81   75 77 89 81   76 77 90 82
Dewpt         74 75   74 75 75 74   75 76 74 74   75 76 75 75   75 76 75 76
PWind dir         E      SE     S       S     S       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B1 SC B2 B2   SC B1 B1 B2   SC SC B1 B2   SC SC SC B2
PoP 12hr         60      20    80      20    60      20    60      20    60
Rain shwrs     C  L    S  S  L  D    S  S  C  L    S     C  L    S     S  L
Tstms          C  L    S  S  C  L    S  S  C  L    S     S  L    S     S  L

$$
GAZ099-130800-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
133 PM EDT Sat Jul 12 2025

Date           07/12/25      Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25            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                      73          97          75          96          73
Temp          88 82 78 76 74 76 88 94 94 88 81 77 75 77 88 94 93 84 78 75 73 75
Dewpt         73 75 75 74 73 74 74 72 71 73 73 72 72 74 74 74 73 75 75 75 73 75
RH            61 79 91 94 97 94 63 49 47 61 77 85 90 90 63 53 52 74 91100100100
Wind dir       W  S SW SW  W NW NW NW NW SW  W  W NW NW  N  N NE  E  E  E NE NE
Wind spd       4  2  1  1  2  2  5  5  5  2  1  1  2  2  3  4  4  2  2  1  1  2
Clouds        B1 SC SC SC FW FW CL FW FW SC SC FW FW FW CL B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     10          10          10          40          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.03        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C                                            C  C  S  S        S
Tstms          C                                            C  C  S  S
Heat index    96                97102101 96             97105102 92
Max heat         98               102   104    90         105   105


Date           07/15  Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25
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      73    91      73    92      73    93      74    95
Temp          90 83   75 76 89 83   75 75 90 82   76 76 91 85   76 76 93 85
Dewpt         74 75   75 75 74 75   75 75 73 74   74 75 75 75   75 75 74 75
PWind dir         E      SE    SE       S     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 SC B1 B2   B1 SC B1 B2   B1 SC SC B2   SC SC SC B2
PoP 12hr         50      20    70      20    60      20    60      20    60
Rain shwrs     S  C    S     C  L    S  S  S  L    S     S  L    S        L
Tstms          S  C    S     S  L    S     S  L    S     S  L    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