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National Weather Service Charleston SC
726 PM EDT Thu Oct 9 2025

SCZ050-100800-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
726 PM EDT Thu Oct 9 2025

Date           10/09/25      Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25            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                      61          72          63          72          63
Temp             67 66 64 62 63 65 70 70 67 66 65 64 64 67 70 71 68 66 65 64 64
Dewpt            57 57 55 54 56 58 60 62 60 61 60 60 61 61 62 62 62 61 60 60 61
RH               70 73 73 75 78 78 71 76 78 84 84 87 90 81 76 73 81 84 84 87 90
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         13 13 13 14 16 17 18 18 16 13 13 13 13 16 17 18 13 13 11 12 11
Wind gust        24 25 25 27 27 29 31 29 27 26    25 24 27 29    25 24
Clouds           B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          60          60          50          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.20        0.41        0.25        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                            S  S     S  S                                S
Coast Flood          Y           W  W
High Surf         Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           10/12  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25
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          75      59    80      60    80      61    80      60    78
Temp          73 69   63 61 78 72   64 61 78 71   65 62 78 70   64 62 76 67
Dewpt         61 61   60 58 58 58   57 55 57 59   59 57 57 59   58 55 54 56
PWind dir         N      NW     W      NW     N       N     N      NE     N
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   CL FW CL FW
PoP 12hr         20      10     5       0     5       5     5       0     5
Rain shwrs     S  S
Tstms          S

$$
GAZ118-100800-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
726 PM EDT Thu Oct 9 2025

Date           10/09/25      Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25            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                      61          71          62          75          61
Temp             68 66 64 63 62 65 69 69 67 65 65 63 63 68 73 74 69 66 64 63 62
Dewpt            60 59 58 56 56 60 63 64 63 62 61 60 59 62 64 63 62 61 60 59 59
RH               76 78 81 78 81 84 81 84 87 90 87 90 87 81 73 69 78 84 87 87 90
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         12 13 13 14 14 16 14 14 14 13 12 13 13 13 14 13 11 10  9 10  9
Wind gust        24 25 24 26    26 27 27 27 26 23 24    24    24 21 20
Clouds           B2 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          60          50          30          20
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.07        0.20        0.11        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                   S  S        S  S  S


Date           10/12  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25
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          78      58    82      60    83      61    83      61    81
Temp          76 70   63 59 80 74   64 61 81 73   66 62 81 73   66 62 79 70
Dewpt         63 61   59 58 59 59   57 55 59 60   59 57 60 61   60 56 58 58
PWind dir         N      NW     W      NW     N       N    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW CL CL FW   FW CL CL FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10       5     0       0     0       5     5       0     0

$$
SCZ050-100800-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
726 PM EDT Thu Oct 9 2025

Date           10/09/25      Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25            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                      63          72          63          72          63
Temp             69 68 65 63 63 67 70 71 68 68 66 65 64 67 70 71 69 67 65 65 65
Dewpt            62 61 58 57 59 63 66 67 65 65 64 63 63 65 67 66 65 64 63 63 63
RH               78 78 78 81 87 87 87 87 90 90 93 93 97 93 90 84 87 90 93 93 93
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         16 17 16 17 17 18 18 20 18 16 13 14 13 16 17 18 14 13 11 12 11
Wind gust        26 27 27 28 27 28 28       27 24 26 25 26 27    25 24 21 23
Clouds           OV B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          70          70          50          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.31        0.50        0.30        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  L  C  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                         S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S                          S
Coast Flood          Y           W  W
High Surf         Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           10/12  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25
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          75      61    79      62    79      63    79      63    77
Temp          73 70   65 62 77 73   66 63 77 72   67 64 77 71   67 63 75 68
Dewpt         66 64   62 61 63 63   60 58 61 63   61 60 62 62   61 57 59 58
PWind dir         N      NW     W      NW     N       N     N       N    NE
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW CL CL
PoP 12hr         20      10     5       0     5       5     5       0     5
Rain shwrs     S  S
Tstms          S

$$
SCZ048-100800-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
726 PM EDT Thu Oct 9 2025

Date           10/09/25      Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25            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                      61          71          62          73          62
Temp             67 66 64 62 62 65 69 69 67 65 64 63 63 67 71 73 69 66 64 63 63
Dewpt            60 58 57 55 56 60 63 64 63 62 60 60 60 62 64 63 63 61 60 60 60
RH               78 75 78 78 81 84 81 84 87 90 87 90 90 84 79 71 81 84 87 90 90
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         11 13 13 17 18 18 17 14 14 13 13 14 16 17 14 13 11 11 10 11 11
Wind gust        23 26 26 27    28 27 29 27 27 24 26       26 26 23 23 20
Clouds           B2 B1 SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          60          50          30          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.11        0.22        0.16        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C  S  S  C  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S
Tstms                               S
High Surf         Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           10/12  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25
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          77      60    81      61    82      62    81      62    80
Temp          75 69   63 61 79 73   64 62 80 71   65 63 80 71   66 63 78 69
Dewpt         64 63   60 59 60 60   58 55 60 61   60 58 60 62   59 56 58 58
PWind dir         N      NW    NW      NW     N       N    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW CL FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr         20       5     0       0     0       5     5       0     0
Rain shwrs        S
Tstms             S

$$
SCZ043-100800-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
726 PM EDT Thu Oct 9 2025

Date           10/09/25      Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25            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                      58          69          60          70          59
Temp             65 62 61 59 60 65 67 68 65 63 62 61 62 66 69 70 67 64 62 61 61
Dewpt            57 55 55 53 55 56 59 59 60 59 58 58 59 60 61 61 62 60 60 59 60
RH               75 78 81 80 84 73 75 73 84 87 87 90 90 81 76 73 84 87 93 93 97
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          9 10 10 11 12 13 13 13 10 10 10 11 11 13 13 12 10 10  8 10  9
Wind gust        20 23 23 24 24 25 25 26 25 24 21 23 23 24 25 25 21 21 18
Clouds           B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          50          40          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04        0.27        0.08        0.04
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  S


Date           10/12  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25
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          74      56    80      56    80      57    79      57    77
Temp          73 66   59 58 78 69   60 58 78 68   61 59 78 68   61 58 76 66
Dewpt         61 62   59 58 58 59   56 55 57 60   58 57 58 60   57 54 54 57
PWind dir         N       N     W      NW     N       N     N      NE    NE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW CL FW   FW FW FW CL   FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr         20       5     5       0     5       5     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     S  S

$$
GAZ099-100800-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
726 PM EDT Thu Oct 9 2025

Date           10/09/25      Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25            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                      58          72          59          77          58
Temp             67 64 62 60 59 64 69 69 65 63 62 61 60 67 74 75 70 64 62 60 59
Dewpt            57 55 53 52 53 56 58 59 57 58 57 56 56 59 60 60 59 59 58 57 56
RH               70 73 72 75 80 75 68 70 75 84 84 84 87 75 62 60 68 84 87 90 90
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          9 10 10 13 13 13 13 13 11 11 10 12 12 13 12 12  9  8  6  8  8
Wind gust        20 23 24 25 24       25 25 25 23 24             19 19 17 18
Clouds           B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          40          30          20          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                   S


Date           10/12  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25
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          79      56    83      59    85      61    86      60    83
Temp          77 68   61 57 81 73   63 60 83 73   65 62 83 74   65 61 81 71
Dewpt         59 59   56 55 54 55   56 54 55 57   57 56 56 57   57 54 54 55
PWind dir         N      NW    NW      NW     N       N     N      NE    NE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW FW FW   CL CL CL FW   CL CL CL FW   FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr         10       5     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$

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