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National Weather Service Charleston SC
119 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025

SCZ050-262000-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
119 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date             Sat 04/26/25            Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25
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                      84          63          80          60          79
Temp                   83 82 74 69 68 65 67 76 80 78 71 65 63 61 63 75 78 78 71
Dewpt                  64 65 64 65 65 64 63 62 60 60 60 60 59 57 58 57 57 57 59
RH                     53 56 71 87 90 97 87 62 51 54 68 84 87 87 84 54 48 48 66
Wind dir               SW SW  S SW SW NW  N NE NE  E  E  E NE NE NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd               10 11 11  5  4  4  6 10 10 10  6  5  4  5  8 10 10 11  8
Clouds                 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          10           5           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.09           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C
Tstms                      C


Date          Tue 04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25
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          61    82      63    86      66    87      68    87
Temp          62 64 81 72   65 66 86 75   68 69 86 75   70 70 87 75
Dewpt         59 59 59 61   62 64 65 65   66 67 66 66   67 67 66 67
PWind dir         E    SE       S    SW       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     5       0     5       5    20      10    30
Rain shwrs                                          S             C
Tstms                                               S             C

$$
GAZ118-262000-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
119 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date             Sat 04/26/25            Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25
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          64          85          63          81
Temp                   88 87 78 70 68 64 67 81 84 80 72 67 64 63 65 75 80 79 72
Dewpt                  65 65 66 66 65 64 65 66 64 65 63 65 64 62 62 62 61 61 61
RH                     47 48 67 87 90100 93 60 51 60 73 93100 97 90 64 52 54 68
Wind dir               SW  S  S  S SW  W  N NE  E  E  E  E  E NE  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                6  8  9  4  3  2  2  5  9 10  6  4  3  5  6 10 10 11  8
Clouds                 SC FW FW FW CL FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     20          10          20           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S
Tstms                                           S  S
Heat index             90
Max heat               90    91


Date          Tue 04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25
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          62    82      63    88      65    89      67    89
Temp          65 65 82 74   65 65 87 77   68 67 88 77   70 69 89 78
Dewpt         62 61 60 60   62 62 63 63   65 64 63 64   66 65 63 65
PWind dir         E    SE       S     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     5       0     5       0    10       5    20
Rain shwrs                                                        S
Tstms                                                             S

$$
SCZ050-262000-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
119 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date             Sat 04/26/25            Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25
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                      79          66          78          64          77
Temp                   79 79 73 70 69 66 68 76 78 75 70 66 64 64 65 75 77 76 70
Dewpt                  69 69 69 69 68 66 65 63 62 62 61 62 61 60 59 58 59 60 61
RH                     72 72 87 97 97100 90 64 58 64 73 87 90 87 81 55 54 58 73
Wind dir                S  S SW SW SW  W  N NE  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd               11 11 11  6  6  5  6 12 12 12  8  6  6  8  9 11 12 12  8
Clouds                 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     40          10           5           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.05           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S
Tstms                      S


Date          Tue 04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25
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          64    80      66    82      69    83      70    84
Temp          65 66 80 71   66 68 82 74   70 70 83 74   70 71 84 74
Dewpt         60 60 60 61   63 64 66 66   67 67 67 68   69 69 68 68
PWind dir        SE    SE       S    SW      SW     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     5       0     5       5    10      10    30
Rain shwrs                                                        C
Tstms                                                             S

$$
SCZ048-262000-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
119 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date             Sat 04/26/25            Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25
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          64          82          62          79
Temp                   85 83 75 70 68 65 68 78 81 77 70 66 64 63 64 74 78 77 71
Dewpt                  68 67 68 67 66 65 65 65 64 64 63 63 62 60 60 60 60 61 62
RH                     57 59 79 90 93100 90 64 56 64 78 90 93 90 87 62 54 58 73
Wind dir                S  S  S  S SW  W  N NE  E  E  E  E  E NE NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                8 11  8  4  4  3  3  6  8  9  5  3  3  4  5  9 10 10  5
Clouds                 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     20          10          10           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.05           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S
Tstms                      S


Date          Tue 04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25
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          62    81      64    85      66    86      68    87
Temp          65 66 80 72   66 67 85 75   69 69 85 75   71 70 86 76
Dewpt         61 61 61 61   62 63 66 66   65 65 66 67   66 66 67 68
PWind dir         E    SE       S     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr          0     5       0     5       5    10      10    30
Rain shwrs                                                        C
Tstms                                                             C

$$
SCZ043-262000-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
119 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date             Sat 04/26/25            Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25
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                      84          60          80          55          80
Temp                   83 84 75 67 64 62 64 75 80 79 70 63 59 56 58 72 79 79 70
Dewpt                  65 65 66 65 63 62 61 62 60 60 60 58 57 55 56 58 56 57 59
RH                     55 53 74 93 97100 90 64 51 52 71 84 93 96 93 61 45 47 68
Wind dir               SW  W  W  S SW NW NE NE NE NE NE  E  E NE NE  E  E SE SE
Wind spd                8  8  3  3  2  2  4  9  8  6  3  2  2  2  4  6  8  8  5
Clouds                 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     20          10          10           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.08           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S
Tstms                      S


Date          Tue 04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25
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          56    83      59    87      62    88      65    89
Temp          59 60 83 72   62 62 87 76   65 65 88 76   68 68 88 76
Dewpt         57 58 59 59   60 61 65 64   63 64 64 65   64 65 65 65
PWind dir         E    SE       S    SW       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   FW SC FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     5       0    10       5    20      10    30
Rain shwrs                                          S             C
Tstms                                               S             C

$$
GAZ099-262000-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
119 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date             Sat 04/26/25            Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25
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          63          86          61          83
Temp                   85 88 80 71 67 64 66 79 85 85 76 68 63 61 63 73 81 83 75
Dewpt                  62 60 64 64 63 63 63 63 60 59 62 63 62 60 61 61 59 58 60
RH                     46 39 58 79 87 97 90 58 43 41 62 84 97 97 93 66 47 43 60
Wind dir               SW  W NW NW  S NW  N NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE
Wind spd                8  9  5  3  1  1  3  4  5  5  4  3  2  2  4  5  6  8  5
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     10           5          20          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S                    S  S
Tstms                                           S  S                    S  S


Date          Tue 04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25
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          60    86      62    90      64    90      66    90
Temp          63 63 83 77   64 64 88 81   68 66 88 81   69 68 89 80
Dewpt         60 61 59 61   60 62 61 62   62 63 60 63   63 64 59 63
PWind dir        SE    SE       S    SW       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0    10       0    10       5    20      10    30
Rain shwrs                                          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