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National Weather Service Charleston SC
1021 AM EDT Fri Sep 5 2025

SCZ050-052000-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
1021 AM EDT Fri Sep 5 2025

Date             Fri 09/05/25            Sat 09/06/25            Sun 09/07/25
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                      90          70          91          72          89
Temp                85 90 88 81 75 73 71 72 84 89 88 81 77 75 74 74 83 87 85 78
Dewpt               68 66 67 68 71 71 70 71 70 68 69 71 72 72 72 72 71 70 70 71
RH                  57 45 50 65 87 93 97 97 63 50 54 72 85 90 93 93 67 57 61 79
Wind dir             N  E SE SE SE  W  N  N NE SE SE  S  S SW  W NW  N NE  E  E
Wind spd             2  5 10  6  2  1  1  2  3  4  6  6  4  2  2  3  4  4  5  5
Clouds              CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5           5          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.17
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C  C
Tstms                                                                   C  C  C
Heat index             93 91                   93 92                   92 90
Max heat               93    93                93    93                92    92


Date          Mon 09/08/25  Tue 09/09/25  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25
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          69    82      67    81      68    82      68    84
Temp          72 69 80 75   70 68 79 75   71 68 80 76   71 69 82 76
Dewpt         69 65 63 64   62 60 63 65   65 64 66 67   67 65 63 64
PWind dir        NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30    30      20    30      20    40      20    20
Rain shwrs     C        C    S  S  S  C    S  S  C  C    S  S  S  S
Tstms          C        C    S  S  S  C    S     S  C             S

$$
GAZ118-052000-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
1021 AM EDT Fri Sep 5 2025

Date             Fri 09/05/25            Sat 09/06/25            Sun 09/07/25
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                      92          70          92          72          91
Temp                86 91 89 80 75 73 71 71 84 90 90 81 76 74 73 73 84 90 89 79
Dewpt               70 69 69 70 71 71 70 71 72 71 70 71 73 72 72 72 73 72 72 73
RH                  59 49 52 72 87 93 97100 67 54 52 72 90 93 97 97 70 56 57 82
Wind dir             N  E SE SE SE SW  N  N NE  E SE SE  S SW  W NW  N NE  E  E
Wind spd             2  5  8  5  2  1  1  2  2  3  5  5  2  2  2  2  3  3  5  3
Clouds              CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C  C
Tstms                                                                   C  C  C
Heat index          91 96 94                90 96 96                90 97 96
Max heat               97    98                96    98                97    99


Date          Mon 09/08/25  Tue 09/09/25  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25
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          70    84      68    82      69    84      69    85
Temp          73 70 82 75   71 68 80 75   71 69 82 76   71 69 83 76
Dewpt         71 68 68 66   65 62 67 67   66 64 70 69   68 66 67 67
PWind dir        NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30    30      20    30      20    30      20    20
Rain shwrs     C        C    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C    S        S
Tstms          C        C    S  S  S  C    S     S  C    S        S

$$
SCZ050-052000-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
1021 AM EDT Fri Sep 5 2025

Date             Fri 09/05/25            Sat 09/06/25            Sun 09/07/25
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          72          88          74          88
Temp                85 88 87 80 77 75 73 74 83 87 86 80 77 76 75 75 83 86 85 79
Dewpt               72 72 72 73 73 73 73 73 74 74 74 74 75 74 74 74 75 75 75 75
RH                  65 59 61 79 87 94100 97 74 65 68 82 94 94 97 97 77 70 72 88
Wind dir            NE SE SE SE SE  E  N  N NE SE SE  S  S SW NW NW  N  E SE  E
Wind spd             2  5  8  5  2  2  2  2  3  5  6  5  3  2  2  2  4  5  5  4
Clouds              CL CL FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5           5          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C  C
Tstms                                                                   C  C  C
Heat index          91 95 94                90 94 94                90 95 94
Max heat               95    95                94    95                95    95


Date          Mon 09/08/25  Tue 09/09/25  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25
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          70    82      69    80      69    81      69    83
Temp          73 71 80 77   72 69 78 75   72 70 79 76   73 71 81 76
Dewpt         72 68 68 68   65 63 69 69   68 67 70 70   70 68 68 69
PWind dir        NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         40    30      20    40      30    40      20    20
Rain shwrs     C     S  C    S  S  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  S
Tstms          C     S  C    S  S  C  C    S     S  C    S        S

$$
SCZ048-052000-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
1021 AM EDT Fri Sep 5 2025

Date             Fri 09/05/25            Sat 09/06/25            Sun 09/07/25
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                      90          70          90          72          90
Temp                85 90 88 80 76 74 72 72 83 89 88 79 76 74 73 74 83 88 86 77
Dewpt               70 70 70 71 72 71 71 72 72 71 72 73 73 72 72 73 73 72 73 73
RH                  61 52 55 74 87 90 97100 70 56 59 82 90 93 97 97 72 59 65 87
Wind dir             N  E SE SE SE  S  N  N NE SE SE  S  S SW  W NW  N  E SE  E
Wind spd             2  4  8  4  2  1  1  2  2  3  5  4  2  2  2  2  3  3  5  3
Clouds              CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C  C
Tstms                                                                   C  C  C
Heat index          90 96 93                   95 95                   95 93
Max heat               96    96                95    96                95    96


Date          Mon 09/08/25  Tue 09/09/25  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25
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          69    83      67    81      68    83      69    85
Temp          72 70 81 75   70 68 80 75   71 69 81 76   71 69 83 76
Dewpt         70 66 67 67   63 61 66 67   66 64 69 69   68 66 67 67
PWind dir        NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30    30      20    30      20    30      20    20
Rain shwrs     C        C    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C       S     S
Tstms          C        C    S  S  S  C    S     S  C             S

$$
SCZ043-052000-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
1021 AM EDT Fri Sep 5 2025

Date             Fri 09/05/25            Sat 09/06/25            Sun 09/07/25
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                      90          67          90          69          88
Temp                85 90 90 80 73 70 68 69 83 89 89 79 74 72 71 71 82 87 85 75
Dewpt               68 66 67 70 71 70 68 69 70 68 67 71 71 71 71 71 71 69 69 72
RH                  57 45 47 72 93100100100 65 50 48 77 90 97100100 69 55 59 90
Wind dir             W  E SE SE  S SW  N  N  W SE  S  S  S SW SW NW  N  N  N NE
Wind spd             1  2  5  5  2  1  0  0  2  2  4  5  2  1  1  2  3  3  4  3
Clouds              CL CL FW FW CL FW FW SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5           0           5           0          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.21
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C  S
Tstms                                                                   C  C  S
Heat index             93 93                   93 92                   91
Max heat               93    93                93    93                91    91


Date          Mon 09/08/25  Tue 09/09/25  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25
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          66    81      64    80      66    80      65    82
Temp          69 67 79 72   67 65 78 72   68 67 79 73   68 66 81 74
Dewpt         69 65 62 64   60 59 62 65   64 64 65 67   65 65 63 65
PWind dir        NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20    20      10    20      10    30      10    20
Rain shwrs     S        S             S          S  C             S
Tstms          S        S             S             S             S

$$
GAZ099-052000-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
1021 AM EDT Fri Sep 5 2025

Date             Fri 09/05/25            Sat 09/06/25            Sun 09/07/25
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                      93          68          94          71          93
Temp                85 93 92 83 75 71 68 70 84 92 92 83 77 74 72 72 84 91 89 79
Dewpt               68 66 65 67 68 68 68 69 69 66 64 67 69 69 69 69 70 68 68 69
RH                  57 41 41 59 79 90100 97 61 43 40 59 76 84 90 90 63 47 50 72
Wind dir            SW SE SE SE  S  S SW  W SW  E SE SE  S  S  W NW  N  N  N NE
Wind spd             2  2  4  5  3  2  1  1  2  2  3  2  2  2  1  2  3  4  4  3
Clouds              CL FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0           5           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  S
Tstms                                                                   S  S  S
Heat index             96 94                   95 94                   95 93
Max heat               96    95                95    95                95    95


Date          Mon 09/08/25  Tue 09/09/25  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25
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          69    87      66    84      67    86      66    88
Temp          71 69 84 77   69 67 82 76   69 68 84 78   69 67 86 78
Dewpt         69 64 62 61   60 57 59 61   61 61 63 64   64 63 61 61
PWind dir        NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         20    20       5    20      10    20       5    10
Rain shwrs     S        S             S             S
Tstms          S        S             S             S

$$

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