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National Weather Service Charleston SC
531 PM EDT Fri Sep 5 2025

SCZ050-060800-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
531 PM EDT Fri Sep 5 2025

Date           09/05/25      Sat 09/06/25            Sun 09/07/25            Mon
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                      70          91          73          88          69
Temp             80 75 73 71 72 84 89 87 80 76 75 73 74 82 86 85 78 74 72 70 69
Dewpt            68 70 70 70 70 70 68 69 70 72 72 72 72 71 69 70 70 70 69 67 66
RH               67 84 90 97 93 63 50 55 72 87 90 97 93 69 57 61 76 87 90 90 90
Wind dir         SE SE NE  N  N  N  E SE  S  S SW  W NW  N NE  E NE  N  N  N NE
Wind spd          6  2  1  1  1  2  4  8  6  4  2  2  2  4  5  6  5  5  6 10 11
Clouds           FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5          40          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.11        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  C  C        S
Tstms                                                       C  C  C
Heat index                         93 91                   90 90
Max heat         90                93    95                90    91


Date           09/08  Tue 09/09/25  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25  Fri 09/12/25
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      67    81      68    82      68    84      67    83
Temp          80 75   71 68 79 74   72 70 80 77   71 70 82 76   70 69 81 75
Dewpt         65 64   63 61 64 66   66 66 66 66   66 66 65 66   65 64 61 63
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      NE    NE       N    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      20    40      30    30      10    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     S  C    S  S  C  C    C  C  C  C          S  S             S
Tstms             C             C    S  S  S  C             S             S

$$
GAZ118-060800-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
531 PM EDT Fri Sep 5 2025

Date           09/05/25      Sat 09/06/25            Sun 09/07/25            Mon
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                      70          91          71          92          70
Temp             80 74 72 70 70 84 90 89 81 76 74 73 72 84 90 88 80 75 73 72 71
Dewpt            70 71 71 70 70 72 71 69 71 72 72 72 72 73 72 72 73 72 71 69 69
RH               72 90 97100100 67 54 52 72 87 93 97100 70 56 59 79 90 93 90 93
Wind dir         SE SE SE  N  N  N  E  E SE  S  S  W NW  N  N  E  E NE  N  N NE
Wind spd          5  2  1  1  1  2  3  5  4  2  2  2  2  3  3  5  3  3  4  6 10
Clouds           FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.06        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                       C  C  C  S
Heat index                      90 96 94                90 97 95
Max heat         94                96    97                97    97


Date           09/08  Tue 09/09/25  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25  Fri 09/12/25
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          84      68    82      70    83      68    86      68    86
Temp          81 76   71 68 80 74   72 70 81 77   71 69 84 77   71 69 84 76
Dewpt         69 67   66 62 68 67   67 66 70 68   67 66 68 68   68 65 66 66
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      NE    NE       N    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      20    40      20    30      10    20      10    20
Rain shwrs        C    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C             S             S
Tstms             C    S        C    S  S  S  C             S             S

$$
SCZ050-060800-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
531 PM EDT Fri Sep 5 2025

Date           09/05/25      Sat 09/06/25            Sun 09/07/25            Mon
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          88          74          87          70
Temp             80 77 75 73 73 83 86 86 80 77 76 74 75 83 86 85 79 75 73 72 71
Dewpt            72 73 73 73 73 73 73 74 75 75 74 74 74 74 74 75 74 73 71 70 69
RH               77 87 94100100 72 65 68 85 94 94100 97 74 68 72 85 94 93 93 93
Wind dir         SE SE SE  N  N NE SE SE SE  S SW  W NW  N  E  E  E  N  N  N NE
Wind spd          5  2  2  1  2  2  5  6  5  3  2  2  2  4  5  6  5  5  5  9 11
Clouds           FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          40          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.05        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  C  C  S  S  S
Tstms                                                       C  C  C  S  S  S
Heat index                         93 94                   94 93
Max heat         92                93    94                94    95


Date           09/08  Tue 09/09/25  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25  Fri 09/12/25
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      68    80      70    82      70    83      69    83
Temp          80 76   73 70 78 75   73 71 80 77   73 71 81 76   72 71 81 77
Dewpt         70 68   66 64 70 71   69 68 71 71   69 69 70 70   69 67 67 68
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      NE    NE       N    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 OV B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      30    40      30    30      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     S  C    S  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  S             S
Tstms          S  C    S        C    C  S  S  C    S  S     S             S

$$
SCZ048-060800-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
531 PM EDT Fri Sep 5 2025

Date           09/05/25      Sat 09/06/25            Sun 09/07/25            Mon
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                      70          90          73          89          70
Temp             79 75 73 71 72 83 88 87 79 76 74 73 74 83 88 86 79 74 73 71 70
Dewpt            72 72 71 70 71 72 71 71 72 73 72 72 72 73 72 72 73 72 70 68 68
RH               79 90 93 97 97 70 57 59 79 90 93 97 93 72 59 63 82 93 90 90 93
Wind dir         SE SE SE  N  N NE  E SE SE  S  S  W NW  N NE  E  E  N  N  N NE
Wind spd          4  2  1  1  1  2  3  5  4  2  2  2  2  3  3  5  3  3  5  8 11
Clouds           FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.07        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                       C  C  C  S
Heat index                         94 93                   95 92
Max heat         92                94    95                95    95


Date           09/08  Tue 09/09/25  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25  Fri 09/12/25
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      68    81      69    82      68    84      68    84
Temp          81 75   71 68 79 74   72 70 80 76   71 69 83 76   71 69 83 75
Dewpt         68 68   64 62 67 68   67 66 69 69   67 66 68 69   68 65 65 67
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      NE    NE       N    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B2 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      20    30      20    30      10    20      10    20
Rain shwrs        C    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C             S             S
Tstms             C    S        C    S  S  S  C             S             S

$$
SCZ043-060800-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
531 PM EDT Fri Sep 5 2025

Date           09/05/25      Sat 09/06/25            Sun 09/07/25            Mon
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          91          69          87          66
Temp             79 72 70 68 69 84 89 89 79 73 71 69 71 82 86 84 75 71 70 68 68
Dewpt            70 70 70 68 69 70 68 67 71 72 71 69 71 71 69 69 71 70 68 67 66
RH               74 93100100100 63 50 48 77 97100100100 69 57 61 87 97 93 97 93
Wind dir         SE SE  N  N  N  N NE SE  S  S SW  W NW  N  N  N NE NE  N  N NE
Wind spd          5  2  0  0  0  2  2  4  5  2  1  1  1  2  3  4  3  3  5  8 10
Clouds           FW CL CL FW SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0          40          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.07        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                                       C  C  S
Heat index                         93 92                   90
Max heat         91                93    94                91    90


Date           09/08  Tue 09/09/25  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25  Fri 09/12/25
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          80      63    78      65    79      65    83      64    82
Temp          78 73   67 65 76 72   69 67 78 75   68 67 81 74   67 66 81 74
Dewpt         65 64   61 60 64 65   64 65 66 67   66 66 64 66   64 64 61 64
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      NE     N       N    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr         20      10    30      20    20      10    10       5    20
Rain shwrs        S          S  C       S  S  S                           S
Tstms             S             S             S                           S

$$
GAZ099-060800-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
531 PM EDT Fri Sep 5 2025

Date           09/05/25      Sat 09/06/25            Sun 09/07/25            Mon
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                      68          94          70          92          68
Temp             82 76 72 69 70 84 92 92 83 76 73 72 71 84 90 89 81 74 71 70 69
Dewpt            68 68 68 68 68 68 67 66 68 69 69 69 69 70 68 67 68 70 69 68 66
RH               63 76 87 97 93 59 44 43 61 79 87 90 93 63 49 48 65 87 93 93 90
Wind dir         SE  S  S SW  S SW SE SE SW  S  S  W NW  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd          5  3  2  1  1  2  2  2  2  2  1  1  2  3  4  4  3  2  3  5  8
Clouds           FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0          30          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.03        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                                       C  C  S
Heat index                         96 95                   94 92
Max heat         94                96    96                94    94


Date           09/08  Tue 09/09/25  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25  Fri 09/12/25
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          86      66    83      67    84      66    87      66    88
Temp          83 77   70 67 81 75   69 68 82 78   69 67 85 78   69 67 86 78
Dewpt         65 63   62 57 61 61   62 62 65 64   64 64 62 62   63 61 59 58
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 SC B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         20      10    20      10    10       5    10       5    10
Rain shwrs        S             S
Tstms             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