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National Weather Service Charleston SC
1256 PM EDT Thu Oct 2 2025

SCZ050-022000-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
1256 PM EDT Thu Oct 2 2025

Date             Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            Sat 10/04/25
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                      78          62          79          66          81
Temp                   76 75 71 68 66 64 63 72 77 77 71 69 69 67 67 75 78 78 73
Dewpt                  59 60 60 60 59 58 58 60 63 63 63 64 64 64 65 66 66 66 66
RH                     56 60 68 76 78 81 84 66 62 62 76 84 84 90 93 74 67 67 79
Wind dir               NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E NE
Wind spd               14 17 13 12 11 12 12 13 14 16 12 10 10 10 10 13 16 17 12
Wind gust              26       23             25                      27
Clouds                 SC SC FW SC FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Coast Flood                Y
High Surf               Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date          Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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    80      70    79      69    81      69    83
Temp          71 72 78 74   72 72 77 74   72 72 78 74   72 71 81 74
Dewpt         67 68 69 68   69 70 70 69   69 69 69 69   70 70 68 69
PWind dir        NE     E       E     E       E     E       E    SE
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    50      40    40      20    30      10    30
Rain shwrs        S  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  C  C          S  C
Tstms             S  C  C    C  C  C  C    S     S  C          S  C

$$
GAZ118-022000-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
1256 PM EDT Thu Oct 2 2025

Date             Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            Sat 10/04/25
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                      80          64          81          67          82
Temp                   78 77 73 70 68 66 65 73 79 79 74 71 69 68 68 76 80 79 74
Dewpt                  62 63 63 62 61 60 60 64 65 65 65 65 66 66 66 69 69 69 68
RH                     58 62 71 76 78 81 84 73 62 62 74 81 90 93 93 79 69 72 82
Wind dir               NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E
Wind spd               12 13 12 12 11 12 12 13 13 13 10 10 10 10 10 13 14 14 12
Wind gust                    23 23                   20 20             25 25 24
Clouds                 FW SC SC FW SC B1 FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           5          10           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  S
Tstms                                                                   S


Date          Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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    80      70    80      71    83      70    85
Temp          72 72 79 74   72 71 77 74   72 71 81 75   72 70 82 76
Dewpt         69 69 73 71   70 71 73 72   71 71 72 71   71 70 72 71
PWind dir        NE     E       E     E       E     E       E     E
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         30    60      50    50      20    30      10    30
Rain shwrs     S  C  C  L    C  C  C  C    S  S  C  C          S  C
Tstms             C  C  C    C  S  S  C    S        C          S  C

$$
SCZ050-022000-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
1256 PM EDT Thu Oct 2 2025

Date             Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            Sat 10/04/25
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                      77          64          78          68          79
Temp                   76 75 72 70 68 66 65 72 77 77 73 71 70 69 69 76 78 78 74
Dewpt                  65 66 64 63 63 62 62 66 68 68 68 68 68 68 68 70 71 70 70
RH                     69 74 76 78 84 87 90 81 74 74 84 90 93 97 97 82 79 76 87
Wind dir               NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E NE
Wind spd               16 19 17 14 13 13 17 18 19 21 13 12 10 10 11 13 17 18 13
Wind gust                    27 26 24 24                      20
Clouds                 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Coast Flood                Y
High Surf               Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date          Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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          71    79      72    79      71    80      71    81
Temp          74 74 78 75   74 73 78 75   73 73 78 75   73 72 80 75
Dewpt         70 71 74 72   72 72 74 72   71 71 74 72   72 72 73 72
PWind dir         E     E       E     E       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    50      40    40      20    30      10    20
Rain shwrs        S  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  C  C          S  S
Tstms             S  C  C    C  C  C  C    S     S  C          S  S

$$
SCZ048-022000-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
1256 PM EDT Thu Oct 2 2025

Date             Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            Sat 10/04/25
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          63          81          66          82
Temp                   77 77 71 69 66 65 64 72 78 79 72 70 69 67 67 75 79 79 74
Dewpt                  62 63 63 62 61 60 60 63 65 66 65 66 65 65 65 69 69 69 68
RH                     60 62 76 78 84 84 87 73 64 64 79 87 87 93 93 82 72 72 82
Wind dir               NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E NE
Wind spd               12 12 11 12 11 13 13 13 13 12 10 10 10 11 11 14 14 13 11
Wind gust                 23 23 24 23       24    23 20 20             25 27 23
Clouds                 FW SC SC FW FW SC FW SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
High Surf               Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date          Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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    80      70    79      71    81      70    83
Temp          71 71 79 74   72 71 76 74   72 72 79 74   72 71 82 75
Dewpt         68 69 73 71   70 71 72 71   70 70 72 71   70 70 72 71
PWind dir        NE     E       E     E       E     E       E    SE
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    50      40    40      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs        S  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  S             S
Tstms             S  C  C    C  C  S  C    S     S  S             S

$$
SCZ043-022000-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
1256 PM EDT Thu Oct 2 2025

Date             Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            Sat 10/04/25
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                      76          58          78          62          79
Temp                   76 75 68 64 62 60 60 70 77 77 70 66 65 64 64 74 78 78 71
Dewpt                  58 59 60 59 57 56 57 59 61 62 64 63 63 62 63 65 66 65 67
RH                     54 58 76 84 84 87 90 68 58 60 81 90 93 93 97 74 67 64 87
Wind dir               NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E
Wind spd               10 10  8  8  8  9 10 10 10 10  6  6  6  8  9 10 11 11  8
Wind gust                       18    19    20 20                            18
Clouds                 FW SC FW FW CL FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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    77      67    77      66    79      65    81
Temp          68 69 77 71   69 70 76 71   68 69 78 71   67 68 80 72
Dewpt         66 68 70 71   68 70 70 70   68 68 69 70   67 68 68 70
PWind dir        NE     E       E     E       E     E       E    SE
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    50      40    40      20    30      10    20
Rain shwrs           C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  C  C          S  S
Tstms                S  C    C  S  S  C    S     S  S          S  S

$$
GAZ099-022000-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
1256 PM EDT Thu Oct 2 2025

Date             Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            Sat 10/04/25
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                      81          62          83          64          84
Temp                   79 79 72 68 66 63 62 72 80 81 73 69 66 65 65 75 81 80 74
Dewpt                  56 57 58 59 58 57 56 59 60 59 60 61 62 61 62 64 64 64 65
RH                     45 47 61 73 75 81 81 64 51 47 64 76 87 87 90 69 56 58 74
Wind dir               NE  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E
Wind spd               10 10  8  6  6 10 10 11 11 12  6  6  6  9 10 11 11 13  9
Wind gust                    18 19 19                17 17 18 19             19
Clouds                 FW FW SC FW CL FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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          68    80      69    80      68    84      67    86
Temp          69 69 79 73   71 70 77 72   70 69 81 75   70 69 83 75
Dewpt         66 66 69 70   70 69 71 70   70 69 70 70   70 69 69 70
PWind dir        NE     E       E     E       E     E       E     E
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC B1   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    50      40    50      20    30       5    20
Rain shwrs           C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  C             S
Tstms                S  C    C        S    S        C             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