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National Weather Service Charleston SC
133 AM EDT Sun Jul 13 2025

SCZ050-132000-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
133 AM EDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date             Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25
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                      95          75          93          75          91
Temp          76 78 86 90 89 82 78 78 77 78 87 90 89 82 79 77 75 78 86 87 87 81
Dewpt         74 74 75 73 75 74 74 76 75 76 74 73 75 75 75 75 75 75 74 74 75 74
RH            94 88 70 58 64 77 88 94 94 94 65 58 64 79 88 94100 91 68 65 68 79
Wind dir      SW NW NW  N  S  E  S SW  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  E  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd       2  2  4  3  5  4  2  1  1  2  4  6  8  5  3  2  2  3  6 10 11  9
Clouds        SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          10          40          10          50
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0        0.59           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C              S  S  C  C              C  C  C  C
Tstms                   C  C              S  S  C  C              C  C  C  C
Heat index          95 98 99                95 98 99                94 95 96
Max heat               98    99                98    99                95    97


Date          Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25
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          76    90      76    91      77    93      77    93
Temp          77 78 86 81   78 78 89 82   78 79 90 83   79 79 91 83
Dewpt         75 75 74 75   75 75 74 75   76 76 74 74   75 75 73 75
PWind dir         S     S       S     S       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC B2 B1   B1 SC B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20    70      10    50      10    50      20    50
Rain shwrs        S  L  C          C  C          C  C    S  S  C  C
Tstms             S  C  C          C  C          C  C    S  S  C  C

$$
GAZ118-132000-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
133 AM EDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date             Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25
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                      96          76          95          75          91
Temp          76 78 87 93 92 85 81 78 77 78 88 94 91 84 79 77 75 77 86 89 89 82
Dewpt         74 75 77 74 74 75 75 75 74 76 77 76 76 76 76 75 75 76 77 76 75 76
RH            94 91 72 54 56 72 82 91 90 94 70 56 62 77 91 94100 97 75 66 64 82
Wind dir       W  W NW NW  N SE SW  W  W  N  N  E  E SE SE SE  E  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd       2  2  5  5  5  3  2  2  2  2  3  4  5  4  2  2  2  2  5  6  9  6
Clouds        FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          20          50          10          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.10           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C  S                 C  C              S  S  C  C
Tstms                   S  C  S                 C  C              S  S  C  C
Heat index          99103102 94            100107103 93             97100 99
Max heat              105   105    90         107   106               100   101


Date          Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25
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          76    90      76    91      76    93      76    94
Temp          78 78 88 83   78 78 89 83   78 77 90 84   78 77 92 85
Dewpt         75 75 76 75   75 76 76 76   76 76 77 76   75 75 76 76
PWind dir        SE    SE       S     S       S     S      SW    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC B2 B2   B1 SC B1 B2   B1 SC SC B2   B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         10    70      10    60      20    60      20    50
Rain shwrs           L  L          C  L    S     S  L    S     S  C
Tstms                C  L          C  L    S     S  L    S     S  C

$$
SCZ050-132000-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
133 AM EDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date             Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25
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          78          92          77          89
Temp          77 78 86 90 87 83 81 79 78 79 85 89 88 83 80 79 77 79 86 87 87 82
Dewpt         76 76 77 78 78 76 77 77 76 78 78 78 78 77 77 77 76 77 77 78 78 76
RH            97 94 75 68 75 80 88 94 94 97 80 70 72 82 91 94 97 94 75 75 75 82
Wind dir       W NW NW SE  S SE  S SW  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE  S
Wind spd       3  2  4  5  5  4  2  2  2  2  4  8  8  5  3  2  3  3  6 10 11  8
Clouds        SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          10          40          10          50
QPF 12hr                   0.08           0        0.01           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C              S  S  C  C              C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                   C  C              S  S  C  C              C  C  C  C  S
Heat index          97104100 91             97103102 91             97 99 99
Max heat              105   105               103   103               100   102


Date          Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25
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          78    89      78    89      78    91      78    92
Temp          79 80 86 82   79 80 88 82   80 80 89 83   80 80 90 84
Dewpt         76 77 78 77   76 77 78 77   77 77 79 76   77 77 79 78
PWind dir         S     S       S     S       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 SC B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30    70      20    50      20    50      20    50
Rain shwrs     S  C  L  C       S  C  C       S  C  C    S  S  C  C
Tstms          S  C  C  C       S  C  C       S  C  C    S  S  C  C

$$
SCZ048-132000-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
133 AM EDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date             Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25
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                      94          76          92          76          90
Temp          76 77 86 91 87 83 79 78 76 78 86 91 88 82 79 77 76 78 86 88 87 81
Dewpt         74 76 77 76 76 76 76 75 75 77 77 78 76 76 76 76 75 77 76 76 76 76
RH            94 97 75 62 70 80 91 91 97 97 75 66 68 82 91 97 97 97 72 68 70 85
Wind dir       W NW NW NW  N  S SE  S  W NE  E SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd       2  2  3  3  4  3  2  1  1  2  2  5  5  4  2  2  2  2  5  8  9  5
Clouds        FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          20          50          10          50
QPF 12hr                   0.16           0        0.17           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C  S                 C  C              C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S  C  S                 C  C              C  C  C  C
Heat index          97103 98 91             97106 99                96 99 98
Max heat              103   103               106   105                99    99


Date          Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25
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          77    88      77    89      77    91      77    93
Temp          78 79 86 82   79 79 87 82   79 79 89 83   79 79 91 83
Dewpt         75 76 77 76   76 76 77 76   76 77 78 77   75 76 78 76
PWind dir        SE     S       S     S       S     S      SW    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC B2 B2   SC FW B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10    60      10    50      10    50      20    50
Rain shwrs           L  L          C  C          S  C    S     S  C
Tstms                C  L          C  C          S  C    S     S  C

$$
SCZ043-132000-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
133 AM EDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date             Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25
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          73          94          73          90
Temp          73 75 86 90 89 82 77 75 74 77 87 93 90 80 78 75 73 76 86 89 88 80
Dewpt         73 75 75 73 73 74 75 75 73 76 75 73 74 75 76 75 73 76 75 74 74 75
RH           100100 70 58 59 77 94100 97 97 68 52 60 85 94100100100 70 61 63 85
Wind dir      SW NW NW NW  N SE SE  N  N  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  E  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd       1  1  2  3  3  2  1  0  0  1  2  3  4  3  1  1  1  1  4  6  6  5
Clouds        FW SC FW SC B1 FW SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          10          50          10          50
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0        0.10           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C              S  S  C  C              C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S  C              S  S  C  C              C  C  C  C
Heat index          95 98 97                96102 99                95 98 97
Max heat               98    98               102   102                98    97


Date          Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25
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          73    89      74    90      74    92      74    93
Temp          75 77 87 81   75 77 88 80   75 77 91 82   76 77 92 82
Dewpt         75 76 74 75   75 76 74 75   75 76 75 75   75 75 73 74
PWind dir        SE     S       S     S       S     S      SW    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC B2 B2   B1 SC B1 B2   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10    70      10    60      10    50      20    50
Rain shwrs           L  L          C  L          S  C    S     S  C
Tstms                C  L          C  L          S  C    S     S  C

$$
GAZ099-132000-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
133 AM EDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date             Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25
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                      96          74          97          73          94
Temp          75 77 87 93 93 87 80 77 75 77 89 95 93 84 78 75 74 76 86 92 89 83
Dewpt         73 74 74 72 70 73 73 72 72 73 74 73 71 74 75 74 74 75 75 73 72 74
RH            94 90 65 51 47 63 79 85 90 87 61 49 49 72 91 97100 97 70 54 57 74
Wind dir       W NW NW NW  N  N SW  W  W NW  N  N  N  E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E SE
Wind spd       2  2  5  5  5  2  1  1  1  2  3  4  3  2  2  1  1  1  3  5  5  4
Clouds        FW SC CL FW FW SC SC FW FW FW CL B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          20          40          20          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.06        0.03        0.02        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  S  S              C  C
Tstms                                           C  C  S  S              C  C
Heat index          95101 99 94             98105100 91             95101 96 90
Max heat              101   102    90         105   104               101   100


Date          Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25
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          73    91      73    92      73    93      74    94
Temp          75 76 89 82   75 75 90 82   75 76 91 83   76 76 92 86
Dewpt         75 75 73 73   74 74 74 74   74 75 74 75   74 75 74 74
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC B1 B2   B1 SC SC B2   B1 SC SC B2   B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10    60      20    60      20    60      20    50
Rain shwrs           C  L    S     S  L    S        L    S        C
Tstms                S  L    S     S  L    S        L    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