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National Weather Service Charleston SC
506 PM EDT Sun May 10 2026

SCZ150-110800-
Charleston International Airport-Charleston SC
32.91N  80.03W Elev. 45 ft
506 PM EDT Sun May 10 2026

Date           05/10/26      Mon 05/11/26            Tue 05/12/26            Wed
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                      65          88          60          77          60
Temp             76 71 67 66 69 82 85 83 75 70 66 62 62 69 74 74 68 64 62 61 66
Dewpt            64 65 66 66 68 69 66 67 66 64 61 59 58 56 53 53 53 55 56 56 60
RH               66 81 97100 97 65 53 59 74 81 84 90 87 63 48 48 59 73 81 84 81
Wind dir          S  S SW SW  N  W SW  S  S NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd          9  5  4  1  0  4  6  8  5  8 10 11 11 12 12 13 10  6  4  3  3
Clouds           SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          70          40          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.42        0.21        0.08           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          L  L  C           S  S
Tstms                               C  C  S


Date           05/13  Thu 05/14/26  Fri 05/15/26  Sat 05/16/26  Sun 05/17/26
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      64    85      58    82      62    87      66    90
Temp          79 74   68 67 82 77   63 61 79 74   64 66 84 77   69 69 87 79
Dewpt         59 61   64 64 56 54   51 51 50 54   58 62 58 59   63 65 63 64
PWind dir        SE      SW    NW       N     E       S     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC B1 SC FW   FW CL CL CL   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      30    10       0     0       0     0       0     5
Rain shwrs        S    S  C
Tstms                  S  S

$$
GAZ218-110800-
Savannah International Airport-Inland Chatham GA
32.12N  81.20W Elev. 50 ft
506 PM EDT Sun May 10 2026

Date           05/10/26      Mon 05/11/26            Tue 05/12/26            Wed
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          88          64          77          62
Temp             79 72 69 67 69 81 86 84 77 72 68 65 64 71 75 75 70 66 64 63 66
Dewpt            66 67 67 66 67 70 68 69 69 66 64 62 61 61 59 59 58 58 58 58 61
RH               64 84 93 97 93 69 55 61 76 81 87 90 90 71 58 58 66 75 81 84 84
Wind dir          S  S  S SW  N  W SW  W NW  N NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd          4  3  2  1  0  3  4  5  2  2  5  8 10 11 10 11  8  4  3  2  2
Clouds           SC B1 SC B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5          70          40          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.21        0.07        0.10           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  L  C     S  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                               C  C  C


Date           05/13  Thu 05/14/26  Fri 05/15/26  Sat 05/16/26  Sun 05/17/26
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      65    86      60    83      62    87      67    90
Temp          81 77   68 68 83 79   64 62 80 76   64 66 85 80   69 69 88 81
Dewpt         61 64   64 63 57 54   51 52 54 58   59 61 60 62   63 64 64 65
PWind dir        SE      SW    NW       N     E       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW FW FW FW   CL FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         20      10     5       0     0       0     0       0     5
Rain shwrs        S

$$
SCZ150-110800-
Charleston Waterfront-Charleston SC
32.78N  79.94W Elev. 10 ft
506 PM EDT Sun May 10 2026

Date           05/10/26      Mon 05/11/26            Tue 05/12/26            Wed
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          87          63          75          64
Temp             75 72 70 68 71 82 85 82 75 71 67 64 64 70 73 73 69 67 66 65 68
Dewpt            67 68 68 68 70 72 71 71 69 66 64 61 60 60 59 58 57 59 59 59 62
RH               76 87 93100 97 72 63 69 82 84 90 90 87 71 62 59 66 75 78 81 81
Wind dir          S SW SW SW  W SW  S  S  S NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd          6  4  3  2  2  3  8  8  4  4  9 11 11 13 14 14  9  6  4  3  3
Clouds           SC SC B1 B1 B2 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B1 B1 SC FW SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          70          40          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.48        0.19        0.07           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          L  L  C           S  S
Tstms                               C  C  S
Heat index                         90
Max heat                           90    90


Date           05/13  Thu 05/14/26  Fri 05/15/26  Sat 05/16/26  Sun 05/17/26
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      67    84      61    81      65    85      69    87
Temp          78 74   70 69 82 77   66 63 79 74   68 69 83 77   72 72 85 79
Dewpt         64 65   66 65 62 59   55 54 56 59   61 63 64 63   65 67 68 67
PWind dir        SE      SW     W      NE     E       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW B1 SC FW   FW FW CL CL   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      40    10       0     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs             S  C
Tstms                  S  S

$$
SCZ148-110800-
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station-Beaufort SC
32.48N  80.72W Elev. 37 ft
506 PM EDT Sun May 10 2026

Date           05/10/26      Mon 05/11/26            Tue 05/12/26            Wed
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          88          63          77          63
Temp             76 72 70 68 70 82 86 83 76 72 68 65 64 71 75 75 70 67 65 64 67
Dewpt            67 68 67 67 68 70 69 70 69 66 64 61 60 60 59 59 58 58 58 59 61
RH               74 87 90 97 93 67 57 65 79 81 87 87 87 68 58 58 66 73 78 84 81
Wind dir          S  S SW SW  W  W SW  S  W NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd          5  3  2  1  1  3  5  5  3  2  8 10 11 11 10 11  8  4  3  2  2
Clouds           B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          70          40          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.30        0.04        0.07           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  L  C           S  S
Tstms                               C  C  C
Heat index                         90
Max heat                           90    91


Date           05/13  Thu 05/14/26  Fri 05/15/26  Sat 05/16/26  Sun 05/17/26
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      66    86      61    82      65    86      68    89
Temp          80 76   70 68 83 78   65 63 80 75   66 68 84 78   71 71 87 80
Dewpt         63 65   65 64 59 56   52 52 55 59   61 62 62 63   64 65 66 66
PWind dir        SE      SW    NW       N     E       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW SC FW FW   CL CL CL FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20      20     5       0     0       0     0       0     5
Rain shwrs        S       S

$$
SCZ043-110800-
Walterboro-Inland Colleton SC
32.91N  80.67W Elev. 98 ft
506 PM EDT Sun May 10 2026

Date           05/10/26      Mon 05/11/26            Tue 05/12/26            Wed
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                      61          87          57          76          55
Temp             79 69 64 62 66 81 85 83 74 68 63 59 59 69 75 76 68 61 57 56 61
Dewpt            64 64 63 62 65 68 63 65 66 63 59 56 57 56 51 52 54 54 54 53 57
RH               60 84 97100 97 65 48 55 76 84 87 90 93 63 43 43 61 78 90 90 87
Wind dir         SW  S  N  N  N  W  W NW  N NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  N  N  N
Wind spd          4  2  0  0  0  4  6  5  3  5  8  9 10 10  9  8  6  3  0  0  0
Clouds           SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5          60          30          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.20        0.05        0.06           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  L  C           S  S
Tstms                               C  C  S


Date           05/13  Thu 05/14/26  Fri 05/15/26  Sat 05/16/26  Sun 05/17/26
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      60    83      54    81      57    86      62    90
Temp          80 74   64 63 81 76   59 57 79 74   59 61 84 79   65 66 88 81
Dewpt         56 62   61 61 52 51   48 50 49 56   56 59 56 60   60 62 61 64
PWind dir         S      SW    NW       N    SE       N     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC SC SC FW   FW CL CL CL   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      20     5       0     0       0     0       0     5
Rain shwrs             S  S

$$
GAZ099-110800-
Metter-Candler GA
32.40N  82.06W Elev. 197 ft
506 PM EDT Sun May 10 2026

Date           05/10/26      Mon 05/11/26            Tue 05/12/26            Wed
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                      63          88          61          79          57
Temp             78 71 66 64 67 81 86 85 77 70 67 63 63 71 77 78 72 64 60 58 62
Dewpt            63 64 64 64 65 67 64 63 64 63 61 59 58 58 56 55 56 56 57 57 58
RH               60 79 93100 93 63 48 48 64 78 81 87 84 63 48 45 57 75 90 96 87
Wind dir          W  N SW SW SW  W  W NW  N NE NE NE NE NE  E  E SE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd          1  0  1  1  1  3  8  8  2  2  8  8 10 11  9  8  5  3  2  2  2
Clouds           SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5          50          30          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03           0        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  C  S  S        S  S
Tstms                               S  C  S


Date           05/13  Thu 05/14/26  Fri 05/15/26  Sat 05/16/26  Sun 05/17/26
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      61    84      56    83      58    88      62    91
Temp          82 77   66 64 81 77   61 58 80 77   62 62 86 82   67 66 89 84
Dewpt         58 59   61 59 50 48   48 48 49 51   56 58 55 56   60 62 59 60
PWind dir         S      SW    NW       N    SE       S    SW       S    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC SC FW CL   CL CL FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20      20     0       0     0       0     0       0    10
Rain shwrs        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