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FXUS62 KCHS 031858
AFDCHS
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
258 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
ALL SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED.
KEY MESSAGES
- 1) DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND.
FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS REMAIN LOW.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1: DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE
WEEKEND. FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS REMAIN LOW.
MID-LEVEL RIDGING WILL BUILD OVER THE SOUTHEAST INTO THIS
EVENING AND THURSDAY. THE RIDGE WILL PREVAIL FRIDAY, THEN GRADUALLY
WEAKEN INTO THE WEEKEND. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALSO
PREVAIL INTO THE WEEKEND, BRINGING DRY CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES
WILL REBOUND ON THURSDAY WITH HIGHS BACK INTO THE MID 80S,
GRADUALLY RISING INTO THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S OVER THE
WEEKEND. THERE ARE NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS THANKS TO THE RECENT
ACTIVE PATTERN AND WELL ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL IN MOST
LOCATIONS.
AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/
18Z TAFS: VFR. GUSTY NE WINDS WILL EASE THIS EVENING.
EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK: VFR.
MARINE
THROUGH THURSDAY: GUSTY NE WINDS WILL EASE INTO THIS EVENING,
THEN REMAIN MODEST TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THOUGH, SEAS WILL
TAKE A LITTLE LONGER TO SUBSIDE. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE
EXPECTED TO EXPIRE FOR THE SC WATERS WITHIN 20 NM BY MIDNIGHT,
FOLLOWED BY THE GA WATERS WITHIN 20 NM OVERNIGHT. THE ADVISORY
FOR THE GA WATERS BEYOND 20 NM SHOULDN'T EXPIRE UNTIL THURSDAY
LATE AFTERNOON.
EXTENDED MARINE: HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL FOR THE END OF THE
WEEK. EXPECT A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN WITH MODEST SURGING OF
THE WINDS ALONG THE LAND/SEA INTERFACE WITH THE AFTERNOON SEA
BREEZE.
RIP CURRENTS:
THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT ALL OF OUR BEACHES
THROUGH THIS EVENING.
THURSDAY: THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LINGERING SWELL
WILL GENERATE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT ALL OF OUR
BEACHES.
CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
GA...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GAZ217-
219-239-241.
SC...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
SCZ148>151.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR AMZ360-362.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR AMZ364.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR AMZ384.
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