867  
FXUS62 KCHS 120246  
AFDCHS  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC  
1046 PM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026  
   
WHAT HAS CHANGED  
 
THE REMAINING SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WERE EXPIRED.  
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
- 1) ABOVE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL  
PREVAIL THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING COOLER  
TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
KEY MESSAGE 1: ABOVE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS  
WILL PREVAIL THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING COOLER  
TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND.  
 
NOW THAT THE FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH AND THE REMNANTS OF ISAIAS  
ARE NOW OUT OF OUR HAIR, DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS WILL MOVE  
INTO THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE CENTRAL US  
THROUGH THE EARLY HALF OF THE WEEK AND SLOWLY BUILD EASTWARD BY  
THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL LEAD TO DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH  
THE WORK WEEK AND THE ONLY CONCERN WILL BE FOR NEAR RECORD HIGHS  
GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE UPPER RIDGE. TEMPERATURES BY THE END  
OF THE WEEK WILL BE IN THE UPPER 80S TO MAYBE EVEN 90 DEGREES  
ACROSS SOME INTERIOR AREAS. THIS WILL CERTAINLY FLIRT WITH SOME  
RECORD HIGHS AS WE GO THROUGH THE WEEK. BY THE WEEKEND, OUR NEXT  
SYSTEM WILL SWING THROUGH AS THE UPPER TROUGH BREAKS DOWN AND A  
COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA BRINGING SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER  
CONDITIONS TO THE AREA.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /02Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/  
 
12/00Z TAFS:  
KCHS/KJZI/KSAV: VFR THROUGH 13/00Z.  
 
EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK: THERE ARE NO CONCERNS.  
 
 
   
MARINE  
 
TONIGHT: WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE  
NIGHT.  
 
MONDAY INTO THURSDAY: HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM BEHIND  
THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT AND WILL BE THE DOMINANT FORECAST  
FEATURE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS TO REMAIN  
RELATIVELY BREEZY ON MONDAY MORNING, BEFORE TAPERING OFF  
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND REMAINING AROUND 5 TO 10 KTS FOR THE  
REST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. SEAS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 FT.  
 
 
   
CLIMATE  
 
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES:  
 
OCTOBER 12:  
KCHS: 87/2017  
KCXM: 86/2014  
 
OCTOBER 14:  
KCHS: 88/2024  
KCXM: 86/2024  
KSAV: 88/2024  
 
OCTOBER 15:  
KCHS: 87/2021  
KCXM: 88/1925  
KSAV: 90/1925  
 
OCTOBER 16:  
KCXM: 88/2018  
 
 
   
CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
GA...NONE.  
SC...NONE.  
MARINE...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
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