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National Weather Service Columbia SC
205 AM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

SCZ027-210800-
Columbia Metropolitan Airport-Lexington SC
33.95N  81.12W Elev. 225 ft
205 AM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

Date           08/19/25      Wed 08/20/25            Thu 08/21/25            Fri
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                      73          90          73          92          73
Temp                      73 74 81 88 89 83 77 75 74 75 84 89 88 83 78 76 75 74
Dewpt                     72 72 74 73 72 72 72 71 71 72 73 73 73 74 73 73 72 72
RH                        97 93 79 61 57 70 85 87 90 90 70 59 61 74 85 90 90 93
Wind dir                  NE NE NE  N  N  N  N NW  N  N  N NW NW  N NE NE NE  E
Wind spd                   2  3  5  6  6  3  2  2  3  3  5  5  5  2  2  2  3  4
Clouds                    FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5          20          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.12
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  S  S  S
Tstms                                                       S  S  C  S  S
Heat index                      86 96 96 88             90 97 96 90
Max heat                           96    97    84          97    97    86


Date           08/22  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25  Tue 08/26/25
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          85      71    83      69    87      71    89      67    86
Temp          82 78   73 73 82 78   72 72 83 80   74 73 86 81   72 69 82 76
Dewpt         74 74   72 72 73 72   71 71 72 73   71 71 69 68   64 61 61 63
PWind dir         E       E     E       E     W      SW    NW       N     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      30    60      30    50      10    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     S  C    C  S  C  L    C  S  S  C
Tstms          S  C    C     S  C             C

$$
SCZ028-210800-
Columbia Owens Downtown Airport-Richland SC
33.97N  80.98W Elev. 212 ft
205 AM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

Date           08/19/25      Wed 08/20/25            Thu 08/21/25            Fri
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                      72          90          73          92          73
Temp                      73 74 81 88 89 83 77 75 73 75 84 89 88 83 78 76 75 74
Dewpt                     71 72 73 72 71 72 71 71 70 71 73 72 72 73 73 72 71 71
RH                        93 93 77 59 56 70 82 87 90 87 70 57 59 72 85 87 87 90
Wind dir                  NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  N NE NE NE  E
Wind spd                   2  3  5  5  5  3  2  2  3  3  5  5  5  2  2  2  2  3
Clouds                    FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5           5          20          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  S  S  S
Tstms                                                       S  S  C  S  S
Heat index                      86 95 95 88             90 96 95 89
Max heat                           95    96    84          96    96    86


Date           08/22  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25  Tue 08/26/25
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      71    83      69    87      70    89      67    86
Temp          82 77   73 73 81 77   72 71 83 79   74 73 87 81   71 68 82 76
Dewpt         73 73   72 72 72 71   70 71 71 72   70 71 69 67   63 60 60 62
PWind dir         E       E     E       E     S      SW    NW       N     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      30    50      30    50      10    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     S  C    C  S  C  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms          S  C    C     S  C             C

$$
SCZ031-210800-
Shaw Air Force Base-Sumter SC
33.97N  80.47W Elev. 242 ft
205 AM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

Date           08/19/25      Wed 08/20/25            Thu 08/21/25            Fri
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                      73          89          72          92          73
Temp                      73 74 81 86 87 82 77 75 73 74 84 89 88 83 78 76 74 74
Dewpt                     72 72 74 73 72 72 71 71 70 71 73 72 72 73 72 72 71 71
RH                        97 93 79 65 61 72 82 87 90 90 70 57 59 72 82 87 90 90
Wind dir                  NE NE  N NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                   4  5  8  8  8  4  3  4  5  5  6  6  5  3  2  2  3  5
Clouds                    FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5           5          10          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  S  S  S
Tstms                                                             C  S  S
Heat index                      86 93 94 87             90 96 96 89
Max heat                           93    94    84          97    98    86


Date           08/22  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25  Tue 08/26/25
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      71    83      70    87      71    89      67    85
Temp          81 78   73 73 82 78   72 71 84 79   73 73 86 81   72 68 82 76
Dewpt         72 73   72 72 71 71   70 71 72 73   71 71 70 68   64 60 61 63
PWind dir         E       E     E       E     E      SW     W      NW     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      30    50      20    40      10    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     S  C    C  S  C  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms          S  C    S        C             C

$$
SCZ136-210800-
Orangeburg Municipal Airport-Orangeburg SC
33.45N  80.85W Elev. 197 ft
205 AM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

Date           08/19/25      Wed 08/20/25            Thu 08/21/25            Fri
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                      72          88          72          91          73
Temp                      73 74 81 86 87 82 77 75 73 74 83 89 88 83 77 76 74 74
Dewpt                     72 72 73 71 70 72 71 71 70 71 72 71 71 73 73 73 72 72
RH                        97 93 77 61 57 72 82 87 90 90 70 56 57 72 87 90 93 93
Wind dir                   N NE NE  N NE  N  N NW NW  N  N NW NW  N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                   4  5  9 10  9  4  2  3  4  5  5  5  5  2  2  2  3  4
Clouds                    FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5           5          10          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  S  S  C
Tstms                                                             C  S  S
Heat index                      86 91 92 87             88 95 94 89
Max heat                           91    93                95    96    86


Date           08/22  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25  Tue 08/26/25
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          85      71    83      70    86      70    87      68    86
Temp          83 77   73 73 81 77   72 71 83 78   73 72 85 79   71 69 83 76
Dewpt         72 73   72 72 71 71   71 71 70 72   71 71 69 68   66 63 62 64
PWind dir         E       E     E       E    NE      SW     W      NW     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         60      40    60      20    50      10    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     C  L    C  C  C  L    S  S  S  C
Tstms          S  C    C     S  C    S        C

$$
GAZ065-210800-
August Regional Airport at Bush Field-Richmond GA
33.37N  81.97W Elev. 148 ft
205 AM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

Date           08/19/25      Wed 08/20/25            Thu 08/21/25            Fri
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                      71          91          72          93          73
Temp                      73 74 83 88 89 84 77 75 73 75 85 89 88 83 77 76 74 74
Dewpt                     72 72 73 71 70 72 72 72 71 72 73 71 71 74 74 73 72 73
RH                        97 93 72 57 54 67 85 90 93 90 67 56 57 74 90 90 93 97
Wind dir                   N  N NE  N  N  N NW NW NW  N  N NW NW  N  E NE NE NE
Wind spd                   2  3  6  8  8  4  2  2  2  2  4  4  4  2  2  1  2  3
Clouds                    FW CL SC SC FW FW SC FW SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5          10           5          20          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  S  S  C
Tstms                                                       S  S  C  C  S
Heat index                      89 94 94 90             92 95 94 90
Max heat                           94    94    85          95    95    86


Date           08/22  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25  Tue 08/26/25
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          87      71    85      69    87      69    89      66    87
Temp          85 78   73 73 81 77   72 71 84 80   73 72 87 81   71 68 84 77
Dewpt         73 74   72 72 73 72   71 71 71 72   71 71 68 67   64 61 62 64
PWind dir         E       E     E       E    NW      SW    NW      NW     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         70      40    70      30    50      10    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     C  L    C  C  C  L    C  S  S  C
Tstms          S  L    C  S  S  C    S        C

$$
GAZ065-210800-
Augusta Daniel Field-Richmond GA
33.47N  82.03W Elev. 423 ft
205 AM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

Date           08/19/25      Wed 08/20/25            Thu 08/21/25            Fri
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                      73          90          74          91          73
Temp                      74 74 82 87 87 84 79 76 75 74 84 88 88 83 78 76 75 74
Dewpt                     71 71 72 70 69 70 71 71 71 71 72 71 71 72 73 73 72 72
RH                        90 90 72 57 55 63 77 85 87 90 67 57 57 70 85 90 90 93
Wind dir                  NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  N  N NW NW  N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                   3  4  5  6  6  4  3  3  4  3  4  4  4  2  2  2  3  4
Clouds                    FW CL FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5          10           5          20          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.15
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  S  S  C
Tstms                                                       S  S  C  C  S
Heat index                      87 92 91 88             90 94 94 88
Max heat                           92    93    87          94    95    86


Date           08/22  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25  Tue 08/26/25
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          85      72    83      70    87      71    88      67    85
Temp          83 78   74 73 81 77   72 71 83 80   74 72 86 81   72 68 82 78
Dewpt         72 72   72 71 71 70   70 70 70 71   70 70 67 65   63 61 60 62
PWind dir         E       E     E       E    NW       W    NW      NW     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         70      40    70      30    50      10    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     C  L    C  C  C  L    C  S  S  C
Tstms          S  L    C     S  C    S        C

$$
SCZ116-210800-
Lancaster County Airport-Lancaster SC
34.72N  80.86W Elev. 486 ft
205 AM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

Date           08/19/25      Wed 08/20/25            Thu 08/21/25            Fri
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                      70          89          71          89          71
Temp                      71 72 81 86 87 79 75 73 71 73 84 87 86 79 75 74 72 71
Dewpt                     70 71 71 70 69 71 70 70 70 70 71 71 71 72 72 70 70 69
RH                        97 97 72 59 55 77 84 90 97 90 65 59 61 79 90 87 93 93
Wind dir                  NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E
Wind spd                   2  3  5  6  5  2  2  2  3  5  6  6  5  2  1  2  2  4
Clouds                    FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          10          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                                             C  S
Heat index                      85 91 91                89 93 91
Max heat                           91    93                93    93


Date           08/22  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25  Tue 08/26/25
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      69    84      69    85      69    86      63    83
Temp          81 76   72 71 82 76   70 70 82 76   71 70 84 75   67 64 80 73
Dewpt         69 71   70 70 69 69   69 69 70 71   69 69 65 65   60 58 56 59
PWind dir         E       E    SE      SE    SW      SW    NW       N     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      20    40      20    50      10    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     S  C    S  S  C  C    S  S  S  C
Tstms             C          S  C             C

$$
SCZ020-210800-
Newberry County Airport-Newberry SC
34.30N  81.64W Elev. 570 ft
205 AM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

Date           08/19/25      Wed 08/20/25            Thu 08/21/25            Fri
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                      70          88          71          89          71
Temp                      71 72 80 86 87 81 76 74 72 73 82 87 87 80 76 74 73 72
Dewpt                     70 71 72 71 71 72 71 71 70 70 72 71 71 73 72 71 70 71
RH                        97 97 77 61 59 74 85 90 93 90 72 59 59 79 87 90 90 97
Wind dir                  NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E
Wind spd                   2  3  5  5  5  3  2  3  3  3  5  4  4  2  2  2  3  4
Clouds                    FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5          20          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.19
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                                       S  S  C  C  S
Heat index                      84 91 93 86             87 93 93 84
Max heat                           92    95                94    95


Date           08/22  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25  Tue 08/26/25
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      69    81      67    84      68    86      63    82
Temp          80 76   72 71 79 76   70 69 82 77   71 70 84 77   67 64 80 73
Dewpt         72 72   71 71 71 70   69 69 70 71   70 68 66 65   60 58 58 60
PWind dir         E       E     E       E     W       W    NW       N     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      30    50      30    50      10    10       0     5
Rain shwrs     S  C    C  S  C  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms             C    S     S  C             C

$$
SCZ010-210800-
McCormick County Airport-McCormick SC
33.92N  82.30W Elev. 459 ft
205 AM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

Date           08/19/25      Wed 08/20/25            Thu 08/21/25            Fri
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                      70          90          71          92          71
Temp                      71 72 82 88 89 83 76 74 72 73 84 89 88 83 76 74 73 73
Dewpt                     71 72 75 74 74 73 73 72 71 72 75 75 75 75 74 73 72 72
RH                       100100 79 63 61 72 90 93 97 97 74 64 66 77 94 97 97 97
Wind dir                  NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  N  E NE NE NE
Wind spd                   1  2  3  3  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  1  1  1  2  2
Clouds                    FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5          20          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.43
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                                       S  S  C  C  S
Heat index                      89 97 98 89             92 99 98 90
Max heat                           97    98    84          99   100    86


Date           08/22  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25  Tue 08/26/25
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          85      70    82      69    87      69    88      63    84
Temp          84 78   72 71 81 76   70 71 84 78   71 71 86 78   68 65 82 75
Dewpt         75 74   72 71 75 73   70 71 73 73   71 70 69 66   62 59 61 63
PWind dir         E       E     E       E    NW       W    NW      NW     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 SC B1   SC FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      40    60      20    40       5    10       0     5
Rain shwrs     S  C    C  C  C  L    S  S  S  C
Tstms          S  C    C     S  C    S        C

$$