Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
445 FOUS52 KCAE 211106 PFMCAE Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Columbia SC 705 AM EDT Thu Aug 21 2025 SCZ027-212000- Columbia Metropolitan Airport-Lexington SC 33.95N 81.12W Elev. 225 ft 705 AM EDT Thu Aug 21 2025 Date Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 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 91 72 83 71 84 Temp 75 83 88 87 82 77 75 75 74 77 81 82 77 74 73 72 73 78 82 82 77 Dewpt 72 73 73 74 74 74 73 72 71 73 73 73 73 72 71 71 71 73 73 72 72 RH 90 72 61 65 77 90 94 90 90 87 77 74 87 93 93 97 93 85 74 72 85 Wind dir N N N N E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E SE Wind spd 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 Clouds SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 20 40 50 30 50 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0.06 0.03 0.09 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C S S C C C C C C C C C C C C S Tstms S S C C S S S S C C C S C C Heat index 89 96 95 88 86 87 87 87 Max heat 96 97 85 86 88 87 88 Date Sun 08/24/25 Mon 08/25/25 Tue 08/26/25 Wed 08/27/25 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 69 87 70 90 67 84 66 81 Temp 72 71 85 80 73 72 87 82 71 69 82 77 69 67 79 74 Dewpt 70 70 72 72 71 71 71 68 64 61 61 63 60 58 61 62 PWind dir E E W NW NW N N N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 40 10 10 5 5 5 10 Rain shwrs S S C Tstms C $$ SCZ028-212000- Columbia Owens Downtown Airport-Richland SC 33.97N 80.98W Elev. 212 ft 705 AM EDT Thu Aug 21 2025 Date Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 91 72 83 71 84 Temp 74 83 88 87 82 77 75 74 73 77 81 82 77 74 72 72 72 78 81 82 76 Dewpt 71 72 72 72 73 73 72 71 70 71 72 72 72 71 71 70 71 72 71 71 71 RH 90 70 59 61 74 87 90 90 90 82 74 72 85 90 97 93 97 82 72 69 85 Wind dir N N N N E NE E E E E E E E E E E E E E E SE Wind spd 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 Clouds SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 20 40 50 30 50 QPF 12hr 0 0.01 0.04 0.03 0.08 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C S S S C C C C C C S S C C C C S Tstms S S C S S S S S C C C S C C Heat index 88 95 94 87 85 87 85 86 Max heat 95 96 84 85 87 85 87 Date Sun 08/24/25 Mon 08/25/25 Tue 08/26/25 Wed 08/27/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 69 87 70 90 67 84 65 81 Temp 71 71 84 79 72 72 87 81 71 69 82 76 68 67 78 73 Dewpt 70 69 70 72 70 71 70 68 64 61 60 61 59 58 61 61 PWind dir E E W NW NW N N N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 40 10 10 5 5 5 10 Rain shwrs S S C Tstms C $$ SCZ031-212000- Shaw Air Force Base-Sumter SC 33.97N 80.47W Elev. 242 ft 705 AM EDT Thu Aug 21 2025 Date Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 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 90 72 83 71 83 Temp 73 83 87 87 82 77 75 73 72 78 81 82 78 74 73 72 72 78 81 82 76 Dewpt 70 73 73 72 73 72 71 71 70 71 72 71 71 71 71 70 71 72 71 71 71 RH 90 72 63 61 74 85 87 93 93 79 74 69 79 90 93 93 97 82 72 69 85 Wind dir N N N N NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E E SE Wind spd 4 6 5 4 2 2 3 4 6 6 5 5 3 2 2 3 3 5 6 6 3 Clouds B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 20 30 40 20 40 QPF 12hr 0 0.13 0.02 0 0.05 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S S C C S S S S S S C C S Tstms C C S C C S C C Heat index 88 94 94 87 85 87 85 86 Max heat 94 94 84 85 87 85 87 Date Sun 08/24/25 Mon 08/25/25 Tue 08/26/25 Wed 08/27/25 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 69 86 70 90 68 84 66 81 Temp 71 71 85 80 73 72 86 81 72 69 82 76 68 67 79 74 Dewpt 69 69 70 71 70 70 71 69 65 61 61 63 60 58 61 61 PWind dir E E W W NW N N NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 40 10 10 5 5 5 10 Rain shwrs S C Tstms C $$ SCZ136-212000- Orangeburg Municipal Airport-Orangeburg SC 33.45N 80.85W Elev. 197 ft 705 AM EDT Thu Aug 21 2025 Date Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 89 72 83 71 82 Temp 73 82 88 87 82 77 75 74 74 78 80 80 76 74 72 72 72 76 80 79 76 Dewpt 70 71 70 70 73 73 73 72 72 72 72 72 73 72 71 71 71 71 71 70 72 RH 90 69 55 57 74 87 94 93 93 82 77 77 90 93 97 97 97 85 74 74 87 Wind dir N N N N N E E NE NE E E E E SE E NE NE E E E E Wind spd 4 5 5 4 2 2 2 3 5 6 6 5 3 2 2 2 4 6 8 8 4 Clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 40 60 30 50 QPF 12hr 0 0.09 0.14 0.02 0.10 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C S C C L L C C S S C C C C S Tstms S C C C S S C L C C S S C C S Heat index 86 93 92 87 84 84 83 Max heat 93 94 84 84 84 83 84 Date Sun 08/24/25 Mon 08/25/25 Tue 08/26/25 Wed 08/27/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 69 86 70 89 68 85 66 81 Temp 71 71 83 78 72 71 86 81 72 69 83 77 69 67 79 75 Dewpt 70 70 70 72 71 71 70 69 66 64 62 64 62 61 61 63 PWind dir E E W W NW N N N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 40 10 20 5 5 5 10 Rain shwrs S S C S Tstms S C S $$ GAZ065-212000- August Regional Airport at Bush Field-Richmond GA 33.37N 81.97W Elev. 148 ft 705 AM EDT Thu Aug 21 2025 Date Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 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 91 72 85 71 84 Temp 74 83 87 87 82 77 75 73 74 80 82 80 76 74 72 72 73 78 82 80 76 Dewpt 72 72 72 72 74 74 73 72 72 73 73 72 73 72 72 71 71 72 72 71 72 RH 93 70 61 61 77 90 94 97 93 79 74 77 90 93100 97 93 82 72 74 87 Wind dir N NE N N N E SW NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 5 6 4 2 2 2 3 5 6 6 4 Clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 40 50 80 50 60 QPF 12hr 0 0.25 0.37 0.06 0.19 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C C C C D D C C C C C C L L C Tstms C C C C S S C L L C S S S C C S Heat index 88 94 94 88 84 87 84 87 83 Max heat 94 95 87 87 87 87 Date Sun 08/24/25 Mon 08/25/25 Tue 08/26/25 Wed 08/27/25 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 69 86 69 89 65 85 66 82 Temp 71 71 83 78 72 71 87 81 70 67 83 78 69 68 80 75 Dewpt 70 70 71 72 71 70 68 67 64 62 62 64 63 62 61 63 PWind dir E E W NW NW N N N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 30 50 10 10 0 5 5 10 Rain shwrs C S S C Tstms S C $$ GAZ065-212000- Augusta Daniel Field-Richmond GA 33.47N 82.03W Elev. 423 ft 705 AM EDT Thu Aug 21 2025 Date Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 89 73 83 71 82 Temp 74 83 86 85 82 78 76 75 74 79 81 80 77 74 73 72 72 77 80 80 77 Dewpt 71 72 71 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 71 71 71 71 71 71 71 70 70 RH 90 70 61 65 72 82 87 90 93 79 74 77 82 90 93 97 97 82 74 72 79 Wind dir N NE NW N N E NE N NE E E E E E E E E E E E SE Wind spd 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 Clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 40 50 70 40 60 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.13 0.33 0.07 0.21 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C C S C C L L C C C C C C L L C Tstms C C C C S S S C L L C S S S C C S Heat index 88 91 91 87 85 84 83 83 Max heat 91 91 86 85 85 83 84 Date Sun 08/24/25 Mon 08/25/25 Tue 08/26/25 Wed 08/27/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 70 85 70 89 67 84 67 81 Temp 73 71 82 80 73 71 86 82 72 68 81 78 70 68 78 76 Dewpt 69 69 70 70 70 70 67 65 62 61 60 61 61 61 61 61 PWind dir E E W NW NW N N N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 30 50 10 10 0 5 5 10 Rain shwrs C S S C Tstms S C $$ SCZ116-212000- Lancaster County Airport-Lancaster SC 34.72N 80.86W Elev. 486 ft 705 AM EDT Thu Aug 21 2025 Date Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 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 89 70 83 68 84 Temp 73 82 86 86 79 75 73 71 71 77 80 81 75 72 71 69 70 78 81 81 75 Dewpt 70 71 70 71 72 71 71 70 70 69 69 69 70 70 68 68 69 69 68 68 69 RH 90 69 59 61 79 87 93 97 97 76 69 67 84 93 90 97 97 74 65 65 82 Wind dir N N N N NE E NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E SE SE Wind spd 4 5 5 4 1 2 2 3 5 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 4 5 5 2 Clouds SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 20 30 30 20 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.01 0 0.06 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C S S S S C C S S S S S S C C S Tstms S S C S S C S S Heat index 86 91 91 83 84 84 84 Max heat 91 92 83 85 84 84 Date Sun 08/24/25 Mon 08/25/25 Tue 08/26/25 Wed 08/27/25 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 67 86 67 87 64 82 62 79 Temp 69 69 84 77 70 69 86 76 68 65 80 73 66 64 78 70 Dewpt 67 68 67 70 69 69 66 65 61 59 57 60 58 57 57 59 PWind dir SE SE NW NW N NW N NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 40 10 10 0 0 5 10 Rain shwrs S S C Tstms C $$ SCZ020-212000- Newberry County Airport-Newberry SC 34.30N 81.64W Elev. 570 ft 705 AM EDT Thu Aug 21 2025 Date Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 88 71 81 69 82 Temp 73 81 85 85 80 75 74 73 72 76 80 80 75 72 72 70 70 77 80 80 76 Dewpt 70 72 72 72 73 72 71 71 70 71 71 71 71 70 70 69 69 71 71 70 70 RH 90 74 65 65 79 90 90 93 93 85 74 74 87 93 93 97 97 82 74 72 82 Wind dir N NE N NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E NE E E E SE Wind spd 3 4 3 3 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 5 2 Clouds SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 30 40 50 30 50 QPF 12hr 0 0.03 0.06 0.04 0.14 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S C S S C C C C C C C C C C C C S Tstms C S S C S S S S C C C S C C Heat index 85 91 91 83 83 83 83 83 Max heat 92 93 84 85 83 84 Date Sun 08/24/25 Mon 08/25/25 Tue 08/26/25 Wed 08/27/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 67 85 68 87 64 82 62 79 Temp 70 69 83 76 70 69 85 78 68 65 80 74 66 64 77 71 Dewpt 69 69 70 71 70 69 67 66 60 59 58 61 58 56 58 60 PWind dir E E NW NW N NW N NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 40 10 10 0 0 5 10 Rain shwrs S S S C Tstms C $$ SCZ010-212000- McCormick County Airport-McCormick SC 33.92N 82.30W Elev. 459 ft 705 AM EDT Thu Aug 21 2025 Date Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 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 90 72 83 70 84 Temp 73 83 87 87 81 75 74 73 73 79 80 80 76 72 72 71 71 77 81 82 77 Dewpt 72 75 75 75 74 74 73 72 72 75 75 74 73 72 71 71 71 74 73 73 72 RH 97 77 68 68 79 97 97 97 97 88 85 82 90100 97100100 90 77 74 85 Wind dir NE NE N N NE E NE NE NE E E E E E E E NE E E E E Wind spd 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 Clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 40 50 70 40 50 QPF 12hr 0 0.06 0.28 0.11 0.19 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C C C C C L L C C C C C C C C S Tstms C C C C S S S C C L C S S C C S Heat index 90 96 96 86 85 85 86 87 Max heat 96 96 85 85 86 88 Date Sun 08/24/25 Mon 08/25/25 Tue 08/26/25 Wed 08/27/25 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 68 86 68 89 65 82 63 79 Temp 70 70 83 78 71 70 86 79 68 66 81 75 67 65 78 72 Dewpt 70 70 72 72 71 70 69 66 62 60 62 64 61 59 62 62 PWind dir E SE NW NW NW NW N N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 40 10 5 0 5 5 10 Rain shwrs S S S C Tstms S C $$