Point Forecast Matrices Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
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Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Columbia SC
205 PM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024
SCZ027-182000-
Columbia Metropolitan Airport-Lexington SC
33.95N 81.12W Elev. 225 ft
205 PM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024
Date Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24
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 63 89 64 86
Temp 90 82 71 67 63 66 78 85 87 81 73 69 67 66 77 83 84 78
Dewpt 51 53 56 58 60 61 64 64 63 64 66 65 65 64 64 63 62 61
RH 26 37 59 73 90 84 62 50 45 56 79 87 93 93 64 51 48 56
Wind dir W W SW SW SW W W W W W SW W NW N N NW NW N
Wind spd 3 2 2 3 2 2 5 9 9 4 4 4 3 3 5 5 5 4
Clouds CL CL FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr 0 5 20 20 30
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.09 0.02 0.08
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Rain shwrs S S C C C
Tstms S S C C
Heat index 86 88 82 84 85
Max heat 86 87 86 88 84 85
Date Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24
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 58 69 53 65 47 75 53 82
Temp 65 59 67 61 56 54 64 61 52 51 73 69 57 58 80 76
Dewpt 58 50 52 53 51 49 49 48 47 47 49 51 51 54 56 57
PWind dir NE NE N NE NE SE S W
Wind char LT GN GN GN LT LT GN GN
Avg clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 40 80 60 10 0 0 5 10
Rain shwrs C C C D L S
Tstms C S S S
$$
SCZ028-182000-
Columbia Owens Downtown Airport-Richland SC
33.97N 80.98W Elev. 212 ft
205 PM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024
Date Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 90 64 88 64 86
Temp 90 82 72 68 65 66 78 85 86 81 73 69 67 66 76 83 84 77
Dewpt 50 53 55 57 60 61 63 63 62 63 65 65 64 64 63 61 61 60
RH 25 37 55 68 84 84 60 48 45 54 76 87 90 93 64 47 46 56
Wind dir W W SW S SW W W W W W SW W NW N N NW NW N
Wind spd 4 2 2 2 2 2 5 9 8 4 4 3 3 4 5 5 5 4
Clouds CL CL FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr 0 5 20 20 30
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.09 0.02 0.08
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Rain shwrs S S S C C C
Tstms S S S C C
Heat index 85 87 82 83 84
Max heat 85 87 85 87 83 85
Date Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 58 68 52 65 47 75 53 82
Temp 65 59 67 60 56 53 64 61 51 50 73 69 57 57 80 75
Dewpt 57 49 51 51 51 48 47 47 46 46 47 49 51 53 54 55
PWind dir NE NE N NE NE SE S W
Wind char LT GN GN GN LT LT GN GN
Avg clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 50 80 60 10 0 0 5 10
Rain shwrs C C C D L S
Tstms C S S S
$$
SCZ031-182000-
Shaw Air Force Base-Sumter SC
33.97N 80.47W Elev. 242 ft
205 PM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024
Date Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24
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 63 88 64 86
Temp 90 81 71 67 64 66 79 85 85 78 71 69 67 66 77 83 84 76
Dewpt 52 55 58 59 60 61 63 63 63 65 66 65 64 64 64 63 61 61
RH 27 41 63 75 87 84 58 48 48 64 84 87 90 93 64 51 46 60
Wind dir W SW S SW SW W W SW W SW SW SW W N N NW NW N
Wind spd 4 3 4 4 3 3 5 9 9 5 5 5 5 5 6 8 8 6
Clouds CL CL FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC B1 SC SC B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr 0 5 20 20 30
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.09 0.02 0.07
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Rain shwrs S S S C C C
Tstms S S S S S C
Heat index 81 86 86 84 84
Max heat 86 87 86 87 84 85
Date Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24
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 59 69 53 65 47 75 53 82
Temp 65 60 68 60 56 53 64 61 51 51 73 68 56 58 80 74
Dewpt 57 50 51 53 51 49 48 48 47 48 47 51 51 54 54 56
PWind dir NE NE N NE NE SE S W
Wind char GN GN GN GN LT GN GN GN
Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 40 70 60 10 0 0 5 10
Rain shwrs C C C L L C
Tstms C S S S
$$
SCZ136-182000-
Orangeburg Municipal Airport-Orangeburg SC
33.45N 80.85W Elev. 197 ft
205 PM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024
Date Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 91 64 89 66 88
Temp 91 80 72 66 64 67 81 86 87 79 73 70 68 69 80 86 86 77
Dewpt 55 58 61 61 62 62 65 63 64 64 65 65 65 65 65 64 63 63
RH 30 47 68 84 93 84 58 46 46 60 76 84 90 87 60 48 46 62
Wind dir W SW S SW SW SW W SW W SW SW SW W NW NW W NW SW
Wind spd 4 3 4 4 3 3 6 9 10 5 5 5 5 5 8 9 8 9
Clouds CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr 0 5 20 10 40
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.05 0.03 0.05
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Rain shwrs S C C C
Tstms S S C C
Heat index 81 82 87 88 81 82 87 87
Max heat 88 89 87 88 87 88
Date Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 61 72 56 68 50 78 55 85
Temp 67 62 71 63 59 56 67 63 53 54 75 70 57 60 82 76
Dewpt 60 54 53 52 52 51 49 48 48 49 49 50 53 54 54 55
PWind dir NE NE NE NE NE SE S SW
Wind char GN GN GN GN LT LT GN GN
Avg clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 50 70 70 10 5 0 5 10
Rain shwrs C C C L L C
Tstms C C S C S
$$
GAZ065-182000-
August Regional Airport at Bush Field-Richmond GA
33.37N 81.97W Elev. 148 ft
205 PM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024
Date Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24
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 64 89 64 87
Temp 89 80 70 66 64 66 78 86 87 81 73 69 67 66 78 85 85 78
Dewpt 56 60 61 62 62 64 65 63 62 64 64 64 64 64 63 60 58 60
RH 33 51 73 87 93 93 64 46 43 56 73 84 90 93 60 43 40 54
Wind dir SW SW SW S S W W W W W W W W NW NW W W NW
Wind spd 4 3 2 2 2 3 6 10 10 4 5 3 3 3 6 9 8 6
Clouds CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 10 20 10 30
QPF 12hr 0 0.01 0.06 0 0.05
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Rain shwrs S C C C
Tstms S C C
Heat index 81 86 87 83 85
Max heat 84 88 86 87 85 85
Date Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24
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 58 71 51 68 47 76 51 83
Temp 66 59 70 62 55 52 66 63 51 50 73 69 55 55 80 75
Dewpt 59 55 51 52 51 49 46 47 47 48 45 49 51 53 52 54
PWind dir N NE NE NE E SE S W
Wind char LT GN GN GN LT LT LT GN
Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 40 80 50 10 0 0 5 10
Rain shwrs C C C D C S
Tstms C S C S
$$
GAZ065-182000-
Augusta Daniel Field-Richmond GA
33.47N 82.03W Elev. 423 ft
205 PM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024
Date Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 89 67 89 67 87
Temp 89 82 74 70 67 68 78 85 87 82 76 73 70 69 78 85 85 78
Dewpt 54 57 60 60 62 63 64 62 61 62 63 63 63 63 62 60 58 58
RH 30 43 62 71 84 84 62 46 42 51 64 71 78 81 58 43 40 50
Wind dir SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W NW NW NW W W NW
Wind spd 4 4 3 3 2 3 6 9 10 5 4 3 3 4 6 9 8 5
Clouds CL CL FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 10 20 10 30
QPF 12hr 0 0.01 0.06 0 0.05
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Rain shwrs S C C C
Tstms S C C
Heat index 82 86 87 83 85
Max heat 86 87 81 86 87 82 85 85
Date Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 62 70 55 67 52 76 56 82
Temp 68 63 68 62 59 56 66 64 55 54 73 69 59 60 80 76
Dewpt 56 52 51 49 50 49 45 44 45 46 45 47 49 52 51 52
PWind dir N NE NE NE E SE S W
Wind char LT GN GN GN LT LT LT GN
Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 40 80 50 10 0 0 5 10
Rain shwrs C C C D C S
Tstms C S S S
$$
SCZ116-182000-
Lancaster County Airport-Lancaster SC
34.72N 80.86W Elev. 486 ft
205 PM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024
Date Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24
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 87 61 86 61 79
Temp 87 78 69 65 61 64 76 83 83 77 69 66 63 64 73 78 78 71
Dewpt 52 54 55 55 56 58 61 61 62 63 63 63 61 60 58 57 56 56
RH 30 43 61 70 84 81 60 47 49 62 81 90 93 87 59 48 47 59
Wind dir W NE S S S SW W SW W SW SW NW N N N N N N
Wind spd 5 1 2 2 1 1 5 9 9 5 4 4 5 5 6 8 6 5
Clouds CL CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B2
PoP 12hr 0 5 30 20 30
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.06 0.08 0.05
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Rain shwrs S S S C C C
Tstms S S S S
Heat index 83 84
Max heat 84 85 83 84
Date Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24
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 55 64 50 64 45 74 52 78
Temp 60 55 63 57 53 51 63 60 49 49 72 67 54 56 76 71
Dewpt 48 46 46 48 48 44 44 45 44 46 45 47 49 52 52 52
PWind dir NE NE N NE E S S W
Wind char GN GN GN GN LT GN GN GN
Avg clouds B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 30 70 40 10 0 0 5 20
Rain shwrs C C C L C S S
Tstms S S
$$
SCZ020-182000-
Newberry County Airport-Newberry SC
34.30N 81.64W Elev. 570 ft
205 PM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024
Date Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
Max/Min 89 62 87 61 83
Temp 88 78 70 65 63 64 75 82 85 77 70 67 64 63 73 80 81 73
Dewpt 51 54 56 57 59 60 63 63 62 64 64 64 62 62 60 59 59 60
RH 28 43 61 75 87 87 66 53 46 64 81 90 93 97 64 49 47 64
Wind dir SW S SW SW SW W SW W W W W W NW N N NW NW N
Wind spd 3 2 3 4 3 4 5 9 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Clouds CL CL FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 SC B2
PoP 12hr 0 10 20 20 30
QPF 12hr 0 0 0.04 0 0.06
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Rain shwrs S S S S C C C
Tstms S S S S C
Heat index 84 85 81 81
Max heat 85 86 84 86 81 83
Date Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
Min/Max 55 65 50 64 45 74 52 80
Temp 63 56 64 57 54 51 63 61 50 49 72 67 56 56 77 72
Dewpt 54 47 48 50 49 46 45 47 45 46 46 49 49 52 53 55
PWind dir NE NE N NE E S SW W
Wind char LT GN GN GN LT GN GN GN
Avg clouds B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 40 70 40 10 0 0 5 10
Rain shwrs C S C L C
Tstms C S
$$
SCZ010-182000-
McCormick County Airport-McCormick SC
33.92N 82.30W Elev. 459 ft
205 PM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024
Date Thu 04/18/24 Fri 04/19/24 Sat 04/20/24
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 63 88 63 86
Temp 88 78 69 66 64 65 76 84 86 78 71 68 65 65 77 84 84 76
Dewpt 54 56 59 61 61 63 65 65 64 65 66 64 63 63 63 62 61 62
RH 31 47 70 84 90 93 69 53 48 64 84 87 93 93 62 48 46 62
Wind dir SW S S SW SW W W W W W W W NW N NW W W NW
Wind spd 3 2 3 3 3 4 5 10 9 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 6 5
Clouds CL CL FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 0 20 20 10 30
QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0.02 0 0.04
Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00
Rain shwrs S C C C
Tstms S S C
Heat index 86 87 85 84
Max heat 86 87 86 87 85 85
Date Sun 04/21/24 Mon 04/22/24 Tue 04/23/24 Wed 04/24/24
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 56 67 51 66 47 75 53 82
Temp 63 57 66 58 54 51 64 62 50 50 73 68 56 56 79 73
Dewpt 55 50 52 51 51 48 47 48 47 48 48 51 51 53 55 56
PWind dir NE NE NE NE E S S W
Wind char LT GN GN GN LT GN LT GN
Avg clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 40 80 40 10 0 0 5 10
Rain shwrs C C C D C
Tstms C S S
$$