


Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
204 FOUS52 KCAE 162107 PFMCAE Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Columbia SC 505 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 SCZ027-170800- Columbia Metropolitan Airport-Lexington SC 33.95N 81.12W Elev. 225 ft 505 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 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 74 96 76 98 77 Temp 85 79 76 75 78 86 92 92 88 82 79 77 79 90 96 95 89 84 81 78 80 Dewpt 75 73 73 74 74 75 74 73 73 74 73 73 74 75 72 71 73 73 73 73 74 RH 72 82 90 97 88 70 56 54 61 77 82 87 85 62 46 46 59 70 77 85 82 Wind dir S S S S SW SW SW SW S S S SW SW W SW SW SW SW SW SW W Wind spd 6 5 4 4 5 5 6 8 5 5 5 4 3 5 6 6 4 3 3 3 3 Wind gust 16 Clouds SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 5 20 5 20 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S Heat index 94 95102101 96 88 101105103 97 90 86 85 Max heat 97 90 102 102 92 105 104 94 85 Date 07/19 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 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 100 77 100 77 99 75 94 74 96 Temp 96 89 80 80 97 89 80 80 96 87 78 78 92 85 77 77 93 87 Dewpt 72 73 72 74 72 73 74 75 74 75 75 75 75 74 74 73 72 73 PWind dir W W W W NW E NE E E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC FW FW B1 B1 FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 20 20 30 20 50 40 60 40 50 Rain shwrs S S C S C C S L C C Tstms S S C S C C S L C C $$ SCZ028-170800- Columbia Owens Downtown Airport-Richland SC 33.97N 80.98W Elev. 212 ft 505 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat EDT 3hrly 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 74 95 76 98 78 Temp 85 79 76 75 77 85 92 92 87 82 79 77 79 90 95 94 89 84 81 79 80 Dewpt 74 73 73 74 74 75 74 73 73 74 73 73 74 74 72 71 72 72 73 72 73 RH 70 82 90 97 90 72 56 54 63 77 82 87 85 60 48 47 57 67 77 79 79 Wind dir S S S S S SW SW SW S S S SW SW W SW SW SW SW SW SW W Wind spd 5 5 4 3 4 5 6 6 5 4 4 3 3 5 6 6 4 3 2 2 2 Wind gust 16 Clouds SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 5 20 5 20 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S Heat index 93 94102101 94 88 99104101 96 90 86 84 Max heat 98 89 102 102 92 104 103 94 84 Date 07/19 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 EDT 6hrly 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 99 77 99 77 98 75 93 74 95 Temp 96 89 80 80 97 89 80 80 95 86 77 78 91 85 77 77 92 87 Dewpt 72 72 73 74 72 73 74 75 74 75 75 75 75 74 74 73 71 73 PWind dir W W W W NW E NE E E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC FW FW B1 B1 SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 20 20 30 20 60 40 60 30 40 Rain shwrs S S C S L C S L C C Tstms S S C S L C S L C C $$ SCZ031-170800- Shaw Air Force Base-Sumter SC 33.97N 80.47W Elev. 242 ft 505 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 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 75 94 76 97 77 Temp 84 79 76 75 78 86 91 92 87 81 79 77 79 89 94 94 89 82 80 78 80 Dewpt 75 74 74 74 74 76 75 74 74 74 73 74 75 76 74 73 74 74 74 74 75 RH 74 85 94 97 88 72 60 56 65 79 82 90 88 66 53 51 61 77 82 88 85 Wind dir S S S S SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW W SW SW SW SW SW SW W Wind spd 6 5 4 4 6 6 8 8 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 8 4 3 3 3 4 Clouds SC FW FW SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 20 0 20 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S S Heat index 91 81 96102102 95 87 80100105103 97 88 85 86 Max heat 98 88 102 102 93 85 106 106 95 87 Date 07/19 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 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 98 77 99 77 96 75 93 74 94 Temp 95 88 79 80 96 88 80 80 94 84 77 78 90 84 77 77 91 85 Dewpt 73 73 74 74 73 74 74 76 76 77 75 75 75 75 74 74 72 74 PWind dir W SW W W N NE NE E NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC FW FW B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 20 20 30 20 50 40 60 30 40 Rain shwrs S S C S C C S L C C Tstms S S C S C C S L C C $$ SCZ136-170800- Orangeburg Municipal Airport-Orangeburg SC 33.45N 80.85W Elev. 197 ft 505 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat EDT 3hrly 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 74 93 74 96 75 Temp 82 77 76 75 77 85 90 90 84 79 77 75 77 88 93 93 86 80 78 77 78 Dewpt 73 74 74 75 74 75 74 73 74 74 75 74 75 75 74 72 74 75 74 74 75 RH 74 90 94100 90 72 60 58 72 85 94 97 94 66 54 51 68 85 88 90 91 Wind dir S S S S S SW SW S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Wind spd 9 5 4 4 5 8 8 9 6 5 5 4 5 5 6 8 5 4 4 4 4 Clouds SC FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 20 0 20 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S S Heat index 87 94 99 98 91 98103101 94 85 Max heat 94 99 100 88 103 103 91 Date 07/19 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 EDT 6hrly 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 97 77 97 77 95 75 91 74 92 Temp 94 87 79 79 95 88 78 79 93 84 77 77 88 82 76 76 89 84 Dewpt 73 73 74 74 72 73 74 75 74 75 76 75 75 75 74 74 72 74 PWind dir W SW W W W E NE E E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC SC FW B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 20 10 30 20 50 40 60 40 50 Rain shwrs S C S C C S L C C Tstms S C S C C S L C C $$ GAZ065-170800- August Regional Airport at Bush Field-Richmond GA 33.37N 81.97W Elev. 148 ft 505 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 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 96 74 98 75 Temp 85 79 76 74 77 86 92 91 87 80 78 75 78 89 94 93 88 80 78 76 79 Dewpt 73 72 73 73 73 75 72 71 72 73 73 73 73 73 71 69 73 72 73 72 73 RH 67 79 90 97 87 70 52 52 61 79 85 94 85 59 47 46 61 77 85 87 82 Wind dir SE S S SE S S S S S S S S SW W SW SW SW SW SW SW W Wind spd 9 8 5 4 4 5 8 9 5 5 4 2 2 5 6 8 5 3 2 2 3 Clouds SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 20 5 20 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S S Heat index 92 95100 98 94 84 97101 98 96 84 Max heat 96 87 100 99 90 101 100 92 Date 07/19 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 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 99 76 99 77 97 75 95 74 96 Temp 95 89 80 79 96 89 80 80 94 85 77 78 91 85 76 77 92 86 Dewpt 71 71 72 73 70 73 73 74 71 74 75 75 74 75 75 74 72 74 PWind dir W W W W W NE NE E E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC FW FW B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 20 10 30 20 50 40 60 40 50 Rain shwrs S C S C C S L C C Tstms S C S C C S L C C $$ GAZ065-170800- Augusta Daniel Field-Richmond GA 33.47N 82.03W Elev. 423 ft 505 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat EDT 3hrly 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 75 94 77 96 78 Temp 85 81 78 76 77 85 90 91 87 83 79 77 79 88 92 93 89 83 79 78 80 Dewpt 71 72 72 73 73 73 71 70 71 73 73 73 73 72 70 68 71 72 72 72 73 RH 63 74 82 90 87 67 54 50 59 72 82 87 82 59 49 44 56 70 79 82 79 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S S S SW W SW SW SW SW SW W W Wind spd 8 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 6 6 5 4 4 4 5 Clouds SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 5 20 5 20 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S S Heat index 90 85 92 96 97 93 89 95 98 97 95 88 84 Max heat 95 90 97 98 91 98 98 93 84 Date 07/19 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 EDT 6hrly 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 98 78 98 79 97 76 93 76 94 Temp 93 89 81 80 94 89 81 80 93 86 78 78 89 84 78 77 89 86 Dewpt 71 70 72 73 70 71 73 73 70 73 74 74 73 74 74 74 71 72 PWind dir W W W W W NE NE E E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC FW FW B1 SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 20 10 30 20 40 40 60 40 40 Rain shwrs S C S C C S L C C Tstms S C S C C S L C C $$ SCZ116-170800- Lancaster County Airport-Lancaster SC 34.72N 80.86W Elev. 486 ft 505 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 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 74 94 75 96 75 Temp 84 79 76 74 78 86 90 92 86 80 77 76 80 90 94 95 86 80 77 76 80 Dewpt 73 73 73 73 73 74 72 71 73 73 73 73 73 73 71 69 72 71 72 72 74 RH 70 82 90 97 85 68 56 51 65 79 87 90 79 58 47 43 63 74 85 87 82 Wind dir S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW SW W SW SW SW SW N W W Wind spd 3 3 3 4 5 8 9 6 2 2 2 2 3 6 8 6 1 1 0 1 2 Clouds FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW PoP 12hr 5 20 5 30 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C Tstms S C C Heat index 90 94 97 99 93 84 84 98101101 92 83 85 Max heat 95 86 97 99 89 84 101 102 89 85 Date 07/19 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 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 97 75 97 75 95 74 91 73 94 Temp 94 86 77 79 95 86 77 79 93 84 75 77 88 83 75 76 91 84 Dewpt 71 73 74 74 71 73 74 74 72 74 74 74 72 72 72 72 70 72 PWind dir W W W NW NE NE NE E NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 20 20 20 20 40 40 50 30 30 Rain shwrs S S S S C C S C C C Tstms S S S S C C C C C $$ SCZ020-170800- Newberry County Airport-Newberry SC 34.30N 81.64W Elev. 570 ft 505 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat EDT 3hrly 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 73 94 75 96 75 Temp 85 79 76 74 76 85 91 92 87 81 79 76 77 88 94 95 89 82 79 77 78 Dewpt 73 73 72 72 73 74 73 72 73 72 72 73 73 73 71 70 72 71 71 71 73 RH 67 82 87 93 90 70 56 52 63 74 79 90 87 61 47 45 57 69 77 82 85 Wind dir S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S S SW SW W SW SW SW SW SW SW W Wind spd 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 3 3 3 4 Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 5 20 5 20 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S S Heat index 92 92100100 94 85 96101102 96 86 Max heat 97 88 101 102 90 102 103 93 Date 07/19 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 EDT 6hrly 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 96 74 97 75 96 74 92 74 94 Temp 95 87 77 78 95 88 78 78 94 86 76 76 90 85 76 76 92 87 Dewpt 72 73 72 74 72 74 74 74 73 75 74 74 75 73 73 73 72 73 PWind dir W W W W N NE NE NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC FW FW B1 B1 FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 20 10 30 20 50 40 50 30 40 Rain shwrs S C S C C S C C C Tstms S C S C C S C C C $$ SCZ010-170800- McCormick County Airport-McCormick SC 33.92N 82.30W Elev. 459 ft 505 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 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 74 95 75 98 76 Temp 86 79 76 74 77 86 92 93 87 80 78 76 78 89 94 96 89 81 78 76 79 Dewpt 75 74 73 73 74 75 73 73 74 73 73 73 74 75 73 71 73 71 73 72 74 RH 70 85 90 97 90 70 54 52 65 79 85 90 88 64 51 45 59 72 85 87 85 Wind dir S S S S S SW S SW S S S SW SW W SW SW SW SW SW W W Wind spd 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 Clouds FW SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 5 20 5 20 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S S Heat index 95 95101102 95 84 99103104 97 85 Max heat 102 88 101 103 89 103 104 92 Date 07/19 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 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 98 76 99 76 99 75 94 74 96 Temp 95 88 78 79 96 89 78 79 95 87 77 77 91 85 77 76 93 87 Dewpt 73 73 73 74 73 73 72 74 73 76 75 75 75 75 74 74 73 74 PWind dir W W W W NW NE NE E NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC FW FW B1 SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 20 10 30 20 40 40 50 40 40 Rain shwrs S C S C C C C C Tstms S C S C C C C C $$