


Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
547 FOUS52 KCAE 161807 PFMCAE Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Columbia SC 205 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 SCZ027-162000- Columbia Metropolitan Airport-Lexington SC 33.95N 81.12W Elev. 225 ft 205 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 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 93 74 96 76 98 Temp 88 85 79 76 75 78 86 92 92 88 82 79 77 79 90 96 95 89 Dewpt 74 75 73 73 74 74 75 74 73 73 74 73 73 74 75 72 71 73 RH 63 72 82 90 97 88 70 56 54 61 77 82 87 85 62 46 46 59 Wind dir S S S S S SW SW SW SW S S S SW SW W SW SW SW Wind spd 9 6 5 4 4 5 5 6 8 5 5 5 4 3 5 6 6 4 Wind gust 16 Clouds SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 5 20 5 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S Heat index 97 94 95102101 96 88 101105103 97 Max heat 99 98 90 102 102 92 105 104 Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 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 77 100 77 100 77 99 75 94 Temp 81 80 96 89 80 80 97 89 80 80 96 87 78 78 92 85 Dewpt 73 74 72 73 72 74 72 73 74 75 74 75 75 75 75 74 PWind dir SW W W W W NW E NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC FW SC SC FW FW B1 B1 FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 5 20 20 30 20 50 40 60 Rain shwrs S S C S C C S L Tstms S S C S C C S L $$ SCZ028-162000- Columbia Owens Downtown Airport-Richland SC 33.97N 80.98W Elev. 212 ft 205 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 92 74 95 76 98 Temp 88 85 79 76 75 77 85 92 92 87 82 79 77 79 90 95 94 89 Dewpt 73 74 73 73 74 74 75 74 73 73 74 73 73 74 74 72 71 72 RH 61 70 82 90 97 90 72 56 54 63 77 82 87 85 60 48 47 57 Wind dir S S S S S S SW SW SW S S S SW SW W SW SW SW Wind spd 8 5 5 4 3 4 5 6 6 5 4 4 3 3 5 6 6 4 Wind gust 16 Clouds B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 5 20 5 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S Heat index 96 93 94102101 94 88 99104101 96 Max heat 98 98 89 102 102 92 104 103 Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 78 99 77 99 77 98 75 93 Temp 81 80 96 89 80 80 97 89 80 80 95 86 77 78 91 85 Dewpt 73 73 72 72 73 74 72 73 74 75 74 75 75 75 75 74 PWind dir SW W W W W NW E NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC FW SC SC FW FW B1 B1 SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 10 20 20 30 20 60 40 60 Rain shwrs S S C S L C S L Tstms S S C S L C S L $$ SCZ031-162000- Shaw Air Force Base-Sumter SC 33.97N 80.47W Elev. 242 ft 205 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 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 75 94 76 97 Temp 88 84 79 76 75 78 86 91 92 87 81 79 77 79 89 94 94 89 Dewpt 73 75 74 74 74 74 76 75 74 74 74 73 74 75 76 74 73 74 RH 61 74 85 94 97 88 72 60 56 65 79 82 90 88 66 53 51 61 Wind dir S S S S S SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW W SW SW SW Wind spd 9 6 5 4 4 6 6 8 8 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 8 4 Clouds SC SC FW FW SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 5 20 0 20 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S S Heat index 96 91 81 96102102 95 87 80100105103 97 Max heat 98 98 88 102 102 93 85 106 106 Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 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 77 98 77 99 77 96 75 93 Temp 80 80 95 88 79 80 96 88 80 80 94 84 77 78 90 84 Dewpt 74 75 73 73 74 74 73 74 74 76 76 77 75 75 75 75 PWind dir SW W SW W W N NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW SC SC FW FW B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 10 20 20 30 20 50 40 60 Rain shwrs S S C S C C S L Tstms S S C S C C S L $$ SCZ136-162000- Orangeburg Municipal Airport-Orangeburg SC 33.45N 80.85W Elev. 197 ft 205 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 91 74 93 74 96 Temp 87 82 77 76 75 77 85 90 90 84 79 77 75 77 88 93 93 86 Dewpt 72 73 74 74 75 74 75 74 73 74 74 75 74 75 75 74 72 74 RH 61 74 90 94100 90 72 60 58 72 85 94 97 94 66 54 51 68 Wind dir S S S S S S SW SW S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW Wind spd 10 9 5 4 4 5 8 8 9 6 5 5 4 5 5 6 8 5 Clouds SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 30 5 20 0 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S S Heat index 94 87 94 99 98 91 98103101 94 Max heat 93 94 99 100 88 103 103 Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 75 97 77 97 77 95 75 91 Temp 78 78 94 87 79 79 95 88 78 79 93 84 77 77 88 82 Dewpt 74 75 73 73 74 74 72 73 74 75 74 75 76 75 75 75 PWind dir SW W SW W W W E NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW SC SC SC FW B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 5 20 10 30 20 50 40 60 Rain shwrs S C S C C S L Tstms S C S C C S L $$ GAZ065-162000- August Regional Airport at Bush Field-Richmond GA 33.37N 81.97W Elev. 148 ft 205 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 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 93 72 96 74 98 Temp 89 85 79 76 74 77 86 92 91 87 80 78 75 78 89 94 93 88 Dewpt 71 73 72 73 73 73 75 72 71 72 73 73 73 73 73 71 69 73 RH 56 67 79 90 97 87 70 52 52 61 79 85 94 85 59 47 46 61 Wind dir S SE S S SE S S S S S S S S SW W SW SW SW Wind spd 10 9 8 5 4 4 5 8 9 5 5 4 2 2 5 6 8 5 Clouds SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 5 20 5 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S Tstms S S S S Heat index 95 92 95100 98 94 84 97101 98 96 Max heat 96 96 87 100 99 90 101 100 Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 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 75 99 76 99 77 97 75 95 Temp 78 79 95 89 80 79 96 89 80 80 94 85 77 78 91 85 Dewpt 73 73 71 71 72 73 70 73 73 74 71 74 75 75 74 75 PWind dir SW W W W W W NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW SC SC FW FW B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 PoP 12hr 5 20 10 30 20 50 40 60 Rain shwrs S C S C C S L Tstms S C S C C S L $$ GAZ065-162000- Augusta Daniel Field-Richmond GA 33.47N 82.03W Elev. 423 ft 205 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 92 75 94 77 96 Temp 89 85 81 78 76 77 85 90 91 87 83 79 77 79 88 92 93 89 Dewpt 69 71 72 72 73 73 73 71 70 71 73 73 73 73 72 70 68 71 RH 52 63 74 82 90 87 67 54 50 59 72 82 87 82 59 49 44 56 Wind dir S S S S S S S S S S S S S SW W SW SW SW Wind spd 9 8 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 6 6 5 Clouds SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 5 20 5 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S Tstms S S S S Heat index 94 90 85 92 96 97 93 89 95 98 97 95 Max heat 93 95 90 97 98 91 98 98 Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 78 98 78 98 79 97 76 93 Temp 79 80 93 89 81 80 94 89 81 80 93 86 78 78 89 84 Dewpt 72 73 71 70 72 73 70 71 73 73 70 73 74 74 73 74 PWind dir SW W W W W W NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW SC SC FW FW B1 SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 5 20 10 30 20 40 40 60 Rain shwrs S C S C C S L Tstms S C S C C S L $$ SCZ116-162000- Lancaster County Airport-Lancaster SC 34.72N 80.86W Elev. 486 ft 205 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 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 74 94 75 96 Temp 89 84 79 76 74 78 86 90 92 86 80 77 76 80 90 94 95 86 Dewpt 71 73 73 73 73 73 74 72 71 73 73 73 73 73 73 71 69 72 RH 56 70 82 90 97 85 68 56 51 65 79 87 90 79 58 47 43 63 Wind dir S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW SW W SW SW SW Wind spd 8 3 3 3 4 5 8 9 6 2 2 2 2 3 6 8 6 1 Clouds SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 30 5 20 5 30 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 95 90 94 97 99 93 84 84 98101101 92 Max heat 96 96 86 97 99 89 84 101 102 Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 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 75 97 75 97 75 95 74 91 Temp 77 80 94 86 77 79 95 86 77 79 93 84 75 77 88 83 Dewpt 72 74 71 73 74 74 71 73 74 74 72 74 74 74 72 72 PWind dir SW W W W NW NE NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 20 20 20 20 40 40 50 Rain shwrs S S S S C C S C Tstms S S S S C C C $$ SCZ020-162000- Newberry County Airport-Newberry SC 34.30N 81.64W Elev. 570 ft 205 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 90 73 94 75 96 Temp 89 85 79 76 74 76 85 91 92 87 81 79 76 77 88 94 95 89 Dewpt 71 73 73 72 72 73 74 73 72 73 72 72 73 73 73 71 70 72 RH 56 67 82 87 93 90 70 56 52 63 74 79 90 87 61 47 45 57 Wind dir S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S S SW SW W SW SW SW Wind spd 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 Clouds SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 30 5 20 5 20 QPF 12hr 0.03 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S S Heat index 95 92 92100100 94 85 96101102 96 Max heat 97 100 88 101 102 90 102 103 Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 75 96 74 97 75 96 74 92 Temp 79 78 95 87 77 78 95 88 78 78 94 86 76 76 90 85 Dewpt 71 73 72 73 72 74 72 74 74 74 73 75 74 74 75 73 PWind dir SW W W W W N NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC FW SC SC FW FW B1 B1 FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 20 10 30 20 50 40 50 Rain shwrs S C S C C S C Tstms S C S C C S C $$ SCZ010-162000- McCormick County Airport-McCormick SC 33.92N 82.30W Elev. 459 ft 205 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 Date Wed 07/16/25 Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 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 92 74 95 75 98 Temp 92 86 79 76 74 77 86 92 93 87 80 78 76 78 89 94 96 89 Dewpt 74 75 74 73 73 74 75 73 73 74 73 73 73 74 75 73 71 73 RH 56 70 85 90 97 90 70 54 52 65 79 85 90 88 64 51 45 59 Wind dir S S S S S S SW S SW S S S SW SW W SW SW SW Wind spd 5 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 2 Clouds SC FW SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 5 20 5 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S Tstms S S S S Heat index 102 95 95101102 95 84 99103104 97 Max heat 99 102 88 101 103 89 103 104 Date Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 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 76 98 76 99 76 99 75 94 Temp 78 79 95 88 78 79 96 89 78 79 95 87 77 77 91 85 Dewpt 73 74 73 73 73 74 73 73 72 74 73 76 75 75 75 75 PWind dir SW W W W W NW NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW SC SC FW FW B1 SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 20 10 30 20 40 40 50 Rain shwrs S C S C C C Tstms S C S C C C $$