


Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
202 FOUS52 KCAE 311307 PFMCAE Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Columbia SC 905 AM EDT Thu Jul 31 2025 SCZ027-312000- Columbia Metropolitan Airport-Lexington SC 33.95N 81.12W Elev. 225 ft 905 AM EDT Thu Jul 31 2025 Date Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 Sat 08/02/25 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 96 76 96 71 81 Temp 88 93 92 87 81 79 78 80 89 94 91 84 78 76 74 73 77 79 79 77 Dewpt 78 77 77 77 76 77 76 77 78 77 77 77 76 75 73 72 73 72 73 71 RH 72 60 62 72 85 94 94 91 70 58 64 80 94 97 97 97 87 79 82 82 Wind dir SW SW W SW SW SW W W W W W E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 4 5 6 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 3 3 3 5 6 8 9 9 5 Wind gust 17 16 Clouds SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 50 30 60 70 70 QPF 12hr 0.10 0.01 0.21 0.67 0.17 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S S L L L L C C C C L L C Tstms C C S S C L C S C C S Heat index 102107106 99 87 87103109105 94 Max heat 109 107 94 87 109 108 90 83 Date Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25 Tue 08/05/25 Wed 08/06/25 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 81 68 85 70 86 70 88 Temp 72 70 79 77 71 70 83 79 73 72 82 79 73 73 85 81 Dewpt 68 65 65 67 65 64 67 69 67 69 72 72 70 71 73 73 PWind dir NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind char LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 40 40 30 40 30 50 30 50 Rain shwrs C S S C C S S C C C C C C S S C Tstms S S C C S C C S C $$ SCZ028-312000- Columbia Owens Downtown Airport-Richland SC 33.97N 80.98W Elev. 212 ft 905 AM EDT Thu Jul 31 2025 Date Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 Sat 08/02/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 96 76 96 71 80 Temp 88 93 92 87 82 79 78 79 89 94 91 83 78 75 74 72 76 79 79 76 Dewpt 77 76 76 76 76 76 75 76 77 76 75 76 76 75 73 71 71 71 71 71 RH 70 58 60 70 82 91 91 91 68 56 60 80 94100 97 97 85 77 77 85 Wind dir SW SW W SW SW SW W W W W SW E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 3 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 3 2 3 5 5 6 8 8 5 Wind gust 16 17 Clouds SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 50 30 70 70 70 QPF 12hr 0.05 0.01 0.44 0.59 0.14 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S S L L L L C C C C L L C Tstms C C S S L L C S C C S Heat index 100106105 98 89 102107102 91 Max heat 106 106 93 107 106 87 83 Date Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25 Tue 08/05/25 Wed 08/06/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 68 81 68 85 70 85 70 87 Temp 71 69 78 77 71 70 82 78 72 72 82 79 73 72 85 80 Dewpt 68 64 64 65 65 64 66 67 67 68 71 71 70 70 72 73 PWind dir NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 40 40 30 40 30 50 30 50 Rain shwrs C S S C C S S C C C C C C S C C Tstms S S C C S C C S C $$ SCZ031-312000- Shaw Air Force Base-Sumter SC 33.97N 80.47W Elev. 242 ft 905 AM EDT Thu Jul 31 2025 Date Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 Sat 08/02/25 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 95 76 94 71 81 Temp 89 93 92 86 81 78 77 79 88 92 89 83 77 75 73 72 77 79 80 77 Dewpt 78 77 77 77 76 76 75 77 78 77 77 77 76 74 73 71 72 72 71 71 RH 70 60 62 75 85 94 94 94 72 62 68 82 97 97100 97 85 79 74 82 Wind dir SW SW SW SW S SW SW W W W NE E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 4 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 6 8 9 9 9 6 Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 60 30 70 70 60 QPF 12hr 0.04 0.01 0.37 0.83 0.21 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C S L L L L C C C C L L C Tstms C C C S L L C S S C C S Heat index 102107105 97 88 101105101 91 83 Max heat 107 106 94 106 106 88 84 Date Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25 Tue 08/05/25 Wed 08/06/25 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 81 68 84 70 86 71 87 Temp 71 69 78 77 71 70 81 78 73 71 82 79 73 73 84 81 Dewpt 68 64 66 67 65 64 68 68 68 70 72 72 70 71 73 73 PWind dir NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind char LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 30 40 30 40 30 50 30 50 Rain shwrs C S S C C S S C C S C C C S S C Tstms S S C C S C S S C $$ SCZ136-312000- Orangeburg Municipal Airport-Orangeburg SC 33.45N 80.85W Elev. 197 ft 905 AM EDT Thu Jul 31 2025 Date Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 Sat 08/02/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 94 76 93 72 82 Temp 87 91 90 85 80 78 76 78 87 91 89 82 77 75 74 73 76 79 78 76 Dewpt 77 76 75 76 76 76 75 76 76 75 75 75 76 75 73 72 72 72 71 71 RH 72 62 62 75 88 94 97 94 70 60 64 79 97100 97 97 87 79 79 85 Wind dir SW SW SW W SW SW SW W W W SW SE E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 5 6 8 4 3 2 3 4 5 5 5 3 2 2 5 6 9 9 9 5 Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 50 30 60 70 70 QPF 12hr 0.05 0.01 0.39 0.71 0.31 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C L L L L C C C C L L C Tstms C C C L L C C S C C C Heat index 99103101 94 86 98102 99 89 Max heat 103 103 89 102 102 85 82 Date Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25 Tue 08/05/25 Wed 08/06/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 69 81 68 84 70 85 71 87 Temp 72 69 78 76 70 70 81 78 72 71 82 79 73 72 84 79 Dewpt 69 66 66 67 67 66 68 69 70 70 71 72 71 71 72 73 PWind dir NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind char LT GN LT GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 50 50 40 50 40 50 30 50 Rain shwrs C C C C C S S C C C C C C S S C Tstms C C S S C C S S C C S C $$ GAZ065-312000- August Regional Airport at Bush Field-Richmond GA 33.37N 81.97W Elev. 148 ft 905 AM EDT Thu Jul 31 2025 Date Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 Sat 08/02/25 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 95 76 96 73 83 Temp 87 92 92 86 79 78 76 78 88 93 91 84 78 76 75 75 78 80 79 77 Dewpt 77 75 75 76 76 75 75 76 76 74 73 74 76 75 74 72 72 71 71 71 RH 72 58 58 72 91 91 97 94 68 54 56 72 94 97 97 90 82 74 77 82 Wind dir SW SW SW W SW SW SW W W W SW SW E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 5 8 8 5 2 2 2 3 5 5 6 4 2 2 4 5 8 9 10 6 Clouds FW B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 OV PoP 12hr 40 20 60 70 80 QPF 12hr 0.07 0.01 0.09 0.59 0.22 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S L L L L C C C C D D C Tstms C C S L L C C S S C C C Heat index 99103103 96 99103100 91 83 Max heat 103 103 89 103 102 88 83 83 Date Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25 Tue 08/05/25 Wed 08/06/25 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 82 68 84 69 86 69 87 Temp 71 71 78 76 70 70 81 78 72 72 82 79 71 72 85 80 Dewpt 69 66 65 66 66 65 66 68 69 69 70 71 70 70 70 71 PWind dir NE NE NE E E NE NE NE Wind char LT GN LT GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 50 50 30 50 40 60 40 50 Rain shwrs C C C C C S C C C C C L C C C C Tstms C C S C C S S C C S C $$ GAZ065-312000- Augusta Daniel Field-Richmond GA 33.47N 82.03W Elev. 423 ft 905 AM EDT Thu Jul 31 2025 Date Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 Sat 08/02/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 93 77 94 74 81 Temp 86 90 90 85 82 79 78 78 87 92 90 84 80 77 75 75 77 78 79 76 Dewpt 76 74 74 75 75 75 75 76 75 73 73 74 75 74 73 72 71 70 70 69 RH 72 60 60 72 79 88 91 94 68 54 58 72 85 90 94 90 82 76 74 79 Wind dir W SW W W SW SW W W W W W SW E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 5 5 6 5 3 3 4 5 4 5 5 4 3 3 5 6 6 8 8 6 Clouds FW B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 40 20 50 70 70 QPF 12hr 0.06 0.23 0.08 0.59 0.21 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S C C L L C C C C L L C Tstms C C S C C C C S S C C S Heat index 96 99 99 94 89 96100 98 91 85 Max heat 101 99 92 100 100 88 Date Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25 Tue 08/05/25 Wed 08/06/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 70 80 69 83 70 84 71 85 Temp 73 70 76 76 72 70 80 78 73 71 80 78 74 72 82 80 Dewpt 68 66 64 65 65 64 65 67 68 68 68 69 69 70 69 70 PWind dir NE NE NE E E NE NE NE Wind char LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 50 50 30 50 40 50 40 50 Rain shwrs C C C C C S C C C C C C C C C C Tstms S C S C C S S C C S C $$ SCZ116-312000- Lancaster County Airport-Lancaster SC 34.72N 80.86W Elev. 486 ft 905 AM EDT Thu Jul 31 2025 Date Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 Sat 08/02/25 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 94 74 94 69 81 Temp 87 91 90 82 78 76 75 76 88 91 89 81 76 74 71 71 76 78 80 75 Dewpt 76 75 75 76 76 75 75 76 75 73 73 74 73 71 70 68 66 67 66 66 RH 70 60 62 82 94 97100100 66 56 59 79 90 90 97 90 71 69 62 74 Wind dir SW SW SW NW SW N N W N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 3 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 3 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 9 5 Clouds SC B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 60 30 60 70 40 QPF 12hr 0.04 0.07 0.66 0.54 0.03 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L C C L L L L S S S S C C C Tstms L C C C L C S S C Heat index 98102101 89 97100 97 86 82 Max heat 102 103 100 99 82 Date Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25 Tue 08/05/25 Wed 08/06/25 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 66 82 65 85 67 84 68 85 Temp 69 67 79 75 67 67 82 77 70 69 81 76 71 70 83 78 Dewpt 64 63 59 61 61 62 59 62 64 66 66 67 68 69 69 69 PWind dir NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind char LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 30 20 20 20 30 40 30 40 Rain shwrs C S S S S S C S S C C S S C Tstms S C S C $$ SCZ020-312000- Newberry County Airport-Newberry SC 34.30N 81.64W Elev. 570 ft 905 AM EDT Thu Jul 31 2025 Date Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 Sat 08/02/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 93 73 95 69 79 Temp 85 91 90 84 78 77 75 77 87 92 91 83 76 74 72 71 75 77 79 75 Dewpt 76 75 75 76 76 75 74 75 76 74 72 75 75 73 71 70 70 69 68 68 RH 75 60 62 77 94 94 97 94 70 56 54 77 97 97 97 97 84 76 69 79 Wind dir SW SW SW SW SW SW W W NW W W NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 4 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 8 9 9 9 5 Wind gust 16 Clouds SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 50 20 60 70 50 QPF 12hr 0.04 0.01 0.29 0.84 0.08 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C S S L L L L C C S S C C C Tstms S C C S S C L C S C C S Heat index 95102101 93 97102 99 91 Max heat 103 105 89 104 103 87 82 Date Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25 Tue 08/05/25 Wed 08/06/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 66 80 65 83 66 82 67 84 Temp 70 69 78 75 68 67 81 78 70 69 79 76 70 69 82 79 Dewpt 66 63 62 63 61 62 63 65 64 65 69 69 68 68 71 70 PWind dir NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind char LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 30 30 20 30 30 40 30 50 Rain shwrs C S S C S S S C C C C C C C S C Tstms S S S S C S C $$ SCZ010-312000- McCormick County Airport-McCormick SC 33.92N 82.30W Elev. 459 ft 905 AM EDT Thu Jul 31 2025 Date Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 Sat 08/02/25 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 95 75 96 71 80 Temp 87 93 92 86 79 77 76 78 89 94 94 86 77 74 72 72 76 78 79 76 Dewpt 78 77 77 76 76 76 75 76 78 76 75 76 76 74 72 72 73 73 73 71 RH 75 60 62 72 91 97 97 94 70 56 54 72 97100100100 90 85 82 85 Wind dir W SW W NW W SW SW W W W W W NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 2 4 4 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 5 4 Clouds SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 50 20 50 70 60 QPF 12hr 0.09 0.01 0.06 1.38 0.09 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S C C L L C C C C L L C Tstms C S S C C C C S C C S Heat index 100107106 96 103107105 96 Max heat 107 107 90 107 108 91 82 Date Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25 Tue 08/05/25 Wed 08/06/25 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 80 66 84 67 84 69 86 Temp 71 69 78 76 68 68 81 78 70 69 80 77 71 71 83 80 Dewpt 68 66 66 65 64 64 67 67 67 67 72 72 70 70 73 73 PWind dir NE NE NE NE E NE NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 50 40 30 40 40 50 40 50 Rain shwrs C C S C C S S C C C C C C C C C Tstms S S C C S C C C $$