


Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
239 FOUS52 KCAE 171807 PFMCAE Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Columbia SC 205 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025 SCZ027-172000- Columbia Metropolitan Airport-Lexington SC 33.95N 81.12W Elev. 225 ft 205 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 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 74 90 Temp 90 84 78 76 74 75 86 93 91 85 79 76 75 75 82 88 86 81 Dewpt 73 73 73 72 72 73 75 74 75 75 75 74 73 74 75 75 75 75 RH 58 70 85 87 93 94 70 54 60 72 88 94 94 97 79 66 70 82 Wind dir E SE S SW W W NW S N N E E NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 4 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 Clouds FW FW FW CL FW FW CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 0 20 10 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.08 0 0.08 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C Tstms S C C Heat index 98 90 95103102 94 89 98 95 87 Max heat 98 100 86 103 105 87 98 98 Date Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 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 73 90 72 89 71 85 71 83 Temp 75 74 87 82 76 75 86 80 75 74 84 79 73 73 81 77 Dewpt 72 73 73 73 71 72 74 74 73 72 73 73 72 72 73 73 PWind dir NE N N N E E SE SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 10 10 30 40 60 40 60 Rain shwrs C C S C L C C C L Tstms C C S C C S C $$ SCZ028-172000- Columbia Owens Downtown Airport-Richland SC 33.97N 80.98W Elev. 212 ft 205 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 93 73 95 73 90 Temp 90 84 79 75 74 75 86 93 91 84 78 76 75 75 82 87 87 81 Dewpt 72 72 72 72 71 72 74 73 73 75 75 73 73 74 74 73 73 74 RH 56 67 79 90 90 90 68 52 56 74 91 90 94 97 77 63 63 79 Wind dir E SE S SW W W NW SW W NE E E NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 Clouds CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 0 20 10 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.03 0 0.07 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C Tstms S C C Heat index 97 90 94102100 92 88 94 94 86 Max heat 97 99 85 102 102 87 94 95 Date Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 73 90 72 89 71 85 70 82 Temp 75 74 87 82 75 75 86 80 75 74 83 78 73 73 80 77 Dewpt 72 72 71 72 71 72 73 74 72 72 72 73 71 71 73 72 PWind dir NE NE N N E E E SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 10 5 30 40 60 40 60 Rain shwrs C C S C L C C C L Tstms C C S C C S C $$ SCZ031-172000- Shaw Air Force Base-Sumter SC 33.97N 80.47W Elev. 242 ft 205 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 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 73 94 73 89 Temp 90 84 78 75 73 75 86 91 91 83 78 76 74 75 82 86 86 81 Dewpt 71 73 71 71 71 72 74 73 73 75 75 74 73 74 74 74 74 74 RH 54 70 79 87 93 90 68 56 56 77 91 94 97 97 77 68 68 79 Wind dir E SE S SW W W NW E E N E E E NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 6 6 4 Clouds CL CL CL FW FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 5 0 20 10 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.02 0 0.04 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C Tstms C C Heat index 96 89 94100100 90 89 94 94 86 Max heat 95 97 85 101 102 86 94 95 Date Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 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 73 89 72 89 72 85 71 84 Temp 75 74 86 82 75 75 86 81 74 74 83 78 73 73 81 77 Dewpt 72 72 72 72 71 71 73 74 72 72 72 73 71 71 73 72 PWind dir NE NE N N E E E E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 10 5 30 40 60 40 60 Rain shwrs C C S C L C C C L Tstms C C S C C S C $$ SCZ136-172000- Orangeburg Municipal Airport-Orangeburg SC 33.45N 80.85W Elev. 197 ft 205 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 91 71 93 73 89 Temp 88 82 76 73 72 74 85 91 91 84 78 75 74 75 82 86 86 81 Dewpt 70 73 73 72 71 72 72 71 70 73 73 72 73 73 73 72 72 73 RH 55 74 90 97 97 93 65 52 50 70 85 90 97 94 74 63 63 77 Wind dir E SE S SW N W NW NE SE E SE SE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 5 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 5 6 6 4 Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 10 0 10 5 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.04 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C Tstms C C Heat index 93 87 91 98 97 90 87 92 92 86 Max heat 95 95 98 98 86 92 93 Date Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 72 89 72 89 73 85 71 83 Temp 74 74 87 82 75 75 87 80 75 74 82 78 73 73 81 77 Dewpt 72 72 72 72 71 71 71 73 73 72 72 73 72 72 72 73 PWind dir NE N N N E E E E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 10 5 30 30 60 40 60 Rain shwrs C C S C L C C C L Tstms C C S C C S C $$ GAZ065-172000- August Regional Airport at Bush Field-Richmond GA 33.37N 81.97W Elev. 148 ft 205 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 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 70 94 73 91 Temp 90 84 76 74 72 74 86 92 91 85 79 76 74 75 84 88 87 82 Dewpt 72 73 73 73 71 72 73 71 70 72 73 72 72 72 73 72 72 73 RH 56 70 90 97 97 93 65 51 50 65 82 87 93 90 70 59 61 74 Wind dir NE E S N N N N SE W NE E SE E NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 4 5 6 5 Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 10 0 10 5 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.02 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C Tstms C C Heat index 97 90 93 99 97 91 90 95 94 87 Max heat 97 97 85 99 99 87 95 95 Date Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 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 72 91 72 91 72 87 71 85 Temp 75 74 89 84 75 75 89 82 75 74 85 79 73 73 83 78 Dewpt 72 73 72 72 72 72 72 73 73 72 73 72 72 72 72 72 PWind dir NE NE N N E E SE SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 10 5 30 40 70 40 60 Rain shwrs C C S C L C C C L Tstms C C S L C S C $$ GAZ065-172000- Augusta Daniel Field-Richmond GA 33.47N 82.03W Elev. 423 ft 205 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 91 73 94 74 90 Temp 88 84 79 76 74 75 86 91 90 85 80 77 76 75 83 87 86 81 Dewpt 71 72 72 72 72 72 72 70 70 71 72 71 72 72 72 71 71 72 RH 57 67 79 87 93 90 63 50 52 63 77 82 87 90 70 59 61 74 Wind dir NE E S SW W NW NW S W E E E E NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 5 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 0 10 10 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.04 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C Tstms C C Heat index 94 90 92 97 96 90 84 88 93 91 85 Max heat 95 95 88 97 97 88 93 93 Date Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 73 90 74 90 73 85 72 83 Temp 75 74 87 83 76 75 88 81 75 74 84 79 74 73 81 77 Dewpt 72 72 71 71 71 71 71 72 72 72 72 71 71 71 70 71 PWind dir NE NE N N E E SE SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 20 10 30 40 70 40 60 Rain shwrs S C C S C L C C C L Tstms S C C S L C S C $$ SCZ116-172000- Lancaster County Airport-Lancaster SC 34.72N 80.86W Elev. 486 ft 205 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 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 93 72 87 Temp 90 82 77 74 72 75 86 91 88 81 76 74 73 74 80 84 85 78 Dewpt 69 72 71 71 70 72 72 71 73 74 74 73 73 73 72 72 72 73 RH 50 72 82 90 93 90 63 52 61 79 94 97100 97 77 67 65 85 Wind dir SE N N N N N N N N E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 5 4 2 Clouds CL CL CL FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 0 20 20 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.01 0.20 0.08 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C Tstms S S C C Heat index 95 87 92 98 96 86 84 90 91 Max heat 96 97 84 98 99 90 92 Date Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 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 71 87 71 87 70 83 69 82 Temp 73 73 85 79 73 73 85 78 72 72 82 75 71 71 79 74 Dewpt 71 71 70 71 70 71 70 72 71 70 71 70 69 69 70 71 PWind dir NE NE NE N E E E SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 10 10 10 30 40 50 40 50 Rain shwrs C C C C C C C C C Tstms C C C C C $$ SCZ020-172000- Newberry County Airport-Newberry SC 34.30N 81.64W Elev. 570 ft 205 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 91 72 93 72 87 Temp 90 83 77 74 73 74 85 91 90 83 77 75 74 74 80 85 85 79 Dewpt 70 72 71 70 70 71 73 72 72 74 73 73 72 73 74 73 73 73 RH 52 70 82 87 90 90 67 54 56 74 87 94 93 97 82 67 67 82 Wind dir E SE S SW SW W N NE NE SE NE E NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 2 Clouds FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 FW PoP 12hr 0 0 20 20 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.06 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S C C Tstms S S S C C Heat index 96 88 92 99 97 90 84 92 92 Max heat 97 99 84 100 101 85 93 94 Date Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 71 87 71 87 70 82 69 80 Temp 73 72 85 80 74 73 85 78 72 71 81 76 72 70 79 75 Dewpt 72 71 71 72 71 71 72 73 71 70 72 72 69 69 71 72 PWind dir NE NE N N E E E SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 10 10 30 40 60 40 60 Rain shwrs C C C C L C C C L Tstms C C S S C C C $$ SCZ010-172000- McCormick County Airport-McCormick SC 33.92N 82.30W Elev. 459 ft 205 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 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 95 73 90 Temp 91 84 77 74 72 74 86 93 91 84 78 75 74 74 82 87 86 81 Dewpt 74 74 73 72 72 73 75 74 74 75 74 73 73 74 76 75 76 75 RH 58 72 87 93100 97 70 54 58 74 88 94 97100 82 68 72 82 Wind dir NE SE S N SW W N E SE SE E E NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 Clouds FW FW CL CL FW CL FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 0 10 10 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.08 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C Tstms C C Heat index 101 91 95103101 92 89 96 96 87 Max heat 99 102 85 103 103 85 96 97 Date Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 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 71 90 72 90 71 85 70 82 Temp 73 73 87 82 74 73 88 80 73 73 83 78 72 71 81 76 Dewpt 72 73 74 73 72 72 75 74 72 72 75 73 71 71 74 72 PWind dir NE NE N N E E E SE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 20 10 30 40 60 50 60 Rain shwrs S C C C C L C C C L Tstms S C C C C C $$