Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
270 FOUS52 KCAE 182106 PFMCAE Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Columbia SC 506 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 SCZ027-190800- Columbia Metropolitan Airport-Lexington SC 33.95N 81.12W Elev. 225 ft 506 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 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 93 72 90 72 Temp 85 79 76 74 74 84 91 88 81 77 75 74 74 81 88 87 80 77 74 72 74 Dewpt 72 72 72 72 72 75 75 76 75 74 73 73 73 75 75 75 74 74 73 72 73 RH 65 79 87 93 93 74 60 68 82 90 94 97 97 82 66 68 82 90 97100 97 Wind dir W SW N NW N NE NE E E E E E NE E E E E N N N N Wind spd 2 1 0 1 1 3 3 4 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 Clouds SC B1 B1 B2 SC FW SC B1 SC B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 30 30 30 30 5 QPF 12hr 0.02 0.07 0.01 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S C S C C C Tstms C S S C S S S Heat index 91 92102 99 87 87 98 96 85 Max heat 101 87 102 103 98 98 Date 09/21 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 Fri 09/25/26 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 92 72 88 70 83 67 82 65 82 Temp 90 82 74 73 86 79 73 71 80 76 70 68 80 76 68 66 80 75 Dewpt 75 75 73 72 75 74 71 70 73 71 67 65 70 69 65 63 67 66 PWind dir SE E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 50 60 60 40 30 10 10 5 10 Rain shwrs C L S C L C C Tstms C C C S S $$ SCZ028-190800- Columbia Owens Downtown Airport-Richland SC 33.97N 80.98W Elev. 212 ft 506 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon EDT 3hrly 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 73 93 72 90 72 Temp 85 79 76 74 74 84 91 88 81 77 74 73 72 81 88 88 81 76 74 73 72 Dewpt 70 71 71 71 72 74 74 74 74 73 73 72 72 74 73 73 73 73 72 72 72 RH 61 77 85 90 93 72 58 63 79 87 97 97100 79 61 61 77 90 93 97100 Wind dir W SW N NW NE NE NE NE E E E NE NE E E E E N N N N Wind spd 2 1 0 1 1 3 3 4 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC PoP 12hr 30 30 20 30 5 QPF 12hr 0 0.09 0.01 0.02 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S S S S S C C Tstms C C S S S S S Heat index 90 91101 97 86 86 96 96 86 Max heat 99 86 101 102 96 97 Date 09/21 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 Fri 09/25/26 EDT 6hrly 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 92 71 88 70 83 67 82 65 82 Temp 90 82 74 73 86 79 72 71 80 77 69 67 80 76 68 65 80 75 Dewpt 73 73 72 71 73 72 71 69 71 70 66 64 68 68 65 62 65 66 PWind dir SE E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 50 50 60 40 30 10 10 5 10 Rain shwrs C C S C L C C Tstms C C C C C $$ SCZ031-190800- Shaw Air Force Base-Sumter SC 33.97N 80.47W Elev. 242 ft 506 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 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 71 92 71 90 71 Temp 83 77 74 72 72 83 90 87 79 75 73 72 72 80 88 87 80 76 73 72 71 Dewpt 72 72 72 71 72 75 75 75 75 74 73 72 72 75 74 73 74 73 73 72 71 RH 70 85 93 97100 77 62 68 88 97100100100 85 63 63 82 90100100100 Wind dir W SW N N N NE NE NE E E NE NE NE NE E E SE N N N N Wind spd 3 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 4 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 30 40 30 30 5 QPF 12hr 0.03 0.06 0 0.05 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C C C C Tstms C C C C S S C Obvis PF Heat index 88 89100 96 85 97 94 84 Max heat 100 84 101 102 98 98 Date 09/21 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 Fri 09/25/26 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 91 71 88 69 83 66 82 64 82 Temp 89 82 73 72 85 79 71 70 80 77 68 67 79 76 67 65 79 75 Dewpt 74 74 73 72 74 73 71 69 71 70 66 65 69 68 64 62 66 65 PWind dir SE E NE NE NE NE NE NE N Wind char LT LT LT LT GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 40 60 40 30 10 10 20 10 Rain shwrs C C C L C C S Tstms C C C C C S $$ SCZ136-190800- Orangeburg Municipal Airport-Orangeburg SC 33.45N 80.85W Elev. 197 ft 506 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon EDT 3hrly 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 71 92 72 89 71 Temp 82 76 73 71 72 83 90 89 79 75 73 72 73 81 87 87 78 75 72 72 71 Dewpt 69 70 70 70 71 73 72 72 74 74 73 72 73 74 72 71 72 73 72 72 71 RH 65 82 90 97 97 72 56 57 85 97100100100 79 61 59 82 94100100100 Wind dir SW N N N N NE NE NE E N N N NE NE NE E N N N N N Wind spd 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 Clouds FW FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 40 30 40 5 QPF 12hr 0 0.06 0.06 0.07 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C C Tstms S C S C C Heat index 85 89 97 96 86 94 93 Max heat 96 97 99 94 94 Date 09/21 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 Fri 09/25/26 EDT 6hrly 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 90 71 88 69 84 66 83 65 82 Temp 88 81 72 72 86 79 71 70 82 77 69 67 81 76 67 66 80 75 Dewpt 71 73 72 72 71 72 71 70 70 69 67 65 68 67 65 63 65 64 PWind dir E E E NE NE NE NE NE N Wind char LT LT LT LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 40 60 40 30 10 10 5 10 Rain shwrs C C S L C S C Tstms C S C S C $$ GAZ065-190800- August Regional Airport at Bush Field-Richmond GA 33.37N 81.97W Elev. 148 ft 506 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 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 71 94 71 91 70 Temp 84 78 75 73 73 84 92 91 81 76 74 73 73 82 89 89 80 76 74 72 71 Dewpt 68 70 70 69 70 71 70 71 73 74 73 72 73 73 72 71 73 73 73 72 71 RH 59 76 84 87 90 65 49 52 77 94 97 97100 74 57 56 79 90 97100100 Wind dir S N N N N N NE NE E N N N N E NE NE N N N N N Wind spd 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 Clouds FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B2 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 10 40 30 30 5 QPF 12hr 0 0.03 0.05 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C S S C C Tstms S C S S C C Obvis PF Heat index 87 89 98 98 86 87 96 95 84 Max heat 97 84 98 100 96 97 Date 09/21 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 Fri 09/25/26 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 92 70 89 69 85 66 84 64 84 Temp 90 83 74 73 88 80 73 72 83 78 70 68 82 77 69 66 82 75 Dewpt 71 73 73 72 71 72 72 70 69 70 68 65 67 67 66 64 64 65 PWind dir E SE NE NE NE NE NE NE N Wind char LT LT LT LT GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 30 60 40 30 10 10 5 5 Rain shwrs C C C L C S C Tstms C S C C C $$ GAZ065-190800- Augusta Daniel Field-Richmond GA 33.47N 82.03W Elev. 423 ft 506 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon EDT 3hrly 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 73 93 73 90 72 Temp 84 78 75 74 73 83 91 89 81 77 75 73 73 81 88 88 80 77 74 73 73 Dewpt 66 69 69 69 70 70 70 70 71 73 72 72 72 72 71 70 71 72 72 72 72 RH 55 74 82 84 90 65 50 54 72 87 90 97 97 74 57 55 74 85 93 97 97 Wind dir S NE N N N N N E NE E N N NE E NE NE E N N N N Wind spd 4 3 0 0 0 2 3 4 4 3 0 0 2 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 Clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW SC FW SC PoP 12hr 10 30 30 30 5 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.05 0.02 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C S S C C Tstms S C S S C C Heat index 86 87 97 94 85 85 94 93 83 Max heat 95 83 97 98 94 95 Date 09/21 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 Fri 09/25/26 EDT 6hrly 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 91 72 88 71 84 67 83 65 82 Temp 89 82 74 73 86 79 73 72 82 77 70 68 81 76 69 66 80 75 Dewpt 71 71 72 72 71 70 71 69 69 67 66 65 66 65 64 63 63 62 PWind dir E SE NE NE NE NE NE NE N Wind char LT LT LT LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 30 60 40 30 10 10 5 5 Rain shwrs C C C L C S C Tstms C S C C C $$ SCZ116-190800- Lancaster County Airport-Lancaster SC 34.72N 80.86W Elev. 486 ft 506 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 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 71 90 70 89 69 Temp 81 75 73 72 72 81 88 86 78 74 72 71 71 79 87 87 79 74 72 71 70 Dewpt 72 73 72 72 72 73 72 72 72 73 72 71 71 72 71 70 72 72 71 71 70 RH 74 94 97100100 77 59 63 82 97100100100 79 59 57 79 93 97100100 Wind dir N N N N N NE NE NE NE N N N N N N N N N N N N Wind spd 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC FW SC PoP 12hr 50 30 20 20 5 QPF 12hr 0.08 0.06 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C S S S Tstms C S C C S S S Obvis PF Heat index 85 86 95 92 93 92 Max heat 97 95 96 93 94 Date 09/21 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 Fri 09/25/26 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 91 69 84 67 78 62 79 61 79 Temp 89 81 71 70 82 76 69 67 76 73 65 63 77 73 64 62 77 72 Dewpt 71 72 71 70 70 70 69 67 67 66 64 62 64 64 62 61 60 62 PWind dir N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N Wind char LT LT LT LT GN GN GN LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 50 70 60 50 40 20 10 10 10 Rain shwrs C L C C L C C C C S Tstms C C C C S $$ SCZ020-190800- Newberry County Airport-Newberry SC 34.30N 81.64W Elev. 570 ft 506 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon EDT 3hrly 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 70 90 70 87 69 Temp 81 75 73 71 72 81 88 87 78 74 72 71 71 79 85 86 78 74 72 70 70 Dewpt 72 71 71 70 71 73 73 73 73 72 71 71 71 73 73 72 73 72 71 70 70 RH 74 87 93 97 97 77 61 63 85 93 97100100 82 67 63 85 93 97100100 Wind dir S NW NE NW N NE NE NE N E E NE NE E NE SE N N N N N Wind spd 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Clouds B1 B2 B1 B2 FW FW B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 40 40 40 30 5 QPF 12hr 0.02 0.06 0.02 0.01 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C S S S C C Tstms C S C S S S S C Heat index 85 86 96 94 92 92 Max heat 99 96 98 93 94 Date 09/21 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 Fri 09/25/26 EDT 6hrly 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 90 69 84 67 79 63 78 61 79 Temp 88 79 72 70 82 76 70 68 77 72 66 64 76 72 65 62 77 72 Dewpt 72 73 71 70 72 72 69 67 69 69 65 62 66 67 63 61 64 65 PWind dir SE E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 70 60 50 40 20 10 5 10 Rain shwrs C L C C L C S S C S Tstms C C S C S S S $$ SCZ010-190800- McCormick County Airport-McCormick SC 33.92N 82.30W Elev. 459 ft 506 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 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 71 94 70 90 69 Temp 84 76 73 71 72 84 92 90 80 74 72 71 70 81 88 88 79 74 72 71 70 Dewpt 70 70 71 70 71 74 73 74 73 73 72 71 70 74 74 74 72 72 72 71 70 RH 63 82 93 97 97 72 54 60 79 97100100100 79 63 63 79 93100100100 Wind dir S SW N N N NE NE E NE E E NE NE E E NE N N N N N Wind spd 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Clouds SC SC SC B2 SC CL FW B1 B1 B1 SC B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW SC PoP 12hr 20 40 50 30 5 QPF 12hr 0 0.07 0.09 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C S C C Tstms S S C C C S C Heat index 88 91101 99 84 86 97 97 Max heat 102 101 102 97 98 Date 09/21 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 Fri 09/25/26 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 93 69 87 68 83 64 82 62 82 Temp 91 81 72 71 85 78 70 68 80 75 67 65 80 75 66 63 80 74 Dewpt 73 72 71 71 73 71 70 68 71 68 65 63 68 66 64 62 65 64 PWind dir SE E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 50 50 60 40 30 10 10 5 5 Rain shwrs C C C C L C S C Tstms C C S C C S $$