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National Weather Service Columbia SC
1006 PM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026

SCZ027-170800-
Columbia Metropolitan Airport-Lexington SC
33.95N  81.12W Elev. 225 ft
1006 PM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026

Date           09/16/26      Thu 09/17/26            Fri 09/18/26            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                      65          92          69          95          72
Temp                73 68 66 67 82 90 91 83 75 72 71 71 85 93 93 84 78 75 73 73
Dewpt               62 63 63 64 67 66 65 64 61 62 63 65 69 71 71 72 72 72 71 71
RH                  68 84 90 90 61 45 42 53 62 71 76 81 59 49 49 67 82 90 93 93
Wind dir             E  N  N  N  N  E SE  S SW SW SW SW  W NW NW  N NE  E NE NE
Wind spd             1  0  0  0  0  2  2  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  2  1  1  1  1  1
Clouds              CL CL FW CL CL FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          10          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  C  S
Tstms                                                             C  S
Heat index                      85 93 93 84             89100100 90
Max heat                           93    93               100   101    87


Date           09/19  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26
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    92      72    92      71    89      71    86
Temp          89 82   74 73 89 83   75 73 89 82   74 73 86 80   73 72 83 78
Dewpt         74 73   72 71 73 73   72 72 73 73   73 72 74 74   72 71 74 72
PWind dir        NE       E     E       S     E       E    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         60      20    20       5    40      40    50      30    40
Rain shwrs        L    S     S  S             C    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms             C    S        S             C    S        C    S        S

$$
SCZ028-170800-
Columbia Owens Downtown Airport-Richland SC
33.97N  80.98W Elev. 212 ft
1006 PM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026

Date           09/16/26      Thu 09/17/26            Fri 09/18/26            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                      64          93          69          96          71
Temp                72 68 65 66 82 91 92 84 75 72 70 71 85 94 94 84 78 75 73 73
Dewpt               61 62 62 63 66 64 63 63 60 61 62 64 67 69 69 70 71 71 70 70
RH                  68 81 90 90 58 41 38 49 60 68 76 79 55 44 44 63 79 87 90 90
Wind dir             E  N  N  N  N  E  E SE  S SW SW SW  W NW NW  N NE  E NE NE
Wind spd             1  0  0  0  0  2  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  2  1  1  1  1  1
Clouds              CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          10          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  C  S
Tstms                                                             C  S
Heat index                      84 93 93 85             88 99 99 88
Max heat                           93    93                99   101    86


Date           09/19  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26
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    92      71    92      71    89      70    86
Temp          90 82   73 72 89 83   74 73 90 82   73 72 86 80   73 72 84 79
Dewpt         73 72   71 70 72 72   71 71 72 72   72 71 73 73   72 70 72 71
PWind dir        NE       E     E       S     E       E    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         60      20    20       5    40      40    50      30    40
Rain shwrs        L    S     S  S             C    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms             C    S        S             C    S        C    S        S

$$
SCZ031-170800-
Shaw Air Force Base-Sumter SC
33.97N  80.47W Elev. 242 ft
1006 PM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026

Date           09/16/26      Thu 09/17/26            Fri 09/18/26            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                      64          93          68          95          70
Temp                70 67 64 65 82 91 92 83 74 70 68 70 85 93 93 83 76 73 71 72
Dewpt               62 64 63 64 66 63 61 61 62 63 63 65 68 69 69 71 71 71 70 70
RH                  76 90 97 97 58 40 36 47 66 78 84 84 57 46 46 67 85 93 97 93
Wind dir            SE  N  N  N NE NE  E SE  S  S SW SW  W  W NW NW  E  N  N NE
Wind spd             2  0  0  1  1  2  2  2  1  2  2  2  3  2  2  2  2  1  0  1
Clouds              CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          20          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                                       S  S  C  S
Heat index                      85 92 92 83             87 98 98 87
Max heat                           93    93                99   100    85


Date           09/19  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26
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    91      70    92      70    88      70    86
Temp          90 81   72 71 89 83   73 72 90 82   73 72 86 79   72 71 84 78
Dewpt         72 73   71 71 72 72   71 71 72 73   72 72 73 74   72 71 73 71
PWind dir         E       E     E      SE     E       E    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 SC B1 SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         50      20    20       5    40      40    50      30    40
Rain shwrs        C    S  S  S  S             C    C  S  S  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms             C    S        S             C    S        C    S        S

$$
SCZ136-170800-
Orangeburg Municipal Airport-Orangeburg SC
33.45N  80.85W Elev. 197 ft
1006 PM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026

Date           09/16/26      Thu 09/17/26            Fri 09/18/26            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                      64          91          67          94          70
Temp                70 66 65 65 81 89 90 78 72 68 67 69 84 92 93 82 75 73 70 72
Dewpt               63 64 64 65 65 61 59 60 62 64 64 65 66 66 66 68 70 70 70 70
RH                  78 93 97100 58 39 35 54 71 87 90 87 55 43 41 63 84 90100 93
Wind dir             N  N  N  N NE  E  E  N  N  N  N  W  W  W  W  S  N  N  N  N
Wind spd             0  0  0  3  4  4  3  0  0  0  0  2  3  1  2  2  0  0  0  0
Clouds              CL FW CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          10          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  S
Tstms                                                             S  S
Heat index                      83 89                   86 95 96 85
Max heat                           89    90                95    96    83


Date           09/19  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26
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    92      71    92      71    88      70    86
Temp          90 81   72 71 89 81   72 72 90 81   72 72 86 79   72 71 84 78
Dewpt         70 71   72 71 70 71   71 71 70 72   72 72 71 72   72 71 71 71
PWind dir         E       E     E      SE     E       E    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   B1 SC B1 B1   B1 SC B2 B2   B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         50      20    20       0    40      30    60      30    40
Rain shwrs        C    S  S  S  S             C    C  S  S  L    C  C  C  C
Tstms             C    S        S             C    S        C             S

$$
GAZ065-170800-
August Regional Airport at Bush Field-Richmond GA
33.37N  81.97W Elev. 148 ft
1006 PM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026

Date           09/16/26      Thu 09/17/26            Fri 09/18/26            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                      63          92          66          95          70
Temp                72 68 65 65 82 90 92 82 74 70 68 68 85 94 95 84 77 74 72 72
Dewpt               62 63 63 63 64 61 60 63 63 63 63 64 65 65 65 68 70 70 69 70
RH                  71 84 93 93 55 38 34 53 69 78 84 87 51 39 37 59 79 87 90 93
Wind dir             N  N  N  N  N  E  E  N  N  N  N  N  W  N  N  S  N  N  N  N
Wind spd             0  0  0  0  0  5  3  0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  1  0  0  0  0
Clouds              CL CL FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5           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                      83 90 92 83             87 97 98 87
Max heat                           90    92                97    98    85


Date           09/19  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26
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      70    93      70    93      70    90      69    88
Temp          91 83   74 72 91 83   74 72 91 83   73 72 88 81   73 72 86 79
Dewpt         70 72   72 72 69 71   72 71 70 72   72 72 71 72   72 71 70 71
PWind dir         E       E     E      SE     E       E    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B2   B1 SC SC SC   B1 SC SC B1   B1 SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         60      30    20       5    40      30    50      30    40
Rain shwrs        L    C     S  S             C    C        C    C  S  S  C
Tstms             C    S        S             C    S        C             S

$$
GAZ065-170800-
Augusta Daniel Field-Richmond GA
33.47N  82.03W Elev. 423 ft
1006 PM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026

Date           09/16/26      Thu 09/17/26            Fri 09/18/26            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                      65          91          69          94          73
Temp                73 68 66 66 81 89 91 82 75 71 69 69 84 92 94 83 78 75 73 73
Dewpt               61 62 62 63 63 61 60 61 61 62 62 63 64 65 65 66 69 69 69 70
RH                  66 81 87 90 54 39 36 49 62 73 78 81 51 41 39 57 74 82 87 90
Wind dir             E  N  N  N  N  E  E  N  N  N  N SW  W  W NW SW SE  N  N  N
Wind spd             3  0  0  0  0  3  3  0  0  0  0  3  3  1  2  3  3  0  0  0
Clouds              CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5           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                      82 89 91 83             85 94 97 85
Max heat                           89    91                94    97    83


Date           09/19  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26
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    91      72    92      72    89      71    86
Temp          90 82   74 72 89 82   74 73 90 82   74 72 87 79   73 72 84 78
Dewpt         69 70   71 71 69 69   71 71 69 70   71 71 70 70   71 71 69 69
PWind dir         E       E     E      SE     E       E    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B2   B1 SC SC SC   B1 SC SC B1   B1 SC B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         60      30    20       5    40      30    50      30    40
Rain shwrs        L    C     S  S             C    C  S     C    C  S  S  C
Tstms             C    S        S             C    S        C             S

$$
SCZ116-170800-
Lancaster County Airport-Lancaster SC
34.72N  80.86W Elev. 486 ft
1006 PM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026

Date           09/16/26      Thu 09/17/26            Fri 09/18/26            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                      63          92          69          94          70
Temp                71 67 64 65 82 91 92 83 74 72 70 70 85 93 92 81 75 73 71 71
Dewpt               61 59 60 63 64 61 61 63 62 62 63 66 68 68 68 71 71 71 70 71
RH                  71 75 87 93 55 37 36 51 66 71 78 87 57 44 46 72 87 93 97100
Wind dir             N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  W NW NW  N  N  N  N NE
Wind spd             0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  2
Clouds              CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          40          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                                       S  C  C
Heat index                      83 91 92 84             88 97 96 85
Max heat                           91    92                97    97


Date           09/19  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26
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          89      69    91      69    91      68    87      68    83
Temp          87 80   71 70 89 81   72 70 89 81   71 70 85 78   70 69 82 77
Dewpt         70 70   69 70 69 70   69 70 69 70   70 70 70 70   70 69 68 68
PWind dir        NE       E     S       N    SE       E    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         50      30    20      10    40      40    50      40    30
Rain shwrs        C    C        S             C    C  S  S  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms             C    S        S             S    S        C    S        S

$$
SCZ020-170800-
Newberry County Airport-Newberry SC
34.30N  81.64W Elev. 570 ft
1006 PM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026

Date           09/16/26      Thu 09/17/26            Fri 09/18/26            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                      63          90          68          93          69
Temp                70 67 64 64 81 89 90 80 73 71 69 69 84 91 91 80 74 73 71 71
Dewpt               63 61 60 62 65 64 64 66 63 61 62 64 68 69 70 72 71 70 69 70
RH                  78 81 87 93 58 44 42 62 71 71 78 84 59 49 50 77 90 90 93 97
Wind dir             E  N  N  N  N  E SE  S SW SW SW SW  W  N SW NW NE NE NE NE
Wind spd             1  0  0  0  0  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  2  2  1  1  1  1  2
Clouds              CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          10          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  C  S
Tstms                                                             C
Heat index                      83 90 91 82             87 97 97 84
Max heat                           91    93                98    99


Date           09/19  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26
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          88      68    89      69    89      68    86      67    83
Temp          87 79   71 70 87 80   72 70 88 79   71 69 84 77   70 69 81 76
Dewpt         72 72   70 70 71 71   69 69 71 72   70 69 71 72   70 69 70 70
PWind dir        NE       E     E       S    SE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         50      30    10      10    40      40    50      40    30
Rain shwrs        C    C                      C    C  S  S  C    C  S  C  C
Tstms             C    S                      C    S        C    S        S

$$
SCZ010-170800-
McCormick County Airport-McCormick SC
33.92N  82.30W Elev. 459 ft
1006 PM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026

Date           09/16/26      Thu 09/17/26            Fri 09/18/26            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                      64          94          68          97          70
Temp                71 67 64 65 83 91 92 80 74 71 68 69 86 95 95 83 75 73 71 71
Dewpt               64 62 61 63 66 65 63 64 64 64 63 65 69 70 69 70 70 70 70 70
RH                  79 84 90 93 57 42 38 58 71 79 84 87 57 45 43 65 84 90 97 97
Wind dir             E  N  N  N  N  E  E  N  N  N  N SW  W  W  W  N  N  N  N NE
Wind spd             1  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  1  2  1  1  0  0  0  0  1
Clouds              CL CL CL FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          10          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  S
Tstms                                                             S  S
Heat index                      85 93 93 82             90102101 87
Max heat                           93    95               102   102    83


Date           09/19  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26
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      69    92      69    93      69    89      68    86
Temp          90 81   72 70 90 82   72 70 91 82   71 70 87 79   71 70 84 78
Dewpt         73 72   71 70 72 71   71 70 72 71   71 70 73 72   71 70 72 70
PWind dir        NE       E    NE       N     E      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B2   B1 SC B1 SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         60      30    20       5    40      40    50      30    40
Rain shwrs        L    C     S  S             C    C  S     C    C  S  C  C
Tstms             C    S        S             C    S        C    S        S

$$