


Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
970 FOUS52 KCAE 221006 PFMCAE Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Columbia SC 605 AM EDT Tue Jul 22 2025 SCZ027-222000- Columbia Metropolitan Airport-Lexington SC 33.95N 81.12W Elev. 225 ft 605 AM EDT Tue Jul 22 2025 Date Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu 07/24/25 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 73 91 73 91 Temp 80 87 92 88 82 77 76 75 76 83 89 89 84 78 76 75 76 83 88 88 83 Dewpt 75 75 75 76 76 75 75 74 72 71 69 70 73 73 73 73 74 75 74 75 76 RH 85 68 58 68 82 94 97 97 87 67 52 54 70 85 90 94 94 77 63 66 80 Wind dir NE NE NE E E E E NE NE NE E E E E E E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 4 5 5 6 5 3 2 4 5 8 9 9 5 3 2 2 3 5 5 6 4 Wind gust 16 Clouds FW SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 SC PoP 12hr 70 50 40 20 60 QPF 12hr 0.21 0.05 0.06 0 0.09 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C L C S C C S S S S C C L L S Tstms C L C S C C S S L C S Heat index 85 97103 99 89 88 94 94 90 90 97 98 91 Max heat 85 103 102 87 94 95 87 97 99 Date Fri 07/25/25 Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 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 94 76 98 77 99 76 98 Temp 76 77 92 87 79 80 95 89 80 80 96 89 80 79 95 88 Dewpt 75 75 74 75 74 75 73 75 73 74 73 75 75 75 73 75 PWind dir S SW SW W W W W NW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW SC B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW FW B1 SC FW SC B1 PoP 12hr 20 40 10 20 10 30 20 40 Rain shwrs S C S C S C Tstms S C S C S C $$ SCZ028-222000- Columbia Owens Downtown Airport-Richland SC 33.97N 80.98W Elev. 212 ft 605 AM EDT Tue Jul 22 2025 Date Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu 07/24/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 93 73 91 73 90 Temp 79 87 90 87 81 77 76 75 75 83 88 89 83 78 76 75 76 83 88 87 83 Dewpt 74 75 75 75 75 75 74 73 72 70 68 70 72 73 73 73 74 74 74 74 75 RH 85 68 62 68 82 94 94 94 90 65 52 54 70 85 90 94 94 74 63 65 77 Wind dir NE NE NE NE E E E NE NE NE E E E E E E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 3 5 5 6 5 3 2 4 5 8 8 8 5 3 2 2 3 5 5 6 3 Wind gust 18 Clouds FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 SC PoP 12hr 70 40 30 20 60 QPF 12hr 0.24 0.04 0.05 0 0.08 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C L C C C S S C C L L S Tstms C L C C C S S L C S Heat index 96100 96 87 87 92 94 88 90 97 95 90 Max heat 102 100 86 92 94 85 97 97 Date Fri 07/25/25 Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 74 94 76 97 77 99 76 97 Temp 76 77 91 86 79 79 94 88 80 80 96 89 80 79 94 88 Dewpt 74 75 74 75 74 74 72 74 73 74 72 74 74 75 73 75 PWind dir S SW SW W W W W NW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW SC B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW FW B1 SC FW SC B1 PoP 12hr 20 40 5 20 10 30 20 40 Rain shwrs S C S C S C Tstms S C S C S C $$ SCZ031-222000- Shaw Air Force Base-Sumter SC 33.97N 80.47W Elev. 242 ft 605 AM EDT Tue Jul 22 2025 Date Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu 07/24/25 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 90 73 89 Temp 78 86 89 86 81 77 75 74 74 82 87 86 82 77 76 74 76 83 86 86 82 Dewpt 75 76 76 76 75 75 75 73 72 71 70 71 74 74 74 73 74 75 75 75 76 RH 91 72 66 72 82 94100 97 93 69 57 61 77 90 94 97 94 77 70 70 82 Wind dir NE NE NE NE E NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E SE S S Wind spd 5 6 6 6 5 3 3 5 8 9 10 9 5 3 3 3 4 5 6 5 3 Clouds FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC FW B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC PoP 12hr 70 40 30 20 60 QPF 12hr 0.08 0.06 0.09 0 0.08 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C L C S C C S S C C L L Tstms C L C S C C S S C L Heat index 97100 96 87 86 92 92 89 90 95 95 90 Max heat 101 99 85 93 94 86 95 95 Date Fri 07/25/25 Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 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 74 93 76 95 77 98 76 96 Temp 76 77 90 85 79 79 93 87 80 80 95 88 79 79 93 87 Dewpt 75 76 74 76 74 75 73 75 73 74 73 75 75 76 73 76 PWind dir S SW SW W SW W W W Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW SC B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW FW B1 SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 10 30 10 20 10 30 20 40 Rain shwrs S C S C S C Tstms S C S C S C $$ SCZ136-222000- Orangeburg Municipal Airport-Orangeburg SC 33.45N 80.85W Elev. 197 ft 605 AM EDT Tue Jul 22 2025 Date Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu 07/24/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 93 74 88 73 89 Temp 78 87 91 86 79 76 75 74 75 81 86 86 80 76 75 74 76 82 86 85 81 Dewpt 75 75 75 75 74 75 75 74 73 72 71 72 74 74 74 74 74 75 74 74 75 RH 91 68 60 70 85 97100100 94 74 61 63 82 94 97100 94 79 68 70 82 Wind dir NE NE NE NE E NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E SE SE S Wind spd 4 5 5 6 5 3 3 5 8 10 10 10 5 3 2 3 4 5 6 6 4 Clouds FW FW B1 B2 OV B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC PoP 12hr 80 50 50 30 60 QPF 12hr 0.19 0.06 0.18 0.03 0.11 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C L C C S S C C C C S S C C L L S Tstms C L C C S C C C S L L S Heat index 96102 95 85 91 92 84 89 94 93 87 Max heat 102 101 91 93 94 94 Date Fri 07/25/25 Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 73 91 75 93 76 95 76 94 Temp 75 76 89 83 76 77 91 85 78 78 93 86 78 78 91 85 Dewpt 75 75 74 75 74 75 73 74 74 74 73 75 75 75 74 75 PWind dir S SW SW W SW W W W Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW SC B1 FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 20 40 10 20 10 20 20 40 Rain shwrs S C S S S C Tstms S C S S S C $$ GAZ065-222000- August Regional Airport at Bush Field-Richmond GA 33.37N 81.97W Elev. 148 ft 605 AM EDT Tue Jul 22 2025 Date Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu 07/24/25 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 73 91 73 92 Temp 78 88 94 89 83 77 75 74 76 83 88 87 83 77 75 74 76 83 88 87 83 Dewpt 74 74 72 73 74 74 74 74 73 73 70 70 73 73 74 73 74 75 73 73 74 RH 88 63 49 59 74 90 97100 90 72 55 57 72 87 97 97 94 77 61 63 74 Wind dir N NE NE NE E E NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 2 4 5 6 5 4 2 5 6 9 10 10 6 4 2 2 4 6 8 8 5 Clouds FW FW B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 SC PoP 12hr 70 60 50 20 70 QPF 12hr 0.40 0.06 0.16 0.01 0.13 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C L L C S S C C C C S S C C L L S Tstms C L L C S C C C S C L L S Heat index 97103 97 89 89 93 92 89 90 96 94 90 Max heat 103 99 93 93 86 96 96 Date Fri 07/25/25 Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 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 94 74 95 75 98 75 97 Temp 75 76 91 85 76 77 93 87 78 79 95 89 78 79 94 87 Dewpt 74 74 72 74 73 74 71 73 73 74 70 73 74 74 72 74 PWind dir S SW SW W W W W W Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW SC B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW FW B1 SC FW SC B1 PoP 12hr 20 40 10 20 10 30 20 40 Rain shwrs S S C S C S C Tstms S S C S C S C $$ GAZ065-222000- Augusta Daniel Field-Richmond GA 33.47N 82.03W Elev. 423 ft 605 AM EDT Tue Jul 22 2025 Date Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu 07/24/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 94 75 90 75 90 Temp 79 88 92 89 83 78 77 76 76 81 86 87 84 79 77 76 76 83 86 87 83 Dewpt 74 73 72 72 73 74 74 74 73 71 68 68 71 72 73 73 73 74 72 72 73 RH 85 61 52 57 72 88 90 94 90 72 55 53 65 79 87 90 90 74 63 61 72 Wind dir N NE NE N E E E NE E NE E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 4 5 5 6 5 5 4 5 6 8 9 9 6 5 4 4 5 5 6 6 5 Clouds FW FW B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 SC PoP 12hr 70 60 50 20 60 QPF 12hr 0.27 0.09 0.13 0.01 0.13 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C L L C S S C C C C S S C C L L S Tstms C L L C S S C C S C L L S Heat index 96100 96 89 85 89 91 89 90 92 94 89 Max heat 100 99 86 89 91 86 92 94 Date Fri 07/25/25 Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 75 92 76 95 77 97 78 96 Temp 77 76 89 86 79 77 92 88 80 79 93 89 81 79 93 88 Dewpt 73 74 71 72 73 73 70 71 73 73 69 73 73 74 71 72 PWind dir S SW SW W W W W NW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW SC B1 PoP 12hr 20 40 10 20 10 30 20 30 Rain shwrs S S C S C S C Tstms S S C S C S C $$ SCZ116-222000- Lancaster County Airport-Lancaster SC 34.72N 80.86W Elev. 486 ft 605 AM EDT Tue Jul 22 2025 Date Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu 07/24/25 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 91 72 91 Temp 77 85 88 88 81 77 74 72 73 83 88 90 84 77 74 73 74 84 87 89 83 Dewpt 74 73 73 73 71 72 72 71 70 66 65 64 68 69 70 71 72 72 70 70 72 RH 90 67 61 61 72 85 93 97 90 57 47 42 59 76 87 93 93 67 57 54 70 Wind dir NE NE NE NE E E E NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E SE S Wind spd 4 5 6 5 2 2 1 2 5 8 9 8 2 1 1 2 2 5 5 4 2 Clouds SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 FW PoP 12hr 50 30 10 10 40 QPF 12hr 0.05 0.01 0 0 0.03 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C S S C C Tstms C C C C C Heat index 92 95 95 85 85 90 91 87 90 92 94 88 Max heat 96 97 90 91 85 92 94 Date Fri 07/25/25 Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 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 94 75 96 76 97 75 95 Temp 75 75 91 85 77 77 94 87 78 78 94 86 78 77 93 86 Dewpt 73 74 70 72 73 74 70 72 73 74 71 73 74 74 71 72 PWind dir S SW SW W W W NW N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW B1 SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 10 20 5 20 10 30 20 30 Rain shwrs S S C S C Tstms S S C S C $$ SCZ020-222000- Newberry County Airport-Newberry SC 34.30N 81.64W Elev. 570 ft 605 AM EDT Tue Jul 22 2025 Date Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu 07/24/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 92 71 90 72 89 Temp 78 86 90 88 81 76 75 73 73 81 88 89 84 77 75 73 75 82 87 88 83 Dewpt 74 74 74 73 74 74 73 72 72 69 66 66 70 71 71 71 73 73 72 72 75 RH 88 68 60 61 79 94 94 97 97 67 48 47 63 82 87 93 94 74 61 59 77 Wind dir NE NE NE NE NE E NE E NE NE NE E E E E E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 5 6 8 9 8 4 3 2 3 4 5 5 5 3 Clouds FW SC B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 60 50 30 20 50 QPF 12hr 0.32 0.04 0.01 0 0.10 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C L C S S S S S S S S S S C C S Tstms C L C S S S S C C S Heat index 94 99 97 87 85 90 92 88 88 94 95 90 Max heat 100 101 92 94 86 95 96 Date Fri 07/25/25 Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 72 92 74 95 75 97 74 96 Temp 75 75 90 86 77 77 93 88 78 78 95 88 78 78 94 87 Dewpt 73 74 72 73 73 73 71 72 73 73 71 74 73 74 71 73 PWind dir S SW SW W W W W NW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW SC B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW FW B1 SC FW FW B1 PoP 12hr 20 30 10 20 10 30 20 30 Rain shwrs S C S C S C Tstms S C S C S C $$ SCZ010-222000- McCormick County Airport-McCormick SC 33.92N 82.30W Elev. 459 ft 605 AM EDT Tue Jul 22 2025 Date Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu 07/24/25 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 72 91 73 91 Temp 78 88 93 91 83 76 75 73 75 83 89 90 84 76 75 73 75 83 88 89 83 Dewpt 74 76 75 75 76 75 75 73 74 73 70 69 72 72 73 73 74 76 75 75 76 RH 88 68 56 60 80 97100100 97 72 54 50 67 87 94100 97 80 66 64 80 Wind dir NE NE NE NE NE E NE NE E NE E E E E E E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 2 Clouds FW FW B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 SC PoP 12hr 60 60 40 20 60 QPF 12hr 0.05 0.14 0.03 0 0.17 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C L L C S C C C C S S S S C C L L S Tstms C L L C S S C C S S L C S Heat index 99105102 91 89 94 95 90 91 98 99 91 Max heat 105 104 94 95 85 98 99 Date Fri 07/25/25 Sat 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 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 94 74 97 75 99 75 99 Temp 75 76 91 86 76 77 94 89 78 78 96 88 78 78 96 87 Dewpt 74 75 74 75 74 75 73 74 73 74 72 75 75 75 73 75 PWind dir S SW SW W W W W NW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW SC B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW FW B1 SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 20 30 10 20 10 30 20 30 Rain shwrs S C S C S C Tstms S C S C S C $$