Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
635 FOUS52 KCAE 181806 PFMCAE Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Columbia SC 206 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 SCZ027-182000- Columbia Metropolitan Airport-Lexington SC 33.95N 81.12W Elev. 225 ft 206 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 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 92 72 90 Temp 94 84 79 76 74 73 83 90 87 79 76 74 72 74 81 88 87 79 Dewpt 67 70 71 72 71 72 74 74 73 75 74 73 72 72 75 75 74 74 RH 41 63 77 87 90 97 74 60 63 88 94 97100 93 82 66 65 85 Wind dir S N NW S N N NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E SE Wind spd 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 10 40 60 30 40 QPF 12hr 0 0.03 0.19 0.01 0.13 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L C C C C C Tstms C S C C S S C Heat index 98 88 90 99 94 87 98 95 Max heat 96 99 86 99 100 98 98 Date Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 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 91 71 89 70 82 67 84 Temp 74 72 89 82 74 73 87 80 73 71 80 75 70 67 81 77 Dewpt 72 72 74 74 72 72 74 73 72 70 73 71 68 66 70 70 PWind dir SE SE SE NE NE NE NE N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 10 40 50 50 40 20 10 20 Rain shwrs C C C S C C S S S Tstms C C C S $$ SCZ028-182000- Columbia Owens Downtown Airport-Richland SC 33.97N 80.98W Elev. 212 ft 206 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 96 72 92 71 90 Temp 94 85 78 75 74 74 83 90 87 80 76 74 73 72 81 88 87 80 Dewpt 66 70 71 71 71 71 73 72 72 74 73 72 72 72 73 73 72 73 RH 40 61 79 87 90 90 72 56 61 82 90 93 97100 77 61 61 79 Wind dir S N N N N N NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E SE Wind spd 2 2 1 0 1 1 3 3 4 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 Clouds SC B1 SC B1 SC FW FW B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 40 60 30 40 QPF 12hr 0 0.04 0.17 0.01 0.12 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S L C C C C C Tstms C S C C S S C Obvis PF Heat index 97 90 89 97 94 85 86 96 94 84 Max heat 97 98 86 97 99 96 96 Date Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 71 92 71 90 70 82 66 84 Temp 73 73 90 82 74 73 87 81 73 70 80 76 69 67 81 77 Dewpt 72 72 73 73 72 71 73 72 71 69 71 70 67 65 69 69 PWind dir SE SE SE NE NE NE NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 10 40 50 50 40 20 10 20 Rain shwrs C C C S C C S S S Tstms C C C S $$ SCZ031-182000- Shaw Air Force Base-Sumter SC 33.97N 80.47W Elev. 242 ft 206 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 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 71 91 71 89 Temp 93 83 76 74 72 73 82 89 86 78 75 73 72 71 80 87 87 79 Dewpt 67 70 71 71 70 72 73 73 72 75 74 73 72 71 74 73 73 73 RH 43 65 85 90 93 97 74 59 63 91 97100100100 82 63 63 82 Wind dir SW NW NE N N N NE NE NE E E N E NE E E E SE Wind spd 2 3 1 0 1 2 4 4 4 4 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 Clouds SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 10 40 60 30 30 QPF 12hr 0 0.03 0.15 0.01 0.06 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L C C C C C Tstms C S C C S S C Obvis PF Heat index 97 87 87 97 93 84 94 93 Max heat 96 99 83 97 98 95 97 Date Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 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 91 70 89 69 82 66 83 Temp 72 72 89 81 73 72 86 79 72 69 80 75 69 67 81 77 Dewpt 72 72 73 73 72 72 73 73 71 69 71 70 67 66 69 70 PWind dir SE SE E E NE NE NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 10 40 40 60 40 20 10 20 Rain shwrs C C C C L C S S Tstms C S C C S $$ SCZ136-182000- Orangeburg Municipal Airport-Orangeburg SC 33.45N 80.85W Elev. 197 ft 206 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 93 71 92 71 89 Temp 92 82 75 73 72 72 83 90 88 78 74 73 72 71 80 87 87 78 Dewpt 65 68 69 70 70 70 71 70 71 73 73 73 72 71 73 71 71 72 RH 41 63 82 90 93 93 67 52 57 85 97100100100 79 59 59 82 Wind dir SW SW SW N N N NE NE NE E N N N NE E E E N Wind spd 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 4 4 3 0 0 0 2 3 3 3 0 Clouds SC SC SC SC SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 20 60 40 40 QPF 12hr 0 0.03 0.19 0.02 0.13 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C Tstms S C C S C C Obvis PF PF Heat index 94 85 88 96 94 84 93 93 Max heat 93 95 96 97 93 94 Date Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 71 90 71 89 70 85 67 84 Temp 72 72 88 80 72 72 87 79 72 70 83 77 70 68 82 77 Dewpt 72 72 71 72 72 72 71 72 71 70 70 69 68 66 68 68 PWind dir N SE SE NE E NE NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW SC SC PoP 12hr 10 40 30 50 30 20 10 20 Rain shwrs C C C S C C S S Tstms C S C S S $$ GAZ065-182000- August Regional Airport at Bush Field-Richmond GA 33.37N 81.97W Elev. 148 ft 206 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 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 71 93 70 90 Temp 94 84 78 75 73 73 84 91 90 80 76 73 71 72 82 88 88 79 Dewpt 64 68 69 69 69 70 70 69 70 73 73 73 71 72 72 71 72 73 RH 37 59 74 82 87 90 63 49 52 79 90100100100 72 57 59 82 Wind dir N N N N N N N NE NE E N N N N E E NE E Wind spd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 Clouds SC B1 SC FW FW SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 20 50 40 50 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0.11 0.01 0.05 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C Tstms S S C C S C C Obvis PF Heat index 96 87 88 96 96 84 87 94 95 Max heat 95 97 84 96 97 94 96 Date Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 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 92 70 91 69 87 66 86 Temp 72 72 90 82 74 73 89 82 73 72 85 79 71 68 84 78 Dewpt 72 72 71 72 72 72 71 72 72 70 70 70 68 66 67 69 PWind dir E SE SE NE E NE NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC FW SC SC PoP 12hr 10 40 30 50 40 20 10 10 Rain shwrs C C S C C S Tstms C C C S S $$ GAZ065-182000- Augusta Daniel Field-Richmond GA 33.47N 82.03W Elev. 423 ft 206 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 95 73 93 73 90 Temp 93 84 78 75 74 73 83 91 89 80 76 74 73 73 80 87 87 79 Dewpt 63 66 68 68 69 70 69 68 69 71 72 72 72 72 72 71 70 70 RH 37 55 71 79 84 90 63 47 52 74 87 93 97 97 77 59 57 74 Wind dir N SE N N N N NE NE NE E E N E E E E NE E Wind spd 0 3 2 0 0 0 3 3 4 4 3 0 2 3 3 3 3 3 Clouds FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 30 50 40 50 QPF 12hr 0.02 0.07 0.14 0.01 0.05 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C Tstms S S C C S C C Heat index 94 86 87 95 94 83 84 93 92 Max heat 94 95 84 95 97 93 94 Date Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 73 91 72 90 71 86 68 85 Temp 74 73 89 82 74 73 87 81 73 72 83 78 71 69 82 77 Dewpt 71 71 70 70 71 71 70 69 71 70 69 67 67 66 66 65 PWind dir E SE SE NE NE NE NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC FW B1 SC PoP 12hr 10 40 30 50 40 20 10 10 Rain shwrs C C S C C S Tstms C C C S S $$ SCZ116-182000- Lancaster County Airport-Lancaster SC 34.72N 80.86W Elev. 486 ft 206 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 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 70 89 69 88 Temp 94 82 75 73 72 72 81 87 85 77 73 72 71 70 79 86 86 78 Dewpt 68 71 71 72 71 72 72 72 71 72 72 71 71 70 71 70 70 71 RH 43 69 87 97 97100 74 61 63 85 97 97100100 77 59 59 79 Wind dir N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE N N N N N N N N Wind spd 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 50 40 50 20 30 QPF 12hr 0.65 0.07 0.10 0.01 0.05 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C C S S C C Tstms C C S C C S S C Heat index 99 86 85 94 90 91 91 Max heat 97 99 94 95 91 93 Date Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 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 90 69 87 67 78 63 80 Temp 71 71 89 81 72 70 85 78 70 67 77 72 66 64 78 74 Dewpt 70 71 70 71 70 70 70 70 69 67 67 67 65 63 64 66 PWind dir N N NE NE NE NE NE N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 50 60 60 50 20 20 20 Rain shwrs C L C C L C S S S S Tstms C C C S $$ SCZ020-182000- Newberry County Airport-Newberry SC 34.30N 81.64W Elev. 570 ft 206 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 94 69 90 69 88 Temp 93 81 75 73 71 71 81 88 86 77 73 72 71 70 79 86 86 77 Dewpt 67 71 71 71 71 70 73 72 72 73 72 71 70 70 72 72 72 72 RH 43 72 87 93100 97 77 59 63 87 97 97 97100 79 63 63 85 Wind dir E NE SW N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E N Wind spd 1 1 1 0 1 2 3 3 4 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW PoP 12hr 20 40 40 30 40 QPF 12hr 0 0.05 0.09 0.01 0.09 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S C C C C Tstms C C S S S C Heat index 97 85 86 95 93 92 92 Max heat 96 99 96 96 92 94 Date Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 68 89 68 87 66 79 63 80 Temp 71 70 87 79 72 70 84 77 70 67 78 73 67 64 78 74 Dewpt 70 70 71 72 70 70 72 72 69 67 70 69 66 64 67 68 PWind dir N S NE NE NE NE NE N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 40 50 50 50 20 20 10 Rain shwrs C C C C C S S S S Tstms C C C S $$ SCZ010-182000- McCormick County Airport-McCormick SC 33.92N 82.30W Elev. 459 ft 206 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Date Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 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 98 70 94 69 91 Temp 96 84 76 73 72 72 84 92 89 80 74 72 71 70 81 87 87 79 Dewpt 67 69 70 70 70 70 72 72 71 73 72 72 71 70 74 73 74 72 RH 39 61 82 90 93 93 67 52 56 79 93100100100 79 63 65 79 Wind dir N E N N N NE NE NE NE NE E N E E E E NE N Wind spd 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 Clouds FW B1 B1 SC SC FW CL FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW PoP 12hr 10 30 40 40 50 QPF 12hr 0.02 0 0.08 0.02 0.08 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C C C Tstms C S C S S C Obvis PF Heat index 100 88 90100 95 84 86 94 95 Max heat 98 101 100 100 94 97 Date Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 Thu 09/24/26 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 93 68 90 67 83 64 84 Temp 71 71 90 82 71 70 87 80 70 68 81 76 67 65 81 76 Dewpt 71 71 73 72 71 70 73 71 70 68 71 68 66 64 69 67 PWind dir N S NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 FW SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 50 50 50 40 30 10 20 Rain shwrs C C C C C S C S Tstms C C C S S $$