Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
070 FOUS52 KCAE 160406 PFMCAE Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Columbia SC 1206 AM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026 SCZ027-170800- Columbia Metropolitan Airport-Lexington SC 33.95N 81.12W Elev. 225 ft 1206 AM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri 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 67 90 64 92 70 Temp 72 69 68 80 88 88 78 73 68 66 66 81 89 90 81 75 72 71 72 Dewpt 66 64 63 64 65 64 61 59 61 61 63 65 63 62 62 61 61 63 64 RH 81 84 84 58 47 45 56 62 78 84 90 58 42 39 53 62 68 76 76 Wind dir E NE NE E NE E E E N N N NE E E SE S N SW SW Wind spd 1 1 2 4 6 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 Clouds SC FW SC SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 82 90 89 83 90 90 82 Max heat 90 91 90 92 Date 09/18 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 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 95 72 91 71 92 72 91 71 88 Temp 93 84 75 73 89 83 74 72 89 84 75 73 89 82 74 73 86 80 Dewpt 68 70 70 69 71 71 70 69 71 71 71 71 73 73 73 72 74 74 PWind dir SE E E SE E S SE SE E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 20 20 20 5 10 5 40 30 60 Rain shwrs S S S C C S L Tstms S S S S S S $$ SCZ028-170800- Columbia Owens Downtown Airport-Richland SC 33.97N 80.98W Elev. 212 ft 1206 AM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri EDT 3hrly 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 67 90 64 92 69 Temp 71 68 68 80 88 88 79 72 68 65 66 81 90 90 81 75 72 70 71 Dewpt 65 63 61 62 63 61 59 58 61 61 61 64 61 60 60 60 60 62 63 RH 81 84 78 54 43 40 50 61 78 87 84 56 38 37 49 60 66 76 76 Wind dir E NE NE E NE E NE E N N N NE E E SE S N SW SW Wind spd 1 2 2 4 6 6 3 2 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 Clouds SC FW SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 81 89 88 83 90 90 82 Max heat 89 89 90 91 Date 09/18 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 EDT 6hrly 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 95 71 92 70 92 71 91 71 89 Temp 93 84 74 73 89 84 74 72 89 84 74 73 90 82 74 73 86 80 Dewpt 66 68 69 68 69 70 70 68 69 70 70 70 71 72 72 71 72 73 PWind dir SE E E SE E SE SE SE E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 20 20 10 5 10 5 40 30 60 Rain shwrs S S C C S L Tstms S S S S S $$ SCZ031-170800- Shaw Air Force Base-Sumter SC 33.97N 80.47W Elev. 242 ft 1206 AM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri 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 90 63 91 67 Temp 69 66 66 79 88 89 79 71 67 64 65 80 89 90 80 73 70 68 69 Dewpt 63 61 61 62 61 58 58 60 63 62 62 64 61 59 60 62 63 63 64 RH 81 84 84 56 40 35 49 68 87 93 90 58 39 35 51 68 78 84 84 Wind dir E NE NE NE NE NE NE E N N N NE E E SE S SW SW SW Wind spd 1 3 4 6 9 8 3 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 Clouds FW FW SC SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 88 82 89 80 Max heat 88 89 89 91 Date 09/18 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 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 95 70 91 69 92 70 91 70 89 Temp 93 83 73 72 89 83 72 71 89 83 73 72 89 82 73 72 86 80 Dewpt 66 68 69 69 69 70 70 69 70 71 71 71 72 73 72 72 73 73 PWind dir SW SE E E E SE E SE E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 PoP 12hr 20 10 20 5 10 5 40 30 60 Rain shwrs S S S C C S C L Tstms S S C S C $$ SCZ136-170800- Orangeburg Municipal Airport-Orangeburg SC 33.45N 80.85W Elev. 197 ft 1206 AM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri EDT 3hrly 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 66 90 64 90 67 Temp 69 67 66 80 88 88 77 70 66 64 65 80 88 89 78 72 68 67 69 Dewpt 66 64 63 61 59 57 58 62 64 63 63 63 59 58 59 62 64 64 64 RH 90 90 90 52 38 35 52 76 93 97 93 56 38 35 52 71 87 90 84 Wind dir N NE NE NE NE E E N N N N NE E E N N N N N Wind spd 0 3 5 8 9 8 3 0 0 0 3 4 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 Clouds FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 81 81 Max heat 87 89 87 89 Date 09/18 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 EDT 6hrly 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 93 70 91 70 91 71 90 71 88 Temp 91 82 71 71 89 81 72 71 89 82 72 72 88 80 72 72 86 79 Dewpt 64 66 69 69 68 69 71 70 68 70 71 71 70 72 72 72 71 72 PWind dir S SE E SE E SE SE SE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 10 10 20 5 20 5 40 30 60 Rain shwrs S S S C C S C L Tstms S S C C $$ GAZ065-170800- August Regional Airport at Bush Field-Richmond GA 33.37N 81.97W Elev. 148 ft 1206 AM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri 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 67 91 63 92 67 Temp 72 69 69 81 89 90 81 72 68 65 65 82 90 90 80 74 70 69 69 Dewpt 69 66 66 63 62 60 61 60 61 61 62 63 60 59 61 61 62 63 63 RH 90 90 90 54 41 37 51 66 78 87 90 53 37 35 52 64 76 81 81 Wind dir N NE NE E NE E E N N N N NE E E N N N N N Wind spd 0 1 4 6 10 9 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 Clouds FW FW SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 82 89 90 82 83 90 81 Max heat 89 90 90 90 Date 09/18 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 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 95 70 93 69 92 70 92 70 90 Temp 93 84 73 72 91 83 74 72 90 83 74 72 90 82 74 73 88 80 Dewpt 64 67 69 69 68 69 71 70 68 70 71 71 69 72 72 72 71 72 PWind dir E SE E SE E SE E SE NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 20 20 5 10 10 40 20 50 Rain shwrs S S C S S C Tstms S S C S C $$ GAZ065-170800- Augusta Daniel Field-Richmond GA 33.47N 82.03W Elev. 423 ft 1206 AM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri EDT 3hrly 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 69 90 65 91 69 Temp 73 70 69 80 87 89 80 73 68 66 65 81 89 89 80 74 71 70 70 Dewpt 68 66 65 62 62 59 58 58 59 60 61 62 60 58 59 60 61 62 63 RH 84 87 87 54 43 37 47 59 73 81 87 53 38 35 49 62 71 76 78 Wind dir E E NE E NE E E E N N N NE E E N N N N N Wind spd 3 3 4 5 8 9 5 3 0 0 2 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 Clouds FW FW SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 81 87 81 82 89 81 Max heat 87 88 89 89 Date 09/18 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 EDT 6hrly 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 94 72 91 71 91 72 91 72 88 Temp 92 84 73 73 89 82 74 72 89 83 74 73 89 81 74 73 86 79 Dewpt 64 65 68 68 67 67 70 69 67 67 70 70 69 69 71 71 70 70 PWind dir SE SE E SE E SE E SE E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 20 20 5 10 10 40 20 50 Rain shwrs S S C S S C Tstms S S C S C $$ SCZ116-170800- Lancaster County Airport-Lancaster SC 34.72N 80.86W Elev. 486 ft 1206 AM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri 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 90 63 92 67 Temp 69 66 66 79 88 88 78 71 67 64 65 81 90 91 80 74 71 69 69 Dewpt 61 60 61 61 61 60 60 59 57 58 60 61 59 58 61 62 61 61 64 RH 76 81 84 54 40 39 54 66 70 81 84 51 35 33 52 66 71 76 84 Wind dir N N N N E E N N N N N N N N N N N N N Wind spd 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clouds FW SC SC SC SC FW CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 88 88 82 81 Max heat 88 90 89 91 Date 09/18 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 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 94 69 89 68 92 69 90 68 87 Temp 92 83 72 70 87 81 72 70 89 82 72 71 88 80 71 70 85 78 Dewpt 65 69 68 69 67 67 67 68 67 68 68 70 68 70 70 70 69 70 PWind dir N NE E E S N SE SE E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 30 30 20 5 10 10 40 30 50 Rain shwrs C C S C C S S C Tstms C S S S S S $$ SCZ020-170800- Newberry County Airport-Newberry SC 34.30N 81.64W Elev. 570 ft 1206 AM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri EDT 3hrly 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 66 88 63 90 67 Temp 70 67 67 78 86 87 78 71 67 64 64 80 88 89 77 72 70 69 69 Dewpt 65 63 63 64 65 65 66 60 59 59 60 63 62 63 65 62 61 61 63 RH 84 87 87 62 50 48 67 68 75 84 87 56 42 42 67 71 73 76 81 Wind dir E E NE E E E E E N N N NE E SE SE N N SW SW Wind spd 2 1 2 2 3 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 Clouds FW B1 B1 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL SC CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 88 89 81 88 89 Max heat 88 90 89 91 Date 09/18 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 EDT 6hrly 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 93 69 89 68 89 69 89 68 86 Temp 91 81 72 71 87 80 72 70 87 80 72 70 88 79 72 70 84 77 Dewpt 67 70 68 68 69 70 68 68 69 70 69 69 70 72 70 69 71 72 PWind dir N NE E SE SE S SE SE E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 20 20 10 10 10 40 40 50 Rain shwrs C S C C C Tstms S S S S S $$ SCZ010-170800- McCormick County Airport-McCormick SC 33.92N 82.30W Elev. 459 ft 1206 AM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri 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 67 90 64 93 67 Temp 71 68 68 81 88 90 80 71 67 64 65 82 91 91 80 73 70 69 69 Dewpt 68 66 66 66 68 66 65 61 59 59 61 64 63 62 62 63 62 62 63 RH 90 93 93 60 52 45 60 71 75 84 87 55 40 38 54 71 76 78 81 Wind dir E E E E E E E E N N N NE E E N N N N N Wind spd 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Clouds SC FW SC SC SC FW CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 83 92 93 82 83 92 92 81 Max heat 92 93 92 94 Date 09/18 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 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 96 70 92 69 92 69 91 69 89 Temp 94 84 72 71 89 82 72 70 89 83 73 71 89 81 72 70 86 79 Dewpt 68 68 68 68 71 69 69 69 71 70 69 70 72 71 71 70 72 71 PWind dir N NE E E E SE SE E NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 10 20 10 10 10 40 30 50 Rain shwrs S C C C Tstms S S S S $$