


Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
359 FOUS52 KCAE 171306 PFMCAE Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Columbia SC 905 AM EDT Sat May 17 2025 SCZ027-172000- Columbia Metropolitan Airport-Lexington SC 33.95N 81.12W Elev. 225 ft 905 AM EDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 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 90 69 90 67 90 Temp 81 87 90 84 79 74 70 72 83 88 89 83 75 71 68 70 81 88 89 85 Dewpt 68 69 69 68 68 67 65 65 65 63 63 66 66 66 65 66 67 67 69 70 RH 65 55 50 59 69 79 84 79 55 43 42 57 74 84 90 87 63 50 52 61 Wind dir W W W W W W W W W W W SW W W NW N E SW W W Wind spd 10 13 16 10 5 5 3 3 5 8 9 4 2 2 2 1 2 4 5 2 Wind gust 24 27 Clouds B2 B2 SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 30 0 10 10 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S Tstms S S S S Heat index 84 91 95 87 85 89 90 85 83 91 94 90 Max heat 91 95 85 89 90 82 91 94 Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 69 92 71 87 63 80 55 79 Temp 72 72 90 86 74 73 85 80 70 64 77 73 60 58 76 74 Dewpt 70 70 69 68 67 69 71 66 61 58 57 55 52 51 51 53 PWind dir SW SW SW SW W W NW NW Wind char LT LT LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 20 20 60 20 10 5 10 Rain shwrs S S S C L S Tstms S S S S $$ SCZ028-172000- Columbia Owens Downtown Airport-Richland SC 33.97N 80.98W Elev. 212 ft 905 AM EDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 90 70 89 67 90 Temp 80 87 90 84 79 74 71 73 84 89 87 81 75 71 68 70 81 88 89 85 Dewpt 68 69 68 68 68 67 65 64 64 62 61 64 65 65 65 65 65 66 67 69 RH 67 55 49 59 69 79 81 73 51 41 42 56 71 81 90 84 58 48 48 59 Wind dir W W W W W W SW W W W W SW W W NW N E SW W SW Wind spd 9 12 14 9 4 4 2 2 4 6 8 4 2 2 1 1 2 3 5 2 Wind gust 19 24 26 Clouds B2 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 0 10 10 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.01 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S Tstms S S S S Heat index 83 91 94 87 85 89 87 83 83 90 92 89 Max heat 91 94 85 89 89 90 92 Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 69 92 70 87 63 80 55 79 Temp 72 72 90 86 74 72 85 80 70 64 77 73 59 58 76 73 Dewpt 69 69 68 67 67 69 70 65 61 58 55 54 51 50 50 52 PWind dir SW SW SW SW W NW NW NW Wind char LT LT LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 20 20 60 20 20 5 10 Rain shwrs S S S C L S S Tstms S S S S $$ SCZ031-172000- Shaw Air Force Base-Sumter SC 33.97N 80.47W Elev. 242 ft 905 AM EDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 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 90 69 90 67 89 Temp 83 88 90 85 77 73 70 72 84 89 88 81 74 70 67 70 81 87 89 83 Dewpt 69 69 69 69 68 67 65 65 64 62 62 64 65 65 64 65 65 66 67 70 RH 63 54 50 59 74 81 84 79 51 41 42 56 74 84 90 84 58 50 48 65 Wind dir W W W W W W W W W W W SW W W NW N E SW W SW Wind spd 10 13 17 10 6 5 4 3 5 8 8 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 2 Clouds B2 B2 B1 FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 0 10 5 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.03 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S Heat index 86 92 95 89 85 89 89 83 83 89 92 87 Max heat 93 96 85 89 90 82 89 92 Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 69 92 71 87 63 79 55 79 Temp 72 72 90 85 73 72 85 80 70 64 77 73 59 58 76 73 Dewpt 70 70 69 69 67 69 71 67 61 59 56 55 51 51 51 53 PWind dir SW SW SW SW W NW NW NW Wind char LT LT LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 20 20 50 20 20 5 10 Rain shwrs S S S C C S S Tstms S S S S $$ SCZ136-172000- Orangeburg Municipal Airport-Orangeburg SC 33.45N 80.85W Elev. 197 ft 905 AM EDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 90 69 88 67 89 Temp 81 86 90 83 77 73 71 72 83 87 87 81 73 69 67 69 81 87 89 84 Dewpt 68 69 69 70 69 69 67 67 65 62 61 64 66 66 65 67 67 66 67 69 RH 65 57 50 65 76 87 87 84 55 43 42 56 79 90 93 93 63 50 48 61 Wind dir W W W W W W W W W W W SW W W W NW N W W SW Wind spd 11 13 16 10 6 5 3 4 5 9 9 5 2 2 1 2 2 4 5 2 Clouds B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 5 20 5 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.03 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S S Tstms S S S S S Heat index 84 90 95 87 85 87 87 83 83 89 92 88 Max heat 90 95 83 87 88 89 92 Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 69 92 70 88 63 80 55 78 Temp 72 71 90 85 73 72 86 80 69 64 77 74 60 58 75 72 Dewpt 70 69 67 67 67 69 69 67 62 59 55 54 52 51 50 53 PWind dir SW SW SW SW W W NW NW Wind char LT LT LT GN GN GN LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 10 10 50 20 10 5 10 Rain shwrs S C S Tstms S $$ GAZ065-172000- August Regional Airport at Bush Field-Richmond GA 33.37N 81.97W Elev. 148 ft 905 AM EDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 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 89 68 88 66 92 Temp 80 86 89 83 75 71 70 72 83 87 87 82 72 68 66 70 82 89 91 85 Dewpt 69 70 69 69 68 68 66 67 67 64 63 66 67 66 66 68 70 67 67 69 RH 69 59 52 63 79 90 87 84 59 46 45 58 84 93100 93 67 48 45 59 Wind dir W W W W W W SW SW W W W SW W W W W W W W W Wind spd 11 13 14 9 4 3 2 2 5 8 9 4 2 1 1 1 2 5 6 2 Clouds OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 30 5 30 5 20 QPF 12hr 0.03 0 0.15 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S C S S Tstms C S S S S S Heat index 83 91 94 87 86 88 88 84 86 92 94 89 Max heat 91 94 88 89 92 94 Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 68 92 69 89 60 81 53 79 Temp 70 71 90 85 72 72 86 80 66 64 78 74 58 58 77 73 Dewpt 68 68 66 65 67 69 67 62 60 57 52 52 50 50 49 51 PWind dir SW SW SW SW W NW NW NW Wind char LT LT LT GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 10 20 50 10 10 5 5 Rain shwrs S C C Tstms S $$ GAZ065-172000- Augusta Daniel Field-Richmond GA 33.47N 82.03W Elev. 423 ft 905 AM EDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 88 72 87 69 90 Temp 80 84 87 84 78 75 73 73 81 86 87 82 76 73 71 70 81 87 90 85 Dewpt 69 69 68 67 67 67 66 66 66 63 62 64 66 66 66 67 68 66 66 67 RH 69 61 53 57 69 76 79 79 60 46 43 55 71 79 84 90 65 50 45 55 Wind dir W W W W W W W W W W W SW W W W W W W W W Wind spd 10 11 12 8 5 4 3 5 5 6 8 5 3 2 2 2 3 5 6 3 Wind gust 21 23 Clouds B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 5 30 5 20 QPF 12hr 0.02 0 0.14 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S C S S Tstms C S S S S S Heat index 83 88 91 87 83 87 87 83 84 89 93 88 Max heat 88 92 84 87 88 82 89 93 Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 71 91 72 87 64 79 57 78 Temp 75 72 88 87 76 73 84 80 70 64 76 74 62 58 75 74 Dewpt 68 67 65 64 65 68 66 61 58 56 52 50 50 50 49 49 PWind dir SW SW SW SW W NW NW NW Wind char LT LT LT GN GN GN LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 10 20 50 10 10 5 5 Rain shwrs S C C Tstms S $$ SCZ116-172000- Lancaster County Airport-Lancaster SC 34.72N 80.86W Elev. 486 ft 905 AM EDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 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 87 66 87 64 86 Temp 80 84 86 80 73 70 66 68 81 86 86 79 71 66 64 66 79 84 85 79 Dewpt 68 68 66 63 61 59 58 62 61 59 58 62 63 63 60 63 62 63 64 68 RH 67 59 51 56 66 68 75 81 51 40 39 56 76 90 87 90 56 49 50 69 Wind dir SW SW W W W W SW W W W W W N N N N E SW SW N Wind spd 9 14 14 8 4 3 2 1 5 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 Wind gust 19 25 25 Clouds B2 SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 20 0 10 5 20 QPF 12hr 0.06 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S Heat index 83 87 88 81 82 85 86 Max heat 87 90 85 86 85 87 Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 67 87 68 84 60 75 52 75 Temp 69 69 85 80 70 70 82 75 65 61 72 68 55 55 73 68 Dewpt 67 69 69 69 67 69 68 63 59 58 54 52 50 51 49 51 PWind dir NE SW S SW NW NW NW NW Wind char LT LT LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 20 30 60 20 20 5 10 Rain shwrs S C C C L S S Tstms S S S S $$ SCZ020-172000- Newberry County Airport-Newberry SC 34.30N 81.64W Elev. 570 ft 905 AM EDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 87 67 87 64 87 Temp 78 84 87 80 73 70 69 69 81 87 85 79 72 68 65 67 79 85 87 81 Dewpt 68 68 67 66 64 63 61 63 64 62 60 65 65 64 63 65 66 66 67 70 RH 71 59 52 62 73 78 76 81 56 43 43 62 79 87 93 93 64 53 52 69 Wind dir SW SW W W W W W W W W W W W W W NE SE SW W SW Wind spd 11 14 16 9 5 5 4 4 5 8 8 4 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 2 Wind gust 26 26 Clouds B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 30 0 10 5 30 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0.02 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C Tstms C S S Heat index 87 90 82 83 87 85 80 87 90 85 Max heat 88 91 87 87 88 91 Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 66 89 68 84 60 76 52 76 Temp 70 70 87 83 72 70 82 76 66 61 74 69 56 56 74 70 Dewpt 68 68 69 68 67 69 69 64 59 57 55 53 50 50 50 53 PWind dir SW SW SW SW W NW NW NW Wind char LT LT LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 20 30 50 20 10 5 10 Rain shwrs S S C C C S Tstms S S S S $$ SCZ010-172000- McCormick County Airport-McCormick SC 33.92N 82.30W Elev. 459 ft 905 AM EDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 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 87 67 87 65 89 Temp 79 83 87 81 73 70 68 69 81 86 85 78 71 68 65 67 81 87 89 82 Dewpt 70 70 69 68 66 66 64 66 68 66 65 68 66 66 65 67 70 71 70 72 RH 74 65 55 65 79 87 87 90 65 51 51 71 84 93100100 69 59 54 72 Wind dir W W W W W W SW W W W W SW W W W W W W W W Wind spd 9 11 11 6 4 3 3 2 4 5 5 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 Wind gust 19 24 23 Clouds B2 B2 SC FW FW B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 5 20 5 30 QPF 12hr 0.02 0 0.03 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C Tstms C C C Heat index 87 91 84 84 88 87 85 93 94 87 Max heat 87 92 88 88 93 95 Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 68 91 69 86 60 78 53 77 Temp 70 70 89 83 72 70 83 76 66 61 75 70 57 56 75 71 Dewpt 69 70 69 69 67 69 71 64 60 56 57 55 51 51 53 54 PWind dir SW SW SW SW W W NW NW Wind char LT LT LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 10 30 50 10 10 5 5 Rain shwrs S C C C Tstms S S S $$