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National Weather Service Columbia SC
1205 PM EDT Sat Aug 23 2025

SCZ027-232000-
Columbia Metropolitan Airport-Lexington SC
33.95N  81.12W Elev. 225 ft
1205 PM EDT Sat Aug 23 2025

Date             Sat 08/23/25            Sun 08/24/25            Mon 08/25/25
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                      81          69          87          70          89
Temp                   77 77 74 71 70 70 70 78 84 85 80 75 73 71 72 81 86 86 80
Dewpt                  71 71 70 68 68 67 68 70 70 71 72 71 71 70 70 71 70 69 68
RH                     82 82 87 90 93 90 93 76 63 63 77 87 93 97 93 72 59 57 67
Wind dir                E  E NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  W  W  W  W  W NW  N NW  W NW
Wind spd                8  6  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  4  3
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     60          20          20           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.09        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              L  C  S
Tstms                   S  S
Heat index                                     88 90 84             85 91 90 83
Max heat                                       88    90                91    91
Flood                   A  A  A  A


Date          Tue 08/26/25  Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25
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    83      64    82      61    82      63    82
Temp          71 68 80 74   68 66 79 73   64 63 79 72   65 64 79 73
Dewpt         61 57 60 62   58 56 59 59   57 58 60 60   59 59 61 62
PWind dir         N     N       N    NE      NE     E       E     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0      10     5       0     5      10    10

$$
SCZ028-232000-
Columbia Owens Downtown Airport-Richland SC
33.97N  80.98W Elev. 212 ft
1205 PM EDT Sat Aug 23 2025

Date             Sat 08/23/25            Sun 08/24/25            Mon 08/25/25
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                      81          69          87          70          89
Temp                   77 77 73 71 70 70 70 78 83 85 79 75 72 71 72 81 86 86 79
Dewpt                  70 69 69 67 67 67 67 69 69 70 71 71 70 69 70 70 69 67 67
RH                     79 76 87 87 90 90 90 74 63 61 77 87 93 93 93 69 57 53 67
Wind dir                E  E NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  W  W  W  W  W NW  N NW  W NW
Wind spd                6  5  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  2  2  1  2  2  3  3  4  2
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     50          20          10           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.09           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  S
Tstms                   S  S
Heat index                                     87 90                85 90 89
Max heat                                       87    90                90    90
Flood                   A  A  A  A


Date          Tue 08/26/25  Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25
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    83      64    82      61    82      62    81
Temp          71 67 80 74   68 66 78 72   64 63 79 72   64 64 78 72
Dewpt         61 56 58 61   58 56 57 59   56 58 58 60   59 59 60 62
PWind dir         N     N       N    NE      NE     E       E     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC FW   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0     0      10     5       0     5      10    10

$$
SCZ031-232000-
Shaw Air Force Base-Sumter SC
33.97N  80.47W Elev. 242 ft
1205 PM EDT Sat Aug 23 2025

Date             Sat 08/23/25            Sun 08/24/25            Mon 08/25/25
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                      81          70          86          70          89
Temp                   77 77 74 72 71 71 71 78 83 84 79 74 73 71 72 81 85 86 79
Dewpt                  69 69 68 68 68 67 68 71 70 70 71 70 70 69 70 71 70 68 68
RH                     76 76 82 87 90 87 90 79 65 63 77 87 90 93 93 72 61 55 69
Wind dir               NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N NE SW SW  W  W  W  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                8  6  3  2  2  3  3  4  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  4  2
Clouds                 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     50          20          10           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  S
Tstms                   S  S
Heat index                                     88 88                85 90 90 80
Max heat                                       88    89                90    91
Flood                   A  A  A  A


Date          Tue 08/26/25  Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25
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    83      65    81      61    81      62    81
Temp          71 68 80 74   68 66 77 73   65 63 79 72   65 64 78 72
Dewpt         63 57 60 61   58 56 59 59   58 59 59 60   59 59 61 62
PWind dir         N    NE       N    NE      NE    NE       E    NE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 FW   FW FW SC B1   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0     0      10     5       0     5      10    10

$$
SCZ136-232000-
Orangeburg Municipal Airport-Orangeburg SC
33.45N  80.85W Elev. 197 ft
1205 PM EDT Sat Aug 23 2025

Date             Sat 08/23/25            Sun 08/24/25            Mon 08/25/25
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                      79          69          84          69          88
Temp                   76 76 73 72 71 71 71 76 82 82 78 74 72 70 71 80 85 86 80
Dewpt                  71 70 71 70 69 69 69 69 70 70 71 71 70 69 70 70 69 67 68
RH                     85 82 93 93 93 93 93 79 67 67 79 90 93 97 97 72 59 53 67
Wind dir               NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N SW SW  W  W  W NW  W  W  W
Wind spd                9  8  5  3  3  4  4  5  3  3  2  1  1  2  2  3  4  5  2
Clouds                 OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     70          30          20           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.22        0.01        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              L  C  C                 S  S
Tstms                   C  C  S                 S  S
Heat index                                     86 86                83 89 89 83
Max heat                                       86    87                89    90
Flood                   A  A  A  A


Date          Tue 08/26/25  Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25
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    83      65    81      62    81      63    80
Temp          71 68 81 76   68 66 79 73   65 64 79 72   66 64 78 73
Dewpt         64 60 61 62   60 59 59 61   61 61 60 62   61 61 60 62
PWind dir        NW     N       N    NE      NE    NE       E    NE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW SC FW   SC B1 B1 FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0     0      10    10       0     5      10    10

$$
GAZ065-232000-
August Regional Airport at Bush Field-Richmond GA
33.37N  81.97W Elev. 148 ft
1205 PM EDT Sat Aug 23 2025

Date             Sat 08/23/25            Sun 08/24/25            Mon 08/25/25
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                      80          68          86          69          89
Temp                   77 75 73 71 70 69 70 78 82 83 79 74 72 70 71 82 86 87 80
Dewpt                  72 71 71 70 69 68 68 70 70 70 72 71 71 69 69 70 67 64 64
RH                     85 87 93 97 97 97 93 76 67 65 79 90 97 97 93 67 53 46 58
Wind dir                E NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  W SW SW  W  W NW  N  W  W  W
Wind spd                9 10  5  3  2  2  2  3  2  2  2  1  1  1  2  4  5  6  4
Clouds                 OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                     80          20          20           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.27        0.01        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              D  L  S                 S  S
Tstms                   C  C  S                 S  S
Heat index                                     86 87                86 89 88 82
Max heat                                       86    87                89    89
Flood                   A  A  A  A


Date          Tue 08/26/25  Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25
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          64    85      63    83      62    82      63    82
Temp          69 67 81 75   67 66 80 74   65 64 79 73   66 65 79 73
Dewpt         61 58 58 62   60 59 59 60   60 60 60 62   61 62 62 62
PWind dir        NW     N       N    NE      NE    NE       E    NE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW SC FW   SC B1 SC FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0     0      10     5       0     5      10    10

$$
GAZ065-232000-
Augusta Daniel Field-Richmond GA
33.47N  82.03W Elev. 423 ft
1205 PM EDT Sat Aug 23 2025

Date             Sat 08/23/25            Sun 08/24/25            Mon 08/25/25
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                      78          69          85          69          88
Temp                   75 74 73 72 70 70 69 77 81 82 79 75 73 71 70 80 85 85 81
Dewpt                  71 71 70 69 68 67 67 68 69 70 70 70 69 69 68 68 66 63 63
RH                     87 90 90 90 93 90 93 74 67 67 74 84 87 93 93 67 53 48 54
Wind dir                E NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  W  W  W  W  W NW  N NW  W  W
Wind spd                8  8  5  4  3  4  4  3  2  3  2  2  2  2  3  4  4  5  5
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     80          20          20           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.20        0.01        0.07           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              D  C  S                 S  S
Tstms                   C  C  S                 S  S
Heat index                                     84 86                83 87 86 82
Max heat                                       84    86                87    87
Flood                   A  A  A  A


Date          Tue 08/26/25  Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25
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    82      64    82      63    81      64    80
Temp          71 66 80 76   69 65 78 75   67 64 78 75   68 65 77 74
Dewpt         60 57 58 60   59 57 57 59   58 59 59 60   61 61 60 61
PWind dir        NW     N       N    NE      NE    NE       E     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW SC SC   SC B1 SC FW   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0     0      10     5       0     5      10    10

$$
SCZ116-232000-
Lancaster County Airport-Lancaster SC
34.72N  80.86W Elev. 486 ft
1205 PM EDT Sat Aug 23 2025

Date             Sat 08/23/25            Sun 08/24/25            Mon 08/25/25
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                      81          66          86          68          85
Temp                   80 79 73 69 68 67 68 78 83 84 76 72 70 68 69 80 84 84 76
Dewpt                  67 66 66 66 65 65 67 67 67 68 70 70 69 68 68 66 64 63 63
RH                     65 64 79 90 90 93 97 69 59 59 82 93 97100 97 62 51 49 64
Wind dir                E  E  E  N  N  N  N  N  N  W  W  N  N  W  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                6  4  1  0  0  1  1  2  1  2  1  0  0  1  2  4  4  4  2
Clouds                 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     30          10          20           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  S                       S
Tstms                                              S
Heat index             82                      86 87                82 85 85
Max heat               82    82                86    88                85    86


Date          Tue 08/26/25  Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25
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          63    80      60    78      59    79      60    79
Temp          67 64 78 70   64 61 76 69   62 60 77 70   63 62 78 70
Dewpt         58 56 55 58   57 54 53 57   55 56 57 59   58 59 58 60
PWind dir         N     N       N    NE      NE     E       E    NE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0      20     5       0     5       5    10
Rain shwrs                      S

$$
SCZ020-232000-
Newberry County Airport-Newberry SC
34.30N  81.64W Elev. 570 ft
1205 PM EDT Sat Aug 23 2025

Date             Sat 08/23/25            Sun 08/24/25            Mon 08/25/25
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                      78          66          86          67          86
Temp                   76 76 73 69 68 67 67 77 83 84 78 72 70 68 69 79 84 85 76
Dewpt                  70 69 68 66 65 65 65 68 68 68 70 70 69 68 68 67 65 64 64
RH                     82 79 84 90 90 93 93 74 61 59 76 93 97100 97 67 53 50 66
Wind dir                E  E  E  N  N  N  N  N NW  W  W  W  W  W NW  N NW  W NW
Wind spd                6  5  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  2  2  2  2  2  4  3  4  3
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC FW FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     60          10          20           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.05           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              L  C
Tstms                   S  S
Heat index                                     86 87                   86 86
Max heat                                       87    89                86    87
Flood                   A  A  A  A


Date          Tue 08/26/25  Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25
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          63    80      61    79      59    79      61    79
Temp          68 64 78 72   65 62 77 70   62 60 77 70   64 62 77 71
Dewpt         56 55 56 59   57 55 55 57   55 55 58 59   58 58 59 60
PWind dir         N     N       N    NE      NE     E       E    NE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC FW   CL FW SC B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0      10     0       0     5      10    10

$$
SCZ010-232000-
McCormick County Airport-McCormick SC
33.92N  82.30W Elev. 459 ft
1205 PM EDT Sat Aug 23 2025

Date             Sat 08/23/25            Sun 08/24/25            Mon 08/25/25
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                      79          66          87          67          89
Temp                   77 77 73 69 68 67 68 78 84 85 79 73 70 69 69 80 86 86 78
Dewpt                  73 73 70 69 68 66 67 71 71 72 72 71 70 68 69 70 68 65 64
RH                     87 87 90100100 97 97 79 65 65 79 93100 97100 72 55 50 62
Wind dir                E  E NE NE  N  N  N  N  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  N NW  W NW
Wind spd                5  4  2  2  1  2  2  2  2  2  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  3  2
Clouds                 OV OV B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                     70          20          20           5           0
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              L  C  S                 S  S
Tstms                   C  C                    S  S
Heat index                                     89 91                83 89 88
Max heat                                       89    91                89    90
Flood                   A  A  A  A


Date          Tue 08/26/25  Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25
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          63    82      62    82      59    82      61    81
Temp          67 64 80 73   65 63 79 72   63 61 79 72   64 63 78 72
Dewpt         58 56 59 61   58 56 59 59   56 56 60 61   60 59 62 62
PWind dir         N     N       N    NE      NE     E       E    NE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0     0      10     5       0     5      10    10

$$