


Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
437 FOUS52 KCAE 121906 PFMCAE Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Columbia SC 305 PM EDT Tue Aug 12 2025 SCZ027-130800- Columbia Metropolitan Airport-Lexington SC 33.95N 81.12W Elev. 225 ft 305 PM EDT Tue Aug 12 2025 Date 08/12/25 Wed 08/13/25 Thu 08/14/25 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 74 91 73 89 74 Temp 85 80 76 76 75 76 82 89 89 83 79 77 75 75 81 87 87 80 77 76 74 76 Dewpt 78 77 76 76 75 75 78 77 77 77 75 74 74 75 77 77 78 77 76 75 74 75 RH 80 91100100100 97 88 68 68 82 88 90 97100 88 72 75 91 97 97100 97 Wind dir S SE SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW SW W SW SW W NW Wind spd 4 3 2 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 3 3 3 4 5 6 5 3 2 2 2 2 Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 30 40 30 50 20 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.02 0.14 0.18 0.03 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S S C C C C S S C C S S Tstms C C S S C C C C S C C S Heat index 97 87 91102102 92 88 99100 87 Max heat 98 102 103 88 99 101 Date 08/15 Sat 08/16/25 Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 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 91 74 89 72 90 71 91 73 92 Temp 89 82 77 75 88 82 76 73 88 82 74 73 89 83 75 75 90 83 Dewpt 77 77 75 75 77 76 74 73 74 74 72 72 73 74 73 72 74 74 PWind dir N NE NE E E SE NE SW N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 30 20 40 10 30 5 20 5 20 Rain shwrs C S C C S S Tstms C S C C S S $$ SCZ028-130800- Columbia Owens Downtown Airport-Richland SC 33.97N 80.98W Elev. 212 ft 305 PM EDT Tue Aug 12 2025 Date 08/12/25 Wed 08/13/25 Thu 08/14/25 Fri EDT 3hrly 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 74 91 73 89 74 Temp 85 79 76 75 75 76 81 88 89 83 79 76 75 75 81 87 86 80 77 76 75 74 Dewpt 77 76 76 75 75 75 77 77 76 76 75 74 74 75 76 76 76 76 76 75 75 74 RH 77 91100100100 97 88 70 66 80 88 94 97100 85 70 72 88 97 97100100 Wind dir S S SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW SW W SW SW W NW Wind spd 4 3 2 2 2 2 4 5 6 3 3 2 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 1 1 1 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 30 40 30 60 20 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.06 0.13 0.18 0.03 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L C S S C C C C S S L L S S Tstms C C S S C C C C S C C S Heat index 96 88100100 91 87 98 96 86 Max heat 96 100 102 87 98 98 Date 08/15 Sat 08/16/25 Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 EDT 6hrly 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 91 74 89 72 90 71 91 73 92 Temp 89 82 77 75 87 81 75 73 88 82 74 73 89 83 75 74 90 83 Dewpt 77 77 75 75 76 76 73 73 73 74 72 72 72 73 72 72 73 73 PWind dir N NE NE E E SE NE S N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 40 20 40 10 30 5 20 5 20 Rain shwrs C S C C S S Tstms C S C C S S $$ SCZ031-130800- Shaw Air Force Base-Sumter SC 33.97N 80.47W Elev. 242 ft 305 PM EDT Tue Aug 12 2025 Date 08/12/25 Wed 08/13/25 Thu 08/14/25 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 74 91 74 89 74 Temp 84 80 76 75 75 76 83 89 89 82 79 77 75 76 82 86 86 81 77 76 75 75 Dewpt 76 77 76 75 75 75 78 77 76 77 75 75 74 75 76 77 76 76 76 75 75 75 RH 77 91100100100 97 85 68 66 85 88 94 97 97 82 75 72 85 97 97100100 Wind dir SE SE S S S SW SW SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW W W SW SW SW W NW Wind spd 4 3 3 3 3 3 5 6 6 4 3 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 2 2 1 1 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 40 30 50 20 QPF 12hr 0 0.05 0.05 0.24 0.04 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S S C C C S S C C S S Tstms C S S S C C C S C C S Heat index 93 83 92100100 90 80 90 97 97 87 Max heat 96 102 103 86 97 98 85 Date 08/15 Sat 08/16/25 Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 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 90 75 89 72 89 71 90 73 91 Temp 88 81 76 76 87 81 74 74 87 81 73 73 88 82 75 74 89 82 Dewpt 77 77 75 75 76 75 73 73 73 73 72 72 73 74 73 72 74 74 PWind dir N NE NE E NE E NE S NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 40 20 40 10 20 5 10 5 20 Rain shwrs C S S C S S Tstms C S S C S S $$ SCZ136-130800- Orangeburg Municipal Airport-Orangeburg SC 33.45N 80.85W Elev. 197 ft 305 PM EDT Tue Aug 12 2025 Date 08/12/25 Wed 08/13/25 Thu 08/14/25 Fri EDT 3hrly 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 74 91 74 89 74 Temp 85 81 78 76 75 76 82 88 89 82 78 76 75 76 82 87 87 81 77 76 74 76 Dewpt 76 76 76 75 75 75 77 75 74 75 75 74 74 75 75 74 75 76 75 75 74 75 RH 75 85 94 97100 97 85 66 61 79 91 94 97 97 79 65 68 85 94 97100 97 Wind dir S E S S S SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W Wind spd 5 4 3 2 2 2 5 6 8 5 4 3 4 5 8 9 8 3 2 2 2 2 Clouds B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 10 40 30 50 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.03 0.22 0.04 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S C C C C C S S Tstms C S C C C C C S Heat index 94 87 90 98 98 89 89 95 96 87 Max heat 96 98 99 95 97 84 Date 08/15 Sat 08/16/25 Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 EDT 6hrly 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 89 73 88 72 88 71 88 72 89 Temp 88 81 76 74 86 80 75 73 86 81 73 73 87 81 74 74 87 82 Dewpt 75 76 75 74 75 75 74 73 72 73 72 72 71 73 72 72 73 73 PWind dir NW NE NE E NE E NE SW NE Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 40 20 50 10 30 5 20 5 20 Rain shwrs C S C C S S Tstms C S C C S S $$ GAZ065-130800- August Regional Airport at Bush Field-Richmond GA 33.37N 81.97W Elev. 148 ft 305 PM EDT Tue Aug 12 2025 Date 08/12/25 Wed 08/13/25 Thu 08/14/25 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 73 91 73 89 73 Temp 87 82 77 76 75 75 83 88 89 83 77 76 75 75 83 87 86 81 77 76 75 74 Dewpt 76 76 76 75 75 74 75 74 74 74 74 74 74 73 75 74 75 75 75 74 74 74 RH 70 82 97 97100 97 77 63 61 74 90 94 97 94 77 65 70 82 94 94 97100 Wind dir S E SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW SW SW SW SW W W Wind spd 5 5 3 2 2 2 5 8 8 5 3 2 3 4 6 8 8 4 2 1 1 1 Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC PoP 12hr 20 50 30 50 10 QPF 12hr 0.29 0.01 0.12 0.06 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S C C C S S C C Tstms C S S C C C S C C Heat index 98 89 90 97 98 90 90 95 95 87 Max heat 99 97 98 95 96 84 Date 08/15 Sat 08/16/25 Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 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 91 73 90 72 90 71 91 72 92 Temp 89 83 76 75 88 83 76 73 88 84 74 73 89 84 74 74 90 83 Dewpt 75 75 74 74 74 74 74 73 72 73 72 72 71 72 72 71 72 73 PWind dir NW NE NE NE NE E NE SE N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 30 20 40 10 30 5 20 5 20 Rain shwrs C S C C S S Tstms C S C C S S $$ GAZ065-130800- Augusta Daniel Field-Richmond GA 33.47N 82.03W Elev. 423 ft 305 PM EDT Tue Aug 12 2025 Date 08/12/25 Wed 08/13/25 Thu 08/14/25 Fri EDT 3hrly 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 74 90 74 88 74 Temp 85 81 78 76 75 75 81 87 88 82 79 76 75 75 81 85 86 81 77 76 75 74 Dewpt 75 76 75 74 74 74 75 74 73 74 74 73 73 73 73 74 74 74 75 74 73 74 RH 72 85 91 94 97 97 82 65 61 77 85 90 94 94 77 70 68 79 94 94 94100 Wind dir S E SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW SW SW SW SW W NW Wind spd 5 5 4 4 4 3 5 6 6 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 4 2 2 2 2 Clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC PoP 12hr 30 50 30 50 10 QPF 12hr 0.07 0.02 0.18 0.08 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S S C C C S S C C Tstms C S S S C C C S C C Heat index 94 87 87 95 96 88 86 93 94 86 Max heat 95 86 95 97 86 93 95 84 Date 08/15 Sat 08/16/25 Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 EDT 6hrly 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 90 74 89 72 88 73 90 73 90 Temp 88 83 77 75 87 81 76 73 86 83 75 74 88 83 75 74 88 82 Dewpt 74 74 74 74 73 74 73 73 71 72 71 71 71 71 71 71 72 72 PWind dir N NE NE NE NE E NE E N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 30 20 40 10 30 5 20 5 20 Rain shwrs C S C C S S Tstms C S C C S S $$ SCZ116-130800- Lancaster County Airport-Lancaster SC 34.72N 80.86W Elev. 486 ft 305 PM EDT Tue Aug 12 2025 Date 08/12/25 Wed 08/13/25 Thu 08/14/25 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 72 88 73 87 72 Temp 81 76 75 73 73 74 80 86 86 80 76 75 73 74 81 85 85 79 75 74 72 74 Dewpt 76 75 74 73 73 73 74 75 74 74 74 73 73 73 73 74 74 75 75 73 72 74 RH 85 97 97100100 97 82 70 68 82 94 94100 97 77 70 70 88100 97100100 Wind dir S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W SW N N N N Wind spd 3 1 1 1 2 2 5 8 6 2 2 2 2 3 5 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 Clouds B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 40 30 50 10 QPF 12hr 0.06 0.01 0.10 0.30 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S C C C C C C S S S S C C Tstms C S S C S C C C S C C Heat index 87 85 95 94 85 86 93 93 Max heat 89 95 96 93 94 Date 08/15 Sat 08/16/25 Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 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 88 72 87 70 87 71 90 71 89 Temp 87 80 74 74 86 79 72 73 86 80 73 73 88 81 73 73 87 79 Dewpt 74 75 73 74 73 74 72 72 72 73 71 71 70 72 70 71 71 72 PWind dir NE NE NE NE NE W NE N N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 30 20 30 10 20 5 10 5 20 Rain shwrs C S C S S Tstms C S C S S $$ SCZ020-130800- Newberry County Airport-Newberry SC 34.30N 81.64W Elev. 570 ft 305 PM EDT Tue Aug 12 2025 Date 08/12/25 Wed 08/13/25 Thu 08/14/25 Fri EDT 3hrly 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 72 88 72 87 72 Temp 83 77 74 74 73 73 79 86 87 80 76 74 73 73 79 85 85 80 75 74 72 73 Dewpt 76 76 74 73 72 72 76 75 74 75 74 73 72 73 75 75 75 76 75 73 72 73 RH 80 97100 97 97 97 91 70 65 85 94 97 97100 88 72 72 88100 97100100 Wind dir SE SE S S SW SW SW SW SW W SW SW SW SW W SW SW SW SW SW W N Wind spd 3 2 2 2 3 3 5 6 6 4 4 3 4 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 40 40 50 10 QPF 12hr 0.14 0 0.23 0.13 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L S C C S C C C C S S S S C C Tstms C S C C S C C C C S S C C Heat index 91 95 95 85 81 94 94 84 Max heat 93 95 98 94 96 Date 08/15 Sat 08/16/25 Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 EDT 6hrly 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 89 72 87 71 88 71 90 71 90 Temp 87 81 74 74 86 79 73 73 87 81 73 73 88 81 73 73 89 81 Dewpt 75 75 73 73 74 74 73 72 72 73 71 71 71 72 70 71 72 72 PWind dir N NE NE NE NE S NE N N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC SC SC B1 FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 30 20 30 10 20 5 10 5 20 Rain shwrs C S C S S Tstms C S C S S $$ SCZ010-130800- McCormick County Airport-McCormick SC 33.92N 82.30W Elev. 459 ft 305 PM EDT Tue Aug 12 2025 Date 08/12/25 Wed 08/13/25 Thu 08/14/25 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 72 90 72 89 72 Temp 85 80 76 75 73 74 82 88 88 81 76 74 73 74 81 87 87 81 75 74 72 74 Dewpt 78 77 76 75 73 74 77 77 76 76 75 74 73 74 77 77 77 76 75 74 72 74 RH 80 91100100100100 85 70 68 85 97100100100 88 72 72 85100100100100 Wind dir S E SE S SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W SW SW W W NW Wind spd 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 Clouds B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 40 40 40 10 QPF 12hr 0.04 0.01 0.43 0.06 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S C C S C C C C S S C C Tstms C S C C C C C C S S C C Heat index 97 87 90100 99 87 88 99 99 87 Max heat 98 100 100 99 100 Date 08/15 Sat 08/16/25 Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 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 91 73 89 71 90 71 91 71 92 Temp 89 83 75 74 88 81 73 73 88 82 73 73 90 83 74 73 90 82 Dewpt 77 76 74 74 77 76 73 73 75 75 73 72 74 74 72 72 74 74 PWind dir N N NE NE NE E NE NE N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC SC SC B1 FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 20 20 30 10 20 5 10 5 20 Rain shwrs S S C S S Tstms S S C S S $$