


Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
518 FOUS52 KCAE 182307 PFMCAE Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Columbia SC 706 PM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025 SCZ027-190800- Columbia Metropolitan Airport-Lexington SC 33.95N 81.12W Elev. 225 ft 706 PM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025 Date 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 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 76 99 79 99 78 Temp 88 83 80 78 80 91 97 96 91 86 82 79 81 91 96 95 90 84 82 80 81 Dewpt 75 74 73 73 74 75 73 71 71 71 71 71 73 74 74 74 74 74 74 73 75 RH 66 74 79 85 82 60 46 45 52 61 69 77 77 58 49 51 60 72 77 79 82 Wind dir S SW SW SW W W W SW SW W W W W W W W W W W NW NW Wind spd 5 3 3 3 4 6 10 10 5 4 4 5 5 9 9 8 5 3 2 2 2 Wind gust 16 18 Clouds SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 5 10 10 30 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.01 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C Tstms C C Heat index 98 90 84 85102107104 98 91 86 86101107106 99 91 88 84 87 Max heat 101 94 85 107 106 94 86 107 107 97 87 Date 07/21 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu 07/24/25 Fri 07/25/25 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 99 75 92 72 92 72 94 74 97 Temp 96 87 78 77 89 83 75 75 89 84 75 76 91 86 77 78 94 88 Dewpt 74 76 75 75 75 75 72 71 72 72 72 73 75 75 74 75 75 75 PWind dir N NE NE E E E SE S SW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC B1 FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 50 40 70 40 40 10 30 10 20 Rain shwrs C C S S L C S C C S Tstms C C S L C C C S $$ SCZ028-190800- Columbia Owens Downtown Airport-Richland SC 33.97N 80.98W Elev. 212 ft 706 PM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025 Date 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon EDT 3hrly 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 76 99 79 98 78 Temp 88 83 80 78 80 90 96 96 91 85 82 80 81 90 96 95 90 84 82 80 81 Dewpt 75 74 73 73 74 74 73 71 70 71 71 71 73 74 73 73 73 74 74 73 75 RH 66 74 79 85 82 60 48 45 50 63 69 74 77 60 48 49 58 72 77 79 82 Wind dir S SW SW SW W W W SW SW W W W W W W W W W W NW N Wind spd 5 3 2 2 3 5 9 9 5 4 3 4 5 8 8 8 5 3 2 2 2 Wind gust 19 Clouds SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 5 20 10 20 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.01 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S Heat index 98 90 84 85 99106104 97 90 86 83 86 99106105 98 91 88 84 87 Max heat 100 94 85 106 105 94 86 106 106 96 87 Date 07/21 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu 07/24/25 Fri 07/25/25 EDT 6hrly 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 99 75 90 72 91 72 93 74 96 Temp 95 87 78 77 88 82 75 74 88 83 75 75 91 85 77 77 93 88 Dewpt 74 76 75 75 75 74 72 71 72 72 72 72 74 74 73 74 74 74 PWind dir N NE NE E E E SE S SW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC B1 FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 50 40 70 40 40 10 30 10 20 Rain shwrs C C S C L C S C C S Tstms C C S L C C C S $$ SCZ031-190800- Shaw Air Force Base-Sumter SC 33.97N 80.47W Elev. 242 ft 706 PM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025 Date 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 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 77 97 79 98 78 Temp 86 82 80 78 80 90 94 95 90 84 81 79 81 90 94 94 89 83 81 79 81 Dewpt 76 75 75 74 75 75 74 73 72 71 71 71 73 75 74 74 75 74 74 74 75 RH 72 79 85 88 85 62 53 49 56 65 72 77 77 62 53 53 64 74 79 85 82 Wind dir SW SW SW SW SW W W SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W NW N Wind spd 5 4 4 4 4 8 10 9 5 4 4 4 6 8 9 8 4 3 2 2 3 Clouds SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 5 20 10 20 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 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 96 89 85 86101104105 97 89 85 86100105105 99 90 87 81 87 Max heat 101 94 87 106 105 94 87 106 107 96 87 Date 07/21 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu 07/24/25 Fri 07/25/25 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 97 75 90 73 90 72 92 74 95 Temp 94 86 78 77 87 81 75 75 87 83 75 76 89 84 76 77 92 86 Dewpt 75 76 75 75 76 75 72 71 72 73 72 73 75 75 74 75 75 75 PWind dir N NE NE E E E SE S SW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 50 40 70 30 40 10 30 10 20 Rain shwrs C C S C L C S C C S Tstms C C S S L C C C S $$ SCZ136-190800- Orangeburg Municipal Airport-Orangeburg SC 33.45N 80.85W Elev. 197 ft 706 PM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025 Date 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon EDT 3hrly 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 76 96 77 96 77 Temp 85 80 78 76 78 88 94 94 88 82 80 78 80 88 93 93 87 81 79 78 80 Dewpt 75 75 75 75 75 74 73 71 73 71 71 71 73 74 73 73 74 73 74 73 75 RH 72 85 91 97 91 63 51 47 61 69 74 79 79 63 52 52 65 77 85 85 85 Wind dir S SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W NW Wind spd 5 4 3 3 4 8 10 10 5 5 4 5 5 10 11 10 5 3 3 3 3 Clouds SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 5 10 5 20 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S Heat index 94 85 97103101 96 86 83 84 97102102 95 86 85 Max heat 98 89 103 102 91 84 102 102 93 85 Date 07/21 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu 07/24/25 Fri 07/25/25 EDT 6hrly 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 96 75 90 73 90 73 91 74 93 Temp 93 85 78 77 87 80 74 75 87 81 75 75 88 82 76 76 90 84 Dewpt 75 75 75 75 75 74 73 73 72 73 73 74 73 75 74 75 74 75 PWind dir N NE NE E E E SE S SW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC PoP 12hr 40 40 70 40 50 20 40 10 20 Rain shwrs C C S C L C S S C S C S Tstms C C S L C S C S C S $$ GAZ065-190800- August Regional Airport at Bush Field-Richmond GA 33.37N 81.97W Elev. 148 ft 706 PM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025 Date 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 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 99 77 98 77 Temp 88 81 78 76 79 90 95 95 91 83 81 78 80 89 95 95 89 83 81 78 81 Dewpt 72 72 72 72 73 73 70 69 70 70 71 71 73 73 71 71 72 72 73 73 74 RH 59 74 82 87 82 58 45 43 50 65 72 79 79 59 46 46 57 70 77 85 79 Wind dir SW SW S SW W W SW SW W W W W W W W W W W W W NW Wind spd 5 3 2 2 3 6 10 11 8 5 5 5 6 10 11 11 8 5 4 4 4 Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 10 5 20 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S Heat index 95 85 98102101 97 87 85 84 97103103 96 88 86 86 Max heat 99 90 102 101 92 84 103 104 94 86 Date 07/21 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu 07/24/25 Fri 07/25/25 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 99 75 95 72 92 72 94 73 95 Temp 95 86 77 78 92 83 75 76 89 83 75 75 90 85 76 77 92 87 Dewpt 72 74 75 75 73 74 74 73 71 72 73 73 72 74 74 74 72 73 PWind dir NW NE NE E E E E S SW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 40 40 70 50 50 20 30 10 20 Rain shwrs C C S L C S C C S S C S Tstms C C S L C S C S S C S $$ GAZ065-190800- Augusta Daniel Field-Richmond GA 33.47N 82.03W Elev. 423 ft 706 PM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025 Date 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon EDT 3hrly 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 77 97 79 97 80 Temp 89 83 80 78 79 88 93 95 91 86 82 79 81 89 92 95 90 85 82 80 81 Dewpt 70 71 71 72 72 73 69 68 68 70 70 71 72 72 70 70 71 72 73 73 73 RH 54 67 74 82 79 61 46 42 47 59 67 77 74 57 49 45 54 65 74 79 77 Wind dir SW SW SW SW W W W SW W W W W W W W W W W W W NW Wind spd 5 4 3 4 5 6 9 10 8 5 5 5 6 9 9 9 8 5 5 5 5 Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 5 10 5 20 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S Heat index 94 88 83 96 98100 95 91 86 85 96 98102 96 91 87 84 86 Max heat 97 92 84 99 100 94 85 98 102 94 86 Date 07/21 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu 07/24/25 Fri 07/25/25 EDT 6hrly 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 97 77 93 75 90 74 92 75 94 Temp 93 86 79 79 89 83 76 76 86 83 77 76 88 84 77 77 90 86 Dewpt 72 73 75 74 73 73 73 72 70 71 72 72 71 73 73 73 71 72 PWind dir NW NE NE E E E E S SW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 40 40 70 50 50 20 30 10 20 Rain shwrs C C S L C S S C S S C S Tstms C C S L C C S S C S $$ SCZ116-190800- Lancaster County Airport-Lancaster SC 34.72N 80.86W Elev. 486 ft 706 PM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025 Date 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 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 75 96 76 96 76 Temp 88 81 78 76 79 90 93 94 87 81 78 77 80 89 94 95 88 81 79 76 80 Dewpt 72 73 73 73 73 73 72 70 72 72 72 72 74 73 72 72 73 74 74 73 74 RH 59 77 85 90 82 58 51 46 61 74 82 85 82 59 49 48 61 79 85 90 82 Wind dir SW SW SW SW SW W SW W W W SW W W W W W W W N N N Wind spd 2 2 1 2 3 8 10 9 3 2 2 3 4 5 6 5 2 1 0 0 1 Clouds SC SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW PoP 12hr 10 30 10 20 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S S S Tstms C S S S S Heat index 95 86 98101100 94 85 85 97102104 96 86 85 Max heat 97 90 101 101 90 85 102 104 92 85 Date 07/21 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu 07/24/25 Fri 07/25/25 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 96 74 90 71 90 71 93 74 95 Temp 93 85 76 77 86 81 74 74 87 83 73 75 90 85 76 78 92 86 Dewpt 72 74 74 74 72 72 72 71 69 70 71 72 70 72 72 74 72 73 PWind dir N NE NE E E SE SE S SW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 40 40 60 40 20 10 20 10 10 Rain shwrs C C S S L C S S Tstms C C S S C S S S $$ SCZ020-190800- Newberry County Airport-Newberry SC 34.30N 81.64W Elev. 570 ft 706 PM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025 Date 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon EDT 3hrly 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 75 97 77 96 76 Temp 89 82 78 76 78 88 94 95 90 83 80 78 79 89 95 95 90 82 79 77 79 Dewpt 72 72 71 71 73 73 71 70 70 71 70 71 72 73 73 72 73 73 73 73 74 RH 57 72 79 85 85 61 47 45 52 67 72 79 79 59 49 48 58 74 82 87 85 Wind dir SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W NW N Wind spd 5 4 3 4 5 9 10 10 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 5 3 3 2 2 Wind gust 16 Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW PoP 12hr 5 20 10 30 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.01 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C Tstms S C C Heat index 96 87 96102102 96 88 83 80 97104104 98 88 81 Max heat 99 92 103 105 93 84 105 106 96 Date 07/21 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu 07/24/25 Fri 07/25/25 EDT 6hrly 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 97 74 90 71 90 71 92 73 95 Temp 95 86 76 76 88 83 74 73 87 84 74 74 90 85 76 76 93 88 Dewpt 72 75 74 74 74 73 71 71 71 71 71 72 73 73 72 73 73 73 PWind dir N NE NE E E E E S SW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 40 40 60 40 30 10 20 10 20 Rain shwrs C C S S L C S S C S S Tstms C C S C S C S S $$ SCZ010-190800- McCormick County Airport-McCormick SC 33.92N 82.30W Elev. 459 ft 706 PM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025 Date 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 Sun 07/20/25 Mon 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 75 98 77 98 77 Temp 89 81 78 76 78 89 95 97 91 83 80 77 79 89 95 97 91 83 80 77 80 Dewpt 73 73 73 73 74 76 73 71 72 71 72 72 74 75 75 73 73 73 74 73 75 RH 59 77 85 90 88 66 49 43 54 67 77 85 85 64 53 46 56 72 82 87 85 Wind dir SW SW W SW W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W NW Wind spd 3 2 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 3 2 3 4 5 6 6 3 2 2 2 2 Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW PoP 12hr 10 10 10 20 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S Heat index 97 86 100105105 99 88 84 99107107100 89 85 85 Max heat 98 90 105 106 91 107 109 96 85 Date 07/21 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 Thu 07/24/25 Fri 07/25/25 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 99 75 93 72 91 71 94 73 97 Temp 96 87 77 77 91 84 74 74 89 84 75 75 91 87 76 76 94 89 Dewpt 74 75 75 75 75 75 73 73 74 73 72 73 75 75 74 75 76 75 PWind dir NW NE NE E E E E S SW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW B1 B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW SC B1 FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 40 40 60 50 40 20 30 10 20 Rain shwrs C C S L C S S C S C S Tstms C C S C C C S C S $$