434  
FOUS52 KCAE 200606  
PFMCAE  
 
POINT FORECAST MATRICES  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
206 AM EDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
SCZ027-210800-  
COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN AIRPORT-LEXINGTON SC  
33.95N 81.12W ELEV. 225 FT  
206 AM EDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
DATE 05/19/26 WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 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 95 68 95 68  
TEMP 68 69 84 92 93 89 77 72 69 71 86 93 93 86 76 73 70 71  
DEWPT 63 64 65 63 60 60 64 64 63 64 66 64 63 65 67 67 66 67  
RH 84 84 53 38 33 38 64 76 81 79 51 38 37 50 74 81 87 87  
WIND DIR S SW SW S S S S S S S S S SE SE SE SE E E  
WIND SPD 1 1 1 2 3 3 5 2 2 1 1 3 4 4 4 2 2 2  
CLOUDS SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1  
POP 12HR 0 5 5 20 50  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.14  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S S C C S S  
TSTMS S S C S  
HEAT INDEX 86 93 93 89 88 95 94 88  
MAX HEAT 93 94 83 95 95 85  
 
DATE 05/22 SAT 05/23/26 SUN 05/24/26 MON 05/25/26 TUE 05/26/26  
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 91 69 89 69 89 68 89 68 89  
TEMP 89 82 72 72 86 82 72 72 87 82 72 71 86 82 72 71 86 82  
DEWPT 68 70 69 68 70 71 69 69 71 72 70 69 71 71 69 68 70 70  
PWIND DIR SE SE S S S S S S SW  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 70 60 80 50 70 60 60 50 50  
RAIN SHWRS L L S C D C C C L L C C L C S C C  
TSTMS C C S C S C C C S C  
 
 
SCZ028-210800-  
COLUMBIA OWENS DOWNTOWN AIRPORT-RICHLAND SC  
33.97N 80.98W ELEV. 212 FT  
206 AM EDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
DATE 05/19/26 WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 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 95 68 95 68  
TEMP 68 68 83 92 93 89 77 72 69 70 85 93 92 85 76 72 70 70  
DEWPT 63 64 64 62 59 59 63 64 64 64 65 63 62 64 66 67 66 66  
RH 84 87 53 37 32 37 62 76 84 81 51 37 37 50 71 84 87 87  
WIND DIR S SW SW S S S S S S S S S S SE SE SE E E  
WIND SPD 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 2 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 2 2 2  
CLOUDS FW B1 FW CL FW FW FW CL SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 SC  
POP 12HR 0 0 0 20 50  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.17  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S S C C S S  
TSTMS S S C S  
HEAT INDEX 84 93 87 94 93 86  
MAX HEAT 93 93 83 94 94 84  
 
DATE 05/22 SAT 05/23/26 SUN 05/24/26 MON 05/25/26 TUE 05/26/26  
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 90 69 89 69 89 68 88 68 88  
TEMP 88 82 72 71 85 82 72 71 86 82 72 70 85 82 72 70 85 82  
DEWPT 68 69 69 68 70 70 69 69 71 71 69 68 71 70 68 68 70 69  
PWIND DIR SE SE S S S S S S SW  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS SC B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 70 60 80 50 70 60 60 50 50  
RAIN SHWRS L L S C D C C C L L C C L C C C C  
TSTMS C C S C S C C C S C  
 
 
SCZ031-210800-  
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE-SUMTER SC  
33.97N 80.47W ELEV. 242 FT  
206 AM EDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
DATE 05/19/26 WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 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 94 68 95 70  
TEMP 66 68 83 92 94 88 76 71 68 70 85 93 93 85 76 72 70 72  
DEWPT 63 65 65 62 59 62 65 65 64 66 66 63 63 66 67 67 66 67  
RH 90 90 55 37 31 42 69 81 87 87 53 37 37 53 74 84 87 84  
WIND DIR SW N SW SE S S S S S S SW S SE S S SE E E  
WIND SPD 0 0 1 3 5 8 5 2 0 1 2 3 6 6 4 0 1 2  
CLOUDS SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL FW B1 FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1  
POP 12HR 0 0 0 20 40  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.12  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S S C C S  
TSTMS S S S  
HEAT INDEX 85 93 88 88 95 94 87  
MAX HEAT 93 93 83 95 95 85  
 
DATE 05/22 SAT 05/23/26 SUN 05/24/26 MON 05/25/26 TUE 05/26/26  
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 90 70 89 70 88 69 88 69 88  
TEMP 88 82 72 72 86 82 73 72 86 82 72 71 86 82 72 71 86 82  
DEWPT 67 70 69 69 71 71 69 70 72 72 69 69 72 70 68 68 70 70  
PWIND DIR SE SE S S S S S S S  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2  
POP 12HR 70 50 80 40 60 50 60 50 60  
RAIN SHWRS S L C S C D C S C L C S C L C S C L  
TSTMS C C C S C S C S C  
 
 
SCZ136-210800-  
ORANGEBURG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT-ORANGEBURG SC  
33.45N 80.85W ELEV. 197 FT  
206 AM EDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
DATE 05/19/26 WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 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 63 93 65 93 67  
TEMP 64 66 82 91 93 86 74 69 66 68 84 91 91 84 75 70 69 69  
DEWPT 63 64 62 59 56 62 64 64 64 65 64 61 61 65 66 66 66 67  
RH 97 93 51 34 29 45 71 84 93 90 51 37 37 53 74 87 90 93  
WIND DIR N N N SE S S S N N N N S S S S N N N  
WIND SPD 0 0 0 3 6 10 5 0 0 0 0 3 6 9 5 0 0 0  
CLOUDS SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW SC B1 FW SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1  
POP 12HR 0 5 0 20 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  
HEAT INDEX 83 86 85 91 91 86  
MAX HEAT 90 91 91 92 83  
 
DATE 05/22 SAT 05/23/26 SUN 05/24/26 MON 05/25/26 TUE 05/26/26  
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 91 69 90 69 90 68 89 68 89  
TEMP 89 83 72 71 86 82 72 71 86 82 71 70 86 82 71 69 86 82  
DEWPT 65 69 68 68 68 71 69 69 69 72 69 69 69 71 68 68 68 70  
PWIND DIR SE SE S SE S S S S S  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 50 20 80 30 60 30 50 30 50  
RAIN SHWRS C S C D C S C L C S C C C C C  
TSTMS C S S C S C S C S C  
 
 
GAZ065-210800-  
AUGUST REGIONAL AIRPORT AT BUSH FIELD-RICHMOND GA  
33.37N 81.97W ELEV. 148 FT  
206 AM EDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
DATE 05/19/26 WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 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 92 65 93 67  
TEMP 66 68 83 90 92 86 76 72 67 69 85 91 92 85 77 73 69 71  
DEWPT 63 65 65 62 58 62 63 63 63 64 66 62 60 64 65 65 66 67  
RH 90 90 55 39 32 45 64 73 87 84 53 38 34 50 67 76 90 87  
WIND DIR N N N SE SE S S S N N N S S SE SE SE N SE  
WIND SPD 0 0 0 3 4 2 6 2 0 0 0 3 5 4 6 3 0 2  
CLOUDS B1 SC FW CL FW CL CL FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 0 0 5 5 20  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.02  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S S  
TSTMS S S  
HEAT INDEX 85 90 86 87 92 92 86  
MAX HEAT 90 91 81 92 93 84  
 
DATE 05/22 SAT 05/23/26 SUN 05/24/26 MON 05/25/26 TUE 05/26/26  
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 91 69 90 69 89 68 89 67 88  
TEMP 89 83 73 71 88 83 73 71 87 82 72 70 87 82 72 69 86 82  
DEWPT 66 69 68 69 69 71 68 70 70 72 69 69 71 71 68 68 69 71  
PWIND DIR SE SE S SE S SE S SE S  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS SC B1 B2 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 40 60 70 40 60 50 60 50 50  
RAIN SHWRS C L S C L C S C L C S C L C S C  
TSTMS C C S S C S C S C C C  
 
 
GAZ065-210800-  
AUGUSTA DANIEL FIELD-RICHMOND GA  
33.47N 82.03W ELEV. 423 FT  
206 AM EDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
DATE 05/19/26 WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 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 68 92 69  
TEMP 68 69 82 90 91 87 77 73 70 70 84 91 91 85 78 74 71 71  
DEWPT 63 65 63 60 58 60 61 62 63 64 64 61 59 62 64 65 66 68  
RH 84 87 53 37 33 40 58 68 78 81 51 37 34 46 62 74 84 90  
WIND DIR S S N SE SE S S S S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE  
WIND SPD 3 2 0 3 4 3 6 4 4 3 2 3 4 3 6 5 4 5  
CLOUDS B1 SC FW FW FW CL CL FW SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 0 0 5 10 30  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.04  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C  
TSTMS S S  
HEAT INDEX 83 90 87 85 91 86  
MAX HEAT 90 90 82 91 92 84  
 
DATE 05/22 SAT 05/23/26 SUN 05/24/26 MON 05/25/26 TUE 05/26/26  
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 90 70 91 70 90 69 89 69 89  
TEMP 88 83 73 72 87 82 73 72 86 82 73 71 86 82 72 70 86 82  
DEWPT 65 68 68 70 68 70 68 70 69 71 69 70 69 71 68 69 68 70  
PWIND DIR SE SE S SE S SE S SE S  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS SC B1 B2 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1  
POP 12HR 50 60 70 40 60 60 60 50 50  
RAIN SHWRS C L S C L C S C L L S C L C S C  
TSTMS C C S S C S C C C C C  
 
 
SCZ116-210800-  
LANCASTER COUNTY AIRPORT-LANCASTER SC  
34.72N 80.86W ELEV. 486 FT  
206 AM EDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
DATE 05/19/26 WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 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 93 68 93 66  
TEMP 66 68 82 91 93 87 75 71 68 70 84 91 91 81 71 69 68 68  
DEWPT 62 64 62 59 56 59 60 63 63 65 64 60 59 63 66 66 66 67  
RH 87 87 51 34 29 39 60 76 84 84 51 36 34 54 84 90 93 97  
WIND DIR N N SW SW S N S N N N N S S SE E N N E  
WIND SPD 0 0 4 5 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 5 3 4 0 0 4  
CLOUDS CL FW FW CL CL FW SC FW FW SC FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 0 0 10 40 80  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.02 0.13  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C D D C C S  
TSTMS S C C S  
HEAT INDEX 83 85 91 82  
MAX HEAT 90 92 81 91 91  
 
DATE 05/22 SAT 05/23/26 SUN 05/24/26 MON 05/25/26 TUE 05/26/26  
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 81 66 85 67 85 66 85 66 85  
TEMP 81 78 69 68 82 79 70 69 83 79 69 68 83 79 69 68 83 79  
DEWPT 65 66 67 68 68 68 68 69 68 69 68 68 68 68 67 68 67 67  
PWIND DIR E SE S SE S S SW SW SW  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 70 70 70 50 70 70 70 60 50  
RAIN SHWRS S L L C C L C C C L L C C L L C S C  
TSTMS C C S C C S C C C S C  
 
 
SCZ020-210800-  
NEWBERRY COUNTY AIRPORT-NEWBERRY SC  
34.30N 81.64W ELEV. 570 FT  
206 AM EDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
DATE 05/19/26 WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 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 92 67 91 66  
TEMP 67 69 82 90 91 86 75 72 68 70 83 90 90 82 72 70 68 69  
DEWPT 61 63 64 61 60 62 61 62 61 63 64 62 62 65 66 66 65 66  
RH 81 81 55 38 36 45 62 71 78 78 53 39 39 56 81 87 90 90  
WIND DIR S SW SW SW S S S S S SW SW S S SE E E E E  
WIND SPD 3 2 2 3 4 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 4 2 4 3 3 3  
CLOUDS FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 0 5 5 30 60  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.07  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C L L S S S  
TSTMS S C C S  
HEAT INDEX 83 90 91 86 85 90 90 84  
MAX HEAT 90 92 81 91 93  
 
DATE 05/22 SAT 05/23/26 SUN 05/24/26 MON 05/25/26 TUE 05/26/26  
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 85 67 85 68 86 67 85 66 85  
TEMP 84 79 70 69 82 79 70 70 84 79 70 69 83 79 70 68 83 79  
DEWPT 67 69 68 68 69 70 68 68 70 71 68 68 70 70 67 67 69 70  
PWIND DIR E SE S SE S S S S SW  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 70 80 80 50 70 70 60 50 50  
RAIN SHWRS S L D C C D C C C L L C C L C S C C  
TSTMS C C S S C C S C C C S C  
 
 
SCZ010-210800-  
MCCORMICK COUNTY AIRPORT-MCCORMICK SC  
33.92N 82.30W ELEV. 459 FT  
206 AM EDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
DATE 05/19/26 WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 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 93 68 94 68  
TEMP 68 69 84 91 92 86 75 72 69 70 86 92 92 83 75 72 70 70  
DEWPT 63 64 66 64 62 64 62 63 63 64 67 64 63 66 65 66 66 67  
RH 84 84 55 41 37 48 64 73 81 81 53 40 38 57 71 81 87 90  
WIND DIR S SW SW S S SW S S S S SW S S S E E E E  
WIND SPD 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2  
CLOUDS FW SC CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1  
POP 12HR 0 5 5 20 40  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S S C C S  
TSTMS S S S S  
HEAT INDEX 86 93 93 87 89 94 93 85  
MAX HEAT 93 94 94 94 82  
 
DATE 05/22 SAT 05/23/26 SUN 05/24/26 MON 05/25/26 TUE 05/26/26  
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 90 69 89 69 88 68 88 68 88  
TEMP 88 82 72 71 85 81 72 71 86 81 71 70 86 81 71 70 86 81  
DEWPT 68 69 68 69 71 70 69 70 71 71 69 69 71 71 68 68 70 70  
PWIND DIR E SE S SE S S S S S  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 60 70 60 50 60 70 60 50 50  
RAIN SHWRS S L L C C L C C C L L C C L C S C C  
TSTMS C C S S C S C C C C C  
 
 
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