Heat Advisory — Lincoln, GA, McDuffie, GA, Columbia, GA, Richmond, GA, Burke, GA, Chesterfield, SC, McCormick, SC, Newberry, SC, Fairfield, SC, Kershaw, SC, Edgefield, SC, Saluda, SC, Lexington, SC, Richland, SC, Lee, SC, Aiken, SC, Sumter, SC, Barnwell, SC, Calhoun, SC, Clarendon, SC, Bamberg, SC, Northern Lancaster, SC, Southern Lancaster, SC, Northwestern Orangeburg, SC, Central Orangeburg, SC, Southeastern Orangeburg, SC 7:00 PM

Aiken County, South Carolina, United States

Last updated: 6:17 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
24°C
Feels like 28°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 36°  /  ▼ 23°
Wind
4 mph W
Humidity
83%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.68 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
1.9
Cloud Cover
36%
Sunrise
6:48 AM
Sunset
8:12 PM
Drag to pan · double-click to forecast a point
WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Aiken County is currently partly cloudy at 25°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 51% around 7 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1895 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:48AM · Sunset: 8:12PM.

Alerts

Heat Advisory
Lincoln, GA, McDuffie, GA, Columbia, GA, Richmond, GA, Burke, GA, Chesterfield, SC, McCormick, SC, Newberry, SC, Fairfield, SC, Kershaw, SC, Edgefield, SC, Saluda, SC, Lexington, SC, Richland, SC, Lee, SC, Aiken, SC, Sumter, SC, Barnwell, SC, Calhoun, SC, Clarendon, SC, Bamberg, SC, Northern Lancaster, SC, Southern Lancaster, SC, Northwestern Orangeburg, SC, Central Orangeburg, SC, Southeastern Orangeburg, SC
Expires 7:00 PM
44 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
11%
8 AM
24°
27%
9 AM
26°
27%
10 AM
28°
20%
11 AM
30°
27%
12 PM
32°
21%
1 PM
33°
21%
2 PM
34°
26%
3 PM
34°
36%
4 PM
34°
42%
5 PM
34°
42%
6 PM
33°
45%
7 PM
31°
50%
8 PM
30°
41%
9 PM
29°
41%
10 PM
27°
37%
11 PM
27°
29%
12 AM
26°
29%
1 AM
26°
13%
2 AM
26°
8%
3 AM
25°
11%
4 AM
25°
11%
5 AM
25°
11%
6 AM
24°
11%
7-Day Forecast
Today
36° 23°
Partly Cloudy with a 50% chance of rain.
Sun
37° 23°
Mostly Cloudy with a 59% chance of rain.
Mon
41° 23°
Partly Cloudy.
Tue
38° 24°
Clear with a 40% chance of rain.
Wed
38° 22°
Partly Cloudy with a 22% chance of rain.
Thu
40° 23°
Rain, 59% chance.
Fri
36° 23°
Rain, 83% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Partly Cloudy 11% 4 mph W 83%
8 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 27% 5 mph W 77%
9 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 27% 5 mph W 72%
10 AM 28° Mostly Clear 20% 5 mph WNW 66%
11 AM 30° Mostly Clear 27% 5 mph W 61%
12 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 21% 5 mph W 58%
1 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 21% 5 mph WSW 54%
2 PM 34° Mostly Clear 26% 5 mph WSW 51%
3 PM 34° Mostly Clear 36% 3 mph W 50%
4 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 42% 4 mph NW 50%
5 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 42% 3 mph NNE 52%
6 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 45% 4 mph NE 57%
7 PM 31° Mostly Cloudy 50% 4 mph NNE 62%
8 PM 30° Mostly Cloudy 41% 3 mph ENE 68%
9 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 41% 4 mph ESE 72%
10 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 37% 4 mph SE 75%
11 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 29% 4 mph SSE 78%
12 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 29% 3 mph SSW 81%
1 AM 26° Overcast 13% 2 mph SW 83%
2 AM 26° Overcast 8% 3 mph WSW 85%
3 AM 25° Overcast 11% 2 mph WSW 86%
4 AM 25° Mostly Cloudy 11% 2 mph WSW 87%
5 AM 25° Mostly Cloudy 11% 2 mph WSW 88%
6 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 11% 2 mph WSW 87%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/15
Partly Cloudy
50%
23°
36°
Sun
8/16
Mostly Cloudy
59%
23°
37°
Mon
8/17
Partly Cloudy
15%
23°
41°
Tue
8/18
Clear
40%
24°
38°
Wed
8/19
Partly Cloudy
22%
22°
38°
Thu
8/20
Rain
59%
23°
40°
Fri
8/21
Rain
83%
23°
36°
Sat
8/22
Rain
66%
21°
37°
Sun
8/23
Rain
73%
20°
34°
Mon
8/24
Rain
72%
20°
33°
Tue
8/25
Rain
66%
22°
36°
Wed
8/26
Drizzle
60%
23°
35°
Thu
8/27
Drizzle
60%
23°
34°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
60%
23°
34°
Sat
8/29
Drizzle
60%
23°
34°
44
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
44 AQI 7.9 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
38 AQI 41 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 44 Good 38 44
Sun 43 Good 40 43
Mon 52 Moderate 38 52
About the Air Quality Index
0–50 Good
51–100 Moderate
101–150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
151–200 Unhealthy
201–300 Very Unhealthy
301–500 Hazardous

The U.S. AQI runs 0–500. The overall value equals the highest individual pollutant sub-index, and the dominant pollutant is the one driving it. PM2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O3) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

1000850700500400300250200150100 -40-30-20-10010203040 0.41247101624 LCLLFCEL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Sat Aug 15, 10:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE269 J/kg
MLCAPE178 J/kg
MUCAPE353 J/kg
SBCIN-245 J/kg
MLCIN-212 J/kg
Lifted Index-1.9
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear9 kt
0–1 km Shear4 kt
Eff. Shear3 kt
0–1 km SRH-12
0–3 km SRH-3
Eff. SRH-3
Storm Motion248° @ 17 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index38.3
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.19 in
0–3 km LR4.8 °C/km
700–500 LR5.6 °C/km
Total Totals46.3
LCL972 hPa
LFC722 hPa
EL330 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,486 ft