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

Columbia County, Georgia, United States

Last updated: 6:17 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
24°C
Feels like 28°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 36°  /  ▼ 23°
Wind
4 mph WSW
Humidity
87%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
29.75 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
1.7
Cloud Cover
48%
Sunrise
6:51 AM
Sunset
8:15 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Columbia County is currently partly cloudy at 25°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2102 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:51AM · Sunset: 8:15PM.

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
41 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
10%
8 AM
23°
26%
9 AM
26°
26%
10 AM
29°
21%
11 AM
31°
21%
12 PM
32°
21%
1 PM
34°
20%
2 PM
36°
24%
3 PM
36°
26%
4 PM
36°
29%
5 PM
36°
41%
6 PM
33°
37%
7 PM
32°
37%
8 PM
31°
42%
9 PM
29°
46%
10 PM
26°
46%
11 PM
26°
35%
12 AM
25°
27%
1 AM
24°
18%
2 AM
25°
8%
3 AM
25°
14%
4 AM
24°
14%
5 AM
24°
11%
6 AM
23°
11%
7-Day Forecast
Today
36° 23°
Partly Cloudy with a 46% chance of rain.
Sun
39° 23°
Partly Cloudy with a 57% chance of rain.
Mon
42° 23°
Mostly Clear.
Tue
39° 24°
Clear with a 27% chance of rain.
Wed
39° 22°
Mostly Cloudy with a 25% chance of rain.
Thu
40° 23°
Rain, 55% chance.
Fri
37° 23°
Drizzle, 60% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Partly Cloudy 10% 4 mph WSW 87%
8 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 26% 4 mph W 82%
9 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 26% 4 mph W 75%
10 AM 29° Partly Cloudy 21% 4 mph WNW 69%
11 AM 31° Partly Cloudy 21% 4 mph WNW 63%
12 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 21% 3 mph WNW 59%
1 PM 34° Mostly Clear 20% 4 mph W 54%
2 PM 36° Mostly Clear 24% 4 mph W 50%
3 PM 36° Mostly Clear 26% 4 mph W 48%
4 PM 36° Mostly Clear 29% 3 mph WNW 46%
5 PM 36° Mostly Clear 41% 3 mph WNW 46%
6 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 37% 3 mph NNW 51%
7 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 37% 3 mph S 57%
8 PM 31° Mostly Cloudy 42% 4 mph S 62%
9 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 46% 4 mph SSW 67%
10 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 46% 4 mph SSW 71%
11 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 35% 4 mph SW 75%
12 AM 25° Mostly Cloudy 27% 3 mph SW 78%
1 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 18% 2 mph SW 81%
2 AM 25° Mostly Cloudy 8% 2 mph SW 83%
3 AM 25° Mostly Cloudy 14% 2 mph WSW 85%
4 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 14% 3 mph W 86%
5 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 11% 4 mph W 87%
6 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 11% 3 mph W 87%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/15
Partly Cloudy
46%
23°
36°
Sun
8/16
Partly Cloudy
57%
23°
39°
Mon
8/17
Mostly Clear
6%
23°
42°
Tue
8/18
Clear
27%
24°
39°
Wed
8/19
Mostly Cloudy
25%
22°
39°
Thu
8/20
Rain
55%
23°
40°
Fri
8/21
Drizzle
60%
23°
37°
Sat
8/22
Rain
66%
21°
37°
Sun
8/23
Rain
72%
21°
35°
Mon
8/24
Rain
64%
21°
33°
Tue
8/25
Rain
66%
22°
36°
Wed
8/26
Drizzle
60%
23°
35°
Thu
8/27
Rain
90%
23°
34°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
60%
22°
34°
Sat
8/29
Drizzle
60%
22°
34°
41
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
41 AQI 7.4 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
39 AQI 43 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 41 Good 39 41
Sun 41 Good 39 41
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
SBCAPE316 J/kg
MLCAPE98 J/kg
MUCAPE316 J/kg
SBCIN-219 J/kg
MLCIN-236 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.2
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear8 kt
0–1 km Shear6 kt
Eff. Shear3 kt
0–1 km SRH-16
0–3 km SRH-0
Eff. SRH-0
Storm Motion244° @ 17 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index38.3
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.17 in
0–3 km LR4.8 °C/km
700–500 LR5.5 °C/km
Total Totals46.2
LCL980 hPa
LFC738 hPa
EL320 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,541 ft