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

Fairfield County, South Carolina, United States

Last updated: 6:16 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
76°F
Feels like 84°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 97°  /  ▼ 74°
Wind
2 mph WNW
Humidity
84%
Dew Point
73°
Pressure
29.63 inHg
Visibility
8 mi
UV Index
2.0
Cloud Cover
38%
Sunrise
6:45 AM
Sunset
8:11 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Fairfield County is currently partly cloudy at 76°F. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 51% around 7 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1951 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:45AM · Sunset: 8:11PM.

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
42 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
76°
12%
8 AM
76°
29%
9 AM
80°
29%
10 AM
84°
21%
11 AM
87°
14%
12 PM
89°
14%
1 PM
91°
15%
2 PM
94°
15%
3 PM
93°
18%
4 PM
92°
23%
5 PM
90°
37%
6 PM
91°
43%
7 PM
89°
50%
8 PM
87°
33%
9 PM
85°
33%
10 PM
81°
33%
11 PM
80°
21%
12 AM
79°
18%
1 AM
78°
13%
2 AM
77°
11%
3 AM
77°
11%
4 AM
76°
12%
5 AM
76°
9%
6 AM
74°
5%
7-Day Forecast
Today
97° 74°
Partly Cloudy with a 50% chance of rain.
Sun
100° 74°
Partly Cloudy with a 24% chance of rain.
Mon
103° 73°
Mostly Clear with a 38% chance of rain.
Tue
100° 74°
Mostly Clear with a 58% chance of rain.
Wed
101° 71°
Clear with a 37% chance of rain.
Thu
103° 74°
Rain, 63% chance.
Fri
98° 73°
Heavy Rain, 90% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 76° Partly Cloudy 12% 2 mph WNW 84%
8 AM 76° Partly Cloudy 29% 3 mph NW 79%
9 AM 80° Partly Cloudy 29% 3 mph NW 70%
10 AM 84° Partly Cloudy 21% 2 mph NW 63%
11 AM 87° Partly Cloudy 14% 2 mph NW 57%
12 PM 89° Partly Cloudy 14% 2 mph NW 54%
1 PM 91° Partly Cloudy 15% 2 mph N 50%
2 PM 94° Partly Cloudy 15% 2 mph NNE 48%
3 PM 93° Partly Cloudy 18% 2 mph NE 50%
4 PM 92° Mostly Cloudy 23% 3 mph E 53%
5 PM 90° Overcast 37% 4 mph E 55%
6 PM 91° Overcast 43% 3 mph E 58%
7 PM 89° Overcast 50% 3 mph S 62%
8 PM 87° Mostly Cloudy 33% 3 mph SSW 67%
9 PM 85° Mostly Cloudy 33% 2 mph SSE 71%
10 PM 81° Partly Cloudy 33% 3 mph SE 76%
11 PM 80° Partly Cloudy 21% 4 mph ESE 80%
12 AM 79° Partly Cloudy 18% 3 mph SE 82%
1 AM 78° Partly Cloudy 13% 3 mph WSW 85%
2 AM 77° Partly Cloudy 11% 4 mph W 87%
3 AM 77° Partly Cloudy 11% 3 mph W 89%
4 AM 76° Partly Cloudy 12% 3 mph NW 91%
5 AM 76° Partly Cloudy 9% 3 mph NNW 92%
6 AM 74° Partly Cloudy 5% 3 mph NW 91%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/15
Partly Cloudy
50%
74°
97°
Sun
8/16
Partly Cloudy
24%
74°
100°
Mon
8/17
Mostly Clear
38%
73°
103°
Tue
8/18
Mostly Clear
58%
74°
100°
Wed
8/19
Clear
37%
71°
101°
Thu
8/20
Rain
63%
74°
103°
Fri
8/21
Heavy Rain
90%
73°
98°
Sat
8/22
Rain
83%
70°
96°
Sun
8/23
Rain
83%
67°
94°
Mon
8/24
Rain
66%
68°
91°
Tue
8/25
Drizzle
64%
69°
95°
Wed
8/26
Drizzle
60%
72°
94°
Thu
8/27
Drizzle
60%
71°
93°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
60%
71°
92°
Sat
8/29
Drizzle
60%
71°
93°
42
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
42 AQI 7.5 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
31 AQI 34 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 42 Good 31 42
Sun 46 Good 39 46
Mon 48 Good 33 48
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
SBCAPE365 J/kg
MLCAPE447 J/kg
MUCAPE623 J/kg
SBCIN-242 J/kg
MLCIN-172 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear10 kt
0–1 km Shear3 kt
Eff. Shear11 kt
0–1 km SRH-12
0–3 km SRH-3
Eff. SRH-3
Storm Motion290° @ 17 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index35.9
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.15 in
0–3 km LR4.7 °C/km
700–500 LR5.9 °C/km
Total Totals47.2
LCL973 hPa
LFC712 hPa
EL278 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,394 ft