Storms will be more hit-or-miss on Thursday as high pressure aloft starts to rebuild, which will heat things up for the weekend. Temperatures will start in the mid-to-upper 70s, with lows possibly not getting below 80° at the beaches. We’ll warm to the low-to-mid-90s in the afternoon, and with limited storm coverage, heat indices should have no trouble getting into the low-to-mid-100s, especially post-seabreeze.

Warm and muggy conditions with a few afternoon storms continue across the Lowcountry for the rest of the work week, as we do in mid-July. Generally speaking, every day will feature very, very warm starts in the upper 70s to around 80° near the coast, with highs in the low 90s each afternoon. Highs warm as we get further along in the week with high pressure building back into the area, and we’ll turn even warmer as we head into the weekend.

Expect scattered showers and thunderstorms each afternoon along and ahead of the seabreeze. As usual this time of year, storms will be of the pulse variety (pop up, mature, collapse) and won’t produce any organized severe weather. However, where outflow boundaries from collapsing storms collide, storms could briefly turn strong to severe, with wet microbursts the most likely mode of severe weather. Regardless of severity, all thunderstorms are dangerous due to the lightning they produce. When thunder roars, go indoors!

We’ve got more of the same in store weather-wise for Tuesday. We’ll start in the mid-70s (with even warmer temperatures near the coast), warming to about the low 90s again under partly cloudy skies. Dewpoints are still quite muggy, and those low 90s will feel more like 100° during the height of the afternoon. We’ll continue to see some drier air slot into the area, which should limit (but not completely stamp out) thunderstorm coverage along and ahead of the seabreeze. Some spots could see some heavy rain at times, but storm motions seem reasonably progressive so major flooding issues aren’t expected. Overall, just another summer day here in the Lowcountry.

Warm temperatures and afternoon thunderstorms will continue to figure prominently in the forecast this week with high pressure rebuilding aloft.