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Friday & the weekend: Staying unsettled

/ August 18, 2022 at 10:32 PM

Unsettled weather will continue this weekend as the lingering front remains a thorn in our side. Friday morning could be a particularly tricky commute as there’s the potential for some heavy rain to be moving through the area around that time. Fortunately, the commute will coincide with low tide, but whenever we’re talking heavy rain we’ll want to keep an eye on the vulnerable areas, such as downtown Charleston, Summerville, and West Ashley near Church Creek (to name a few). Showers and thunderstorms will lift north of the area with the front as the day goes on, but more storms should fire in the afternoon as the seabreeze gets going. Temperatures will generally run in the mid-80s.

With the front having lifted north, warmer weather returns to the area for the weekend. Temperatures top out in the upper 80s to around 90° on Saturday with scattered thunderstorms developing along and ahead of the seabreeze, possibly starting as early as the late morning hours. On Sunday, we’ll stay unsettled with scattered showers and thunderstorms expected particularly in the afternoon and evening hours, when storms could turn a little more numerous. Highs once again will top out in the upper 80s. Overall, not the best weekend of weather, but there will be dry times, too — rarely, if ever, do we see total washout days in the summer.