Rest of the work week: A couple days of quiet, then a stormy Friday
After a day of weather that went more or less as advertised, we get a couple days to dry out before another round of showers and thunderstorms — and maybe some more severe weather — arrives on Friday.
We will stay breezy Wednesday, particularly in the morning, as cooler and drier air blows into the area behind a cold front. We start the day in the low 40s and warm to the mid-50s in the afternoon. A few clouds will be around, but overall it’ll be much sunnier than Tuesday. (Not hard to do!)
Thursday will feature calmer winds and a chillier start. We’ll begin the day in the mid-30s before warming to the low 60s in the afternoon under partly cloudy skies. It should be a fairly quiet, nice day of weather overall.
The quiet doesn’t last, though, as another storm system affects the area on Friday. While it won’t be as windy of a system as Tuesday’s was, it will still bring with it a fairly well-sheared environment which, if paired with enough instability, could yield another round of severe weather. The Storm Prediction Center has the area outlined in a 15% severe weather risk in the Day 4 outlook; we’ll see how this evolves as the rest of the week wears on. For now, though, don’t let the weather radio stray too far…we might need it again later this week.
Tuesday’s top gusts
Tuesday’s winds were as advertised: Numerous gusts over 50 MPH were recorded across the area, with thunderstorm gusts approaching 70 MPH as the squall line came through the metro. Many, many trees were brought down, and a tractor trailer was even flipped on the Ravenel Bridge, which sent the bridges into Code Red status for a time — meaning patrols on the bridges essentially ceased. The good news is that there were no tornadoes in the Tri-County area — we’ll take whatever wins we can get from this one.
Here’s the full list of gusts from NWS Charleston from around the metro and its area of responsibility, including parts of Georgia:
Location Speed Time/Date Provider Buoy 41004 69 MPH 0600 PM 01/09 NDBC Charleston Intl Airport 69 MPH 0415 PM 01/09 ASOS Sapelo Island NERRS 68 MPH 0315 PM 01/09 NERRS Charleston, SC 67 MPH 0418 PM 01/09 NOS-NWLON Folly Beach, SC 67 MPH 0515 PM 01/09 WXFLOW Shutes Folly 67 MPH 0522 PM 01/09 WXFLOW Bonneau 65 MPH 1245 PM 01/09 CWOP 1.1 SW Remleys Point (SCDOT) 64 MPH 0415 PM 01/09 MESOWEST Fort Sumter 64 MPH 0412 PM 01/09 WXFLOW 2.2 NW Charleston (SCDOT) 60 MPH 0416 PM 01/09 MESOWEST Battery Point 60 MPH 0414 PM 01/09 WXFLOW Montgomery 59 MPH 0335 PM 01/09 CWOP Green Pond 58 MPH 0145 PM 01/09 DAVIS Charleston Exec Arpt 58 MPH 0415 PM 01/09 AWOS DEWEES ISLAND 57 MPH 0425 PM 01/09 CWOP Mount Pleasant Rgn Arpt 56 MPH 0415 PM 01/09 AWOS Beaufort MCAS 56 MPH 0307 PM 01/09 AWOS Beaufort WxFlow 56 MPH 0344 PM 01/09 WXFLOW Isle of Palms 56 MPH 0525 PM 01/09 WXFLOW SULLIVAN'S ISLAND 56 MPH 0414 PM 01/09 WXFLOW Botany Bay Heritage Preserve 55 MPH 0400 PM 01/09 MESOWEST Fort Pulaski 55 MPH 0312 PM 01/09 NOS-NWLON Beaufort Exec Arpt 53 MPH 0355 PM 01/09 AWOS Savannah Intl Airport 52 MPH 0300 PM 01/09 ASOS Harleyville - Dorchester Mes 50 MPH 0215 PM 01/09 CWOP MONCKS CORNER 49 MPH 0329 PM 01/09 CWOP Moncks Corner Aprt 49 MPH 0435 PM 01/09 AWOS St. Phillips Island-Scprt Do 49 MPH 0338 PM 01/09 MESOWEST Savannah 48 MPH 0345 PM 01/09 CWOP Walterboro Aprt 48 MPH 0235 PM 01/09 AWOS Capers Nearshore Buoy 47 MPH 0508 PM 01/09 NDBC Fripp Nearshore Buoy 47 MPH 0408 PM 01/09 NDBC Sullivan'S Island 47 MPH 0405 PM 01/09 DAVIS Mount Pleasant 47 MPH 0415 PM 01/09 CWOP Sainte George - Dorchester M 47 MPH 0215 PM 01/09 CWOP West Ashley (WEATHERSTEM) 46 MPH 0500 PM 01/09 MESOWEST Fort Stewart 46 MPH 1039 AM 01/09 CWOP I-95 Chatham Weigh Station 46 MPH 1240 PM 01/09 MESOWEST Savannah NWR 46 MPH 0323 PM 01/09 RAWS 2.4 SE Burton (WEATHERSTEM) 45 MPH 0420 PM 01/09 MESOWEST Mount Pleasant 45 MPH 0438 PM 01/09 CWOP Ridgeville - Dorchester Meso 44 MPH 1215 PM 01/09 CWOP Buoy 41008 43 MPH 0440 PM 01/09 NDBC Huger 7.7S - Bridges at Seve 43 MPH 0439 PM 01/09 CWOP Allendale Cnty Aprt 43 MPH 1115 AM 01/09 AWOS Summerville Aprt 41 MPH 0435 PM 01/09 AWOS North Tybee Island 41 MPH 0342 PM 01/09 WXFLOW Charleston 40 MPH 0445 PM 01/09 DAVIS Lawson 40 MPH 0104 PM 01/09 RAWS Summerville 40 MPH 0233 PM 01/09 CWOP SAINT GEORGE 40 MPH 0115 PM 01/09 CWOP North Charleston - Dorcheste 40 MPH 0330 PM 01/09 CWOP Reidsville Airport 40 MPH 1235 PM 01/09 AWOS Swinton Smith Field At Reids 40 MPH 1235 PM 01/09 MESOWEST Summerville 39 MPH 0314 PM 01/09 CWOP Ravenel 39 MPH 0339 PM 01/09 CWOP Ravenel - Dorchester Mesonet 39 MPH 0415 PM 01/09 CWOP Hilton Head Island 38 MPH 0325 PM 01/09 DAVIS Mount Pleasant 38 MPH 0530 PM 01/09 DAVIS WADMALAW ISLAND 38 MPH 0345 PM 01/09 CWOP Statesboro Airport 38 MPH 1055 AM 01/09 AWOS Glennville 38 MPH 1245 PM 01/09 UGA Millen Airport 37 MPH 1135 AM 01/09 AWOS Millen Airport 37 MPH 1135 AM 01/09 MESOWEST Walterboro 37 MPH 0507 PM 01/09 RAWS Daniel Island 36 MPH 0356 PM 01/09 CWOP Claxton Evans Co Aprt 36 MPH 0335 PM 01/09 AWOS Hilton Head Airport 36 MPH 0250 PM 01/09 AWOS Fort Stewart 36 MPH 0249 PM 01/09 AWOS 2 SW Metter 36 MPH 1135 AM 01/09 AWOS Metter Municipal Airport 36 MPH 1135 AM 01/09 MESOWEST North Charleston 35 MPH 0515 PM 01/09 DAVIS Hilton Head Island 35 MPH 0345 PM 01/09 CWOP Fort Stewart 35 MPH 1140 AM 01/09 AWOS
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