After a stormy Thursday that, aside from a report of quarter-size hail in Goose Creek, was generally benign for the Charleston metro, a couple more rounds of unsettled weather arrive Friday before a beautiful weekend.

We’ll wake up on the northern fringes of a thunderstorm complex that will be moving eastward across southern Georgia and northern Florida during much of the morning. It remains to be seen what kind of impact we see from this complex here at home; some guidance keeps us largely rain-free, while other guidance brings some rain into the area. This is important as it will help determine the forecast for the afternoon and evening as the cold front itself swings into the area. Less or no rain could allow the atmosphere to become more unstable and thunderstorms that fire along the front to become strong to severe, while shower activity in the morning should help temper how much energy will be available for a second round of storms. So, I’d be ready for rain at some point during the day tomorrow, and would still keep an eye on forecast updates to monitor the severe potential.

Temperatures Friday peak in the mid-80s given expected cloud cover and the potential for showers, particularly in the morning/early afternoon, again depending on the track of the thunderstorm complex. Once the front gets through, we get much cooler — temperatures should fall into the upper 50s Saturday morning, heading into the upper 70s in the afternoon under clear, sunny skies. (Absolutely gorgeous.) Mother’s Day runs a little warmer with highs in the low to mid-80s after another start in the upper 50s to around 60, but will still be another beautiful mid-May day here in the Lowcountry.

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