Snowpack is heading into its third day here in the Lowcountry, with many roads still a little on the sketchy side and black ice being a concern once again overnight Thursday into Friday morning. It’s kept us on the chilly side, too: the high today hit 40° at the airport, while the high of 38° at downtown Charleston was a record cold high temperature for January 23. We’re already back into the 20s as of this writing (8:45 PM-ish) with temperatures expected to fall into the low 20s given much less cloud cover than last night and the continued snowpack. Winds a little more out of the west should kick in on Friday, though, and we should see highs peak in the mid-40s along with more sunshine than we saw Thursday. Still, melting during the day Friday should once again contribute to a black ice threat overnight into Saturday morning, so keep that in mind if you head out.

Saturday will be much sunnier. We’re still starting in the low 20s, but highs should peak in the upper 40s in the afternoon, promoting more melting and evaporation of the snowpack. Still, we’ll freeze again overnight, with lows in the mid-20s expected Sunday morning, so more black ice concerns won’t be unfounded.

Sunday turns even warmer, with temperatures expected to break the 50° mark for the first time since, well, last Sunday. We’ll have a few more clouds in the picture, but with temperatures getting warmer, snowpack will continue to diminish. This will put an end to the black ice threat, too, as Monday’s lows stay above freezing, with the warming trend continuing into next week.

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