High pressure will be in control this weekend, yielding a beautiful couple days of weather across the Lowcountry. Saturday gets off to a slightly chilly start, with lows in the low 40s feeling a touch cooler with a little wind, but we’ll warm well into the mid-70s in the afternoon with lots and lots of sunshine. Dewpoints in the 30s will drive relative humidity values down to around 25%, making it feel fairly dry outside. The only fly in the ointment here will be a bit of an uptick in winds in the afternoon and evening hours, generally 10-15 MPH but with some higher gusts. This combined with the dry weather will lead to an increased fire danger, so please be careful if you must burn outdoors (and ideally just don’t do so).

Winds swing around a bit more southerly for Sunday, which will nudge dewpoints up into the 40s. It’ll still feel quite great outside, though, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s warming back to the mid-70s in the afternoon under predominantly sunny skies once more. The slightly warmer dewpoints should bring the fire risk down a touch for Sunday, too. All in all, a really nice weekend lies ahead, and I hope you can take advantage. (Too bad about all the pollen, though.)

The next rain chance arrives with a front on Monday, but it’ll be short-lived, with quiet weather expected the rest of next week.