Seasonable warmth continues for Thursday as well as heading into the weekend with high pressure in control for a few more days. We’ll start Thursday in the upper 50s to near 60°, perhaps with some patches of fog again in the morning. Any fog dissipates fairly quickly after sunrise, and temperatures will head back into the low 80s under mostly sunny skies.

April gets off to a seasonably warm start with temperatures running in the low 80s and lows in the upper 50s to low 60s each morning. High pressure at the surface and aloft remain the main weather drivers, which will keep things generally on the quiet side for the next few days. The only notable rain chance for the rest of the work week arrives Thursday with a bit of upper-level energy working through, but even then the chance for a shower is fairly slight at this point, so don’t look to it for any widespread drought relief.

We may see an uptick in shower chances especially heading into Sunday, but there still doesn’t seem to be much on the horizon right now to tamp down on the ongoing (and worsening) drought.

After a couple cooler days, the 80s return to the Lowcountry starting Tuesday and lasting well into the beginning of April. High pressure remains the main weather feature, keeping us generally on the quiet side. A southerly breeze around 5-10 MPH will be common, especially as we get into the afternoon. Thankfully, some higher dewpoints will also continue to put a dent in the fire danger.

We’ll close March and open April on a quiet and comfortable note with plenty of sunshine and seasonably warm temperatures, especially as we head into midweek.

Another very warm day is on tap for Friday, with a daily high temperature record within reach once again ahead of a cold front. Temperatures will start around 60°, warming to the upper 80s in the afternoon before the seabreeze clears the area. The record high of 87° is absolutely in jeopardy, and some spots inland could get close to 90° once again.

Our brief cooldown comes to an end to close out the work week, with sunshine and 80s returning to the Lowcountry on Thursday. The day starts in the low-to-mid-50s, so you might go for a light jacket to start, but you’ll be able to shed that by mid-morning as temperatures climb. Highs peaking around 80° run a few degrees above normal for late March. Winds are quiet to start the day but pick up a little as the seabreeze pushes inland later in the day.

As expected, Tuesday was quite the dreary, cool day. We set the daily highs at both downtown and North Charleston after midnight, with the preliminary daily low of 53° being set in the afternoon as of the 5PM climate report. (This will get cooler — as of this writing, it’s 52° at the airport.) We begin to see signs of recovery on Wednesday, though, as the high pressure wedge weakens and scours out, allowing progressively more sunshine through during the day. Expect lows in the mid-40s to warm to the low 70s in the afternoon — basically right on target for this point in the year.