Warmer-than-normal temperatures will continue for a few more days across the Lowcountry before a sharp front cools us off to start the first full week of April.

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.

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.

Astronomical spring begins Friday with the vernal equinox at 10:46 AM, and the weather will certainly be appropriate as the warming trend that began Thursday continues into Friday and the rest of the weekend. Friday will be a very pleasant day, even just beyond being Friday; after a low around 40°, temperatures will warm to the low-to-mid-70s in the afternoon with plenty of sunshine to be had.

Another frosty start awaits for Thursday as temperatures fall to the upper 30s in the metro and a little lower across inland locations. Calmer winds and higher dewpoints will allow for frost formation overnight, particularly in Berkeley and Dorchester counties where a Frost Advisory is in effect through 9am. From there, it’ll feel much warmer than it did on Wednesday, with highs expected to peak some 10° warmer Thursday afternoon, generally in the mid-to-upper 60s. Cloud cover will be a bit variable, but generally expect a fair bit of sunshine throughout the day with no concerns for precipitation.

Friday will feel a lot different than much of the past week has, courtesy of a cold front that came through and put a chill back in the air Thursday afternoon and evening. Temperatures Friday start in the 30s across much of the metro away from the immediate coast, warming to the upper 60s to around 70° in the afternoon under mostly sunny skies. These high temperatures are much more in line with what we should normally see in mid-March.

After a new daily record high of 89° was set at the airport on Wednesday, changes are forthcoming as we head into Thursday as a cold front approaches the area. We will start the day quite warm — record warm low temperatures are not out of the question — with lows in the mid-60s at coolest. Temperatures will then head into the mid-70s before a band of showers and thunderstorms approaches the area by mid-morning. Brief periods of heavy rain are possible, but storms will be moving quickly, so no concerns about too much rain in one location. Any rain we can get remains helpful as severe drought continues across the Lowcountry. There could be some thunder, too, and a few strong thunderstorm wind gusts can’t be totally ruled out as the line gets through.

The front will sweep the moisture and warm airmass offshore by evening, and temperatures will drop quickly into the 50s in its wake. If you are out and about Thursday evening, keeping a light jacket close by may not be the worst idea!

Our stretch of early-March warmth continues for Friday and the weekend — and, realistically, well into next week — as stacked high pressure remains in place.

Showers have arrived in the Lowcountry and will be hanging around through much of Friday into early Saturday as a cold front lumbers through the area. We certainly could use the rain as severe drought continues over the Lowcountry, and 1-1.5″ of rain should fall in most spots through Saturday morning.

Lows on Friday will run on the warm side of normal; expect generally mid-50s across the area, while highs peak near normal in the mid-60s.