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Warm and rain-free for Thursday

/ February 24, 2021 at 9:24 PM

We’ll continue our nice weather winning streak into Thursday as temperatures will once again get into the mid-70s under mostly sunny skies. We’ll begin to see some clouds re-enter our skies tomorrow with a little more moisture moving in as a backdoor cold front moves across the Mid-Atlantic during the day, but no rain is expected. Overall, expect another pleasant day across the area.

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Rain coming to an end Friday, weekend looks chilly but quite sunny

/ February 18, 2021 at 9:46 PM

We have a chilly but mostly sunny weekend ahead. Now all we have to do is just hang in there through Friday as showers taper off throughout the day as the cold front slowly moves through the area and gets offshore. Temperatures will remain pretty chilly — only expect highs to top out around 50° tomorrow as the front moves by and cooler air begins filtering in.

Skies will clear Friday evening and overnight, and by Saturday, expect mostly sunny skies with high temperatures peaking around 50° as chilly high pressure moves over the region. Clear skies overnight Saturday should allow temperatures to drop to the low-to-mid-30s by Sunday morning, with freezing temperatures possible inland from the coast. The airmass will modify a little bit Sunday, and highs should warm into the mid-50s under mostly sunny skies.

Friday and the weekend: Unsettled pattern holds on tight

/ February 11, 2021 at 9:36 PM

Unsettled weather will continue for Friday and into Valentine’s weekend as the overall pattern remains quite…well, gross.

We start Friday out with dense fog blanketing coastal areas and some showers in the area. (Use those low beams.) Showers will be off and on throughout the day. Temperatures are not going to move a whole heck of a lot overall as high pressure wedges down into South Carolina and Georgia, setting up cold air damming that will characterize much of the rest of the weekend’s weather. The forecast high of 57° at the Charleston airport should be realized fairly early in the day before the wedge front slides through.

Moisture overrunning the cold air damming wedge will keep clouds and rain in the forecast for much of the weekend. It’s unlikely that it will rain all the time, but it could rain at any time. Temperatures will run several degrees below normal beneath the cold wedge, but while it will feel chilly, temperatures will remain far too warm for any precipitation type issues here in the Lowcountry.

Periods of showers to close the work week and start the weekend

/ February 4, 2021 at 9:14 PM

After a few chilly but dry days, the rain’s back in the weather picture for Friday ahead of a cold front. It’ll be a little warmer with highs around 60° mid-afternoon before the front gets through. Rain chances decrease some for Saturday morning, but then ramp back up as more upper-level energy and surface low pressure approach the area. Saturday will be on the chilly side with highs just topping out in the low 50s. High pressure returns for Sunday. Clouds will hang around but there should be some peeks of sun as well, and that will help us warm a little into the mid-50s.

Friday and the weekend: Mostly sunny and cold for Friday and Saturday, with rain returning Sunday

/ January 28, 2021 at 6:57 PM

Chilly high pressure will continue to build into the area tonight into Friday, bringing freezing temperatures very close to the coast to start the last day of the work week. Temperatures will struggle to reach 50° despite full sunshine. Expect mostly sunny skies to prevail through Saturday as temperatures moderate back into the mid-50s in the afternoon. Our next storm system begins to affect the area possibly as early as late Saturday night, with rain likely on Sunday. Can’t rule out a few rumbles of thunder, either. It’ll be noticeably warmer — highs in the mid-60s will be common Sunday in the warm sector of the storm system before it moves through late Sunday into early Monday.

Rainy Friday, but a nice weekend

/ January 21, 2021 at 9:29 PM

We’re in for another gray, rainy day on Friday as low pressure develops and slides south of the area along a stalled front. The best chance of rain will be during the morning hours before tapering off in the afternoon. Temperatures will top out in the upper 50s.

It gets better, though. Expect skies to clear by Saturday morning with a northeast breeze helping keep temperatures in the mid-50s despite all the sunshine. We’ll start Sunday in the mid-30s before temperatures head up to near 60° under increasing cloud cover. If I had to pick, I’d probably choose Saturday for more abundant sunshine, but Sunday won’t be any slouch either with a little warmer temperatures in the afternoon.

Friday and the weekend: Another round of chilly temperatures incoming

/ January 14, 2021 at 9:02 PM

Clouds and eventually showers will return to the weather picture during the day tomorrow as a cold front approaches the area. Temperatures will get to the low to mid-60s before the front swings through. Winds will also kick up with the frontal passage, so be ready for gusts near 30 MPH through Saturday.

Speaking of Saturday, clouds will be clearing the area, but we will once again turn chilly, with highs only topping out in the low 50s. The aforementioned wind will make it feel even colder, too. Most of us away from the coast will see freezing temperatures Sunday morning (along with mid-20s wind chills). Highs will once again only reach the low 50s in the afternoon despite plentiful sunshine. These temperatures will be the result of a large cold-core upper low that will be swinging through the upper Midwest into the Ohio Valley and eventually New England over the weekend, sending a plunge of rather chilly air all the way south into Florida.

Friday and the weekend: Rain tapers off, cool temperatures remain

/ January 7, 2021 at 9:49 PM

We have a cool and quiet weekend ahead in the Lowcountry. Tonight’s rain will exit the area early Friday morning as a cold front swings through the area, but the storm system’s parent upper low will continue to lumber through North Carolina, potentially spawning scattered showers as the day goes on in our neck of the woods. Rain chances will decrease even further after sunset Friday, leading to a dry weekend.

Temperatures will remain cooler than January normals throughout the weekend, with mid-50s the norm as we sit between the departing low pressure system and high pressure in the upper Midwest. Relatively dry air will keep cloud cover generally thin, especially on Sunday.

Our next storm system arrives Monday as another upper low ushers through a front to start the week.

2021 to get off to a stormy start

/ December 31, 2020 at 10:33 PM

We’re going to get 2021 off to a bit of a stormy start as a cold front affects our weather Friday and into much of the weekend before clearing the area Sunday afternoon.

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Friday and the weekend: Warm, with slight shower chances Sunday

/ December 10, 2020 at 9:44 PM

We’ve got a warmer-than-normal weekend ahead of us as high pressure slips offshore and a cold front approaches from the west.

Friday will remain mostly sunny after some patches of possibly dense fog in the morning. Highs will top out right around 70°, making for a nice afternoon across the area. Similar temperatures are expected Saturday despite more cloud cover. A slight shower chance comes into the forecast late Saturday, continuing into Sunday. Temperatures will top out in the low 70s on Sunday ahead of the cold front.

No washout is expected this weekend — just keep rain gear handy in case a shower comes through. The majority of the rain associated with the front will come through Monday, with the heaviest rains looking to remain to our north.