The last work week before Christmas will start out feeling a little more spring-like, with highs topping out in the low 70s Monday and Tuesday before a cold front swings through and sends temperatures a little below normal for Wednesday and Thursday. We’ll see a little warmup as we head into the weekend.

The best chance of rain so far this week will come on Tuesday, primarily from noon into the overnight, as showers and perhaps a few thunderstorms ahead of the aforementioned cold front come through. We’ll then want to watch the weekend for the potential for another coastal storm to get started. There’s a fair bit of uncertainty there still, so don’t change any plans just yet, but keep an eye on the forecast as rain chances become more clear.

It’ll be a bit of a topsy-turvy weather week this week. A warm front will lift north of the area this morning, bringing some rather mild weather to the area for today and Tuesday with highs getting into the mid-to-upper 70s despite mostly cloudy skies.

A cold front will swing into the area on Wednesday, bringing with it a chance of showers. In the wake of said front, high pressure will build in from the northeast in a “wedge” pattern, which will keep low clouds and a low-end chance of showers in the forecast for Thursday. By Friday, we’ll be watching the progress of a low pressure system coming out of the Gulf for the potential of periodic downpours as we head into the first part of the weekend. Much refinement will be needed as timing becomes clearer as the week goes on, so be sure to watch forecast updates!

Our abnormally warm and dry September will roll into the first few days of October as strong high pressure aloft remains anchored over the southeast U.S.

Changes are coming, though, and I suspect many of you will be OK with them.

We continue to rewrite the record books as a strong ridge of high pressure remains firmly entrenched over the Charleston area, with three straight days of 100° temperatures and counting. The streak may continue for one more day, followed by a gradual falloff of temperatures (and a small increase in shower and thunderstorm chances) as we get into the weekend.

After a record-breaking Memorial Day weekend, the heat wave continues as stifling high pressure remains in force over the Charleston metro area. Temperatures approaching the century mark away from the immediate coast are once again expected. While heat indices will not pose a major issue, low humidity will instead elevate the wildfire risk. Changes are coming later this week, though.

High pressure is aligning at the surface and aloft to bring us quite the early-season heat wave starting tomorrow, featuring a run at the all-time warmest May day on record and little to no rain for many of us.

Since the Good Friday severe weather event, weather has been largely quiet in the Charleston metro area. Even a front that swung through this past Friday wasn’t able to eke out any rain across the Lowcountry. As a ridge of upper-level high pressure continues to be in control, we have more warm, dry days ahead.

Spring has come into full swing here in the Lowcountry. After what was a fortunate severe weather non-event on Sunday, we had a much cooler and less humid Monday with highs topping out around 74° under plenty of sunshine. We get a repeat of that today as high pressure maintains control over our weather today through Thursday. Our next storm threat comes Friday, and may bring some strong winds to the area. Let’s dive in…

The warmest day of #FakeSpring is upon us, with highs expected to top out in the low 80s away from the beaches, which will remain much cooler under the influence of water temperatures in the 50s. The NWS forecast high of 81° would be a new record for the date.