The nor’easter that drove the highest tide of the year on Friday will continue to affect our weather Saturday and to a lesser degree on Sunday. Showers will continue overnight through much of the day on Saturday, and gusts will continue to head into the 25-30 MPH range especially near the coast and on bridges and overpasses. Temperatures remain on the cool side as well, with lows in the low 60s warming to just about 70° at best in the afternoon.

We will also be contending with the risk for moderate coastal flooding once again with the midday high tide. A Coastal Flood Advisory is in effect from 10 AM-2 PM as a result. While this tide will certainly be less severe than we saw on Friday, it’ll still be high enough to close plenty of roads downtown right smack in the middle of the day. Be ready to reroute around road closures as a result.

We’ll see the nor’easter gradually pull away Sunday, though some showers look to persist. Temperatures will still be cooler than normal, with lows in the low 60s warming to the low-to-mid-70s in the afternoon with a little bit more sun breaking through. Winds will be backing off, and this will help mitigate a more serious coastal flooding threat during the day, though we should still see minor to moderate flooding with the early afternoon high tide that could close a few roads.

This will lead into a quieter and sunnier week ahead with high pressure in control. Humidity will be low and temperatures will be comfortably warm, with highs in the upper 70s to around 80° each afternoon.

A decent weekend of weather awaits. While Saturday is the pick day of the weekend, if you are okay with dodging some showers, Sunday doesn’t look terrible, either. Generally speaking, we can expect highs in the low 80s each afternoon after lows in the mid-60s on Saturday and upper 60s to around 70° on Sunday. Breezy northeasterly to easterly winds will continue with high pressure still wedged southward across the area, though that high will begin to give way on Sunday and send rain chances up a little bit as a result. Can’t rule out some thunder, either, though that looks relatively unlikely.

We will need to watch times of high tide for minor to moderate coastal flooding as we approach the full moon next week. The continued onshore flow will help to drive water levels higher on top of already high astronomical tides, which should reach heights that will close some roads downtown. Be alert for possible Coastal Flood Advisories from the National Weather Service.

A slow-moving cold front combined with a stalling upper-level low will help spread rain further into the metro for the weekend, especially on Saturday, as we continue to monitor the progress of now-Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine.

After record-breaking rainfall on Friday, more heavy rain appears likely for Saturday and to a lesser extent on Sunday as waves of low pressure along a stalled front continue to traverse the area, which has been well-moistened by an influx of tropical air.

More storms are in the offing for Saturday as a front slides southward across the area, eventually stalling out across Georgia. This front, though, brings us a slightly cooler and drier airmass that filters into the area starting Sunday.

Cooler-than-normal temperatures continue this weekend, but the cost is continued rounds of showers and thunderstorms as moisture overruns a stationary front to the south and a trough of low pressure develops aloft.

The heat wave that brought July to a close has ended courtesy of an incoming front, which will help cool things off (finally!) this weekend as the front moves through early Saturday. However, that comes at the cost of the risk for numerous showers and thunderstorms that could produce flooding rains. The risk will continue to increase as Friday night wears on, and with the front stalling to the south, periods of showers and thunderstorms will continue over the weekend and over the next several days. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly where the heaviest rain will fall, but generally speaking, a few inches of rain should be fairly easy for many of us to come by. It won’t rain all the time, either, but when it does, be ready for it.

There is a low, but non-zero, severe weather risk Friday night that will diminish as we get into Saturday behind the front. Once the front is by, winds will go northeasterly, and despite the risk for thunderstorms, the air will turn a bit cooler and drier as dewpoints fall to around 70°. Saturday starts in the mid-70s, but with the influence of the front and storms in the vicinity, highs only peak in the mid-80s. Sunday starts even cooler, with lows in the low 70s warming to the low 80s in the afternoon. We look to stay in the 80s for a few days as the front lingers to our south, too, so despite the rain, at least we won’t be dealing with the dangerous heat of the past week-plus, which helped propel July into the fourth warmest on record at the airport climate site in North Charleston. (Records for that site go back to 1937.)

This is one of those weekends where you probably want to just stay in a nice, cool place as a heat wave begins to ramp up across the Lowcountry, with the potential for several record highs and record warm low temperatures to occur starting Saturday through much of next week.

We’ve got a rather hot weekend ahead as high pressure builds in overhead and at the surface. We can expect temperatures each day to head into the upper 90s each afternoon, with heat indices surging to around 110° in spots especially in the immediate wake of the seabreeze.

Plenty of heat and humidity continues as we head into the weekend, and this will lead to more afternoon thunderstorms (though perhaps not quite as many, especially Sunday). A ridge of high pressure aloft will nudge into the area from the west — enough to keep the heat on, but not quite enough to totally squelch the afternoon thunderstorm threat either. Temperatures will run in the mid-to-upper 70s each morning, warming to the low-to-mid-90s each afternoon. Showers and thunderstorms will initiate on the seabreeze as it pushes inland, though the prevailing flow around the ridge could send some storms back coastward — something to think about if the beach is in your plans. The ridge nudges in a bit more for Sunday, and that should help to keep the risk for thunderstorms a little lower than on Saturday, but either way, just be prepared to bring your outdoor activities indoors if thunderstorms approach.