Well, it certainly appears as if the third time will be the charm for snow-lovers in the Lowcountry as a long-anticipated winter storm system impacts the area this weekend. A Winter Storm Warning goes into effect Saturday at 7AM and will run until Sunday at 1PM. Meanwhile, an Extreme Cold Warning will also go into effect Saturday at 7PM until noon Sunday for air temperatures in the mid-to-upper teens and wind chills dropping perhaps as low as 3° above zero in the morning — extraordinarily rare cold air for this part of the world.

While it won’t be quite as chilly as Tuesday was, the rest of the week will continue to feature below-normal temperatures as Arctic air continues its residence across the area. Wednesday starts in the upper 20s, warming to the low 50s in the afternoon under a mix of sun and clouds. A dry front will sag south across the area Thursday, which will cool things off and cloud up the skies a little bit. Temperatures Thursday once again start in the upper 20s, warming to the upper 40s to about 50° in the afternoon. The cloud cover insulates us a bit overnight Thursday into Friday, with lows only dropping to the low 30s (and staying above freezing toward the coast). Highs Friday warm to the mid-50s as more onshore flow takes over.

A reasonably busy weekend of weather awaits in the Lowcountry as we deal with the south side of a massive and likely potent winter storm, the effects of which are starting to develop across Texas into the Midwest before spreading eastward during the day tomorrow into the Mid-South and eventually to the Eastern Seaboard.

For our part, a Winter Weather Advisory has been hoisted for inland Berkeley and Dorchester counties, with some freezing rain expected between Saturday night and Sunday morning. Elsewhere in the Charleston Tri-County area, we’ll deal with periods of cold rain as well as some windy conditions. Comparatively, though, this will be this storm on easy mode for a lot of us — some really treacherous conditions are likely to develop across the northern half of the state into NC. Read on to learn what’s most likely to happen in your neck of the woods.

Topsy-turvy temperatures will feature prominently this weekend as a decently strong cold front comes through on Sunday. Ahead of that front, Saturday temperatures will warm from the mid-30s in the morning to the mid-60s in the afternoon as warmer air pumps in from the south and southwest. We’ll see clouds on the increase as the day goes on with the approaching front and a strong trough of low pressure that’ll help drive that front through and bring some much-needed rain for Sunday.

A lot has been made of the risk for winter weather on Sunday, but the ultimate outcome looks to be mostly rain for the Charleston metro area, with some flakes likely mixing in the further west toward I-95 you go. The front itself gets through early in the day, with the precipitation developing behind it as the trough of low pressure swings through. While it will stay mostly rain near the coast, a few flakes could mix in along and west of 17-A. However, accumulating snow, if snow falls at all, is not expected given surface temperatures in the upper 30s to mid-40s. Travel issues beyond the elevated risk of distracted driving at the sight of novelty snowflakes are not expected.

After a record high on Friday, we’ve got one more warm day ahead before a cold front begins to make things feel a little more like January for Sunday and especially the start of the new work week.

The first rain chance of the new year arrives on Saturday as low pressure along a cold front develops and approaches the area. We’ll clear out in time for a pleasant and seasonable Sunday, though.

Quiet weather continues this weekend, though the temperature rollercoaster will continue to roll on as record highs Saturday yield to cooler (but still warmer-than-normal) temperatures on Sunday.

It’ll be a quiet and seasonable weekend of weather in the Lowcountry as we embark on the last shopping weekend before Christmas. Temperatures Saturday will start on the cool side, with calm winds and clear skies allowing temperatures to fall to the mid-30s by morning. Mostly sunny skies will help temperatures warm to the low 60s in the afternoon, about right where we should be for December 20.

The airmass moderates a bit on Sunday ahead of another front. We’ll start the day in the low 40s, warming to the mid-60s in the afternoon with mostly sunny skies once again expected. The frontal passage late Sunday will be dry, but will bring a decent shot of cool air to start the abbreviated work week on Monday. We’ll warm back up for Christmas, though, and may even crack 70° on Christmas Day, as we look to close 2025 on a warmer-than-normal note with sprawling high pressure developing aloft across much of the continental US.

My advice to folks for this weekend: get out and about Saturday as much as you can, soaking in what passes for warmth during this rather chilly December, because another shot of very cold air is enroute to start the new week.

Saturday starts in the low-to-mid-40s, warmest near the coast. Southwesterly flow around high pressure to our east will help drive temperatures into the mid-to-upper 60s in the afternoon with just a few clouds at times. It’s going to be a pretty nice day, so get out and enjoy it!

The front arrives Sunday. A few showers are possible out ahead of the front, but many of us may stay rain-free. The front itself passes through around midday or so, and we should see temperatures begin to fall off in the afternoon. We’ll peak in the upper 50s to around 60° relatively early in the day as a result. Once the sun goes down, temperatures will plummet below freezing by midnight and will continue to fall heading into Monday morning.

Overall, expect generally quiet weather to continue this weekend, though Saturday will get off to a very chilly start. Expect another morning around or below freezing across much of the area away from the locally warmer coastline, with breezy northeasterly winds making it feel more like the mid-20s. We’ll only warm to the mid-50s in the afternoon with partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies expected.

High pressure slips offshore overnight, and we’ll start to turn warmer on Sunday as a result as winds go more southerly. We’ll start the day in the low 40s, warming to the upper 60s to near 70° in the afternoon despite an increase in cloud cover over Saturday as a low spins up offshore. We’ll stay dry during the day, but a few showers will be possible overnight into early Monday morning as another front cools us back down to start December.