Heat, humidity, and chances for afternoon thunderstorms continue into the weekend, with the potential for not only record high temperatures but also record warm low temperatures each day.

This weekend will be warm and a little more humid as surface high pressure moves into the Atlantic, sending winds more southerly behind it which turns the moisture tap back on. We should stay quiet, though, with ridging aloft and a pretty solid pocket of dry air hanging in there for a couple more days. We’ll see some clouds at times, particularly of the high variety, but otherwise expect plenty of sunshine to still break through for the weekend. Temperatures Saturday start in the mid-60s, warming to the low 90s in the afternoon, while Sunday feels much more like summer with a low around 70° and highs in the low 90s.

Rain chances gradually return as we get into the start of next week; these will generally be of the popup variety. Highs Monday top out in the mid-90s, while upper 80s to around 90° will be more common through the middle of next week.

Rain spreads back into the Lowcountry on Saturday as a stationary front buckles back northward across the area. A bit of upper-level energy will also kick in some lift, and that’ll result in scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms at times on Saturday. Right now it looks like the best chances will be found in the morning through early afternoon hours, but a shower or storm just can’t be ruled out during any part of the day. Temperatures will start in the low 70s, warming to the mid-80s in the afternoon at best.

We’ll turn warmer over the weekend as high pressure aloft and at the surface remain the main weather features. With high pressure moving offshore, winds out of the south and southeast will bring warmer and somewhat more humid air into the area. This will contribute to a little more in the way of cloud cover, but despite that cloud cover, highs still peak in the mid-80s. Clouds thicken in the mid and upper levels on Sunday, but that doesn’t stop temperatures from running in the upper 80s in the afternoon. Shouldn’t see any rainfall, though, as the better moisture and rain chances will be well, well inland. Not excellent for the ongoing extreme to exceptional drought across parts the Lowcountry.

Showers and a few thunderstorms return to the weather picture this weekend as disturbances aloft ripple across the area. The good news is that it won’t rain all the time and that whatever rain we will get will help with the ongoing severe drought.

The main weather story for the weekend will be a cold front that’ll move into the area later Saturday, which will help to bring about the first significant rain chance in weeks. A few short-lived seabreeze thunderstorms got close enough to produce a trace of rain at the airport today — the first non-zero rainfall recording at the airport since April 6 — but the unmeasurable sprinkles have kept April 2026’s rainfall total at 0.01″ as we head into the month’s final week, currently in a tie with 1972 for the driest April on record.

After tying a record high on Friday, we’ll make another run at one on Saturday before a cold front ushers in some changes starting Sunday.

Easter weekend will be split down the middle (weather-wise, anyway); while Saturday looks quiet and warm across the area, Sunday will turn out a little more unsettled especially as we get later in the day.

A bifurcated weekend of weather awaits, with a gorgeous day ahead on Saturday followed by a more unsettled day on Sunday ahead of a cold front that could bring about some strong storms Monday.

Our run of warm temperatures, which peaked Friday with a record-tying high of 82° at the airport, will be coming to an end this weekend as a storm system affects the area.