The weekend forecast basically screams “first weekend of July in Charleston.” Morning lows bottom out in the mid-70s, while highs reach the mid-90s each afternoon with a few showers and storms possible along and ahead of the seabreeze. Humidity will be on the increase throughout the weekend. Heat indices on Saturday top out around 100-101°. On Sunday, the dewpoints head into the mid-70s and sends the heat index to around 106° in the afternoon. By virtue of it being July 2nd, there will not be a heat advisory as the criteria heads up to 110° on July 1, but anything past 105° is dangerous heat, and you should take the appropriate precautions.
The only potential fly in the ointment could arrive late Saturday/early Sunday as a thunderstorm complex rounding a ridge of high pressure approaches the area. It should be weakening, but a couple models suggest that it could hang on to bring some overnight/early morning rain. These are hard to pin down beyond a day or so, so stay tuned to forecast updates. For now, though, the going forecast for isolated PM thunderstorms looks solid.
Weather much more becoming of June arrives this weekend as the upper low continues to pull away and we get a break in the action. We return to the 90s each day this weekend, with only a slight chance of afternoon thunderstorms on Saturday. Sunday could be even warmer, with highs approaching the mid-90s under partly cloudy skies. While a stray storm can never be totally ruled out, it’s looking like the vast, vast majority of us get Sunday in rain-free — some welcome drying out time after the soggy week that was.
This weekend is looking mostly quiet (weather-wise, anyway). Expect standard mid-June fare across the Lowcountry with highs topping out around 90° each afternoon. Saturday will feel a little drier than we’d normally feel at this point in the year, in fact, with dewpoints mixing out to around 60° in the afternoon. We may see an isolated storm later in the evening, but the vast majority of us stay dry.
It stays mostly that way for Sunday, though we’ll feel a little more in the way of humidity with winds turning more onshore. Once again, a stray afternoon storm is possible, but overall we look to get much of the day in rain-free. Expect highs to once again top out around 90°, with heat indices in the low 90s.
We’ve got a pretty decent weekend of weather ahead, though we may see a few storms Sunday afternoon and evening as a front moves back north through the area. Saturday looks like a great summer day, though — we start the day in the low 60s, which is a few degrees below normal for June 10. Highs then head up to around 90° in the afternoon, and with unseasonably low dewpoints, humidity won’t play quite the role we’re used to it playing in June. I suspect that you may want to get to the beaches a little early to avoid traffic.
Sunday starts a little warmer as temperatures start in the mid-60s, still a tad below normal for June 11. Clouds will be on the increase throughout the day, and we’ll be watching a warm front as it moves back north through the area for the potential to kick off some isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms, generally in the afternoon and evening hours. Highs top out in the mid-to-upper 80s, and with dewpoints about 10° warmer, it’ll be a little more humid, too. Overall, though, still not too shabby.
Looking for the 90s? They’ll be back starting Monday, and look to last for much of next week — but let’s enjoy the weekend first.
This weekend’s forecast is looking pretty good by 2023 standards, and will certainly be a far cry from what last weekend looked like. Saturday will be the warmer of the two days with highs topping out in the mid-80s in the afternoon. A few showers will be possible along the seabreeze, but those should be few and far between. A cold front moves by overnight Saturday into early Sunday morning, which will usher in some cooler and drier air that’ll keep highs capped around 80° in the afternoon under a mix of sun and clouds. Watch for some breezy conditions in the wake of the front on Sunday, with gusts near 30 MPH possible particularly on elevated surfaces and at the beaches.
We will turn warmer this Mother’s Day weekend as high pressure continues to slip offshore and some ridging builds in aloft. Saturday looks to be the pick day of the weekend, with the day starting in the mid-60s and highs topping out in the mid-80s in the afternoon. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible Saturday afternoon, but many of us should stay dry.
Afternoon thunderstorm chances tick up for Sunday as a front approaches the area. Highs top out in the mid-to-upper 80s after another start in the mid-60s. Depending on when storms can get going, a few 90° readings wouldn’t be out of the question, particularly further inland. No organized severe weather is expected, but a storm with a few strong wind gusts can’t be totally discounted especially where boundaries interact. Storm motions could bring activity toward the coast, too, so be alert to changing weather if your Mother’s Day plans include the beaches.
This weekend, while not completely clear of rain chances, doesn’t look half bad. Guidance trends toward a drier weekend have continued today, and it looks like we get just a few showers on Saturday and then partly cloudy skies on Sunday. High pressure moving offshore will pump in warmer and more moist air, leading to the shower potential Saturday. Highs top out only in the upper 70s, though, due to a decent amount of cloud cover throughout the day. We’ll see that cloud cover begin to break heading into the evening, though, and it should be a fairly nice end of the day.
Partly cloudy skies will be the rule Sunday. We’ll start the day in the low-to-mid-60s — much warmer than we’ve felt recently — and highs will top out in the low 80s in the afternoon. Dewpoints will be higher than they have been, but it’ll still be fairly comfortable at peak heating with relative humidity values below 50%. Overall, not the best weekend we’ve had, but not the worst, either. Even still, though, it looks likely that we will continue the streak of weekends with measurable rainfall dating back to early February.
Saturday looks to be a fairly warm and muggy day — a tiny sliver of a summer preview — as we start the day in the mid-60s and top out in the mid-80s in the afternoon. We’ll stay rain-free for much of the day before a cold front and an accompanying upper low starts to get closer to the area. Shower and thunderstorm chances will subsequently increase, and a strong to severe storm isn’t totally off the table later Saturday given sufficient shear. Some heavy rain will be possible overnight and into early Sunday morning as well, with local amounts possibly exceeding an inch of rain before it’s over.
Showers and storms look to be ongoing as we head into Sunday morning, but will taper off as the day goes on as low pressure lifts northeast and the aforementioned cold front moves through. By Sunday evening, we should be largely rain-free and cooling off as a drier airmass builds into the area post-frontal passage. Highs top out around 80° in the afternoon. Winds will be elevated, with gusts 25-30 MPH possible particularly as we get into the afternoon hours as the mixed layer rises to around 6,000 feet, tapping into a decently strong low-level jet, which will hang around for the subsequent few days to provide a gusty start to May.
A cold front will affect the area this weekend, bringing showers and a few thunderstorms to the area on Saturday before a beautiful Sunday.
Two rounds of precipitation are possible Saturday. The first round could arrive in the morning from offshore, bringing showers and maybe a thunderstorm to the area through mid-morning. It then appears probable that we’ll see a break in the rain for a few hours before the cold front approaches the area later in the afternoon, which will bring the risk for another round of showers and a few thunderstorms. We’ll want to see how many breaks in the clouds can develop midday Saturday, as that’ll have impacts on how much the atmosphere can destabilize. Depending on how unstable things get, we could see a few stronger storms with gusty winds and hail. Wait and see, but be ready for thunderstorms if you have outdoor activities — remember, every thunderstorm is dangerous because of lightning. Highs on Saturday top out in the low 80s after a very warm start in the mid-60s.
The cold front gets through later Saturday, and will yield a beautiful Sunday. We start Sunday in the low 50s before northwest flow drives dewpoints down and temperatures up to the upper 70s in the afternoon. We’ll see a few clouds at most, and it’ll be a great day to get out and about.
Quiet weather continues through the end of the work week. Wednesday will run quite a bit warmer than the past couple days as stacked high pressure settles in right over the Carolinas. Surface high pressure will slip into the Atlantic during the day Wednesday, turning winds a little more southerly and allowing temperatures to rise well into the mid-80s. The aforementioned high pressure will keep cloud cover to an absolute minimum, much like we saw on Tuesday.
