Winter weather possible overnight into Friday morning
NWS has us pegged for a slight chance of wintry precipitation tonight — and as you can imagine, that’s generated a bit of buzz in the area. The best chance for wintry precipitation is primarily inland, as the latest forecast models expect that it will be warmer over the coastal areas than previously thought, and may be warm enough that any precipitation there is all rain. It won’t be much, and it certainly won’t be cold enough for any snow to stick in most places. There is some concern for black ice inland — probably not in the Charleston metro area, but possibly further inland into Dorchester and Berkeley counties.
From the NWS:
…A LIGHT MIX OF RAIN/ICE PELLETS. THEN LIGHT SNOW LATE
FROM W TO E WITH MAINLY RAIN ALONG THE NEAR COASTAL AREAS OUTSIDE
OF ANY SLEET MIX AT TIMES. TOWARD DAWN ON FRI…WHATEVER MOISTURE
LEFT IN LOCATIONS BORDERING E CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE SOUTHERN
MIDLANDS APPEARS TO FALL AS SOME FLURRIES BUT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK
FOR A LIGHT NON-ACCUMULATING BRIEF WINTRY MIX EVENT AHEAD OF THE
ARCTIC FRONT. DESPITE THE LIGHT AMOUNTS EXPECTED…A FEW PATCHES OF
ICE/BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS…MAINLY INLAND STILL MAY BE POSSIBLE
TOWARD DAWN ON FRI. THIS TREND SHOULD BECOME CLEARER AS THE PRECIP
TIMING BECOMES MORE EVIDENT LATER TODAY OR EARLY THIS EVENING.
I’ll update this thread as things become clearer throughout the day.