Winter weather event well underway

Jared Smith — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:27:52 +0000

Winter weather reports overlaid on RADAR from 6:15PM.

No doubt about it — the forecast has verified and the Charleston area is well-encompassed in a winter weather event. Reports of snow are coming in from all over the place, primarily from inland locations (particularly in Berkeley County and Summerville). Accumulations of 1″ have been observed in Goose Creek. Snow will continue to push toward the coast — as I write this, there are fresh reports of snow in Shadowmoss in West Ashley — making for quite a fun winter weather Friday for the Lowcountry.

I strongly discourage travel this evening, as snow will make visibilities very low at times. Also, there was quite a bit of rain that fell today ahead of this event, and there’s a good chance that could refreeze and create very slick spots on the roadways. This is also a concern for Saturday.

Hopefully I’ll have snow pictures of my own soon!

NWS: Wintry mix after midnight, to end by daybreak; road impact minimal

Jared Smith — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:43:32 +0000

While the expected wintry precipitation early Friday morning has already put some schools on a delay, the forecast is shaping up to be such that the biggest risk on the road tomorrow in the Charleston metro are drivers who are distracted by the snow. The key: Temperatures will not fall below freezing here, so no snow is expected to stick to the ground, nor will any of the wintry mix refreeze. Precipitation is expected to be fairly light so the roads shouldn’t even get terribly slick, and after the front comes through, things will dry out very quickly. Things will also stay pretty chilly; we’ll be lucky to get over 40 tomorrow.

If you get cool pictures, post them to the service of your choice using the #chswx tag so they’ll show up in this search.

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Winter weather event well underway

NWS: Wintry mix after midnight, to end by daybreak; road impact minimal