MORNING HEADLINES | The forecast for this weekend is just about what it was last weekend – really cold weather with a possibility of snow. But this weekend, the chance for up to an inch or so of snow around the Lowcountry is a little better.
That’s thanks to a so-called “bomb cyclone” that is expected to bring some of the fluffy stuff here and then move to the Northeast, which has been pounded in recent days by more than a foot of snow.
- Forecasts from the National Weather Service: Charleston | Columbia | Upstate.
In the Charleston area, forecasters say clouds will increase today with an overnight low around 37 degrees. Tomorrow’s temperature will rise to the mid-50s, followed by a low in the mid-30s.
The weather may take a turn for the worse on Saturday, but the path of the storm is still uncertain. Rain is likely before mid-afternoon with the chance of precipitation rising to 70% in the evening as temperatures drop. There’s a chance of about a half-inch of snow around midnight. By Sunday, the sun sneaks back out with a high near 37 degrees.
- Warming centers are open in the Charleston area.
- Charleston Half Marathon could be canceled … again.
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