CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC/AP) – Some areas of the Lowcountry could experience a brief period Friday of wintry weather while other areas aren’t likely to see anything other than rain.
Live 5 First Alert Meteorologist Joey Sovine said Thursday morning that they can’t rule out the possibility of “a few flakes or a little sleet” as a winter storm moves in to the Lowcountry.
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The Live 5 Weather team declared Friday a First Alert Weather Day because of the possibility of wintry weather for portions of South Carolina.
“We issued the First Alert Weather Day because of the rare chance that we could see a couple of snowflakes for a few of you, maybe a little bit of sleet briefly mixed in before this goes all rain,” he said.
The storm will move in from late Friday morning into the evening and will be mainly rain for most, if not all of the Lowcountry, Sovine said.
A winter storm threatening to drop snow, sleet and freezing rain on parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas and will move into the Deep South on Thursday and arrive over the Carolinas by Friday, Sovine says.
Where will snow be possible in the Lowcountry?
For the Lowcountry, computer models vary predictions on how far south snow might fall. But Sovine says those near I-95 and north of I-26 have the best chance of seeing a brief period of light snow or sleet before it changes to rain.
“Future Tracker is showing it perhaps late in the morning. Most other models are showing it not until later in the afternoon and into the evening,” he said.
-Whatever little wintry precipitation that might happen should switch to rain quickly. He does not expect any accumulation in this area.
“If models trend colder, a few snowflakes could make their way all the way to the coast,” he says, but added that isn’t likely.
“The one holdout may be extreme northern sections of Williamsburg and Clarendon Counties, getting closer to the Pee Dee,” he said.
The Williamsburg County School District announced on Wednesday that it will operate on an early dismissal day schedule for Friday. All after-school and extracurricular activities for Friday were canceled, district officials said.
Rain will continue Friday night through early Saturday morning.
Meanwhile, wintry precipitation is expected to develop across much of the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia Friday afternoon through early Saturday. Much of the Midlands will see a wintry mix but portions of the Upstate, particularly in the mountains, have the best chance of seeing snow.
There is still uncertainty regarding the specific precipitation types and amounts, but significant accumulations are possible.
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