A glimpse of wintry weather possible for parts of the Lowcountry Friday

On January 9, 2025By Littum

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC/AP) – Parts of the Lowcountry may have a brief window of time Friday to see glimpses of snow showers, but it will be short-lived, if at all.

“Clouds will begin to increase Friday morning as moisture begins to flow our way,” Live 5 First Alert meteorologist Joey Sovine said. “We are monitoring computer model trends, which continue to open the door to the possibility of some wintry precipitation in a few locations as this storm progresses.”

The Live 5 Weather team declared Friday an initial weather alert due to the possibility of wintry weather in parts of South Carolina.

That possibility comes from a winter storm that threatens to dump snow, sleet and freezing rain on parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas as cold air escaping the Arctic plunges temperatures below freezing in some of the southernmost parts of the United States

The same storm system will move into the Deep South on Thursday and arrive over the Carolinas on Friday, Sovine said.

Where will there be a chance of snow in the Lowcountry?

For the Lowcountry, computer model predictions vary about how far south the snow could fall. But Sovine says those near I-95 and north of I-26 have the best chance to see a brief period of light snow or sleet before it turns to rain.

He does not expect any accumulation in this area.

“If the models are colder, a few snowflakes could make it all the way to the coast,” he says, but added that’s not likely.

The rain will continue Friday night into early Saturday morning.

Meanwhile, wintry precipitation is expected to develop over much of the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia Friday afternoon into early Saturday. Much of the Midlands will see a wintry mix, but parts of the Upstate, especially in the mountains, have the best chance of seeing snow.

There is still uncertainty about the concrete types and amounts of precipitation, but significant accumulations are possible.