South Carolinians ... Latest RUC showing p-type as snow as .

[Stormsfury]

... the night progresses ... unfortunately the deepest moisture returns have abated the area to the east, but a few flurries or light snow showers are possible as the night wears on ...

http://weather.cod.edu/forecast/loop.rucusptype.html

[Stormsfury]

A small band of snow showers have developed in the Midlands and is pushing steadily southward ... believe it or not, MOST OF THIS will miss me to my WEST ... but some bands will brush the area, and it's possible that more precip will break out, however, the accumulations are expected to be ... well, virtually nil, but should be fun to look at.



http://www.crh.noaa.gov/radar/loop/DS.p ... kclx.shtml

SF

[Heady Guy]

How often do you guys get snow down there? I used to live on St Simons Island ,GA and remember only seeing sleet once. That was many years ago.

[Stormsfury]

How often do you guys get snow down there? I used to live on St Simons Island ,GA and remember only seeing sleet once. That was many years ago.

Generally we do get one or two snow events a year, whether it be a brief, no accum event or a few inches of snow a year, but generally it's nothing major, but pretty to look at.

In the last 15 years (1988-2003)
Average CHS snowfall - 0.7" a year (long-term)
Average Snowfall events (with or without accum.) - 1 to 2
Average CHS events with accumulations - once every two/three years.
Average Significant Events (more than 6" of snow) - once every 15 years (1973, 1989)

[Stormsfury]

Charleston and my location officially reported snow between 1:30 and 3 am Saturday morning ...

CDUS42 KCHS 110532
CLICHS

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1232 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2004

...................................

...THE CHARLESTON AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 10 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1860 TO 2004

WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
..................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
YESTERDAY
MAXIMUM 44 157 PM 79 1937 59 -15 69
MINIMUM 27 1159 PM 12 1970 37 -10 45
AVERAGE 36 48 -12 57

PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY T 1.14 1967 0.13 -0.13 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.38 1.29 -0.91 0.26
SINCE DEC 1 2.24 4.53 -2.29 5.35
SINCE JAN 1 0.38 1.29 -0.91 0.26

SNOWFALL (IN)
YESTERDAY T
MONTH TO DATE T
SINCE DEC 1 T
SINCE JUL 1 T
SNOW DEPTH 0

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
YESTERDAY 29 18 11 8
MONTH TO DATE 155 174 -19 143
SINCE DEC 1 706 613 93 653
SINCE JUL 1 887 920 -33 946
..................................................................

WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.2

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5

WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
LIGHT SNOW

RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 100 1200 AM
LOWEST 40 200 PM
AVERAGE 70
..........................................................

THE CHARLESTON AIRPORT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 82 1949
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 10 1982

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY 11 2004.......SUNRISE 724 AM EST SUNSET 532 PM EST
JANUARY 12 2004.......SUNRISE 723 AM EST SUNSET 533 PM EST

- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.


&&

IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE SATURDAY WAS 42. THE
LOW WAS 32. THERE WAS NO RAIN SATURDAY. THE TOTAL FOR JANUARY IS ONE
THIRD OF AN INCH.

HERE ARE THE NEXT FOUR TIDES IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR. THERE WILL BE
A LOW TIDE AT 3:53 AM. THEN A HIGH TIDE AT 10:02 AM. A LOW TIDE AT
4:30 PM. AND A HIGH TIDE AT 1026 PM.

$$