srainhoutx wrote:CajunMama wrote:Possibly naming the thread "South Carolina WINTER STORM DISASTER threat??? would have been a better choice. But whatever it takes to get people to read a thread.

Maybe Ed should have included GA,NC, and Mid Atlantic Areas as well for a "broader viewing audience"

Well, depsite the chance of a me scraping frost on the windshield this weekend, my hopes for one last joyful outbreak of Texas winter weather is fading as we enter the six weeks with the most rapid increase of day-length and sun angle.
Although I have consumed alcohol in Gainesville, I have never been to either Georgia or South Carolina, and have spent about two hours (with snow on the ground) about twenty years ago in Charlotte making a connection on Piedmont Airlines, which doesn't serve the Houston area. Like Allegheny Airlines, and Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Never even been to those cities. Now, a few years ago some marketing genius figured "Allegheny" was too regional, and now they are US Air.
But I have seen snow through terminal windows in Charlotte, NC.
snip from NWS Charleston
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
ON SAT NIGHT...THE SURFACE LOW WILL LIKELY TRACK E TO COASTAL SOUTH
CAROLINA BY 12Z SUNDAY. THE ARRIVAL OF A POTENT COLD CORE MID
LEVEL CUT-OFF LOW PRES SYSTEM SHOULD ASSIST A LINEAR CONVECTIVE
LINE OFF THE COAST OVERNIGHT. TIMING AND SURFACE LOW PRES
PLACEMENT IS FAR FROM CERTAIN GIVING THE POWERFUL EVOLUTION OF THE
UPPER LEVEL FEATURES OVER THE SE STATES. WE THINK A SQUALL LINE
COULD BE A DAMAGING WIND PRODUCER AND CAPABLE OF ISOLATED
TORNADOES WHERE LINE BREAKS OCCUR. NO CHANGE TO REASONABLE
CONFIDENCE THAT WE WILL SEE SEVERE WEATHER...BUT MANY PARAMETERS
MUST STILL COME TOGETHER TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. NO CHANGE
TO THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK REGARDING TSTM POTENTIAL.
THE ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO THE VERY STRONG UPPER CUT-OFF LOW
SWINGING OVER OUR FORECAST AREA. ON SUNDAY...WE MAINTAINED A
TREND TO LOWER HIGH TEMPERATURES IN WHAT LOOKS TO BE A VERY
UNSETTLED DAY OVER THE AREA AS 850 MB TEMPS PLUMMET FROM SW-NE
DURING THE DAY AND 500 MB TEMPERATURES DIP BELOW -27C WITH ABSOLUTELY INTENSE VORTICITY PROGS. WE CERTAINLY CANNOT RULE OUT SOME KIND OF SMALL HAIL AT TIMES ANYWHERE MON AFTERNOON WITH SOME BUBBLY LOW-TOPPED AND STRONGLY FORCED CONVECTION. DEFORMATION REGION P-TYPE PROBLEMS ANTICIPATED SUN NIGHT INTO MON MORNING.
WITH -4C TO -7C 850 TEMPS BY EARLY MON...THERE COULD INDEED BE
PLACES SOMEWHERE IN OUR FORECAST AREA THAT MAY SEE SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM. EXACTLY WHERE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR THE PLIGHT OF THE UPPER LOW TO SHIFT N OR S STILL...LEAVE US IN A POSITION TO CONTINUE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW DURING THIS TIME FRAME AND NOT MUCH MORE. WE LOWERED TEMPERATURES INTO MID WEEK A BIT. WARMER WEATHER PROBABLY BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.