Extreme Cold Warning for South Carolina after snowstorm
BOTH ARE OPEN ALL DAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. OUR ENTIRE VIEWING AREA, AS EXPECTED, UNDER A BLANKET OF SNOW OUT THERE TONIGHT. HERE’S A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT BLANKET OF SNOW THERE. AND HERE’S A LIVE LOOK FROM DOWNTOWN LAURENS THERE, BETWEEN ABOUT SIX AND EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW FELL TODAY. AND HERE’S A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR ASHEVILLE CAMERA HERE. BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY ALL ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, WE ARE SEEING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN ABOUT 40 AND 50MPH WITH THAT LIGHT, POWDERY, FLUFFY SNOW, IT WILL EASILY BLOW THAT SNOW AROUND THROUGH, LET’S SAY, FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO. LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR HAS QUIETED DOWN NICELY AFTER THE LAST BIT OF FLURRIES STARTING TO WIND DOWN ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA, THERE’S THE SURFACE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SPINNING JUST OFF THE COAST OF THE CAROLINAS, AND WE’LL SAY EASTERN PORTION OF NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE OUTER BANKS. STILL, SEEING THOSE HEAVIER, MODERATE TO HEAVY BANDS OF SNOWFALL OUT THERE. LET’S CHECK THE WIND GUSTS HERE AS WE WORK THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER RIDGETOPS HERE. STILL SEEING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40MPH AND REALLY INTO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THOSE HIGHER RIDGETOPS STILL SEEING THAT GUSTY WIND BETWEEN ABOUT 35 AND 45MPH THROUGH MIDDAY ON SUNDAY, THOSE WILL EVENTUALLY WIND ON DOWN THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND ESPECIALLY HEADING INTO OUR MONDAY. LET’S CHECK OUT THE WIND CHILL FACTOR OR THE FEELS LIKE READING IN GREENVILLE, MUCH OF THE UPSTATE FOR YOUR SUNDAY WERE BELOW ZERO. NEGATIVE TWO, NEGATIVE THREE 6 TO 8:00 IN THE MORNING. WE’RE JUMPING ABOVE ZERO NOW TO 12 DEGREES ON THE WIND CHILL AT 1021 AT MIDDAY. THE WARMEST PART OF THE DAY, MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. IT WILL FEEL CLOSE TO 30 DEGREES IN GREENVILLE AND ASHEVILLE, WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. LOOK AT THESE WIND CHILLS EARLY TOMORROW MORNING APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO WILL FINALLY GET ABOVE THE ZERO MARK HERE. FIVE DEGREE ON THE WIND CHILL BY 2 P.M. EIGHT IS THE WIND CHILL BY 4:00, SO CERTAINLY DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES NOT ONLY TONIGHT BUT THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. THAT’S WHY WE HAVE LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR IMPACT DAYS. HERE’S YOUR FOUR DAY FORECAST HERE. AND WE’VE GOT THOSE IMPACT DAYS MONDAY TUESDAY AS WELL. DEALING WITH ICY ROAD CONDITIONS AS OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS FOR THE UPSTATE AND LOW 20S BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. ANOTHER QUICK HITTING SYSTEM LATE TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY THAT LOOKS LIKE MAINLY RAIN. MAYBE SOME WET SNOWFLAKES MIXING ON IN. LOOK AT THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HOW ABOUT THAT LOW 50S MID 40S ON THE WAY BY THURSDAY AND WARMING RIGHT BACK UP. LOW 50S ON THE WAY FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. A GOOD DEAL OF SUNSHINE AND THOSE OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES INTO THE 20S TO NEAR 30. LET’S CHECK OUT THAT FOUR-DAY PLUS FOR THE MOUNTAINS HERE. LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR IMPACT DAY SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY. WITH THOSE DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES, A GRADUAL WARM UP CERTAINLY WILL FEEL COLD TOMORROW. WATCH OUT FOR THAT BLOWING SNOW. THOSE HIGHS INTO THE 20S TOMORROW, 30 ON MONDAY, 40 ON TUESDAY, MID 40S ON THE WAY FOR WEDNESDAY. A LITTLE BIT COOLER ON THURSDAY AND THEN WARMING RIGHT BACK UP IN
The entire state of South Carolina will be under an Extreme Cold Warning through Sunday morning after snow blanketed the area on Saturday. LIVE COVERAGE ABOVE The snow began about 3 a.m. Saturday in some places and continued to fall into the evening.Here are some early totals from Meteorologist Bradford Ambrose: (Subject to change)UpstateDuncan: 6.5″Landrum: 6″Gray Court: 4.5″Fountain Inn: 5″Pumpkintown: 6″Spartanburg: 7″Walhalla: 4″Gaffney: 6″Downtown Greenville: 5″Simpsonville: 7″Pendleton: 4″Clemson: 3.2″Mauldin: 4.5″Piedmont: 5″Hickory Tavern: 3.5″Mayo: 7″Western North CarolinaDowntown Asheville: 6″Robbinsville: 4.5″Waynesville: 6″Hendersonville: 7″Rutherfordton: 6″Bryson City: 8″Black Mountain: 6″Northeast GeorgiaFranklin County: 5.75″Toccoa: 7.2″What The National Weather Service has issued an Extreme Cold Warning, which means dangerously cold wind chills as low as -5°F. Temperatures will go down to the teens in the Upstate at night and only get in the 30s during the day. Wind chills as low as -5° in the Upstate and Northeast Georgia. Wind chills as low as -22° in Western North Carolina. Greenville Wind Chills:Asheville Wind Chills:When The Extreme Cold Warning is in effect from 7 p.m. Saturday until 10 a.m. Sunday. WhereNortheast Georgia, the foothills & western Piedmont of North Carolina, and the Upstate of South Carolina.Impacts expectedHypothermia and frostbite risk; pets and livestock endangered; water pipes may freeze.How to PrepareDress in layers with hat/face covering and gloves; protect or drain/allow pipes to drip; check on elderly/friends/neighbors; use portable heaters safely; do NOT use generators or grills indoors.
GREENVILLE, S.C. —
The entire state of South Carolina will be under an Extreme Cold Warning through Sunday morning after snow blanketed the area on Saturday.
LIVE COVERAGE ABOVE
The snow began about 3 a.m. Saturday in some places and continued to fall into the evening.
Here are some early totals from Meteorologist Bradford Ambrose: (Subject to change)
UpstateDuncan: 6.5″Landrum: 6″Gray Court: 4.5″Fountain Inn: 5″Pumpkintown: 6″Spartanburg: 7″Walhalla: 4″Gaffney: 6″Downtown Greenville: 5″Simpsonville: 7″Pendleton: 4″Clemson: 3.2″Mauldin: 4.5″Piedmont: 5″Hickory Tavern: 3.5″Mayo: 7″
Western North Carolina
Downtown Asheville: 6″Robbinsville: 4.5″Waynesville: 6″Hendersonville: 7″Rutherfordton: 6″Bryson City: 8″Black Mountain: 6″Northeast GeorgiaFranklin County: 5.75″
Toccoa: 7.2″
What
The National Weather Service has issued an Extreme Cold Warning, which means dangerously cold wind chills as low as -5°F.
Temperatures will go down to the teens in the Upstate at night and only get in the 30s during the day.
Wind chills as low as -5° in the Upstate and Northeast Georgia. Wind chills as low as -22° in Western North Carolina.
Greenville Wind Chills:
Asheville Wind Chills:
When
The Extreme Cold Warning is in effect from 7 p.m. Saturday until 10 a.m. Sunday.
Where
Northeast Georgia, the foothills & western Piedmont of North Carolina, and the Upstate of South Carolina.
Impacts expected
Hypothermia and frostbite risk; pets and livestock endangered; water pipes may freeze.
How to Prepare
Dress in layers with hat/face covering and gloves; protect or drain/allow pipes to drip; check on elderly/friends/neighbors; use portable heaters safely; do NOT use generators or grills indoors.