Hello everyone, Jared Smith here with your Charleston weather forecast for Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023, as well as a peek at the rest of the work week.

Drier air will continue to move into the area overnight, and as a result, Wednesday morning is going to feel a little better for a lot of us.

Lows will bottom out around 70 to 71 degrees away from the coast.

And we could even see some upper 60s in a few inland and mostly rural spots.

Highs top out in the upper 80s in the afternoon, with heat into the seas in the low 90s.

Storm or two will be possible on the sea breeze as it moves inland, but coverage will be sparse, and much of us get the day in rain free.

We’ll see another fairly nice day Thursday, as onshore flow keeps us on the cool side for one more day.

We start the day in the low 70s once more, and highs top out in the mid to upper 80s in the afternoon, with just an isolated storm or two on the sea breeze.

Upper 60s dewpoints are going to feel quite nice on Thursday, with heat into seas not heading too far north of 90, which is about as good as it gets for refreshing air in early August.

This will change though as we head into Friday.

High pressure aloft weakens and surface high pressure retrogrades eastward, setting up a feed of warm and moist air into the area.

This, combined with disturbances rippling through aloft, will keep off and on showers and thunderstorms in the forecast throughout the day.

Slow storm motions and deep moisture could cause some flooding issues in a few spots, so we’ll want to keep an eye out for that.

The upshot is, with cloud cover and periods of showers and storms, highs will generally be suppressed to the mid 80s.

All in all, this will feel pretty good as we come off the fourth warmest July on record at the North Charleston Climate Site at the airport, which is generally the canonical climate site for the Charleston metro area.

And finally, coastal flooding will continue to be a concern for the evening high tides through Thursday.

Tuesday night’s high tide barely missed major coastal flood stage, topping out at 7.93 feet mean low or low water.

We should see another round of moderate flooding with Wednesday evening’s high tide, which is expected to peak around 9.37 pm.

Minor to moderate flooding will also be possible on Thursday evening before winds start to shift offshore for Friday, diminishing the coastal flood threat.

Bottom line, if you have plans downtown over the next couple days, you’ll want to stay alert for coastal flood advisories from the National Weather Service.

The advisories are timed in a way to let you know when flooded roads are most likely.

And that was Charleston Weather Daily for August 2, 2023.

I’m Jared Smith.

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Thanks for listening, and I’ll talk to you tomorrow.