Hello everyone, Jared Smith here with your Charleston weather forecast for Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023, as well as a look at the rest of the week ahead.

A front will get through Wednesday morning and could start us out with a couple showers.

But from there, clouds will scatter out and it could end up being one of the more comfortable days we’ve had in recent memory.

Dew points will plummet in the low to mid 60s, levels that we haven’t seen since June, as cooler and drier air begins to filter in.

Highs should top out generally in the upper 80s, with a few spots maybe touching 90 degrees under increasingly sunny skies.

But the heat index won’t be a factor, and while it’ll be warm, it will certainly feel better than it has.

Thursday should feel pretty good as well.

We’ll start to see dew points and air temperatures begin to climb again starting Thursday, though mid 60s dew points and highs in the low 90s should only yield heat indices a couple degrees above the air temperature.

So think about 91, 92, 93.

It could, and has, certainly been a lot worse.

We do turn much warmer on Friday though, with air temperatures topping out in the mid 90s, and dew points will head back towards that 70 degree mark once again, and that should yield heat indices around 100 degrees in the afternoon.

With high pressure ridging overhead, we’ll remain rain free throughout the rest of the work week, so try to take advantage of the somewhat drier air on Wednesday and Thursday if you can.

Finally, taking a quick look at the tropics, which remain quite busy.

Tropical Depression 9 from Monday was named Herald late in the day and made landfall this morning in South Texas with heavy rain and even a few tornado warnings.

Tropical Storm Franklin is approaching Hispaniola with a significant flash flood threat for Haiti and the Dominican Republic over the next day or so.

From there, Franklin heads northeast and turns more northerly as it potentially strengthens into a hurricane, but all indications are that the most Franklin will do as far as we’re concerned is send some waves our direction.

There are two other areas that have a medium chance to develop this week, both generally in the central and eastern Atlantic.

This is an area around 15.5 degrees north and 32 degrees west, and has a shot at developing as it heads into the central Atlantic later this week.

Hurricane Center gives this spot a 40% chance to develop in the next 7 days, a few ticks down from the high chance it gave this same system the day before.

Models are just not really excited about this one it looks like.

But of course, that can change.

The second area is the remnants of Tropical Storm Emily, which the Hurricane Center is giving a 50% chance of redevelopment later this week.

This area of disturbed weather will be moving northward across the central Atlantic, safely away from any land.

All in all, there continue to be no concerns for the low country, but we’re still ramping into the peak of the season, and these things just can turn on a dime.

So stay tuned, and stay prepared.

And that was Charleston Weather Daily for August 23rd, 2023.

I’m Jared Smith.

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