Hello everyone, Jared Smith here with your Charleston weather forecast for Saturday, September 30th, 2023, and the rest of the weekend, as we get started into October.

Can you believe that?

This year has flown, man.

Overall, we’ve got a pretty good-looking weekend ahead now that cloud cover has finally scoured out some.

Saturday will be the warmer of the two days, with highs topping out in the mid-80s after a mid-60s start away from the locally warmer coastline.

Expect ample sunshine, with partly cloudy skies generally the norm, and a little bit of a northeasterly breeze, so something to keep in mind, especially if you’re going to be closer to the coast, maybe enjoying some lunch outside, something like that.

Just weigh down your napkins.

Some cooler air will work its way into the area for Sunday, and that’ll hold highs to the low 80s, a few degrees off where we expect temperatures to peak on Saturday.

Honestly, that’s just going to make Sunday feel even better, as just a few clouds dot the brilliantly sunny sky.

The only issue that we’re going to need to be concerned with is the risk for coastal flooding at times of high tide.

High tide at 9.15am Saturday could approach high-end, moderate, or even major coastal flood stage, and this may once again cause numerous road closures in downtown Charleston, not to mention on barrier islands as well.

Another round of a little bit more minor flooding is expected Saturday evening, and we’re going to do this again on Sunday as well, just shift it forward an hour, and there’s a risk for some major flooding come Monday morning, but we really don’t want to worry about Monday right now, do we?

All that to say is keep an ear out for coastal flood alerts from the National Weather Service.

That’s going to be your signal that there may be some problems if you’re trying to get around, especially if downtown, or some of the islands, are in your plans.

Taking a look at the tropics, well, still weird as Philippe and Rina continue to interact.

It looks like Philippe is going to get the better end of the deal now between it and Rina, as Rina is forecast to dissipate by the end of the weekend.

Meanwhile, Philippe is expected to turn northwest and then northward, perhaps strengthening into a respectable tropical storm as it does so provided shear lets up.

But with all that said, there’s no risk to us in the Lowcountry from anything tropical for the foreseeable future.

Knock on wood, it stays that way.

And finally, a programming note.

The podcast will be taking Saturday evening off for a nice weather break, but never fear, I’ll be back on Sunday evening with a look at your week ahead.

And that was Charleston Weather Daily for September 30th, 2023.

I’m Jared Smith.

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Thanks for listening, have a great weekend, and I’ll talk to you on Sunday.