Hello everyone, Jared Smith here with your Charleston weather forecast for Tuesday, December 26, 2023, along with a look at the rest of the week and really the rest of 2023.

Be alert on Tuesday morning for the potential for flooding in downtown Charleston, as high tide and heavy rain have the potential to coincide.

Saltwater flooding looks to be an issue regardless of the rain, as water levels should reach minor flood stage around the 7.14am high tide.

In a typical sunny day flooding scenario, this would primarily affect areas around the Citadel, along Lockwood, and places like that.

However, with rain in the area, the flooding threat could turn much more widespread, potentially causing more numerous road closures and travel delays.

So be alert to this potential if downtown is going to be in your plans on Tuesday morning.

Rain will continue on and off throughout Tuesday, tapering off late as low pressure departs.

Temperatures will run well above normal, with lows around 60 degrees and highs topping out in the upper 60s to around 70 in the afternoon.

But from there, drier air will begin to move into the area, and that’ll help break up some of the cloud cover on Wednesday.

Wednesday will be one more of those unseasonably warm days, with highs topping out near 70 degrees one more time, before a cutoff upper low meanders into the area for late week.

This’ll bring temperatures down to the low to mid 60s on Thursday, and then a cold front will help usher in even cooler and drier air, and we’ll start Friday in the 30s and only warm to the mid 50s despite almost full sunshine.

This chill hangs around in a New Year’s weekend, with temperatures very slowly moderating to near 60 degrees for New Year’s Day.

Fortunately, all will remain otherwise quiet weather-wise as we close out 2023 and ring in 2024.

And that was Charleston Weather Daily for December 26, 2023.

I’m Jared Smith.

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