Hello everyone! Jared Smith here with your Charleston weather forecast for Friday, May 17th, 2024 and the upcoming weekend.

After a warm but quiet day on Thursday, unsettled weather starts to work back into the area beginning Friday and continuing over the weekend.

Start Friday in the upper 60s to around 70, warmer towards the beaches.

We should see highs peak in the mid to upper 80s despite increasing cloud cover ahead of a disturbance that will bring some slight rain chances into the area on Friday evening into the overnight.

And it is also possible that we may see a stray shower or storm midday as a decaying thunderstorm complex moves across the area, so we’ll monitor precipitation trends throughout the day and keep rain gear handy just in case.

Shower and thunderstorm chances tick up for Saturday.

It doesn’t look like an all-day rainout, but there will be periods of unsettled weather throughout the day, so be on guard for outdoor activities having to come indoors due to lightning and maybe even a strong to severe storm or two, with damaging wind gusts the main concern.

Temperatures will stay warm and muggy.

Expect lows in the low 70s to yield to highs in the mid to upper 80s once again in the afternoon.

The front gets through early Sunday, and that leaves us with a slightly cooler day with highs reaching just the low to mid 80s.

However, periods of showers and thunderstorms will still be possible as another low pressure system moves across the area, and a couple of those could still be on the strong side.

So keep rain plans front of mind for your Sunday as well, and remember, when thunder roars, go indoors.

And that was Charleston Weather Daily for May 17th, 2024.

I’m Jared Smith.

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