By KAREN DAILY
Keep an umbrella handy this week, weather forecasters are calling for wet weather ahead.
"It looks a little unsettled for the next few days," said National Weather Service Meteorologist Tony Petrolito.
Expect scattered showers with the possibility of a thunderstorm each afternoon, he said.
"There will probably be a heavy runoff and not permeate the soil, but any rainfall is beneficial," he added.
Despite frequent rainfalls, S.C. Drought Response Committee officials who met on July 19 stated at that time that it was premature to downgrade declarations of drought or move counties out of a drought status.
Aiken remains in a severe drought, according to the July meeting.
The committee is scheduled to meet again this month and review the conditions across the 46 counties.
Temperature wise, it's still going to be fairly warm this week with highs in the upper 80s and lower 90s, Petrolito said.
"This is typical for this time of year," he added.
Expect patchy fog this morning, with mostly cloudy skies throughout the day and a 50 percent chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms.
As the work week comes to a close and through the weekend, forecasters are calling for partly sunny skies with a chance of showers and thunderstorms each afternoon.
The heavy rains and showers are patterns heading in from the tropics, but Petrolito said South Carolina is not in the path of any tropical storms at the moment.![]()
Keep an umbrella handy this week, weather forecasters are calling for wet weather ahead.
"It looks a little unsettled for the next few days," said National Weather Service Meteorologist Tony Petrolito.
Expect scattered showers with the possibility of a thunderstorm each afternoon, he said.
"There will probably be a heavy runoff and not permeate the soil, but any rainfall is beneficial," he added.
Despite frequent rainfalls, S.C. Drought Response Committee officials who met on July 19 stated at that time that it was premature to downgrade declarations of drought or move counties out of a drought status.
Aiken remains in a severe drought, according to the July meeting.
The committee is scheduled to meet again this month and review the conditions across the 46 counties.
Temperature wise, it's still going to be fairly warm this week with highs in the upper 80s and lower 90s, Petrolito said.
"This is typical for this time of year," he added.
Expect patchy fog this morning, with mostly cloudy skies throughout the day and a 50 percent chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms.
As the work week comes to a close and through the weekend, forecasters are calling for partly sunny skies with a chance of showers and thunderstorms each afternoon.
The heavy rains and showers are patterns heading in from the tropics, but Petrolito said South Carolina is not in the path of any tropical storms at the moment.