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July joins 2012 trend in being the hottest yet
By Ken Hawkins on Friday, 10 August 2012 - 8:19am2012 started off hot, and July has followed in step, besting the 20th century average by 3.3 degrees to be the hottest July yet, and the hottest of any month the U.S. has yet recorded. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration noted... More
Welcome to August, the real start of 2012's hurricane season
By Ken Hawkins on Wednesday, 1 August 2012 - 3:24pmAugust is the second, meaner start the annual hurricane season.Though the 2012 season isn't expected to be much outside of normal, we've been trekking through the quiet months and already we've had a couple come-earlies, see: Beryl, ... More
South Carolina, U.S. boils in hottest January to June yet
By Ken Hawkins on Tuesday, 10 July 2012 - 5:42amEarlier this year word came that last winter was the fourth warmest on record, now that's been trumped by the start of 2012: It's the warmest yet for the 48 contiguous states.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration notes that not only... More
March 2012 was second hottest yet for South Carolina
By Ken Hawkins on Tuesday, 10 April 2012 - 7:13amRemember how warm it was in March? Well, it was the warmest March on record yet for the contiguous United States, and the second warmest for South Carolina, a record that dates back to 1895.In all, record and near-record breaking... More
A fourth warmest winter for the U.S. as South Carolina cools
By Ken Hawkins on Thursday, 8 March 2012 - 7:16amWarming weather trends are back in the general news headlines after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its winter weather update and notes that this winter was the fourth warmest on record.The administration writes... More
Closures abound as Hurricane Irene nears (updated x2: more closures)
By Amanda Click on Friday, 26 August 2011 - 9:17amUpdate, 12:15 p.m.: More school closings have been announced and Live 5 News has the list.In addition, the College of Charleston has cancelled classes beginning at 2 p.m, The Citadel's classes are cancelled beginning at 1 p.m., and Charleston... More
Hurricane season 2011 expected to be even busier
By Ken Hawkins on Friday, 5 August 2011 - 12:00pmAfter first estimating 12 to 18 named storms for the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, NOAA is upping the estimate. NOAA issued the updated season outlook on Thursday, moving the count to 14-19 named storms, and the expected number of... More
Tropical Storm Emily pushes northwest, but track toward Lowcountry still uncertain
By Amanda Click on Tuesday, 2 August 2011 - 12:00pmUpdate August 3, 6:30 a.m.: Get the update.The first real threat to Charleston during the 2011 hurricane season, Tropical Storm Emily, formed Monday night about 350 miles southeast of Puerto Rico.At 8 a.m. this morning, the storm was about 265 miles... More
After some much needed rain, the heat is back on (update: weekend-long heat advisories)
By Amanda Click on Thursday, 28 July 2011 - 7:54amUpdate July 29: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a hazardous weather outlook for the Lowcountry that will last throughout the weekend.For Friday, there is a heat advisoryin effect from noon until 8 p.m. Look out for... More
Study: El Nino season's likely to get even wetter in Charleston
By Ken Hawkins on Thursday, 21 July 2011 - 3:16amAs Charleston continues to play catch-up with downtown flooding, the game seems to be continuing to change underfoot. Following up on the 2009-2010 El Nino season, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists examined... More
