The earth is warming dramatically and quickly. This will continue impacting the Winter Olympics. An article written by Guy Walton, @climateguyw, sums things up nicely here: Extreme Temperature Diary- Friday February 4th, 2022/ Main Topic: How Winter Olympics Are Threatened…
Yesterday was National Weatherperson's Day. The origins of this day come from a volunteer weather observer who began taking observations in 1744. Much of the weather data that we get today still comes from volunteers. Celebrate National Weatherperson's Day -…
Tonight we'll see some snow - not much. And it'll be focused north and east of Columbia. If you want to catch a picture or video, your best bet is between 10pm and 4am. Enjoy!
NASA has just concluded a 6 year study of the Greenland's Ice. The short summary is this: "... NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland mission, ..., proved that ocean water is melting Greenland’s glaciers at least as much as warm air is…
Below is a map put together by Eric Webb (@webberweather). You can see that most of us north of Columbia got about 2 inches of snow (light blue), while some spots in Kershaw County got more than 3 inches of…
Today Columbia Metro Airport (CAE) measured at least 1 inch of snow. Why is that significant? Because the last time that happened was nearly 8 years ago - February 12, 2014. Yes, it's been 2900 days since at least 1…
We're going to see a wintry mix, starting this afternoon, and continuing until after midnight. The first wave will be freezing rain and sleet, followed by snow. Accumulations will be on the light side, so the most significant impacts will…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)- ABC Columbia is tracking winter weather. According to Chief Meteorologist John Farley, thr wintry mix on Friday started out as freezing rain and sleet, then changed to all snow. The main issue with this storm will be…
We're going to see a wintry mix on Friday - focused mainly in the afternoon, evening, and overnight. It'll start out as freezing rain and sleet, then change to all snow. As for accumulations, don't expect much. There just won't…
Thursday will be rainy with highs in the mid to upper 50's. Then things get interesting... Friday is going to be a cold, raw day with highs hovering around 30 degrees. And we'll see some freezing rain and sleet, with…
This weekend produced a whole lot of different winter weather precipitation - snow, sleet, freezing rain. Eric Webb, @webberweather, put together the map below. Here's his tweet. "Using obs from NWS LSRs, CoCoRaHS, mPING, & social media, here's a preliminary…
Here are the 9AM temperatures. Fortunately we're seeing the temperatures rise a bit. Still freezing rain in many spots, but it will turn to all rain by mid-day.
We’re going to see a healthy swath of freezing rain late Saturday night into Sunday morning – especially north of Columbia. Freezing rain causes the most problems because it’s rain that freezes on contact when it lands. Too much freezing…
Is there going to be some wintry weather here Saturday night into Sunday? That's all that everyone is asking me today. So it seems like the right time to chat about this. As you know, we get snow, ice, or…
Here's the latest from @NOAA on how warm 2021 was. "2021 was the 4th-warmest year on record for the United States, capped off by a record-warm December. The nation was also struck with 20 separate billion-dollar disasters last year. More:…
As is always the case in weather and climate, one day or one month of unusual weather is not something to be concerned about. Temperatures vary from day to day, month to month, and year to year. But what is…
Weather updates and information from ABC Columbia's John Farley.
