Here's the tweet from the National Weather Service, Charleston: The Hampton County, SC tornado from 4/13 has been upgraded to an EF-4 tornado. It becomes the first F/EF-4 on record in the Lowcountry region of SC and the first F/EF-4…
This probably comes as no surprise. Springs are getting warmer. The following charts show the average change in temperature here in Columbia, as well as across the United States, over roughly the last 50 years. Although a 2-3 degrees Fahrenheit…
A strong line of storms will blow through the southeast on Thursday. At this point, it's not completely clear if the strongest storms will pass through the Midlands or just to our south. Please stay tuned on Thursday morning/early afternoon.…
Tonight and tomorrow night, you'll be able to see the Lyrid Meteor Shower. The best viewing time will be between 4-5 AM. And because the moon is new, there won't be any moonlight to hamper your viewing. This meteor shower…
The asteroid poses no threat to us. It will pass by at roughly 4 million miles away. But you can see from this illustration that in terms of the solar system, that's pretty "close." Earthsky.org has got you covered. "Have…
COLUMBIA, SC ( WOLO)-- A line of very strong storms will blow through early on Monday morning. The best estimate on timing is between 4AM and 10AM. The threat of tornadoes is not as high as it was last week,…
The National Weather Service has completed their evaluation of the Tornadoes earlier this week. It was an incredible outbreak. Here's their tweet tonight: "Storm surveys have been completed from the Monday tornado outbreak. For a comprehensive look see: https://weather.gov/cae/04132020_tornadoOutbreak.html …
As hurricane season approaches, there's some not so good news. The Gulf of Mexico didn't cool off very much this winter. You can see from this chart the the average water temperatures in the Gulf are running around 4° Fahrenheit…
Ever wonder how many strong or weak tornadoes we get in South Carolina? Thanks to @mlgriffinWX1 for the answer - summarized in her tweet today. "Out of the 1,038 tornadoes on record for the state between 1950 and 2019, (E)F3+…
Flu Season is most active during the colder months, in large part because the flu likes it better when it's colder. (There are other factors like, people staying inside and closer together more frequently, people have lower levels of vitamin…
This morning at roughly 6:00 AM a powerful tornado ripped through parts of Orangeburg County. It killed 2 people and injured at least 7 more as it passed close to Livingston and Neeses. The National Weather Service concluded that it…
From Forbes.com: "The latest report on energy system developments shows that 176 GWs of new renewable energy capacity accounted for 72% of all new energy capacity additions in 2019." https://www.forbes.com/sites/feliciajackson/2020/04/09/renewable-energy-outstrips-fossil-fuel/#4d405afa508a
Forbes.com has a very well written article about how vulnerable healthcare workers (and their patients) are to severe weather in the make-shift, outdoor hospitals that are springing up to combat COVID-19. "If there’s one predictable thing we can count on…
Tonight the moon is called a supermoon! So what does that mean? The moon is bigger and brighter than normal. More specifically, tonight's supermoon is the biggest and brightest that it'll appear all year. That's because tonight is the the…
The South Carolina Forestry Commission has issued a statewide burning ban starting on Tuesday April 7. The ban is in place because smoke can make the symptoms of COVID-19 worse, in some cases much worse. Here's a link to the…
National Geographic has a fascinating article about this. Well worth the read. Here it is: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/human-diseases/how-do-animals-pass-dangerous-zoonotic-diseases-to-humans-zoonoses-coronavirus/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=editorial::add=SpecialEdition_20200403&rid=FF105FF899BFE824D1A8F429946F7485
Weather updates and information from ABC Columbia's John Farley.
