In the warmer months, we meteorologists are always talking about the threat of severe thunderstorms. But just what constitutes a "severe" thunderstorm? Actually there are very specific criteria for this. A "severe" thunderstorm is one that produces wind gust of…
A line of showers will blow through early on Thursday morning from roughly 4:00 to 7:00 AM. Here's a rough estimate of what the radar will look like at 5:00 AM. Then the skies will clear out quickly and the…
Protect your sensitive plants tonight. The temperatures will drop to the low to mid 30's - which means frost. This is not all that unusual to have frost in early April. In fact, Columbia's latest freeze happened on April 24th,…
A line of strong storms will push through on Friday morning from roughly 6AM to 10AM. Here's a rough estimate of what the radar will look like around 8:00. These storms will be strong and possibly severe - likely right…
A storm front that is presently swinging through the mid-south is headed our way. This first image shows the line of rain and storms. The strongest storms are the pockets of orange/red. This next image shows the warnings. The red…
This is just a heads up that there is the potential for some bumpy weather later this week. We’ll know more as this storm front gets closer, but below is a picture of the potential for Severe Storms on Wednesday.…
Pollen levels are generally lowest in the morning and highest around noon or early afternoon. Although the levels go back down in the evening, then generally don't get as low as the mornings. It's also important to point out that…
If you're thinking that this month has been warmer than average you're right. So far March has come in about 7° above average. And it's been pretty dry. Average March Rainfall is nearly 4 inches. This month we've gotten just…
On Saturday night spring arrived. The spring equinox occurred at 12:30 AM on Sunday. That's when the sun's rays shine directly over the equator. One interesting factoid about the equinox is that the sun rises directly in the east and…
Here's a cool map that shows all the severe weather that was reported in 2015. Just a few observations. We here in South Carolina get a whole lot of wind damage from thunderstorms. There's as much blue concentrated in our…
So with all this warm weather recently (and it's going to continue), some folks have been asking about record highs. The record highs for this time of year are generally upper 80's to low 90's. Here's today's Almanac with the…
The temperatures will climb this week to around 80°. And they'll stay there right through the weekend. Although that's welcome news for many, it's not so good for the pollen count. As you know, rain does a good job of…
December, January, and February is often referred to as Meteorological Winter (even though winter doesn't end until March 20th this year). And the numbers show that it was warmer and wetter than average in Columbia. Here's how it breaks down…
We've always been told that the reason for Leap Years is that the earth takes 365.25 days to orbit the sun. So every 4 years we have to add a day to the calendar to keep it in line. That…
It sure was windy here today. Here's one example of a half of a tree on top of a taxi on Maple Street in Columbia. Fortunately no one was hurt. The strongest winds that I was able to locate today…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- A very powerful line of storms will push through the Carolinas on Wednesday. The big question is where exactly will they hit? This is fast-moving, dynamic system. So pinning down exactly where the storms will be…
Weather updates and information from ABC Columbia's John Farley.
