We all know that hurricanes are huge storms that release a tremendous amount of energy - almost all in the form of heat. But just how much energy? NASA says that an average hurricane produces about as much energy in…

Columbia reached 90° for the first time on Wednesday. In case you're wondering how this compares to average - it's pretty close. When you look at all the first 90° days since 1888, the average is April 30th. A quick…

Tonight the International Space Station will be easy to see as it flies overhead. If you've never seen it, tonight will be a good night for viewing. It flies by like a slow moving, bright star - appearing to travel…

As the temperatures warm up on Tuesday, the air quality will go down. So what's in the air that makes the air quality poor? DEHC keeps track of the concentration of "ground-level ozone" when referring to air quality. This ozone…

Temperatures are going to run a little cooler than usual the next few days, and that's courtesy of something we weather people often refer to as the "wedge." This happens when we get an area of high pressure to our…

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 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…