Shea Gibson - Meteorologist

01/13/2026

1/13/26 Tuesday 8:30AM:
Annnnd the chance just got even lower for Sunday/Monday time frame for snow. It was never even a medium or high chance to begin with regardless of what some folks blast all over the internet. Keep using only trusted sources! :)

01/12/2026

1/12/26 Monday 10:15AM:
You are probably seeing mentions of the possibility of snow this Friday or sometime this weekend for portions of SC; however, we cannot use single deterministic runs to verify anything at this time - especially 5-7 days out. I have attached the latest Euro and GFS ensembles for Charleston, SC consisting of 82 total individual member solutions. The GFS only has 1 of 31 members on board for Sunday and the Euro has 4 of 51 members for Sunday as well. Nothing for Friday. In short, chances are VERY low for anything to happen. If that changes, I'll let you know. For now, don't jump on that hype train! 😀

01/12/2026

Happy Monday! If you ever wanted to know, the chances of landing with a parachute and being attacked by a kangaroo is not zero.

(This happened in 2019 when skydiver Jonathan Bishop landed in Namadgi National Park, Australia.)

01/12/2026

1/12/25 Monday:
Nice moist supercooled layer aloft at 30-40kft where planes are flying. You'll see lots of contrails today - showing up on visible satellite nicely. Below is also a snippet showing the weather balloon sounding from over Charleston, SC where air temps are between -40° to -70°F up there at those flight levels.

01/12/2026

Biggest mission of all!

NASA is planning on rolling out the Artemis II rocket and spacecraft from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center no earlier than Jan. 17. The four-mile journey will take up to 12 hours.

At the end of January, NASA will conduct a prelaunch test to fuel the rocket, also known as a wet dress rehearsal. Following a successful wet dress rehearsal, the mission management team will assess the readiness of all systems before committing to a launch date of the Artemis II mission around the Moon. https://go.nasa.gov/3ND8kaj

01/12/2026

For Friday along the SC coast....

🎢This roller coaster of a winter keeps trucking on. The region could see wind chills drop into the teens to lower 20s Friday morning. Cold Weather Advisories may be needed. We encourage you to keep checking the forecast throughout the week.

01/11/2026

They got Waymo than they bargained for.

01/10/2026

The 2025 State of the Geomagnetic Field report has just been published! According to its findings, the World Magnetic Model 2025 (WMM2025) has been an accurate model of the earth’s magnetic field during its first year of operation. WMM2025 plays a crucial role in navigation, and can be found in practically every smartphone. Learn more in our recent web story: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/2025-wmm-annual-report-released

01/10/2026

Gorgeous!

Fog diffuses the sunrise into a million droplets of color. Happy Saturday@

01/09/2026

1/9/26 Friday:
Yes lots of hype about a possible system to bring snow down into SC later next week. Still wayyyy too early to tell anything and it is showing more-so in a couple of single deterministic runs - not the most consistent right now I might add. Don't jump on that hype train!
I'll let you know if something is worth watching and when.

01/09/2026

1/9/26 Friday:
New daily high record set at 79° at the official gage at the Chas Airport. It's beautiful outside!

01/09/2026

1/9/26 Friday:
This article from The Daniel Island News was written by Emma Slaven was from Dec 23rd with my material, but still applies for now. Still no signal in January for snow, but we still have a way to go in winter. As always - thanks Emma!

BETH BUSH - Snow fell across the Lowcountry last January, an unusual winter surprise that shut down roads and turned the city into a rare snow day scene. Winter is officially here, Will it snow? Tue, 12/23/2025 - 10:25am admin By: Emma Slaven, [email protected] It's the Lowcountry's favo...