Winter Weather — Inland Berkeley, South Carolina

2017-12-29 · Inland Berkeley, South Carolina

Event narrative

NWS employees and CoCoRahs reports indicated light ice accumulation on cars and trees in the College Park area as well as on the surface near the Old Santee Canal State Park. Estimated ice accumulation was as high as 0.02 inches near Terry Town, SC.

Wider weather episode

A cold wedge of high pressure expanded over the area within a light northerly flow while low pressure developed south of the region and tracked northeast along the coast. The combination of moisture associated with the passing low and cold temperatures associated with the entrenched wedge of high pressure eventually caused light rain to freeze during early morning hours. Several bridges were shut down around the Charleston Metropolitan area as a trace to a few hundredths of an inch ice accumulated by the Friday morning commute. A peak storm total ice accumulation of 0.03 inches occurred at the National Weather Service office in North Charleston, SC.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 726620. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.