Measurable snow in Greenville growing more likely for this weekend. Here’s how much, forecast says

Here’s what the state’s severe weather liaison has to say about this weekend’s weather: “Here we go again, another winter storm appears likely in South Carolina.”

But this time, it won’t be ice with the possibility of power outages.

It’s still early and the forecast is a bit uncertain, but portions of South Carolina, particularly the Upstate and mountains, could see snow, maybe even a couple of inches Friday night into Saturday.

“The extent and duration of potential travel problems are uncertain,” Strait said.

On Wednesday, he said he’d probably be able to predict on Thursday how much snow will fall, but it looks like the area east of I-77 and north of U.S. 378 has the best chance of heavy snow.

Strait said the weather that could affect South Carolina was swirling over Hudson Bay Tuesday, will cross the Great Lakes on Friday and reach the Tennessee Valley on Saturday.

“It will then move through the Carolinas and depart to the northeast on Saturday night into Sunday,” he said. Also, it will be colder on Friday into Friday night as the next storm approaches.

The National Weather Service said the Upstate will see the coldest temperatures of the season into next week due to a strong Arctic front moving in.

“Temperatures across portions of the area are likely to remain continuously below freezing from Friday evening until at least Monday afternoon,” NWS said. “As this period of unusually cold weather prolongs, the potential for damage to infrastructure, including burst water pipes will steadily increase.”

The agency said it looks increasingly likely that “wintry precipitation will develop across the area beginning Friday evening, continuing into Saturday, with snow expected to be the primary precipitation type. Significant accumulations of snow are possible.”

“This is a dangerous stretch of winter weather for the eastern half of the nation,” AccuWeather Director of Forecasting Operations Carl Erickson said. “The combination of extreme cold and back-to-back winter storms in the span of a week raises the risk of widespread and costly disruptions for millions of people.”

While South Carolina’s impact from last weekend’s storm was minimal, AccuWeather said some 200 million people across more than two dozen states were affected with an estimated $105 billion to $115 billion in damage and economic losses.

“Waves of Arctic air will keep temperatures 15 to 30 degrees below the historical average across parts of 18 states in the South, Central and Southeast U.S. this week,” AccuWeather said.

This story was originally published January 28, 2026 at 9:38 AM.