Snow and sleet continues, widespread travel impacts through Wednesday

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) – Heavy snow and sleet has led to snow covered roads and impressive snow totals in the area.

We’ve already picked up on multiple locations in Horry County with 5 to 6 inches of snow overnight as a sleet continues to mix in early this morning.

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A WINTER STORM WARNING – The WINTER STORM WARNING continues for the entire area. Snow and sleet continues through the early morning hours today before we shut things off just before sunrise this morning. When all is said and done, expect most of Horry and Georgetown County to see 4″ – 6″ of snow with isolated higher totals possible.

Temperatures are bitterly cold this morning with many of us sitting in the low-mid 20s. When you factor in the wind, the wind chill is in the single digits and teens out there this morning. Factor in the cold with less traveled roads overnight and it’s an absolute mess on the roads this morning. We continue to recommend you stay off the roads today until we see major improvements.

Highs today will remain cold and only climb into the upper 20s thanks to the snow pack on the ground. Even with the return of sunshine, wind chills throughout the day will make it feel like the teens at best. While you spend time outside playing in the snow with the kids, make sure you are bundled up for the dangerously cold temperatures.

TRAVEL IMPACTS

As mentioned above, travel is not advised today. Roads have become less traveled overnight and have frozen up in many spots. The layer of sleet this morning has actually hurt things more than helped. Travel is expected to remain treacherous through most of the day. Hang tight as the crews continue to work diligently on the roads.

With temperatures expected to stay below freezing today, we don’t anticipate any melting. Anything that does slush up from travel today will refreeze tonight as temperatures fall into the teens overnight.

WHEN DO WE WARM UP?

It’s going to be a slow process but we should see temperatures climb a couple degrees above freezing on Thursday afternoon. Despite a cold start, travel and warmer than freezing temperatures will allow for roads to improve by the end of the week. We’re still holding onto an isolated shower for Thursday’s forecast. At this point, any rain chance would be light and mainly in the form of a drizzle. We’ll need to keep an eye on the timing in case temperatures are still near or below freezing.

Mornings will remain cold with temperatures in the 20s through the upcoming weekend. Afternoon temperatures will return to the 40s by Friday and slowly climb back into the upper 40s and lower 50s by Sunday afternoon.

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