{"id":51192,"date":"2026-10-29T15:52:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/see-what-super-el-nino-really-means-for-snow-in-south-carolina\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T15:52:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:52:47","slug":"see-what-super-el-nino-really-means-for-snow-in-south-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/see-what-super-el-nino-really-means-for-snow-in-south-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"See what Super El Ni\u00f1o really means for snow in South Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aBcsAj42t6s?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Super El Ni\u00f1o is here. Does that mean snow for South Carolina this winter? First Alert Chief Meteorologist Kendra Kent and Meteorologist Jake Grant cut through the hype and explain what the pattern really changes.<\/p>\n<p>An El Ni\u00f1o event that began in June is forecast to peak in November\u2013December and could last into early spring 2027. Snow still depends on cold air, and the severe weather risk in the Carolinas isn&#8217;t &#8220;crazy high&#8221; compared with Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. In this episode:<\/p>\n<p>-Why El Ni\u00f1o can mean a more active storm track but not necessarily more snow<br \/>\n-The &#8220;if it comes from Atlanta, we get it&#8221; rule<br \/>\n-What the temperature and precipitation outlooks show<br \/>\n-Why severe weather is less of a concern here than in parts of the Deep South<br \/>\n&#8211; How half a degree can turn snow into sleet, freezing rain or plain rain<\/p>\n<p>CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:42 Cutting through the Super El Ni\u00f1o hype 0:59 El Ni\u00f1o timeline: where we are now 1:50 More active weather, but more snow? 3:14 Why the storm track matters 4:00 Temperature outlook 4:44 Precipitation outlook 6:20 The take-home message 6:47 What about severe weather this winter? 7:40 More chances, but cold air is the key 8:44 How half a degree changes everything 9:08 How last winter&#8217;s ice threat played out 10:12 Why we won&#8217;t hype the forecast 11:16 What&#8217;s next: monthly outlooks<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f Weather or Not and To What Degree is available wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and share it with a friend who&#8217;s hoping for snow.<\/p>\n<p>#SuperElNino #WinterWeather #SouthCarolinaWeather<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super El Ni\u00f1o is here. Does that mean snow for South Carolina this winter? First Alert Chief Meteorologist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":51193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upstate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}