Greenville, SC – Western South Carolina may see a wetter and occasionally unsettled pattern during the Thanksgiving travel window, as new federal long-range forecasts show a 33–40% probability of above-normal precipitation across the Upstate from November 23 through November 29.
According to the Climate Prediction Center’s 8–14 Day Outlook released Saturday, the region sits on the southeastern edge of a broader moisture corridor stretching across the Appalachians. While temperatures are expected to remain too warm for widespread wintry precipitation, the elevated precipitation signal could still lead to periods of steady rain and slower travel during the busiest days of the holiday period.
The Greenville–Spartanburg corridor—including Greenville, Spartanburg, Greer, and Anderson—sits squarely within the 33–40% wet-signal zone. Cold rain is the most likely outcome, though brief pockets of mixed precipitation may occur in the far northwest foothills if colder air briefly dips south…