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Local Weather. Trusted Voice.

Timely forecasts and trusted local updates for the Grand Strand, Pee Dee, and Southeastern North Carolina.

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Where do you need the forecast?

Pick your area for the latest local forecast. Coastal conditions and inland weather rarely match, so each region gets its own page.

Grand Strand Forecast

Forecast coverage for Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand coastline: beach days, surf conditions, and coastal storms.

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Inland Forecast

Forecast coverage for the Pee Dee and inland communities: heat, rain chances, and severe weather away from the coast.

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Scotty Powell on set

Meet Scotty Powell

Scotty Powell is a meteorologist covering the Grand Strand, Pee Dee, and Southeastern North Carolina. His focus is simple: local weather explained in plain language, so you can plan your day, your beach trip, or your storm prep with confidence.

Scotty earned his education degree at Appalachian State University before completing his meteorology degree at Penn State. After working as a television meteorologist at WBTW, he launched his own digital platform to keep delivering forecasts, severe weather updates, and community coverage directly to his neighbors.

He also serves as a support meteorologist for Speedway Motorsports, and away from the forecast he is an avid golfer, NASCAR enthusiast, dog lover, and supporter of the coastal lifestyle.

Learn More About Scotty

What Scotty covers

More than a seven-day forecast. Coverage built around how this region actually lives.

Weather

Daily forecasts and weather explainers for the Grand Strand, Pee Dee, and Southeastern North Carolina.

Beach & Inland

Conditions split the way you live them: what's happening on the sand and what's happening inland.

Storm Coverage

Tracking tropical systems and severe weather that threaten the Carolina coast and inland communities.

NASCAR

Weather and race weekend coverage with a NASCAR fan's eye, including Darlington events.

Golf

Tee-time weather and course conditions across one of the country's busiest golf destinations.

Community

Local events, school weather, and the stories that matter to neighbors across the region.

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