Utility providers in South Carolina are prepared and ready to respond to potentially perilous winter weather that's threatening to push through the state this weekend.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A winter storm pushing across the U.S. is expected to bring some freezing rain and ice to portions of South Carolina over the weekend. Storm Team 2 Meteorologist Jed Christoph said the storm is taking shape in the Southern Plains and will move east over the next few days.

Beaufort County and much of coastal South Carolina and Georgia will likely be spared from wintry weather as winter storm Fern continues toward the eastern United States, according to a Friday morning briefing from the National Weather Service’s Charleston office.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has issued a state of emergency ahead of a winter storm that threatens to bring inches of snow and ice.

Starting Saturday, a stretch of First Alert Weather Days go into effect as a winter storm moves across the Midlands.

Right now, the National Weather Service forecast for Greenville says snow is likely Saturday before 4 p.m., then snow and sleet after that with a high near 36. After 10 p.m. Saturday 80% chance snow and freezing rain, continuing on Sunday. Mostly cloudy on Sunday night with a low around 16. BRRR. And not good for any precipitation on power lines.

Another blast of Arctic air has settled into South Carolina. With an extended stretch of below-normal temperatures, residents are urged to take precautions.

Myrtle Beach International Airport officials are preparing passengers ahead of the weather conditions this weekend.

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