For me, this road trip from beach to beach is one that seems a lot shorter than it actually is. In fact, the drive is a 1371 mile journey that will last well into a third day. We'll be moving at a clip of about 63.7 mph, which will allow us to cover 509 miles on the first couple of days. A hot trip that seems to last a lot longer than it should. This sounds like a recipe for a cranky car ride.

DAY ONE


A cold front lingering along the coast will have a tough time moving off the coast, with dew points lingering, allowing for some pretty good moisture and the chance for rain showers, especially between Florence and Aiken. The big issue early will be some poor visibility before temperatures come up and burn off the fog. After we clear the front, however, we'll be in some unseasonably subsident air after we cross the Georgia line. Basically, it's going to be sunny and warm all the way to exit 11 off of I-85 east of Montgomery, Alabama, which I can say from experience has a very nice Hampton Inn.

DAY TWO
An area of high pressure will continue to linger through the southeast, paving the way for a mostly dry route from Montgomery to Sulphur, which is a western suburb of Lake Charles, Louisiana. the trailing tail of a dwindling cold front will protrude into the Sabine Pass area along the Texas/Louisiana border. What does that mean for us? Showers and thunderstorms will be possible after we pass through Crowley and continuing until we reach Sulphur.

DAY THREE
The drive from Sulphur to Corpus Christi won't be influenced by any large scale features, no lingering boundaries, no tropical waves, nothing like that. Just a blob of air mass thunderstorms from Beaumont to Victoria. The nature of these type of storms mean that we could be just towards the coast enough that we won't see anything, or we could see torrential downpours along the entire route along US 59.


Directions from Myrtle Beach to Corpus Christi.

 

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