Local Yokel Weather 

Good morning folks! Terribly sorry for not posting Sunday afternoon but here we are, the start of new work week and the outlook seems fairly normal for late July - early August. We'll notice an uptick in humidity levels Tuesday as a cold front approaches the region, crossing overnight into Wednesday and then stalling across the region, dissipating slowly as we head into the weekend. Southwesterly flow into the region and atop the stalled front will lead to scattered thunderst

Good afternoon folks! Mt Mitchell dipped down to 41°F this past Tuesday morning and although we expect temps to slowly moderate back to normal, pleasant mornings are still expected into the weekend. Friday through Monday will keep mostly sunny skies overhead for most of the region, while isolated showers pop up along the ridgelines, but even these should be short lived as the atmosphere remains somewhat capped. Moisture will be on the rise beginning this weekend and a cold fr

Good afternoon folks! As we are typing this discussion the rain is coming to an end and only an isolated light shower or short lived period of drizzle is expected into the late evening hours. As the dry and cool air mass swings overhead tonight, we'll cloud cover clear out and wake up to a gorgeous start to the day Wednesday morning. It will feel almost fall like and this gorgeous weather will linger into Friday, with moisture levels and temps returning to normal by Sunday af

Good afternoon folks! Today (Saturday) will be the last day we experience temps in the upper 80's and heat indices well into the 90's. Temps drop a degree or two with each passing day and bottom out Tuesday into Wednesday, returning to normal levels by the end of next week. The high pressure system currently overhead will move out as a front swings through late Monday, exiting sometime Tuesday. An upper level trough will move in behind the front, allowing a drier and cooler a

Good afternoon folks! Friday through the weekend and into early next week will feature an above average chance for showers and thunderstorms each afternoon. This is initially due to the persistent flow of moisture and heat into the region from the southeast and as we move into early next week an upper level trough will bring us cloudy skies and more uniform rain chances, as opposed to the pop up storms Friday through Sunday. Once we get past Sunday, it looks like we cool down