Local Yokel Weather 

Good afternoon folks! The front has crossed the region as of Tuesday early afternoon and temps are dropping while rainfall continues, eventually fizzling out later on this evening. While the event is still six plus hours from ending, rainfall totals are falling in line with our forecast of 1" for most of SW NC and 1 - 2" along the escarpment. Rosman in particular is putting on a show with 4" from Monday morning into Tuesday afternoon and Highlands has picked up an inch but st

Good afternoon folks! It's late in the day on Sunday and after a pleasant weekend we expect showers to develop late tonight and extend throughout the day on Monday. Coverage will be scattered and rainfall amounts light on Monday, however late Monday night into Tuesday early evening is shaping up to be a washout for SW NC. Rainfall totals will reach an inch for the entire region over the 24 hour period, with up to 2 - 3" directly along the escarpment and Great Balsams. The fro

Good afternoon folks! We're on the tail end of this rain event with numerous sites across SW NC reporting 1 - 2", which is higher than we anticipated. The highest totals really impressed with Cullowhee, Sylva and right outside Robbinsville all exceeding 3.25", while 2.5" fell along the escarpment (Highlands to Lake Toxaway). Shower coverage winds down Friday evening and we'll enjoy a sunny Saturday as remnants of Beta pulls away from the region. Sunday on the other hand will

Good afternoon folks! Showers are sliding east-northeast across the Mississippi Valley and heading our way as of Wednesday afternoon and we expect scattered coverage to develop by Thursday morning, becoming widespread late Thursday evening and slowly scaling back late Friday afternoon. This will make for a cooler than normal day on Thursday, a near normal day on Friday, followed by a noticeable bump in temps this weekend as SW flow ramps up across the region. Rainfall totals

Good afternoon folks! If you're a fan of fall weather then these past three days have been perfect and although we do not expect any major changes to the pattern looking ahead, we do expect an uptick in temps and moisture levels, enough to bring showers back to the region by weeks end. We'll still have dry weather on Tuesday and Wednesday as moisture takes its time in getting to the region, arriving sometime late Wednesday evening, setting up Thursday with cloudy skies and pa