Local Yokel Weather 

Good morning folks! We're off to a chilly start across the region with temps in the upper 30's along the highest ridgelines, while the valleys kick off the morning in the low - mid 40's. Temps will rebound roughly 30 - 35 degrees today (Memorial Day) under sunny skies and we'll keep the fair weather train rolling into Tuesday, although clouds will increase during the afternoon hours. This uptick in cloud cover stems from an overall pattern shift as increasing moisture is intr

Good morning folks! Rainfall totals from yesterday's event seemed to have come in all at once as the front passed through the region later in the day, sparking a line of widespread moderate - heavy showers during the evening hours. The highest totals were along or near the TN line with 1.5 - 3" of rain reported, while the lower amounts were closer to the SC state with totals around 0.35 - 0.50". The top three totals were 3.62" at Deep Creek, 2.44" at Stecoah Gap, and 1.93" at

Good morning folks! We've had a few showers develop across the region the past few days but nothing close to regionwide coverage and today may finally break that stretch. We expect a handful of showers and thunderstorms to develop this afternoon (Thursday) and fizzle out this evening, with a regionwide rain event occurring Friday into Saturday. Most of SW NC will pick up a half inch of rain Friday into Saturday, which is a slight increase from our previous discussion and just

Good morning folks! Soon we can put this stretch of hot and dusty weather behind us with relief arriving Thursday into Saturday, followed by a slight cool down Sunday into next Tuesday. The Thursday through Saturday timeframe is our best chance for regionwide rainfall, however amounts will be on the lighter side of normal, only amounting to a half inch of rain Thursday afternoon into Saturday afternoon; around 0.25 - 0.40" falling Friday night. Temps will certainly cool down

Good morning folks! The story remains mostly the same, however it looks like isolated showers may try to develop as early as Tuesday and continue through Thursday, with coverage ramping up by Friday. This does not mean we will see a break from the near record temps or blazing sun, but we'll take whatever we can get as we enter the middle portion of this dry spell. For those wishing the heat would go away, if you can stick it out till later in the week you'll have your wish as