Local Yokel Weather 

Good morning folks! The trend among the models continue to show a return to a pattern that will support scattered to widespread showers and thunderstorms, with rain chances and coverage picking up Sunday, peaking sometime Tues - Thur of next week. This is not set in stone as the models deal with an upper level low as the cause for the increase in rain chances and an upper level low is notoriously difficult to pin down when forecasting further than 3 days out. We do have a sma

Good afternoon folks! Another delayed post today but things are busy, which is a good thing, while the weather continues to be dry, warm, and boring. This bodes well for leaf peepers as the leaves stick around with little wind and no rain, however the verdict is still out as to whether it will make an impact on color brightness this season. Wetter months preceding the fall months tend to produce a duller color compared to a summer or early fall drought. That being said, we ra

Good morning folks! No substantial or regionwide rain event is on the horizon over the next 4 - 6 days, with our only rain chances occurring Thursday and Friday along the escarpment and even then, shower coverage will be isolated and intensities light. This stretch of dry weather should continue for most of SW NC well into late next week, possibly next weekend, even with two frontal passages in play. This is not unheard of as we enter move deeper into the fall season, which i

Good morning folks! We have several reports of frost across the region and although the reports are extremely isolated, today marks the first day for frost in the region, with no widespread frost or freeze expected over the next 7 days. The coldest temp recorded overnight was 28°F at Mt LeConte, while several valley and low lying hollers dipped into the mid 30's, compared to the ridgelines that eventually experienced an inversion, pushing them closer to the upper 30's by sunr

Good morning folks! The past several days have brought some healthy rain totals to the region, with the Highlands Plateau and the NW corner of Transylvania county above 3.5" since Sunday morning. The highest total is out of the Panthertown - Tanasee Lake area in Jackson County, where 4.65" has fallen at the Rock Bridge rain gauge since Sunday morning. Elsewhere across SW NC a swath of 1 - 2" totals is being reported, which is right on track with our forecasted amounts, not in