Daily Weather Briefing for Friday, February 9, 2018

Due to illness, the weather briefing will be brief the next few days. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. --Bobby

Local Outlook

Our rain chances will be increased through the weekend into next week. Heavy rain is expected Saturday and Sunday.

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Today

Sunny skies with increasing clouds in the afternoon. Highs ranging from the upper 40s at the higher elevations to the mid-50s in the lower elevations. Light winds out of the south increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.


Tonight

Cloudy with areas of fog overnight. Lows ranging from the mid-30s at the higher elevations to near 40 in the lower elevations. Winds out of the southeast calming before midnight. 10% chance of rain at 6 pm and 80% chance of rain after 3 am. Rainfall amounts between a tenth of an inch and a quarter of an inch expected.


Saturday

Cloudy and rainy with highs in the 50s. Calm winds. Rainfall amounts between a quarter and half in inch expected.


Saturday Night

Cloudy and rainy with lows near 50 and calm winds. Near 100% chance of rain. Rainfall amounts between a quarter and half an inch expected.

Sunday

Cloudy and rainy with highs in the 60s. Near 100% chance of rain. Rainfall amounts between one and two inches expected.

Sunday Night

Cloudy with lows in the low to mid-40s. 50% chance of rain.

Hazards

Hazardous weather is not expected today. Periods of heavy rain is expected over the weekend and the National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for the event. It has been posted below for your convenience.

..SATURDAY...Heavy rain possible. Periods of moderate to heavy rain are expected across the mountains beginning Saturday morning and continuing through the day. Localized flooding issues could develop by Saturday evening, especially across southwest North Carolina.

..SUNDAY...Heavy rain with flooding possible. As periods of moderate to heavy rainfall continue through the weekend, the potential for at least localized flooding will increase early Sunday and continue through the day. Total rainfall amounts of up to 3 inches, with locally higher amounts will be possible, especially across southwest North Carolina.