Fire Weather Point Forecast Matrices
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Issued by NWS Greer, SC
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National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
GAZ017-182000-
Chattooga #1-Habersham GA-Elev 1500 FT
34.64N 83.52W Elev. 1500 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 92 67 93 69 95
Temp 72 85 92 91 81 74 71 68 69 86 92 93 84 75 72 70 71 89 94 92 83
Dewpt 71 72 67 65 66 66 66 65 66 68 67 65 67 67 67 65 66 68 67 66 68
Min/Max RH 43 92 39 89 39
RH 96 64 44 44 59 75 83 89 90 56 43 39 58 77 82 83 85 51 40 42 61
Wind dir W NW NW NW NW NW N N N E SW W SW NW N N N NW W W NW
Wind dir deg 29 32 30 30 31 32 34 34 00 08 23 26 24 33 34 34 34 30 26 29 31
Wind spd 3 4 5 6 5 4 3 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 3 4 2
Clouds SC FW FW CL CL CL SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) 29 12 6 3 4 5 29 34 14 10 10 7 12 7 12 20 10 23 14 27 41
Vsby 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 8 9
ADI 8 37 60 59 4 4 3 3 6 22 28 33 2 2 2 3 6 29 72 64 3
LVORI 6 1 1 1 3 4 5 6 6 2 2 1 3 4 5 5 5 2 1 1 3
Stability 1 1 1 2 6 6 7 7 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 6
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 10
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DSI 2 2 2
Mix hgt 4700 4900 500 400 4900 6100 500 500 6400 6700
T wind dir NW NW N N E W NW NW NW NW
T wind spd 10 11 8 6 4 4 4 5 6 8
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 28.31 28.26 28.29 28.30 28.32 28.27 28.29 28.31 28.33 28.32
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 70 92 67 90 65 91 64 90
Temp 73 72 92 82 71 68 88 81 69 67 89 81 69 66 87 81
Dewpt 69 69 69 69 69 68 66 65 65 65 63 62 63 62 61 61
Max/Min RH 96 49 100 44 95 39 90 39
RH 87 92 49 66 95100 49 58 87 91 42 53 81 88 41 51
Wind dir NW N W NW N N W NW N NW W NW N N SW NW
Wind spd 1 1 3 4 1 1 4 4 2 2 5 5 2 2 4 3
Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr 20 40 20 20 5 10 0 5
Rain Shwrs S C S S
Tstms S C S S
$$
GAZ010-182000-
Tallulah #1-Rabun GA-Elev 2728 FT
34.91N 83.33W Elev. 2728 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 87 66 88 69 90
Temp 70 80 86 87 75 71 70 68 67 81 86 88 77 73 73 72 70 82 86 88 79
Dewpt 68 67 65 64 63 62 62 61 61 64 64 63 66 63 62 61 61 64 65 65 66
Min/Max RH 47 82 43 74 46
RH 91 66 49 47 67 73 77 79 81 57 49 43 69 72 69 68 73 55 50 46 66
Wind dir N N NW NW N N N N N SE S SW S N N N N NW W W NW
Wind dir deg 34 34 32 32 34 34 34 34 34 15 20 22 19 35 35 34 35 31 25 28 30
Wind spd 5 3 2 3 4 5 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 2
Clouds SC FW FW CL CL FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) 28 15 11 5 4 11 41 31 21 8 20 15 30 15 20 19 12 23 23 31 33
Vsby 10 9 9 9 9 10 9 7 9
ADI 11 35 52 45 4 4 6 4 6 20 42 31 2 3 3 3 7 35 47 42 3
LVORI 5 3 1 1 3 3 4 4 4 2 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 3
Stability 1 1 1 1 6 6 5 6 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 7
PoP 12hr 0 0 5 0 10
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs S
Tstms S
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
DSI 1 1 2
Mix hgt 4500 4600 500 500 4900 6200 500 500 5500 5700
T wind dir N N N N NW W N NW NW NW
T wind spd 10 9 9 6 5 4 5 6 6 6
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 27.60 27.55 27.58 27.59 27.61 27.57 27.59 27.61 27.62 27.62
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 70 87 66 85 64 86 63 85
Temp 72 70 85 76 69 67 81 74 67 65 82 75 67 63 81 74
Dewpt 65 65 68 67 65 64 65 62 61 60 61 60 58 58 60 59
Max/Min RH 84 57 92 51 84 47 82 45
RH 77 84 57 73 86 92 58 67 80 82 49 59 75 82 48 59
Wind dir N N SW NW N N W NW N N NW NW N N SW NW
Wind spd 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1
Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 SC B1 SC B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr 20 50 20 30 5 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs S C S S C
Tstms S C S C
$$
SCZ101-182000-
Andrew Pickens-Oconee SC-Elev 1650 FT
34.81N 83.13W Elev. 1650 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 91 67 91 69 92
Temp 72 84 91 91 80 74 71 69 68 83 90 90 81 75 72 70 70 85 91 90 80
Dewpt 69 70 66 66 66 66 65 64 64 67 67 66 68 67 65 64 64 67 67 67 68
Min/Max RH 43 88 45 83 44
RH 89 63 45 44 62 75 81 85 85 58 47 45 65 76 78 79 81 56 45 47 67
Wind dir NW NW W NW NW N N N N E SE S N N N N N N SW W NW
Wind dir deg 33 32 29 30 33 34 34 34 35 10 15 17 00 35 34 34 34 00 21 27 30
Wind spd 2 1 1 3 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 2 2
Clouds FW FW CL FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) 19 9 5 8 8 16 47 21 7 20 17 3 11 7 15 13 9 21 21 33 35
Vsby 10 9 9 9 9 10 9 7 9
ADI 7 25 46 49 4 3 3 2 3 22 29 24 2 2 2 2 4 23 45 46 3
LVORI 5 2 1 1 3 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 2 1 1 3
Stability 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 7 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 7
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 10
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs S
Tstms S
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
DSI 2 2 2
Mix hgt 5400 5700 500 400 5000 5900 400 400 6500 6700
T wind dir NW NW N N NE W N NW W W
T wind spd 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 5 6
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 28.33 28.27 28.30 28.32 28.34 28.29 28.32 28.34 28.35 28.34
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 69 89 67 87 65 88 64 87
Temp 73 70 88 79 70 67 85 78 69 66 86 78 68 65 85 77
Dewpt 67 67 69 69 68 66 67 65 64 62 63 62 61 60 62 61
Max/Min RH 91 54 98 50 90 44 84 45
RH 84 89 54 71 92 96 56 64 85 88 47 58 79 82 47 57
Wind dir N N SW NW N N SW N N NW W NW NW N SW NW
Wind spd 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 1
Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 20 40 30 30 5 10 0 10
Rain Shwrs S C C S C
Tstms S C C C
$$
SCZ102-182000-
Table Rock-Elev 1283 FT
35.03N 82.69W Elev. 1283 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 94 70 93 71 97
Temp 73 88 94 94 83 77 74 72 71 86 92 93 83 77 74 73 73 89 96 94 83
Dewpt 70 74 70 69 69 66 65 64 65 69 69 69 70 67 65 64 65 70 69 70 70
Min/Max RH 45 82 45 80 42
RH 88 63 47 45 64 69 74 77 82 58 47 45 64 71 72 73 78 53 43 46 66
Wind dir NW NE S E N N N N N E SE S N N N N N SW SW W NW
Wind dir deg 33 03 20 09 00 35 34 34 34 08 15 16 00 35 34 34 35 21 21 25 32
Wind spd 2 1 2 1 5 6 5 4 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 3 3 2
Clouds SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
Clouds(%) 26 6 14 17 27 12 24 18 20 16 20 5 14 12 10 8 12 11 25 40 38
Vsby 10 9 9 9 9 10 8 7 8
ADI 4 18 31 28 4 4 4 3 6 23 31 31 2 2 2 2 3 18 53 54 3
LVORI 6 2 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 2 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 2 1 1 3
Stability 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 7
PoP 12hr 10 0 5 0 20
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs S
Tstms S
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
DSI 2 2 2
Mix hgt 5500 5700 600 500 5500 6800 400 500 6300 6600
T wind dir NW NW N N NE NW N NW W W
T wind spd 4 5 9 6 4 4 4 4 4 6
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 28.15 28.09 28.13 28.14 28.17 28.12 28.15 28.16 28.18 28.16
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 71 94 69 91 67 92 66 91
Temp 74 72 92 82 72 69 88 81 70 68 90 81 70 67 88 81
Dewpt 68 68 72 71 68 67 70 67 64 63 66 64 61 61 64 63
Max/Min RH 89 52 95 52 86 43 81 44
RH 80 88 52 68 87 95 56 63 81 84 45 56 73 80 45 53
Wind dir N N SW NW N N S N N N W NW N N SW N
Wind spd 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 5 3 2 3 3
Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr 10 50 40 50 5 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs C C S C
Tstms C C C
$$
SCZ008-182000-
Kings Mountain-Cherokee SC-Elev 820 FT
35.15N 81.40W Elev. 820 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 94 72 94 71 95
Temp 75 87 93 93 85 79 76 74 74 85 92 93 84 77 74 72 74 89 94 93 83
Dewpt 71 74 71 69 70 68 67 66 67 70 71 68 68 66 66 66 68 72 70 69 69
Min/Max RH 47 81 45 86 44
RH 89 65 50 47 60 70 74 77 80 62 50 45 58 69 77 82 84 58 46 46 64
Wind dir NW N NW NW N N N NE NE NE N NW N N N N N S SW SW NW
Wind dir deg 33 00 33 33 00 00 02 03 03 04 02 33 00 00 00 00 00 19 22 22 31
Wind spd 1 3 2 2 0 3 3 4 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 1
Clouds FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW SC B1
Clouds(%) 24 5 8 7 13 21 10 28 29 20 7 2 5 8 3 5 5 8 14 30 52
Vsby 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 9
ADI 3 30 40 50 3 5 5 5 9 32 35 33 2 2 1 1 3 21 61 61 2
LVORI 6 3 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 4 6 5 2 1 1 3
Stability 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 6 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 6
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 20
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs S C
Tstms S S
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 19
DSI 2 2 2
Mix hgt 5700 5900 500 600 6200 8400 500 400 7400 8200
T wind dir N NW N N NE N E N W W
T wind spd 6 6 9 9 6 4 3 2 4 5
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 29.13 29.06 29.09 29.12 29.13 29.08 29.12 29.13 29.14 29.10
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 71 92 69 88 68 90 67 89
Temp 74 73 91 80 71 71 86 79 71 70 88 81 71 68 87 81
Dewpt 69 70 73 72 70 71 73 70 68 67 67 63 62 63 64 62
Max/Min RH 93 56 100 59 94 45 84 44
RH 84 91 57 76 97 99 64 73 89 91 50 55 72 84 47 53
Wind dir NE N S E N NE W NE N N W W N N SW N
Wind spd 1 2 3 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 4 2 0 2 3 0
Avg clouds B1 SC SC B1 B2 SC SC B1 B1 FW SC FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 30 50 60 40 30 5 5 0
Rain Shwrs C C L S C C
Tstms S C C C S
$$
SCZ013-182000-
Whitmire-Union SC-Elev 565 FT
34.63N 81.60W Elev. 565 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 96 73 94 72 96
Temp 76 87 93 95 86 79 77 75 75 85 92 94 84 77 74 72 74 87 94 96 87
Dewpt 72 73 71 68 70 69 68 67 68 71 71 69 70 68 68 68 69 72 69 68 69
Min/Max RH 42 80 44 90 40
RH 87 65 49 42 61 71 75 78 79 63 51 44 62 74 80 86 86 60 44 41 56
Wind dir N N NW N N N N N N NE N N N N N N N N SW SW N
Wind dir deg 00 00 33 34 00 00 00 02 02 04 02 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 21 24 00
Wind spd 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 3 3 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Clouds SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL FW FW CL CL FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 36 21 7 18 2 16 11 22 37 27 12 7 3 7 10 4 5 12 7 19 35
Vsby 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 9
ADI 4 29 42 56 3 4 4 5 8 27 32 36 2 2 2 1 3 17 42 40 2
LVORI 6 3 1 1 3 3 4 4 4 2 1 1 3 3 5 6 6 2 1 1 3
Stability 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 7
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 10
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs S
Tstms S
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
DSI 2 2 2
Mix hgt 5900 6700 500 700 5700 7700 400 500 7900 8400
T wind dir N NW N N NE N E NE W SW
T wind spd 5 5 8 9 6 4 3 2 3 4
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 29.37 29.29 29.33 29.36 29.38 29.32 29.36 29.38 29.39 29.35
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 72 94 69 89 69 91 68 90
Temp 75 74 93 83 72 72 87 81 72 71 89 83 72 69 88 82
Dewpt 69 70 73 73 71 71 73 71 69 68 67 65 63 63 65 64
Max/Min RH 92 51 100 55 95 43 83 42
RH 83 90 52 71 97 97 63 70 88 92 48 54 72 83 46 53
Wind dir N N SW N N N SW N N N W N N N W N
Wind spd 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0
Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 B2 SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 30 40 60 40 20 10 5 5
Rain Shwrs C C L C S
Tstms S C C C S
$$
NCZ048-182000-
Seven Mile Ridge-Madison NC-Elev 2150 FT
35.80N 82.65W Elev. 2150 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 86 63 88 65 90
Temp 69 77 85 86 77 69 66 64 64 79 87 88 78 70 68 66 67 82 89 86 78
Dewpt 69 72 70 67 66 59 49 61 60 58 64 63 64 55 42 58 58 61 68 68 68
Min/Max RH 54 91 44 81 48
RH 99 84 59 54 69 70 54 89 86 50 46 44 63 60 39 74 75 49 50 55 71
Wind dir N NW NW NW N N NW N NE NW NW NW NW E SE NW S W NW NW NW
Wind dir deg 00 32 32 32 01 34 33 00 03 31 32 32 33 09 15 32 16 29 30 31 31
Wind spd 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1
Clouds B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC
Clouds(%) 56 36 28 26 20 24 17 40 22 18 3 12 25 12 20 22 22 26 34 56 42
Vsby 7 9 9 9 9 10 7 7 7
ADI 8 40 57 53 3 3 2 2 3 14 30 24 2 2 2 2 3 44 48 33 2
LVORI 8 4 1 1 3 3 2 7 6 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 1 1 1 3
Stability 2 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 6
PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 30
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs S C
Tstms S C
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 30 0
DSI 2 2 2
Mix hgt 3900 3800 500 400 4200 5000 500 500 4700 4700
T wind dir NW NW NW N NW NW E SW W NW
T wind spd 11 10 5 3 4 6 3 3 8 5
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 27.28 27.25 27.26 27.27 27.28 27.26 27.26 27.28 27.30 27.28
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 65 88 63 85 61 85 59 86
Temp 69 66 86 77 67 64 83 75 65 63 82 75 63 60 83 75
Dewpt 60 65 72 69 57 64 68 64 44 58 63 61 46 57 61 60
Max/Min RH 99 63 100 54 92 50 92 45
RH 74 94 64 76 71 99 61 69 46 85 53 62 54 88 48 59
Wind dir NW N W NW S NW NW NW W NW NW NW W W NW NW
Wind spd 1 0 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 1
Avg clouds SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 10 70 30 30 10 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs C L C C C
Tstms C S C
$$
NCZ049-182000-
Busick-Yancey NC-Elev 2892 FT
35.77N 82.19W Elev. 2892 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 82 62 83 65 85
Temp 66 74 79 80 72 67 65 63 63 74 79 82 73 68 67 67 67 79 83 81 73
Dewpt 63 65 64 63 63 61 59 59 58 61 60 60 62 59 57 57 58 62 63 65 65
Min/Max RH 54 86 47 75 51
RH 90 73 60 58 73 80 83 86 83 63 52 49 70 72 70 71 72 56 51 59 77
Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N SE E N N N N NW N W W NW
Wind dir deg 32 31 32 32 33 32 32 32 32 00 13 09 00 00 00 00 30 00 25 25 30
Wind spd 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1
Clouds FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) 24 13 27 23 17 8 8 18 6 0 9 7 31 13 14 12 14 19 50 63 51
Vsby 10 9 9 9 9 10 8 7 7
ADI 13 41 50 50 4 4 4 4 7 20 33 29 3 3 3 3 7 44 51 32 3
LVORI 5 3 1 1 3 5 5 6 4 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 4
Stability 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 6
PoP 12hr 5 0 5 0 40
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.07
Rain Shwrs C C C
Tstms C C S
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 37 20
DSI 1 1 1
Mix hgt 3800 4100 500 500 4600 5800 500 500 6000 5600
T wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W
T wind spd 12 10 9 8 5 5 5 6 8 6
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None 30000
Sta pres 27.09 27.06 27.08 27.09 27.11 27.08 27.10 27.10 27.12 27.11
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 64 81 62 79 60 79 58 79
Temp 68 65 79 72 66 62 75 72 64 62 76 71 62 60 75 71
Dewpt 61 61 67 65 61 60 64 61 57 56 59 57 54 54 57 57
Max/Min RH 87 66 93 61 85 52 82 51
RH 79 87 66 79 85 93 67 69 80 83 55 61 76 81 53 61
Wind dir N N SW NW N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W NW
Wind spd 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 3 4 3 2 1 3 1
Avg clouds SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr 30 70 40 40 5 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs C C L C C C
Tstms S C S C
$$
NCZ058-182000-
Cheoah-Graham NC-Elev 2000 FT
35.34N 83.82W Elev. 2000 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 87 63 90 66 90
Temp 68 79 85 86 76 69 66 64 64 80 87 89 79 71 69 68 68 83 88 90 81
Dewpt 68 72 69 67 67 66 65 63 63 67 65 65 68 66 64 63 64 69 69 69 71
Min/Max RH 53 99 44 89 51
RH 100 78 58 54 74 91 96 98 97 64 47 45 69 82 83 84 86 64 55 51 71
Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW SW N N N N NW NW N N N N N N W W N
Wind dir deg 31 32 32 32 33 21 00 00 00 00 32 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 28 29 00
Wind spd 1 3 4 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
Clouds B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) 66 30 21 11 24 17 43 46 38 39 3 14 18 15 21 35 31 29 33 27 38
Vsby 8 9 9 9 9 9 7 3 6
ADI 6 35 45 46 3 2 2 2 4 10 31 28 2 2 2 2 4 15 47 30 2
LVORI 9 3 1 1 3 7 8 10 8 3 1 2 3 5 5 5 6 2 1 2 3
Stability 2 1 1 1 7 7 6 6 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 7
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 10
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs S
Tstms S
Obvis PF
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
DSI 2 2 2
Mix hgt 3400 3500 500 500 3500 4100 500 500 4100 4200
T wind dir NW NW N NE N N S NW N NW
T wind spd 11 9 4 4 5 5 3 4 6 6
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 27.22 27.18 27.20 27.20 27.22 27.19 27.20 27.23 27.24 27.22
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 67 88 64 86 62 86 61 86
Temp 70 68 87 78 67 65 84 77 65 64 84 76 64 62 83 76
Dewpt 68 67 71 70 67 65 67 66 63 62 65 64 61 60 62 63
Max/Min RH 99 59 100 53 98 49 95 45
RH 93 97 60 75 99100 58 68 94 95 52 66 90 92 48 64
Wind dir N N W NW N N NW NW N N NW NW N N W NW
Wind spd 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 4 1
Avg clouds SC B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr 20 50 20 30 5 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs S C S S C
Tstms S C S C
$$
NCZ064-182000-
Davidson River-Transylvania NC-Elev 3200 FT
35.35N 82.78W Elev. 3200 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 83 58 84 62 87
Temp 63 71 82 81 72 65 62 59 59 71 82 82 73 66 64 63 64 74 84 79 71
Dewpt 63 66 66 65 65 63 61 59 56 63 63 63 65 62 59 57 57 64 66 68 68
Min/Max RH 57 98 49 86 55
RH 98 85 59 60 79 93 96 98 89 76 54 51 75 86 82 80 78 70 55 68 90
Wind dir NW NW N N NW NW NW NW NW E NE NE NE W W W W W SW W NW
Wind dir deg 33 33 34 34 33 33 32 32 32 09 06 05 05 27 25 27 28 28 23 28 30
Wind spd 4 3 2 2 3 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1
Clouds SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) 32 15 23 23 31 16 24 20 7 2 21 13 23 10 10 11 14 15 51 61 47
Vsby 9 9 9 9 9 10 7 4 7
ADI 13 40 45 36 5 4 4 3 7 26 34 32 2 2 3 4 7 47 52 31 3
LVORI 5 4 1 1 4 6 8 9 5 3 1 1 4 6 5 5 4 3 1 3 6
Stability 1 1 1 1 7 6 7 7 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 6
PoP 12hr 10 0 5 0 40
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.09
Rain Shwrs C C
Tstms C C
Obvis PF PF
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 35 0
DSI 1 1 2
Mix hgt 3800 3900 600 500 4700 5400 400 500 6200 5700
T wind dir NW N N NW N N W W W W
T wind spd 12 9 9 8 6 5 5 8 8 6
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 26.90 26.86 26.89 26.89 26.91 26.89 26.90 26.91 26.92 26.91
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 61 84 57 81 56 82 55 81
Temp 64 62 80 70 62 57 74 69 60 57 75 69 59 55 75 68
Dewpt 63 60 70 67 62 57 66 63 58 55 62 60 56 53 60 59
Max/Min RH 97 70 100 68 96 60 93 57
RH 96 95 70 89100100 76 80 95 90 64 73 92 91 60 73
Wind dir W W SW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W NW
Wind spd 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2
Avg clouds SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr 10 70 40 50 5 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs C L C S C
Tstms S C S C
$$
NCZ505-182000-
Grandfather-McDowell NC-Elev 1600 FT
35.76N 82.04W Elev. 1600 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 90 65 91 68 94
Temp 70 83 88 89 78 72 69 67 67 83 88 91 79 72 70 69 70 87 92 89 78
Dewpt 68 71 68 67 66 65 65 64 63 67 66 65 67 64 63 62 63 68 68 69 69
Min/Max RH 48 92 43 83 46
RH 96 67 52 48 68 80 86 90 89 59 48 43 66 76 78 78 79 53 46 52 76
Wind dir NW NW NW N N NW N NW N N N N N N N N N N SW SW N
Wind dir deg 33 33 33 34 34 33 34 33 34 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 23 24 00
Wind spd 3 2 2 3 4 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW CL SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) 21 9 15 7 6 4 9 22 7 2 9 1 26 7 13 11 13 15 48 62 51
Vsby 10 9 9 9 9 10 8 7 8
ADI 9 51 56 49 5 4 4 4 6 14 30 21 2 2 2 2 6 31 55 32 3
LVORI 6 1 1 1 3 5 6 6 6 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 4
Stability 1 1 1 1 6 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 6
PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 40
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.07
Rain Shwrs S C C
Tstms S C S
Obvis PF
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 37 20
DSI 2 2 2
Mix hgt 4300 4500 500 500 5200 6800 500 500 6600 6100
T wind dir NW N N N NW NW NW NW W W
T wind spd 11 10 9 6 4 4 4 4 6 6
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None 30000
Sta pres 27.66 27.62 27.65 27.66 27.67 27.64 27.66 27.67 27.69 27.67
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 67 89 64 87 63 88 61 87
Temp 70 69 87 77 68 65 83 77 66 64 85 76 65 62 84 76
Dewpt 67 67 72 70 67 65 69 66 63 62 64 61 59 59 62 60
Max/Min RH 95 60 100 55 96 45 91 44
RH 90 92 60 79 95100 62 68 89 93 49 61 82 90 48 58
Wind dir N N N N N N W NW NW NW NW NW NW N SW N
Wind spd 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 0
Avg clouds SC SC SC B2 B1 B1 SC B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr 30 70 40 40 5 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs C C L C S C
Tstms S C S C
$$
NCZ064-182000-
Guion Farm-Transylvania NC-Elev 2600 FT
35.21N 82.59W Elev. 2600 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 86 63 87 65 88
Temp 68 80 85 85 75 69 67 65 64 80 85 87 76 70 68 67 67 82 86 84 75
Dewpt 67 68 66 65 64 64 63 62 63 64 63 61 64 63 62 61 62 64 65 65 66
Min/Max RH 51 95 42 89 49
RH 98 67 53 51 68 82 87 93 95 58 47 42 66 77 81 82 86 55 49 54 75
Wind dir N N N N N N N N N NE SE SE NW NW NW NW NW SW S W NW
Wind dir deg 35 35 00 01 00 35 00 00 01 04 12 14 32 33 32 32 33 23 20 26 32
Wind spd 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC
Clouds(%) 18 6 22 13 21 18 15 21 5 5 25 11 23 15 11 10 12 15 38 56 45
Vsby 10 9 9 9 9 10 8 5 6
ADI 10 38 46 45 5 4 4 4 7 26 29 28 2 2 3 2 6 25 55 46 2
LVORI 8 3 1 1 3 5 6 6 6 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 2 1 1 4
Stability 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 6
PoP 12hr 10 0 5 0 30
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.08
Rain Shwrs S C S
Tstms S C S
Obvis PF PF
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 34 18
DSI 1 1 1
Mix hgt 4500 4800 600 500 5000 7000 500 500 6700 6500
T wind dir N N N N N N NW NW W W
T wind spd 10 9 9 8 4 4 4 4 5 6
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 27.64 27.59 27.62 27.63 27.65 27.61 27.64 27.64 27.66 27.64
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 65 85 62 83 60 84 59 83
Temp 68 66 83 73 65 64 79 73 63 61 80 73 63 60 79 73
Dewpt 65 66 68 67 65 64 65 62 61 61 61 59 58 58 60 58
Max/Min RH 100 60 100 58 100 50 96 49
RH 92100 60 81 99100 63 69 94 98 53 62 84 94 52 60
Wind dir NW NW SW N N NW W N NW NW NW NW NW NW SW N
Wind spd 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 5 3 2 3 3
Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr 20 60 40 50 5 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs S S L C S C
Tstms S S C C C
$$
NCZ062-182000-
Highlands-Macon NC-Elev 3915 FT
35.09N 83.22W Elev. 3915 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 80 61 82 64 83
Temp 65 74 80 79 70 66 63 61 63 76 81 81 72 68 66 65 67 79 82 80 72
Dewpt 65 67 64 63 62 62 61 60 60 63 61 60 63 61 60 59 61 63 64 65 64
Min/Max RH 57 95 49 84 54
RH 100 79 59 58 75 86 94 94 89 65 51 49 72 80 83 83 81 59 54 59 76
Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW N N N N SW W W S NE NE N N NW W W NW
Wind dir deg 33 32 31 31 33 00 01 00 01 23 28 27 20 03 03 35 35 31 27 29 32
Wind spd 5 4 3 4 5 5 4 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 2
Clouds SC SC FW CL FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC
Clouds(%) 41 29 12 2 17 13 26 30 22 15 19 9 35 10 16 16 11 28 24 40 38
Vsby 8 9 9 9 9 10 8 5 7
ADI 11 31 40 39 4 3 3 2 4 16 26 28 2 2 2 3 6 38 45 47 3
LVORI 7 3 1 1 4 6 6 7 6 3 2 2 3 5 5 5 4 1 1 1 4
Stability 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 7 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 7
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 20
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs S S
Tstms S S
Obvis PF
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 15
DSI 1 1 1
Mix hgt 3400 3700 500 500 4400 6000 500 500 5200 5400
T wind dir NW NW N N NW NW SE NW NW NW
T wind spd 11 9 6 4 4 5 3 5 8 6
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 27.12 27.08 27.11 27.11 27.13 27.10 27.12 27.13 27.15 27.14
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 64 80 61 78 59 79 58 78
Temp 66 66 79 71 63 64 77 70 62 61 77 70 61 61 77 70
Dewpt 63 64 67 65 63 63 63 60 59 59 60 57 57 57 57 57
Max/Min RH 94 65 100 58 94 52 90 50
RH 90 91 65 82100 98 63 71 91 92 55 65 88 87 51 63
Wind dir N N W NW N N W NW N N NW NW N N W NW
Wind spd 2 1 3 2 0 1 2 3 2 3 3 4 2 2 3 2
Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW CL SC
PoP 12hr 20 60 30 40 5 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs S S L C S C
Tstms S S C S C
$$
NCZ059-182000-
Jackson County-Jackson NC-Elev 2800 FT
35.32N 83.21W Elev. 2800 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 87 61 89 66 90
Temp 66 75 86 86 76 69 65 63 62 77 87 89 79 71 68 67 67 80 88 86 77
Dewpt 66 71 66 65 64 65 64 63 62 66 62 62 63 64 63 62 63 67 65 66 65
Min/Max RH 49 100 40 88 46
RH 100 87 51 49 65 88 97 99 99 70 43 40 59 78 83 84 87 65 47 51 66
Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NE SE N W NW N E N N N W W W W
Wind dir deg 30 31 32 30 33 30 33 06 12 00 29 30 00 10 00 00 00 28 27 27 29
Wind spd 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1
Clouds B1 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC
Clouds(%) 58 22 17 13 16 17 39 43 36 15 4 6 20 13 26 31 33 27 25 50 28
Vsby 8 9 9 9 9 10 8 4 7
ADI 5 29 41 39 3 2 2 2 3 13 34 29 2 2 2 2 3 22 50 42 3
LVORI 9 4 1 1 3 6 8 10 9 3 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 3 1 1 3
Stability 2 1 1 1 7 7 7 6 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 7
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 30
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs S C
Tstms S C
Obvis PF
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 25 0
DSI 2 2 2
Mix hgt 4000 4300 500 400 4700 6200 500 400 5000 5100
T wind dir NW NW N NE NW NW E S NW W
T wind spd 9 6 4 4 4 4 3 4 6 6
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 26.67 26.64 26.66 26.65 26.68 26.65 26.67 26.68 26.70 26.69
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 66 87 63 85 61 85 60 85
Temp 69 67 85 76 66 64 82 75 64 61 82 75 63 60 82 75
Dewpt 67 66 68 66 66 64 64 61 62 61 61 59 60 59 58 57
Max/Min RH 97 56 100 49 100 45 96 42
RH 91 96 56 71 99100 55 62 95 99 48 57 91 95 44 55
Wind dir N N W NW N N W NW N N W NW NE N W NW
Wind spd 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 4 3 1 0 3 2
Avg clouds SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr 10 60 20 40 5 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs C L S S C
Tstms C S C
$$
NCZ070-182000-
Mountain Island Lake-Gaston NC-Elev 500 FT
35.38N 80.99W Elev. 500 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 94 72 94 71 97
Temp 75 87 93 93 86 79 76 73 73 84 92 93 84 77 74 72 73 90 96 95 85
Dewpt 72 73 70 69 70 69 68 67 68 69 69 66 67 67 67 68 70 71 68 67 69
Min/Max RH 44 84 41 93 39
RH 90 63 47 46 59 72 76 80 84 61 47 42 57 70 80 88 89 53 40 41 59
Wind dir N N N NW N N N N NE NE N N NE N N N N S SW SW W
Wind dir deg 34 00 35 33 35 00 01 02 03 04 01 34 03 00 00 00 00 19 21 23 27
Wind spd 2 3 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW CL FW B1 B1
Clouds(%) 12 12 20 8 17 14 19 27 39 13 14 2 4 8 14 10 9 4 21 51 56
Vsby 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 9
ADI 4 34 39 47 3 4 5 5 11 30 33 29 2 2 2 1 2 23 50 59 2
LVORI 6 1 1 1 3 3 4 4 4 2 1 2 3 3 5 6 7 2 1 1 3
Stability 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 6
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 30
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.04
Rain Shwrs C C
Tstms C S
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 22
DSI 2 2 2
Mix hgt 5400 5900 600 900 5800 7100 500 400 7200 7900
T wind dir N NW N N NE N E NE W W
T wind spd 6 6 9 10 6 4 4 2 4 5
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 29.11 29.04 29.09 29.11 29.12 29.06 29.11 29.11 29.13 29.08
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 70 92 67 88 66 91 66 89
Temp 75 73 92 81 71 71 86 80 72 70 90 83 71 68 87 82
Dewpt 70 71 72 72 70 71 71 70 69 68 66 64 63 65 63 63
Max/Min RH 97 52 100 56 98 42 89 42
RH 86 93 52 74 97 99 61 71 89 94 46 54 76 88 44 52
Wind dir N N S E NE NE W N N N W NW N N W SE
Wind spd 1 2 2 3 1 1 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 2 3 2
Avg clouds B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 40 50 60 40 30 10 10 0
Rain Shwrs C C L C C
Tstms S C C C C
$$
NCZ503-182000-
North Cove-Burke NC-Elev 2657 FT
35.82N 81.94W Elev. 2657 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 87 64 89 68 89
Temp 70 81 87 87 76 71 69 66 66 81 87 89 77 71 70 69 69 84 88 86 75
Dewpt 68 69 66 65 64 64 63 63 62 65 64 63 63 62 61 61 62 65 66 67 66
Min/Max RH 48 90 42 80 48
RH 94 66 50 48 66 78 84 88 87 58 46 42 63 73 75 75 77 54 48 53 73
Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW N NW NW N E S S NW NW NW NW NW SW SW W NW
Wind dir deg 32 32 31 32 33 34 33 33 34 10 17 20 33 33 32 32 32 21 23 25 30
Wind spd 5 3 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Clouds FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) 14 8 18 13 14 2 10 12 16 3 10 2 25 7 14 7 12 16 45 61 54
Vsby 10 9 9 9 9 10 8 7 8
ADI 8 48 55 42 4 4 4 3 6 15 29 29 2 2 2 2 6 24 56 37 3
LVORI 6 1 1 1 3 4 5 6 5 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 2 1 1 3
Stability 1 1 1 1 7 6 7 7 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 6
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 40
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.07
Rain Shwrs S C C
Tstms S C S
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 37 20
DSI 2 2 2
Mix hgt 4200 4400 500 500 5100 6600 500 500 6700 6500
T wind dir NW NW N N NW W NW NW W W
T wind spd 11 9 9 6 4 4 4 4 5 6
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None 30000
Sta pres 27.87 27.83 27.86 27.88 27.89 27.85 27.88 27.88 27.90 27.88
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 67 84 64 83 63 83 61 83
Temp 70 68 83 74 68 65 81 73 65 64 82 74 64 61 81 73
Dewpt 66 66 69 67 66 65 66 62 61 61 61 58 58 58 59 57
Max/Min RH 96 63 100 56 92 47 89 46
RH 87 95 63 78 93100 61 68 87 89 49 58 81 88 48 58
Wind dir NW NW SW N N NW W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW SW NW
Wind spd 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 5 4 4 4 3 2 2
Avg clouds SC SC SC B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr 30 70 50 40 5 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs C C L C S C
Tstms S C S C
$$
NCZ508-182000-
Rutherford County-Rutherford NC-Elev 1056 FT
35.43N 81.94W Elev. 1056 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 91 68 91 70 92
Temp 72 85 91 90 82 75 72 70 70 84 90 90 83 75 72 71 72 88 92 90 81
Dewpt 71 70 68 66 67 67 67 66 66 66 66 64 66 67 66 65 66 67 66 67 69
Min/Max RH 45 92 42 86 43
RH 97 62 47 45 60 77 83 88 88 56 45 42 56 75 81 82 82 50 43 47 66
Wind dir N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N S W N
Wind dir deg 00 00 00 00 35 35 35 34 35 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 19 26 00
Wind spd 0 0 0 0 5 4 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0
Clouds FW CL FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC
Clouds(%) 25 2 17 9 12 29 16 30 21 8 15 7 14 11 15 16 12 13 38 59 50
Vsby 10 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 9
ADI 3 18 30 34 4 4 4 3 4 21 24 25 1 2 2 2 3 19 40 49 3
LVORI 8 2 2 1 3 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 2 1 1 3
Stability 1 1 1 1 6 6 7 7 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 6
PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 40
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.06
Rain Shwrs S C C
Tstms S C S
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 39 19
DSI 2 2 2
Mix hgt 5300 5800 500 400 5600 7800 400 400 7400 7600
T wind dir N NW N N NE SW N N SW W
T wind spd 4 6 8 5 4 3 3 3 4 5
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 28.72 28.65 28.70 28.72 28.73 28.68 28.71 28.72 28.74 28.71
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 70 89 67 87 65 89 64 88
Temp 72 71 88 79 70 68 85 78 68 67 87 79 68 66 86 79
Dewpt 70 69 70 71 70 68 68 67 66 65 63 62 62 62 61 60
Max/Min RH 97 54 100 52 97 40 90 40
RH 92 93 54 76100100 57 68 94 92 45 55 83 87 43 53
Wind dir N N S N N N SW NW NW NW W NW N NW SW NW
Wind spd 0 0 3 2 1 0 2 2 1 2 3 4 2 2 2 2
Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW SC FW
PoP 12hr 30 60 50 40 10 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs C L C S C
Tstms S C C C
$$
NCZ035-182000-
Taylorsville-Alexander NC-Elev 1190 FT
35.91N 81.14W Elev. 1190 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 91 68 91 70 94
Temp 73 85 91 90 83 75 72 69 71 84 90 91 83 75 72 71 72 87 92 89 81
Dewpt 72 71 69 66 68 68 68 66 67 67 66 64 66 67 67 66 68 69 67 67 69
Min/Max RH 46 92 40 90 44
RH 96 63 49 46 61 78 85 90 89 56 44 40 56 75 83 86 85 54 44 49 68
Wind dir NW NW NW NW N N N N N NE S S N N N N N S SW SW W
Wind dir deg 32 33 32 30 34 35 35 01 02 05 18 19 00 00 00 00 35 20 21 23 28
Wind spd 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 1
Clouds FW CL FW FW FW FW SC FW SC CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) 16 3 19 17 14 10 27 23 32 3 2 2 7 18 25 19 9 17 33 56 60
Vsby 10 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 9
ADI 6 46 56 47 4 4 3 3 6 20 23 16 2 2 2 2 3 19 61 60 3
LVORI 7 1 1 1 3 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 3 4 5 6 5 2 1 1 3
Stability 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 6
PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 40
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.09
Rain Shwrs S C C
Tstms S C S
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 34 22
DSI 2 2 2
Mix hgt 5700 6000 500 400 5300 7300 500 400 7500 8100
T wind dir NW NW N N N W N N W W
T wind spd 9 8 8 6 4 3 4 3 4 6
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 28.73 28.67 28.72 28.74 28.75 28.69 28.73 28.73 28.75 28.72
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 69 89 67 86 66 88 64 87
Temp 71 71 87 78 69 69 84 77 68 67 86 78 66 66 85 78
Dewpt 70 70 71 71 69 69 70 68 67 66 64 62 62 63 62 61
Max/Min RH 100 59 100 59 100 44 93 43
RH 96 99 59 80100100 63 74 97 98 47 58 88 89 46 56
Wind dir N N S NE N N SW E NW NW W NW N N SW NW
Wind spd 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 2 1
Avg clouds B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW SC FW
PoP 12hr 40 60 60 40 20 10 5 5
Rain Shwrs C L L S C S
Tstms S C C C S
$$
NCZ062-182000-
Franklin-Macon NC-Elev 2160 FT
35.17N 83.41W Elev. 2160 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 86 64 89 67 89
Temp 68 75 86 85 76 69 66 64 64 77 88 88 79 71 69 68 68 80 88 86 78
Dewpt 68 70 67 67 67 66 65 64 63 66 63 63 67 65 64 63 63 67 68 68 69
Min/Max RH 53 99 41 88 50
RH 100 83 54 54 73 89 95 98 97 68 43 42 67 81 83 84 86 63 51 54 75
Wind dir N NW NW NW NW NW N N N N NW NW N N N N N N W W NW
Wind dir deg 35 33 32 32 32 32 00 00 00 00 32 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 28 29 32
Wind spd 2 4 4 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
Clouds B2 SC FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC
Clouds(%) 80 32 8 16 13 15 52 63 64 39 9 14 27 13 27 43 44 36 19 36 29
Vsby 8 9 9 9 9 10 9 5 8
ADI 8 39 52 50 3 3 2 2 2 12 30 28 2 2 2 2 3 24 42 40 2
LVORI 8 4 1 1 3 6 8 10 8 3 2 2 3 5 5 5 6 2 1 1 4
Stability 2 1 1 1 7 7 6 6 2 1 1 1 7 7 7 6 1 1 1 1 7
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 20
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs S
Tstms S
Obvis PF
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
DSI 2 2 2
Mix hgt 3900 4000 500 500 4200 5900 500 500 4900 5200
T wind dir NW NW N N NW NW SE NW NW NW
T wind spd 11 9 4 3 4 5 3 4 6 5
Ceiling None None None 5100 None None None None None None
Sta pres 27.01 26.98 27.00 27.00 27.02 26.99 27.00 27.02 27.04 27.03
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 68 87 65 85 63 85 61 85
Temp 70 68 86 77 67 65 82 75 65 64 83 75 64 62 83 76
Dewpt 67 67 70 70 67 65 66 65 63 62 63 62 61 60 60 61
Max/Min RH 96 59 100 53 97 48 94 45
RH 91 94 59 78 99100 59 69 92 95 51 64 89 92 47 61
Wind dir N N W N N N NW NW N N NW NW N N W W
Wind spd 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 3 1
Avg clouds SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 10 60 20 40 5 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs S L S S C
Tstms C S C
$$
NCZ051-182000-
Cow Mountain-Swain NC-Elev 2395 FT
35.47N 83.32W Elev. 2395 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 87 62 90 67 91
Temp 68 76 87 86 77 69 66 63 63 78 89 89 79 71 69 68 67 81 90 88 79
Dewpt 68 72 70 69 69 67 65 63 62 67 66 66 68 66 64 62 63 68 70 70 71
Min/Max RH 56 100 45 85 52
RH 100 86 56 57 76 94 98 99 99 69 46 46 70 83 83 82 84 66 52 56 77
Wind dir N NW NW NW N NE N N N N W W N N N N N W W W N
Wind dir deg 00 31 32 31 35 03 00 00 00 00 28 29 00 00 00 00 00 27 27 27 00
Wind spd 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0
Clouds B1 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
Clouds(%) 62 18 16 16 11 14 44 42 42 21 2 18 15 16 27 31 39 30 33 45 41
Vsby 9 9 9 9 9 10 8 5 8
ADI 5 26 46 32 2 2 2 2 3 12 32 26 2 2 2 2 3 18 48 36 2
LVORI 9 4 1 1 4 7 10 10 9 3 1 2 3 5 5 5 5 3 1 1 4
Stability 2 1 1 1 7 7 6 6 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 6
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 20
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs S
Tstms S
Obvis PF
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
DSI 2 2 2
Mix hgt 3900 4200 400 400 4400 5800 500 400 4800 5000
T wind dir NW NW N NE NW NW E SW W W
T wind spd 8 6 4 3 4 4 3 4 5 6
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 26.64 26.61 26.63 26.62 26.65 26.62 26.63 26.65 26.67 26.66
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 67 88 64 87 61 86 60 87
Temp 70 67 87 78 67 64 84 77 65 62 84 76 63 60 85 76
Dewpt 68 66 72 71 67 64 69 66 64 61 66 64 61 59 63 63
Max/Min RH 98 61 100 55 99 51 97 46
RH 93 96 61 78 99100 60 71 96 97 53 66 93 96 48 63
Wind dir N N W N N N NW NW N N NW NW N N W NW
Wind spd 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 1
Avg clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr 10 60 20 30 5 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs C L S S C
Tstms C S C
$$
NCZ051-182000-
Tow String-Swain NC-Elev 2927 FT
35.55N 83.29W Elev. 2927 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 83 61 85 65 85
Temp 65 72 83 81 73 67 64 62 61 73 84 83 74 69 68 67 66 76 84 82 74
Dewpt 65 66 64 64 64 63 61 59 59 60 59 61 63 60 59 58 59 63 64 65 66
Min/Max RH 53 91 42 79 51
RH 100 84 53 57 73 85 89 89 91 64 42 47 68 73 73 74 79 65 51 58 76
Wind dir NE NW NW NW N N N N N N W NW N N N N N W W W N
Wind dir deg 03 32 32 32 34 00 00 00 00 00 29 30 00 00 00 00 00 26 27 27 00
Wind spd 1 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0
Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC
Clouds(%) 41 12 18 13 9 14 28 34 16 19 1 16 14 17 19 23 22 33 35 53 43
Vsby 9 9 9 9 9 10 8 7 7
ADI 8 31 40 38 3 3 3 3 6 12 32 22 2 2 3 3 6 19 45 40 3
LVORI 8 4 1 1 3 5 6 6 6 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 1 1 4
Stability 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 6
PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 30
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs S C
Tstms S C
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 29 0
DSI 1 1 2
Mix hgt 3400 3600 400 300 4400 5300 500 400 4500 4600
T wind dir NW NW N N N N SE W W W
T wind spd 10 8 6 5 5 5 4 6 6 6
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 26.72 26.69 26.71 26.70 26.72 26.70 26.71 26.73 26.74 26.73
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 65 83 61 80 60 80 58 80
Temp 68 65 81 74 66 61 78 71 63 61 78 70 62 58 78 72
Dewpt 64 63 67 65 63 61 63 61 59 58 60 59 57 56 57 58
Max/Min RH 93 61 100 55 92 51 91 47
RH 88 92 61 75 91100 59 72 87 92 53 67 85 90 49 62
Wind dir N N W N N N NW NW N N NW NW NE NE W N
Wind spd 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 2 1
Avg clouds SC SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW SC SC FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr 10 70 20 30 10 20 5 10
Rain Shwrs C L S S C S
Tstms C S C S
$$
NCZ303-182000-
Cherokee-Swain NC-Elev 3400 FT
35.62N 83.21W Elev. 3400 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 81 59 85 63 86
Temp 64 74 81 81 70 63 61 59 60 76 83 85 72 66 66 65 65 81 85 84 72
Dewpt 64 70 65 65 65 63 61 59 58 62 60 61 64 61 59 58 59 65 66 66 67
Min/Max RH 57 100 45 84 52
RH 100 87 59 57 84 98100100 95 62 47 45 78 82 78 79 82 59 53 55 84
Wind dir N NW NW NW N NE NE NE NE NW NW N N S S W SW W W W W
Wind dir deg 34 32 31 32 01 04 05 03 06 33 33 34 00 19 20 25 22 26 29 29 29
Wind spd 2 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1
Clouds B1 SC FW SC FW SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC
Clouds(%) 51 31 21 30 20 26 33 25 10 20 2 22 20 17 21 23 26 37 45 58 48
Vsby 8 9 9 9 9 9 7 5 7
ADI 10 27 38 36 3 3 3 2 4 17 32 27 2 2 4 4 7 28 51 45 3
LVORI 8 4 1 1 5 9 9 10 8 2 1 2 4 5 4 4 4 2 1 1 5
Stability 2 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 6
PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 40
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.02
Rain Shwrs S C
Tstms S C
Obvis PF
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 30 0
DSI 1 1 2
Mix hgt 3200 3500 500 500 4400 4400 400 400 4400 4500
T wind dir NW NW N N N N S W W W
T wind spd 10 9 5 4 4 6 5 8 8 8
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 26.79 26.76 26.78 26.78 26.80 26.77 26.78 26.80 26.81 26.80
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 62 83 60 81 58 80 55 81
Temp 65 63 82 72 63 61 79 70 60 59 79 69 59 56 79 70
Dewpt 64 63 68 67 63 61 64 63 59 58 61 60 57 55 59 60
Max/Min RH 100 63 100 55 99 51 99 47
RH 94 98 63 83100100 61 77 97 95 54 73 94 97 50 70
Wind dir SW SW W NW SW NW NW NW W W NW NW SW S W N
Wind spd 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 3 3 3 6 3 2 3 4 3
Avg clouds SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC FW SC FW SC
PoP 12hr 10 70 30 30 10 20 5 10
Rain Shwrs C L C S C S
Tstms S C S C S
$$
NCZ049-182000-
Jessen-Yancey NC-Elev 3634 FT
36.05N 82.38W Elev. 3634 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 78 61 81 63 83
Temp 65 71 77 78 70 66 64 62 62 74 80 80 70 66 65 64 65 79 82 80 71
Dewpt 65 69 67 65 64 63 62 61 62 63 61 62 62 61 60 60 60 63 65 65 65
Min/Max RH 66 100 51 88 56
RH 100 94 71 66 83 90 95 97 98 68 53 54 77 82 84 85 84 60 56 62 82
Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N NW NW NW NW N SE S SW S W W NW NW
Wind dir deg 31 32 32 32 32 33 33 00 32 33 33 33 34 14 16 21 16 27 28 30 31
Wind spd 2 2 3 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1
Clouds B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW CL FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC
Clouds(%) 67 44 32 39 30 15 35 28 17 8 5 14 26 11 18 21 22 28 43 58 47
Vsby 5 9 9 9 9 10 7 4 4
ADI 14 32 49 49 3 3 2 2 3 16 35 30 2 2 3 3 6 54 46 34 3
LVORI 5 4 3 1 5 6 8 8 9 3 1 2 4 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 5
Stability 2 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 6
PoP 12hr 10 5 0 5 30
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs C S
Tstms C S
Obvis PF PF PF
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 20
DSI 1 1 2
Mix hgt 3300 3600 600 700 3900 4800 500 400 4700 4600
T wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW SE SW W NW
T wind spd 11 10 5 4 5 6 4 6 9 6
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 27.15 27.12 27.13 27.14 27.16 27.14 27.13 27.15 27.18 27.16
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 64 81 61 78 59 78 57 78
Temp 66 64 79 71 64 62 75 69 63 61 75 68 61 58 75 68
Dewpt 64 64 68 65 63 62 65 62 60 60 61 58 57 57 58 57
Max/Min RH 100 69 100 63 98 56 98 52
RH 93100 69 82 98100 70 77 92 96 60 70 89 96 55 66
Wind dir N S W NW E NW NW W W SW NW W W N NW NW
Wind spd 0 1 2 2 1 2 4 3 2 2 6 3 2 2 5 2
Avg clouds SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC FW SC
PoP 12hr 20 70 30 40 10 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs S C L C C C
Tstms S S C S C
$$
SCZ012-182000-
Durbin Creek-Laurens SC-Elev 225 FT
34.72N 82.10W Elev. 225 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 95 73 94 72 96
Temp 76 88 94 95 85 79 77 74 75 86 92 94 84 78 75 73 74 89 95 95 87
Dewpt 72 73 70 69 69 68 67 67 68 70 70 69 68 67 67 67 69 71 69 68 68
Min/Max RH 44 80 44 85 41
RH 87 61 47 44 59 68 72 77 80 61 49 44 59 70 76 81 82 57 44 41 54
Wind dir NW N NW NW N N N N N NE NE NE E N N N N SE SW SW W
Wind dir deg 32 35 32 32 00 00 00 01 02 05 03 03 08 00 00 00 00 15 21 22 29
Wind spd 2 5 3 3 2 4 4 5 5 6 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 3
Clouds SC FW FW FW FW CL FW SC SC FW FW CL CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW SC
Clouds(%) 28 14 8 12 13 1 9 29 38 19 6 1 3 9 5 4 8 7 12 18 43
Vsby 8 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 9
ADI 4 33 41 44 3 5 4 5 9 34 33 35 2 2 2 2 4 17 50 64 2
LVORI 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 4 5 5 2 1 1 2
Stability 1 1 1 1 7 6 6 6 1 2 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 6
PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 10
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Rain Shwrs S
Tstms S
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
DSI 2 2 2
Mix hgt 5700 6400 500 700 5900 7500 500 400 7300 8500
T wind dir N NW N N NE N NE N W W
T wind spd 8 5 9 9 6 4 3 3 4 5
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 29.15 29.07 29.11 29.14 29.15 29.10 29.14 29.15 29.16 29.13
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 73 94 70 90 69 92 68 91
Temp 75 74 93 83 73 72 88 82 73 71 90 83 72 69 89 83
Dewpt 69 70 72 72 71 71 72 68 68 68 66 64 62 63 64 62
Max/Min RH 90 50 100 53 91 42 82 41
RH 80 88 51 69 94 98 59 63 83 89 46 53 70 81 44 50
Wind dir NE N SW NW E N SW N N N W W N N SW SE
Wind spd 1 2 3 4 1 1 3 2 1 2 4 4 2 3 3 2
Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 30 40 50 30 20 10 5 5
Rain Shwrs C C C C S
Tstms S C C C S
$$
NCZ049-182000-
Burnsville Tower-Elev 2702 FT
35.92N 82.28W Elev. 2702 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 82 60 85 64 86
Temp 66 75 81 82 73 67 64 62 62 76 83 84 74 68 66 65 66 80 84 82 74
Dewpt 66 68 66 66 64 63 62 60 60 63 61 61 62 60 59 58 59 63 65 66 66
Min/Max RH 58 96 45 82 53
RH 99 80 62 58 73 87 92 95 93 64 49 46 67 77 77 79 78 57 53 59 76
Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW W N N N N NW NW N N N N SW W W W NW
Wind dir deg 30 31 32 31 32 28 00 00 00 34 32 33 00 00 00 00 23 28 28 29 31
Wind spd 4 4 5 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 1
Clouds B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW CL CL CL SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC
Clouds(%) 62 38 25 20 22 13 35 35 18 5 4 4 27 11 19 23 25 20 38 59 47
Vsby 8 9 9 9 9 10 7 3 5
ADI 16 45 54 47 4 3 3 3 4 18 33 39 3 2 3 3 4 55 51 41 3
LVORI 5 3 1 1 3 6 6 8 6 2 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 4
Stability 3 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 6
PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 40
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.02
Rain Shwrs S C S
Tstms S C S
Obvis PF PF
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 35 22
DSI 1 1 2
Mix hgt 3700 4000 700 500 4600 6200 500 400 5100 5000
T wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW SE SW W NW
T wind spd 12 10 6 5 5 6 4 4 9 6
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 26.89 26.87 26.88 26.88 26.90 26.88 26.88 26.90 26.92 26.90
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 64 83 62 80 59 80 57 80
Temp 66 65 81 73 64 62 78 72 62 60 78 71 60 58 78 70
Dewpt 63 63 68 66 63 62 65 62 60 59 61 58 56 55 58 57
Max/Min RH 96 66 100 61 95 54 92 50
RH 92 93 66 79 96100 65 71 91 93 57 65 87 91 51 63
Wind dir N N W N N NW NW NW N W NW NW W W W NW
Wind spd 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 2 0 2 6 2 1 1 4 1
Avg clouds SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC FW SC
PoP 12hr 20 70 30 40 10 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs S C L C C C
Tstms S S C S C
$$
NCZ049-182000-
Mount Mitchell State Park-Elev 6200 FT
35.76N 82.27W Elev. 6200 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 69 54 70 58 72
Temp 59 64 67 68 60 57 56 55 56 65 68 70 61 58 58 59 59 68 70 68 61
Dewpt 58 58 57 57 56 54 53 53 52 54 53 53 55 52 51 51 52 54 56 57 57
Min/Max RH 66 94 53 80 59
RH 95 83 69 66 85 89 92 92 86 67 58 53 80 80 77 75 76 62 60 68 87
Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW W W NW SW SW NW NW NW W W W W W W W
Wind dir deg 31 31 30 30 31 30 27 29 31 23 23 32 32 30 26 28 29 26 26 25 29
Wind spd 17 11 8 10 12 11 10 8 6 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5
Clouds SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC
Clouds(%) 50 27 20 22 23 15 7 25 9 1 4 6 25 14 18 18 20 21 48 63 49
Vsby 8 9 9 9 9 9 7 5 7
ADI 13 31 41 36 11 8 7 5 7 21 34 32 3 3 3 4 7 47 54 35 4
LVORI 5 4 1 3 4 5 6 6 5 3 1 1 5 5 4 4 4 1 1 3 6
Stability 3 3 2 2 4 5 5 5 2 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 1 1 1 1 5
PoP 12hr 5 0 5 0 40
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.08
Rain Shwrs S C S
Tstms S C S
Obvis PF PF
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 37 20
DSI 1 1 1
Mix hgt 3200 3300 500 500 4800 6000 500 500 5400 5300
T wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W
T wind spd 13 11 11 8 5 6 5 6 9 6
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None 30000
Sta pres 27.06 27.03 27.05 27.05 27.07 27.05 27.06 27.07 27.09 27.07
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 57 69 54 66 52 67 51 67
Temp 58 59 67 61 57 55 63 60 54 54 64 59 54 52 64 59
Dewpt 56 56 58 57 55 55 56 54 52 51 52 50 49 48 49 49
Max/Min RH 93 74 99 69 92 58 87 57
RH 93 89 74 88 95 99 77 80 91 89 63 71 84 86 59 68
Wind dir NW W SW NW SE NW NW NW NW W NW NW NW NW W N
Wind spd 5 3 4 4 3 5 5 8 8 11 10 9 9 6 6 5
Avg clouds SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr 20 80 40 40 5 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs S C D C C C
Tstms S C S C
$$
NCZ035-182000-
Taylorsville Tower-Elev 1167 FT
35.91N 81.19W Elev. 1167 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 91 68 91 69 93
Temp 73 85 90 89 82 75 72 69 70 84 90 90 83 75 72 70 72 87 92 89 80
Dewpt 70 73 71 68 69 67 66 65 66 69 68 67 67 66 66 65 66 70 70 70 70
Min/Max RH 50 89 46 87 49
RH 90 68 54 50 64 78 83 86 85 61 50 46 60 76 81 83 83 58 49 54 71
Wind dir NW NW NW NW N N N N N NE S S N N N N N SW SW SW W
Wind dir deg 33 33 32 30 34 34 35 00 00 05 18 18 00 00 00 00 00 21 21 23 28
Wind spd 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 1
Clouds FW CL FW FW FW FW SC FW SC CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) 17 4 17 12 12 9 28 21 31 2 2 3 6 21 25 14 12 18 33 57 59
Vsby 10 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 9
ADI 4 41 57 48 4 4 4 3 6 20 23 17 2 2 2 2 3 19 61 58 3
LVORI 6 1 1 1 3 4 5 6 5 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 2 1 1 3
Stability 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 6
PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 40
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.08
Rain Shwrs S C C
Tstms S C S
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 35 22
DSI 2 2 2
Mix hgt 5800 5900 500 400 5300 7400 500 400 7400 8000
T wind dir NW NW N N N W NW N W W
T wind spd 9 8 8 6 4 3 4 3 4 6
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 28.69 28.63 28.68 28.70 28.71 28.66 28.69 28.69 28.71 28.68
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 68 88 66 86 65 87 63 86
Temp 71 70 87 77 68 69 83 77 68 67 85 78 65 66 84 78
Dewpt 68 69 73 72 68 68 72 69 66 65 66 63 61 61 64 62
Max/Min RH 97 64 100 64 95 49 87 48
RH 92 95 64 84100 98 69 76 92 93 53 61 86 85 51 59
Wind dir N N S NE N N SW N N NW W NW N N SW NW
Wind spd 1 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 3 1 1 3 1
Avg clouds B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW SC FW
PoP 12hr 40 60 60 50 10 10 5 5
Rain Shwrs C L L S C
Tstms S C C C
$$
NCZ052-182000-
Frying Pan Mountain-Elev 5320 FT
35.39N 82.77W Elev. 5320 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 74 58 75 62 74
Temp 63 69 71 73 64 62 61 59 61 70 72 74 64 62 62 63 65 73 72 70 65
Dewpt 62 62 60 60 60 59 58 57 56 58 56 56 59 57 56 56 56 59 60 61 62
Min/Max RH 62 92 53 85 60
RH 96 78 67 65 84 88 90 92 84 67 57 53 82 82 78 78 75 60 66 73 91
Wind dir NW NW NW NW N NW NW NW NW NE NE N N W W W W W W W NW
Wind dir deg 32 33 33 33 34 33 31 31 32 03 03 01 00 26 25 27 27 29 25 29 30
Wind spd 11 8 5 6 9 9 8 6 5 3 2 4 3 4 4 5 5 3 3 3 3
Clouds SC FW SC FW SC FW SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 SC
Clouds(%) 45 19 29 24 30 21 33 26 9 1 21 11 23 9 11 11 15 15 51 62 45
Vsby 9 9 9 9 9 10 7 4 7
ADI 10 39 49 43 7 6 6 4 7 20 34 47 2 3 3 4 7 49 53 31 3
LVORI 6 3 1 1 4 5 6 6 4 3 1 1 5 5 4 4 4 1 1 3 6
Stability 3 2 1 2 5 5 5 6 1 1 1 1 7 6 6 6 1 1 1 1 6
PoP 12hr 5 0 5 0 40
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.12
Rain Shwrs C C
Tstms C C
Obvis PF
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 35 0
DSI 1 1 1
Mix hgt 3700 4000 600 500 4700 5700 500 500 6300 5800
T wind dir NW N NW NW N N W W W NW
T wind spd 12 10 9 6 5 6 5 6 8 6
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 26.98 26.94 26.97 26.97 26.99 26.97 26.98 26.99 27.01 26.99
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 61 71 59 70 57 70 56 70
Temp 63 64 68 64 61 59 67 63 59 58 68 63 58 58 68 63
Dewpt 60 60 62 61 59 59 59 57 56 54 55 55 53 52 53 53
Max/Min RH 92 74 99 69 90 61 88 58
RH 89 87 80 91 94 99 76 81 88 88 64 74 84 81 60 71
Wind dir W W SW NW W NW NW NW W W NW NW W W W NW
Wind spd 4 3 3 4 3 5 4 5 8 8 6 6 6 6 4 5
Avg clouds SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr 10 70 30 40 5 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs C L C S C
Tstms S C S C
$$
NCZ052-182000-
Mountain Res Station-Elev 2755 FT
35.49N 82.97W Elev. 2755 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 84 61 86 65 87
Temp 66 76 84 83 74 67 64 62 62 78 86 86 76 69 68 67 67 80 85 82 75
Dewpt 66 70 67 67 66 64 63 61 61 65 63 63 65 63 61 60 61 66 68 68 68
Min/Max RH 56 97 45 83 56
RH 100 80 58 58 75 89 95 96 95 64 46 46 69 80 77 79 81 62 56 63 79
Wind dir NE N N N NE SW W SW SW N N N N SW SW W SW W W W W
Wind dir deg 05 01 00 35 03 23 27 23 21 00 01 00 00 22 22 26 24 28 28 28 29
Wind spd 2 4 5 6 4 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 2
Clouds SC SC FW SC FW SC B1 SC SC CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC
Clouds(%) 31 29 21 27 23 31 55 43 41 4 6 13 23 13 14 14 17 23 50 60 43
Vsby 9 9 9 9 9 9 6 3 5
ADI 8 34 43 39 4 3 3 2 4 17 40 38 2 2 4 3 7 44 53 42 3
LVORI 8 3 1 1 4 6 8 8 8 2 1 1 3 5 4 4 4 1 1 1 4
Stability 1 1 1 2 6 7 6 6 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 6
PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 40
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.01
Rain Shwrs C C
Tstms C C
Obvis PF PF PF
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 32 0
DSI 1 1 2
Mix hgt 3700 4100 800 500 4600 5300 500 500 5300 5300
T wind dir NW NW NW NW N N SW SW W W
T wind spd 10 9 5 4 5 6 5 6 8 6
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 26.62 26.59 26.61 26.62 26.63 26.62 26.62 26.64 26.65 26.64
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 65 84 62 82 60 82 58 82
Temp 68 66 82 74 66 63 79 73 63 61 79 72 62 59 79 72
Dewpt 65 64 70 68 64 63 67 63 61 59 63 61 58 57 61 60
Max/Min RH 95 67 100 61 93 55 93 51
RH 89 94 67 81 95100 66 73 91 92 58 69 88 92 54 66
Wind dir W SW W NW W W NW NW W W NW NW W SW W NW
Wind spd 1 1 4 2 1 1 4 3 1 2 6 4 1 1 5 3
Avg clouds SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr 10 70 30 30 5 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs C L C S C
Tstms S C S C
$$
NCZ057-182000-
Piedmont Res Station-Elev 703 FT
35.70N 80.62W Elev. 703 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 92 71 92 71 95
Temp 74 86 91 91 85 78 75 72 72 84 91 92 84 77 73 71 73 88 94 92 83
Dewpt 72 74 73 71 72 70 69 67 68 72 72 69 69 68 68 68 70 73 72 71 72
Min/Max RH 52 88 48 94 47
RH 94 69 57 52 66 77 81 85 88 66 54 48 62 76 84 89 90 60 49 49 69
Wind dir NW N N NW N N N N N NE N NW N N N N N S SW SW W
Wind dir deg 33 35 34 33 00 35 00 01 02 04 35 32 00 00 00 00 00 19 21 22 25
Wind spd 2 4 3 2 0 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 1
Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1
Clouds(%) 29 16 19 13 9 13 17 24 15 25 22 11 3 9 18 17 14 7 30 55 61
Vsby 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 9
ADI 6 44 47 48 3 4 5 4 8 27 24 33 2 3 2 1 2 21 56 58 3
LVORI 6 1 1 1 3 4 4 5 5 3 2 1 3 4 5 7 7 2 1 1 3
Stability 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 6
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 40
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.06
Rain Shwrs S C C
Tstms S C S
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 33 23
DSI 2 2 2
Mix hgt 4700 5700 500 600 5800 7200 500 400 6700 7600
T wind dir N NW N N N NW SE W SW SW
T wind spd 9 6 9 9 6 4 4 2 4 6
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 29.11 29.05 29.10 29.12 29.13 29.07 29.11 29.12 29.13 29.09
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 70 90 68 87 67 89 65 88
Temp 73 72 89 79 70 70 84 78 70 68 87 81 69 66 85 80
Dewpt 71 72 75 75 70 70 75 73 70 68 70 67 64 64 66 65
Max/Min RH 100 64 100 68 100 52 94 49
RH 95 99 64 86100100 73 83 98100 57 63 83 94 53 59
Wind dir N NE S E N N W N N N W NW N N W S
Wind spd 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 3 1
Avg clouds B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr 50 50 70 40 30 10 10 0
Rain Shwrs C C L S C C
Tstms S C C C S
$$
NCZ062-182000-
Wayah Bald Mountain-Elev 5469 FT
35.17N 83.58W Elev. 5469 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 73 56 76 61 77
Temp 62 68 73 72 63 60 58 57 58 69 74 74 65 63 62 62 62 73 76 74 65
Dewpt 62 63 61 60 60 58 57 56 56 58 56 56 60 58 56 55 56 60 60 61 62
Min/Max RH 63 98 51 85 58
RH 99 84 65 66 88 94 95 97 92 69 53 53 83 83 79 78 80 63 58 63 89
Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW N N NW N N NW NW W SE SE NW NE NW W W W
Wind dir deg 32 32 31 32 33 00 01 32 35 00 32 32 29 14 14 33 06 32 27 28 29
Wind spd 10 8 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3
Clouds B1 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
Clouds(%) 52 22 11 18 23 11 35 29 14 19 6 10 21 12 18 22 15 23 28 33 34
Vsby 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 5 8
ADI 8 29 46 32 4 3 3 2 4 13 38 30 2 2 2 3 6 30 45 40 3
LVORI 8 4 1 3 6 6 8 8 6 3 1 2 5 5 4 4 4 2 1 1 6
Stability 3 2 1 2 6 6 6 6 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 6 1 1 1 1 7
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 10
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0
Obvis PF
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DSI 1 1 1
Mix hgt 3100 3300 500 500 4400 5200 500 500 4500 4600
T wind dir NW N N N N NW S NW NW NW
T wind spd 11 9 6 4 5 6 4 5 8 6
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 27.09 27.05 27.08 27.07 27.09 27.06 27.08 27.10 27.11 27.10
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 61 75 58 73 56 73 54 73
Temp 63 61 74 65 60 59 70 64 59 58 70 64 57 56 70 64
Dewpt 60 60 62 62 60 59 59 57 56 55 56 55 54 53 53 54
Max/Min RH 96 68 100 62 93 57 91 54
RH 90 95 68 88 98100 68 79 90 90 60 73 87 90 55 72
Wind dir NW N W NW N NW NW NW N N NW NW N NE W W
Wind spd 3 3 3 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 4 2 1 1 3 1
Avg clouds SC SC SC B1 SC B1 SC B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr 10 50 20 30 5 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs S C S S C
Tstms S C S C
$$
NCZ065-182000-
Bearwallow Mountain-Elev 4219 FT
35.46N 82.36W Elev. 4219 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 77 62 78 65 78
Temp 66 70 76 77 70 68 65 64 63 71 77 78 71 68 66 66 65 74 77 75 70
Dewpt 64 63 61 61 60 60 59 59 58 59 58 56 58 58 57 57 57 59 60 62 62
Min/Max RH 58 88 47 77 55
RH 94 80 60 58 70 76 81 84 84 66 51 47 64 70 73 73 76 61 55 62 75
Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N W NW NW NW NW NW NW W SW W NW
Wind dir deg 32 33 32 32 33 33 32 32 32 00 27 30 30 32 31 31 31 27 24 28 32
Wind spd 18 13 9 10 14 14 12 10 9 3 3 4 4 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 8
Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC CL FW CL SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC
Clouds(%) 33 8 8 10 12 21 22 23 31 3 13 2 31 11 13 7 12 13 43 61 40
Vsby 9 9 9 9 9 10 8 7 7
ADI 14 42 53 49 13 13 11 7 10 18 28 38 2 3 3 3 7 32 54 27 5
LVORI 5 3 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 1 1 2 4
Stability 3 3 2 2 4 4 4 5 2 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 2 1 1 2 5
PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 40
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.06
Rain Shwrs S C S
Tstms S C S
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 39 20
DSI 1 1 1
Mix hgt 3800 4000 500 500 4800 6800 500 500 6500 5800
T wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W NW
T wind spd 14 12 14 10 4 5 5 6 6 6
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 27.67 27.63 27.66 27.67 27.69 27.65 27.67 27.68 27.70 27.68
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 64 75 62 73 60 73 59 73
Temp 67 65 74 68 64 62 71 67 63 61 72 67 62 59 71 67
Dewpt 62 62 64 63 61 61 61 58 58 57 57 55 54 54 54 53
Max/Min RH 89 70 97 65 86 57 83 53
RH 83 89 70 84 91 97 69 73 83 85 58 65 76 83 55 61
Wind dir NW NW S NW NE NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W NW
Wind spd 8 5 5 6 5 8 6 10 11 12 11 12 11 10 8 9
Avg clouds SC SC SC B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr 20 70 40 40 5 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs S S L C S C
Tstms S C S C
$$
NCZ065-182000-
Mountain Horticulture CRS-Elev 2067 FT
35.43N 82.56W Elev. 2067 ft
550 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
Date Tue 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26
UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
EDT 3hrly 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
Max/Min 87 64 89 66 90
Temp 69 78 86 87 78 72 68 66 65 79 87 88 79 72 69 68 68 83 89 86 78
Dewpt 69 71 69 68 66 66 65 64 64 67 64 63 64 64 63 63 63 67 68 69 69
Min/Max RH 53 97 43 88 51
RH 100 78 57 54 68 81 90 94 94 67 47 43 60 76 83 84 85 60 51 58 73
Wind dir N N N N N NW N N N N N N N W N N NW NW S NW NW
Wind dir deg 34 34 34 34 34 33 34 34 34 00 00 35 34 29 00 00 31 32 18 31 32
Wind spd 8 9 6 9 9 6 4 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 3
Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL SC FW FW FW SC FW SC B1 SC
Clouds(%) 39 15 11 13 19 17 14 35 26 6 16 5 26 9 13 18 26 17 48 61 43
Vsby 8 9 9 9 9 10 7 4 6
ADI 12 55 62 53 7 4 4 4 7 19 31 32 3 2 2 3 6 27 55 20 2
LVORI 7 3 1 1 3 5 6 6 6 3 1 1 3 4 5 5 5 2 1 2 3
Stability 2 2 2 2 5 6 6 7 1 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 6
PoP 12hr 5 0 5 0 40
QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.09
Rain Shwrs S C
Tstms S C
Obvis PF PF
Chc Thndr (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 37 0
DSI 2 2 2
Mix hgt 4100 4100 500 500 4300 6500 500 500 6600 6000
T wind dir N N N N NW N NW NW NW NW
T wind spd 13 11 9 8 5 5 4 5 5 4
Ceiling None None None None None None None None None None
Sta pres 27.41 27.37 27.39 27.40 27.42 27.39 27.41 27.42 27.44 27.42
Date Fri 08/21/26Sat 08/22/26Sun 08/23/26Mon 08/24/26
UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
EDT 6hrly 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
Min/Max 67 86 64 84 62 85 61 84
Temp 70 68 85 76 67 65 82 76 65 63 83 76 64 62 82 75
Dewpt 68 67 71 70 67 65 69 65 63 62 64 62 60 59 63 60
Max/Min RH 98 65 100 60 98 51 91 49
RH 91 97 65 80 99100 65 69 93 96 54 62 87 90 52 59
Wind dir NW NW SW NW N NW N N NW NW NW NW NW NW W NW
Wind spd 1 1 3 4 1 2 5 6 4 5 9 9 5 4 6 6
Avg clouds SC SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC FW SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr 10 70 40 40 5 10 5 10
Rain Shwrs S L C S C
Tstms S C S C
$$
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is not to be substituted for an official fire weather spot
forecast. The data displayed are caculated from a 2.5 by
2.5 km digital database and only approximate weather conditions
in highly varying terrain. Please relay any comments you have to
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Below is a weather element key for this product.
(Note: Winds do not reflect local terrain effects.)
Day 1 through 3...
Max/Min temp or Min/Max temp(F).....maximum/minimum air temperature
Temp(F).............................air temperature
Dewpt(F)............................dew point temperature
Min/Max RH or Max/Min RH(%).........maximum/minimum humidity
RH(%)...............................relative humidity
Wind dir(8 point compass)...........20 ft. wind direction
Wind dir deg(degrees)...............20 ft. wind direction in tens of degrees
relative to due north.
Example: 09 = 90 degrees = east; 18 = 180 degrees = south;
27 = 270 degrees = west; 36 = 360 degrees = north
Wind spd(mph).......................20 ft. wind speed
Wind gust(mph)......................20 ft. wind gust
Wind chill..........................wind chill temperature
Heat indx...........................heat index
Clouds(cat).........................cloud cover category
Example: CL = clear; FW = few; SC = scattered;
B1 = mostly cloudy; B2 = considerable clouds; OV = overcast
Clouds(%)...........................cloud cover as a percentage
Vsby................................visibility value in statute miles
PoP 12hr(%).........................probability of accumulating precipitation
QPF 12hr(in)........................liquid equivalent precipitation amount
Weather...
Type...
Rain...........rain
Rain Shwrs.....rain showers
Tstms..........thunderstorms
Drizzle........drizzle
Snow...........snow
Snow Shwrs.....snow showers
Sleet..........sleet
Flurries.......flurries
Frzg Rain......freezing rain
Frzg Drzl......freezing drizzle
Coverage...
S..............slight chance
C..............chance
L..............likely
O..............occasional
D..............definite
AR.............areas
PA.............patchy
Obvis...............................obstruction to visibility
Type...
F..............fog
PF.............patchy fog
F+.............dense fog
H..............haze
BS.............blowing snow
K..............smoke
BD.............blowing dust
AF.............volcanic ashfall
DSI (cat)...........................Davis Stability Index
Mix Hgt(ft AGL).....................mixing height
T wind dir(8 point compass).........transport wind direction
T wind spd(mph).....................transport wind speed
ADI (index).........................Atmospheric Dispersion Index
Ceiling (ft)........................ceiling
LVORI (index).......................Low Visibility Occurrence Risk Index
Sta pres (inches mercury)...........station pressure
Stability (cat).....................Pasquill Turner Stability
Watch/Warning/Advisory...
Example: W = Warning; Y = Advisory; A = Watch
in effect for the indicated hour
Day 4 through 7...
Max/Min temp or Min/Max temp(F).....maximum/minimum air temperature
Temp(F).............................air temperature
Dewpt(F)............................dew point temperature
RH(%)...............................relative humidity
Wind dir............................20 ft. wind direction
Wind spd(mph).......................20 ft. wind speed
Avg clouds(cat).....................average cloud cover category
PoP 12hr(%).........................probability for accumulating precipitation
Weather...
See day 1 through 3 weather descriptions