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Insufficient winter recharge due to well below normal precipitation has resulted in widespread Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) drought conditions across all of the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia.

Current conditions at

Pickens County Airport (KLQK)

Lat: 34.81°NLon: 82.7°WElev: 1014ft.

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Humidity	NA
Wind Speed	NA
Barometer	NA
Dewpoint	N/A
Visibility	NA
Last update	* Not a current observation *

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Extended Forecast for

2 Miles WNW Lake Jocassee SC

Today
High: 60 °F⇓
Severe
Thunderstorms
and Patchy
Fog
Tonight
Low: 23 °F
Partly Cloudy
Tuesday
High: 46 °F
Sunny
Tuesday Night
Low: 25 °F
Partly Cloudy
Wednesday
High: 49 °F
Partly Sunny
Wednesday Night
Low: 30 °F
Mostly Clear
Thursday
High: 63 °F
Sunny
Thursday Night
Low: 41 °F
Mostly Clear
Friday
High: 72 °F
Sunny

Detailed Forecast

Today

Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could be severe. Patchy fog before 1pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 46 by 5pm. West wind 6 to 8 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. West northwest wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Tuesday

Sunny, with a high near 46. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. Calm wind.

Wednesday

Partly sunny, with a high near 49. Light and variable wind.

Wednesday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 30.

Thursday

Sunny, with a high near 63.