Critical Fire Weather Persists in the Southern High Plains; Snow in the Great Lakes into the Northeast

Elevated to critical fire weather conditions will persist across the central and southern High Plains today as gusty winds and dry conditions continue across the region. A clipper system will bring some lake effect snow to the Great Lakes and snow into the Northeast. Well above-average temperatures are expected to expand across much of the West, into the Plains states, and Southeast. Read More >

Current conditions at

Jackson County Airport (K24A)

Lat: 35.32°NLon: 83.21°WElev: 2857ft.

Fair

42°F

6°C

Humidity	40%
Wind Speed	W 7 mph
Barometer	29.89 in
Dewpoint	19°F (-7°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Wind Chill	38°F (3°C)
Last update	25 Feb 9:15 am EST

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Extended Forecast for

4 Miles NE Rich Mountain NC

Today
High: 41 °F
Mostly Cloudy
and Windy
Tonight
Low: 39 °F
Showers and
Patchy Fog
Thursday
High: 44 °F
Showers and
Patchy Fog
Thursday Night
Low: 39 °F
Chance Rain
Friday
High: 48 °F
Slight Chance
Rain
Friday Night
Low: 36 °F
Partly Cloudy
Saturday
High: 52 °F
Sunny
Saturday Night
Low: 39 °F
Mostly Clear
Sunday
High: 53 °F
Mostly Sunny

Detailed Forecast

Today

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Windy, with a west southwest wind 20 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph.

Tonight

Rain likely before midnight, then showers after midnight. Patchy fog. Low around 39. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 18 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Thursday

Showers, mainly before 2pm, then rain likely after 2pm. Patchy fog before 2pm. High near 44. West southwest wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Thursday Night

A 50 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. West southwest wind around 9 mph becoming north northwest after midnight. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Friday

A 20 percent chance of rain between 1pm and 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. North northeast wind 6 to 8 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.

Friday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Saturday

Sunny, with a high near 52.

Saturday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 39.

Sunday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 53.

Sunday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Monday

A 40 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 48.