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Current conditions at

Jackson County Airport (K24A)

Lat: 35.32°NLon: 83.21°WElev: 2857ft.

Fair

31°F

-1°C

Humidity	41%
Wind Speed	Calm
Barometer	30.22 in
Dewpoint	10°F (-12°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Last update	24 Jan 2:15 am EST

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Extended Forecast for

2 Miles SE Balsam Mountain NC

Ice Storm Warning January 24, 01:00pm until January 26, 01:00pm

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Ice Storm Warning

Overnight
Low: 21 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Saturday
High: 32 °F
Chance Snow
then Wintry
Mix Likely
Saturday Night
Low: 27 °F
Wintry Mix
and Patchy
Fog
Sunday
High: 40 °F
Heavy Rain
and Patchy
Fog
Sunday Night
Low: 12 °F
Rain then
Wintry Mix
Likely and
Blustery
Monday
High: 16 °F
Mostly Sunny
and Blustery
Monday Night
Low: 3 °F
Partly Cloudy
and Blustery
then Mostly
Clear
Tuesday
High: 27 °F
Sunny
Tuesday Night
Low: 12 °F
Mostly Clear

Detailed Forecast

Overnight

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. East southeast wind around 8 mph becoming south southwest.

Saturday

Snow likely, possibly mixed with freezing rain before 4pm, then snow and sleet likely between 4pm and 5pm, then snow and freezing rain likely after 5pm. Cloudy, with a high near 32. South wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday Night

Freezing rain, possibly mixed with sleet before 8pm, then freezing rain between 8pm and 5am, then rain or freezing rain after 5am. Patchy fog. Low around 27. South southwest wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of 0.6 to 0.8 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Sunday

Rain. The rain could be heavy at times. Patchy fog before 8am. High near 40. South southwest wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between 2 and 3 inches possible.

Sunday Night

Rain or freezing rain before 3am, then a slight chance of freezing rain between 3am and 5am, then a slight chance of snow and freezing rain after 5am. Low around 12. Blustery, with a south southwest wind 14 to 20 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 16. Blustery.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 3. Blustery.

Tuesday

Sunny, with a high near 27.

Tuesday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 12.

Wednesday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 27.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 10.