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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.

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Wind Advisory in effect from March 16, 04:00 PM EDT until March 17, 05:00 AM EDT
Winter Weather Advisory in effect from March 16, 01:00 PM EDT until March 17, 03:00 AM EDT

Current conditions at

Elizabethton Municipal Airport (K0A9)

Lat: 36.37°NLon: 82.17°WElev: 1594ft.

Fair

68°F

20°C

Humidity	53%
Wind Speed	Vrbl 7 G 15 mph
Barometer	29.65 in
Dewpoint	50°F (10°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Last update	16 Mar 2:35 am EDT

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Local Forecast Office More Local Wx 3 Day History Hourly Weather Forecast

Extended Forecast for

3 Miles SE Mount Mitchell NC

Winter Weather Advisory March 16, 01:00pm until March 17, 03:00am

Wind Advisory March 16, 04:00pm until March 17, 05:00am

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Winter Weather Advisory

Wind Advisory

Overnight
Low: 50 °F
Chance
Showers
Monday
High: 55 °F⇓
Showers and
Patchy Fog
then Wintry
Mix and
Patchy Fog
Monday Night
Low: 16 °F
Chance Snow
Showers and
Blustery
Tuesday
High: 30 °F
Partly Sunny
Tuesday Night
Low: 17 °F
Partly Cloudy
Wednesday
High: 42 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Wednesday Night
Low: 26 °F
Partly Cloudy
Thursday
High: 54 °F
Mostly Sunny
Thursday Night
Low: 38 °F
Mostly Clear

Detailed Forecast

Overnight

A 30 percent chance of showers after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. South southwest wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Monday

Rain showers, possibly mixed with sleet before 4pm, then snow showers, possibly mixed with rain showers and sleet. Some thunder is also possible. Patchy fog before 10am, then patchy fog after noon. Temperature falling to around 33 by 5pm. Southwest wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Monday Night

A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 18 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 41 mph. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Tuesday

Partly sunny, with a high near 30. West northwest wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 17. West northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.

Wednesday

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42.

Wednesday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 26.

Thursday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 54.

Thursday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 38.