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Current conditions at

Watauga County Hospital Heliport (KTNB)

Lat: 36.2°NLon: 81.65°WElev: 3146ft.

Fog/Mist

32°F

0°C

Humidity 100%
Wind Speed Calm
Barometer 30.02 in
Dewpoint 32°F (0°C)
Visibility 3.00 mi
Last update 4 Feb 6:55 pm EST
Extended Forecast for

Sugar Mountain NC

  • Tonight

    Tonight: Snow showers likely, mainly before 11pm. Patchy dense freezing fog. Cloudy, with a low around 20. Calm wind becoming north northwest around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

    Low: 20 °F

    Snow Showers
    Likely and
    Patchy Dense
    Freezing Fog

  • Thursday

    Thursday: Patchy fog between 9am and noon. Patchy dense freezing fog between 8am and 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 28. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

    High: 28 °F

    Patchy Dense
    Freezing Fog
    and Patchy
    Fog then
    Mostly Sunny

  • Thursday Night

    Thursday Night: Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 16. West northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

    Low: 16 °F

    Mostly Cloudy
    then Patchy
    Fog

  • Friday

    Friday: A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 34. West wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

    High: 34 °F

    Mostly Sunny
    then Chance
    Snow

  • Friday Night

    Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16. Windy, with a west northwest wind 23 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 55 mph.

    Low: 16 °F

    Chance Snow
    and Windy

  • Saturday

    Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 22. Windy.

    High: 22 °F

    Sunny and
    Windy

  • Saturday Night

    Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 12.

    Low: 12 °F

    Mostly Clear

  • Sunday

    Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 35.

    High: 35 °F

    Partly Sunny

  • Sunday Night

    Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26.

    Low: 26 °F

    Mostly Cloudy

Detailed Forecast

Tonight
Snow showers likely, mainly before 11pm. Patchy dense freezing fog. Cloudy, with a low around 20. Calm wind becoming north northwest around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of around an inch possible.
Thursday
Patchy fog between 9am and noon. Patchy dense freezing fog between 8am and 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 28. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph.
Thursday Night
Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 16. West northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Friday
A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 34. West wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16. Windy, with a west northwest wind 23 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 55 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 22. Windy.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 12.
Sunday
Partly sunny, with a high near 35.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26.
Monday
Partly sunny, with a high near 44.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 33.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37.
Wednesday
A 30 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 47.
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Point Forecast:
Sugar Mountain NC
 36.1°N 81.87°W (Elev. 4341 ft)
Last Update:
6:09 pm EST Feb 4, 2026
Forecast Valid:
7pm EST Feb 4, 2026-6pm EST Feb 11, 2026
 
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