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Current conditions at

Watauga County Hospital Heliport (KTNB)

Lat: 36.2°NLon: 81.65°WElev: 3146ft.

Light Snow

16°F

-9°C

Humidity	90%
Wind Speed	E 6 mph
Barometer	30.28 in
Dewpoint	13°F (-11°C)
Visibility	1.50 mi
Wind Chill	7°F (-14°C)
Last update	24 Jan 9:15 pm EST

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Extended Forecast for

2 Miles ENE Sugar Mountain NC

Ice Storm Warning January 24, 09:30pm until January 26, 01:00pm

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Ice Storm Warning

Ice Storm Warning January 24, 09:30pm until January 26, 01:00pm
NOW until 1:00pm Mon
Ice Storm Warning
Tonight
Low: 15 °F
Wintry Mix
and Patchy
Fog
Sunday
High: 35 °F
Freezing Rain
and Patchy
Fog
Sunday Night
Low: 13 °F
Rain and
Patchy Fog
then Wintry
Mix Likely
and Patchy
Fog
Monday
High: 15 °F
Partly Sunny
and Blustery
Monday Night
Low: 0 °F
Partly Cloudy
and Blustery
Tuesday
High: 25 °F
Sunny
Tuesday Night
Low: 10 °F
Partly Cloudy
and Blustery
Wednesday
High: 23 °F
Mostly Sunny

Detailed Forecast

Tonight

Freezing rain and sleet, possibly mixed with snow before 10pm, then freezing rain, possibly mixed with sleet between 10pm and 3am, then freezing rain after 3am. Patchy fog. Low around 15. South southeast wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime ice accumulation of 0.3 to 0.5 of an inch possible. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Sunday

Freezing rain. Patchy fog. High near 35. South southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of 0.5 to 0.7 of an inch possible.

Sunday Night

Rain, snow, and freezing rain before 3am, then a slight chance of sleet between 3am and 4am. Patchy fog before 2am. Low around 13. Blustery, with a southwest wind 7 to 12 mph becoming west northwest 16 to 21 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. 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.

Monday

Partly sunny, with a high near 15. Wind chill values as low as -9. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 22 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 48 mph.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 0. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 17 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 46 mph.

Tuesday

Sunny, with a high near 25.

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 10. Blustery.

Wednesday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 23.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 6.