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Spot Forecast for Burkemont Mountain Slide...Burke County Emergency Management
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
544 PM EDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 EDT on August 21.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Showers and a few thunderstorms will develop over the northern mountains and then
move off the Blue Ridge Escarpment through sunset. A few of the storms could
produce brief periods of heavy rain over the northern foothills of North Carolina
as they move east through mid-evening. The storm threat should diminish by 11 PM.
Strong gusty winds and cloud-to-ground lightning are possible near the storms.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (45-55 percent). Scattered
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the evening,
                    then isolated showers and thunderstorms late in
                    the evening.
Chance of thunder...40 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 66.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds.
Ceiling (FT)........8600 decreasing to 300.
Visibility (SM).....5 decreasing to 0.76.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........32  53  74  74  74  74  78  68  66  61  59  50
Weather cov.....SCT SCT SCT SCT ISO ISO
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCT SCT SCT SCT ISO ISO
Chc of thdr (%).30  30  40  30  20  20  10  10  10  0   0   0
Temp............79  76  74  71  69  69  68  68  68  68  67  67
RH..............78  84  91  96  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Surface wnd dir.E   E   E   S   E   SE  E   SE  W   N   N   N
Surface wnd spd.1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   0   0   0
Surface wnd gst.6   6   5   5   5   3   3   3   3   2   2   2
Ceiling (hft)...90  90  86  89  36  14  7.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
Visibility (sm).10  9   10  9   8   7   5   4   3.0 1.7 .79 .76

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Forecaster...PM
Requested by...Chris White
Type of request...OTHER
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.DELDT 08/21/26
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