Current Conditions
Watauga High

Temp: 65.2°F

Forecast Last Updated at Saturday, July 2, 2022 at 6:47PM

Hit or Miss PM Showers & Storms

Warm, humid air is flowing into the Southern Appalachians around sprawling high pressure anchored in the Atlantic but extending into the Southeast. Tropical Storm Colin moves northeast along the NC Coast tonight with no direct effect on our weather (other than helping to pump humid air into Western NC). Widely scattered showers and storms settle after sunset. Sunday promises to have greater PM storm coverage than today, but Independence Day will have less.

Saturday Hi: 84 Lo: 63 Widely scattered evening showers and storms, then partly cloudy overnight; Light & variable wind, except in storms

Sunday Hi: 81 Lo: 61 Partly to mostly cloudy; Warm; Increased coverage of PM showers and t-storms; Light, variable wind, except in storms

Monday Hi: 80 Lo: 63 Partly to mostly cloudy; Warm; Widely scattered PM showers and t-storms; SE wind 5-15 mph

Tuesday Hi: 82 Lo: 64 Partly to mostly cloudy; Warm; Scattered PM showers & t-storms

Wednesday Hi: 83 Lo: 64 Partly to mostly cloudy; Warm; Scattered PM showers & t-storms

Further Out

Thursday - Partly to mostly cloudy; Warm; Scattered PM showers & t-storms; High in the lower 80s; Low in the mid 60s
Friday - Partly to mostly cloudy; Warm; Scattered PM showers & t-storms; High in the lower 80s; Low in the mid 60s

Forecast Discussion

High pressure has "assumed the position" in the Atlantic and extends influence into the Southeast. Tropical Storm Colin formed Saturday morning along the South Carolina Coast. It will move northeast along the SC and NC Coast through Sunday, enhancing the maritime flow into Western North Carolina. A front is edging into the Central Appalachians from the northwest and will be close to us Sunday before being repelled back to the north next week. No other front affects our weather until at least next weekend (but even that is questionable). A warm, humid flow from the south is the dominate driver in our weather.

So... It's all about daytime heating producing hit or miss afternoon showers and storms for the foreseeable future. We need the rain. Sunday, may have increased coverage thanks to the front just to our north. Monday appears to have less.

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