WNC News & Weather

08/05/2025

Locally heavy rainfall will continue this morning, tapering off to showers this PM. Isolated flash flooding is possible, mainly southeast of I-85. Otherwise, the unseasonably cool air remains locked in, with high temps 10-15 degrees below normal expected for much of the area.

Widespread moderate to occasionally heavy rain will continue across the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia before tapering off to scattered showers late this morning into the afternoon. Locally excessive rainfall and isolated flash flooding are possible along smaller streams and in urban areas, especially across upstate South Carolina, northeast Georgia, and the foothills and southern mountains of North Carolina.

08/05/2025

Periods of light to moderate rain expected through midday tomorrow. Heaviest rain is expected to be near the Blue Ridge escarpment, locally 2-3" possible. Isolated flooding of streams and rivers is possible as the rainfall adds up.

08/04/2025

🌂Keep the umbrella handy as rain chances will steadily increase throughout the day.

🆒Another mostly cloudy and cool day with well below normal high temperatures.

08/03/2025

New: High Country Fall Road Trip Map for Sept & Oct getaways, a 50-mile loop from Banner Elk includes the Blue Ridge Parkway open section from Grandfather Mtn to Blowing Rock, through Boone with App State Football games, and by pumpkin fields & Mast Store in Valle Crucis. Most businesses had to close during peak fall season last year due to the hurricane, so they will be extra excited to see you. Find 500 stops along with way, including plenty of shops and restaurants. Things to do include many hiking trails, Tweetsie RR, Apple Hill Alpaca Farm, Mile High Swinging Bridge at Grandfather, Alpine Coaster, Zip Lines, and scenic lift rides. This is a partnership of 5 mountain towns. Download free copies & get trip ideas: www.highcountryroadtrip.com
Printed copies of the map will be available in all area visitor centers by mid August.

08/03/2025

The magic of cold air damming: Three days ago, Asheville's low temp was 71 degrees, which tied a record for the warmest low temp for 7/31. Yesterday, Asheville's high temp was 71 degrees, which set a new record for the coolest high temp for 8/2.

Today
Showers likely, mainly between 1pm and 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. East southeast wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight
A chance of showers before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Monday
A slight chance of showers between 7am and 2pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Calm wind becoming east southeast 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday
A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Calm wind becoming east southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

08/02/2025

Great Smoky Mountains News Release
DATE: August 2, 2025
US441/Newfound Gap Road closed until further notice due to road damage

GATLINBURG, Tenn.— US441/Newfound Gap Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is closed until further notice due to road damage.

Late on August 1, the park responded to reports of a landslide event on Newfound Gap Road between mile marker 12 and 13 on the Tennessee side of the park (south of Alum Cave trailhead). Heavy rainfall caused Walker Camp Prong to swell and undermine part of the roadway.

The National Park Service, in collaboration with the Federal Highway Administration, is currently assessing the structural integrity of the damaged section of the roadway. The affected area spans approximately 100 feet and has significantly undercut nearly the entire width of the southbound lane.

Travelers planning to travel between North Carolina and Tennessee are advised to use Interstate 40 as an alternative route.

The park is preparing for a partial road reopening on the North Carolina side of the park from Oconaluftee to Newfound Gap, early next week. This partial reopening will allow visitors to access Kuwohi from the North Carolina side of the park.

For the latest updates on road conditions and park information, please visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park current conditions webpage or social media platforms.

--NPS-

Ridge upon ridge of forest straddles the border between North Carolina and Tennessee in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. World renowned for its diversity of plant and animal life, the beauty of its ancient mountains, and the quality of its remnants of Southern Appalachian mountain culture, this....

08/02/2025

History of NC counties 1750 to 1850

08/02/2025

08/02/2025

🆒MUCH cooler today with highs ending up 9 to 12 degrees below normal for most locations.

☔️Rain chances will be highest chances across the mountains.

🚧Isolated flash flooding is possible again today, mainly over the North Carolina and Georgia mountains.

08/01/2025

♨️We just have to get through one more hot and humid day before relief arrives this weekend in the form of cooler and well below normal high temps.

⛈️Strong to severe storms are possible this afternoon and evening. Damaging winds are the main threat with any severe storms that develop.

🚧Isolated flash flooding will be possible with any storms that develop.

Strong to severe storms may develop this afternoon and evening. Any severe storms that develop will be capable of producing damaging wind gusts. Additionally, heavy rainfall may produce isolated flash flooding with any storms that develop this afternoon and evening, especially in areas that received heavy rain in the past few days as well as across urban areas.

07/31/2025

On this last day of July here is this morning's sunrise taken by Thomas Mabry

07/31/2025

Another warm and humid day with scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms this afternoon through this evening. Highs a few degrees above normal.

Today and tonight.

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms expected again this afternoon through this evening. An isolated severe storm or two cannot be ruled out, with the main threat being damaging wind gusts. There will also be a threat of locally heavy rainfall and isolated flooding, where storms are slow-moving or redevelop over the same area.

Friday

Torrential rainfall from multiple rounds of showers and
thunderstorms may produce isolated flash flooding, especially in urban areas Friday afternoon and evening.