Maggie Valley Steve

Looks like 1 to 3 inches of rain ahead, mainly Saturday night. The SW Mountain area could be the big winners for this event. Next Tuesday looks chilly! Lows Wednesday morning are hinting at mid to upper 30's.

Looks like our rain chances increase next weekend as moisture from Polo makes landfall on the Baja Peninsula spreads inland across Texas and combines with a strong Fall Cold Front and a surge of tropical moisture from the Gulf. Still a lot of details to iron out, but the potential is there for another heavy rainfall event followed by another push of cold air. Welcome to a strong El Nino Fall and Winter. This early Nor'easter in September is a harbinger of things to come!

Down to 39 as well here in the Valley.

41 at the house currently.

Dry air is filtering in as the sky begins to clear out. I ended up with just over 4.5 inches of rain this week.

52 and drizzle at the house this morning. Certainly feels like Fall out there!

Those 80's are done for the Mountains. We'll need to monitor for the potential of a lot of Gulf moisture streaming in to our Region in early October. Apps runner anyone?

Stuck in the low 60's with thunder and showers.

Currently 62° with low clouds obscuring the mountains here in the Valley. Looks like the CAD is established.

What a noisy rainy night we had. Just emptied 3.2 inches out of the rain gauge for the past 24 hours and it's still raining!

Another day and another wicked thunderstorm in the Valley!

Wicked thunderstorm with frequent cloud to ground lightning in the Valley currently. My forecast has mid 40's for lows later this week. The pattern change is arriving right on que with the Fall Equinox!

Leaf change is beginning to show up in earnest now. Driving back from Sylva this morning I noticed Fall colors along 74 coming up the mountain to the Parkway. Around the house, some trees are dumping now and even the Poplar trees are showing yellows and beginning to fall. Looks like a prolonged rainy stretch coming this Friday extending well into next week.

I had a couple of rounds of showers today which kept temperatures in the low 70's. The upcoming week is likely our last here in the mountains with highs in the low 80's.

I'm beginning to see some consistency in the the various models that the first shot of chilly air could arrive in about 10 days. Fingers crossed that those models are correct!