Mild Temps Expected Through The Week With A Cold Front Arriving Next Weekend For WNC
We will finally begin to dry out around WNC following upwards of 4” of rainfall that fell on most locations. Luckily next week appears to be relatively dry around the area. Temperatures though during the week could push into the 80’s on Wednesday and Thursday around WNC so still a little bit of weather to sweat in, but nothing to major.
Just above I posted the image of the most recent European Model run. It drops many areas around WNC into the low 40’s next Sunday morning. It will certainly feel like fall around WNC as this cold front arrives. Check out the progression of the front below.
Dry Period Begins NOW!
The next 10 days look to be somewhat dry around WNC, with only the chance for a few showers along the NC/TN border as we progress. This could all change, but currently it is a great sign that the European model doesn’t show measurable precipitin over the next 10 days. We need to dry out here in WNC! Below you can see the Euro and what it shows regarding precipitation over the next 10 days.
Fall Leaf Color Update
Color is beginning to peak in the highest elevations of WNC, but a soggy and warm week this past week have stalled the color change. Look for that to pick back up here over the next week and then kick into hyperdrive to end October. Winds from the frontal passage late next Saturday night could blow some foliage off of the trees, but it remains to be seen how high those winds actually gusts. Models show gusts between 20-30mph, which could blow some leaves off… but it won’t be devastating to the leaf crop imo. So to recap, next weekend appears to be a nice weekend for leaf peeping and next Sunday will likely turn out to be the choice day during the afternoon hours to ride the Blue Ridge Parkway.