Weather Briefing for Sunday, March 30, 2025
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GENERAL FORECAST
(since this is a quick forecast intended to cover the whole county, bear in mind that higher elevations may experience cooler temperatures than this and the lower elevations may experience higher temperatures than those in the forecast)
.TODAY…Cloudy. Scattered showers this morning, then numerous showers this afternoon. Patchy fog. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times this morning. Highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
..TONIGHT…Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely after midnight. Patchy fog. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
..MONDAY…Patchy fog in the morning. A chance of thunderstorms. Showers. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times in the morning. Highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
..MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with showers likely in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Cooler with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
..TUESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon.
..TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
…AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT…
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality in Raleigh NC has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Fine Particulates for Buncombe, Haywood, Swain, Macon, and Rutherford Counties, until midnight EDT tonight.
An Air Quality Action Day means that Fine Particulates concentrations within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards.
A line of showers and thunderstorms associated with a cold front is expected to move across the area early Monday afternoon through early Monday evening. Some of these storms may be strong to severe with damaging winds and isolated tornadoes.
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Published at 5.00am on Friday, March 28, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins
Source: http://thunderpigblog.blogspot.com/2025/03/wx20250330.html
