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Valle Crucis

Temp: 25.3°F

Forecast Last Updated at Thursday, January 8, 2009 at 6:45PM

Cold Tonight; Mostly Sunny & Seasonable Friday

After a wintry Thursday around the High Country, high pressure will build in tonight resulting in clear or clearing skies and cold temperatures. Winds will be blustery through tonight. Friday will be dry and milder after a cold start. Rain returns Saturday changing to snow showers or flurries Saturday night. Next week will be very cold with a couple opportunities for snow (see below).

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Thursday Hi: 36 Lo: 19 Clear or clearing skies; NW wind 15-25 mph with gusts to 50 mph

Friday Hi: 41 Lo: 28 Mostly clear day, increasing clouds late at night; Not as cold; Light west wind becoming SW at night

Saturday Hi: 45 Lo: 24 Cloudy with rain showers changing to snow showers or flurries at night; SW wind 10-20 mph with afternoon gusts to 40 mph, becoming NW 20-30 mph at night with gusts to 55 mph

Sunday Hi: 32 Lo: 22 Lots of sun; Cold

Monday Hi: 41 Lo: 24 Partly to mostly cloudy; Seasonal temperatures; Snow showers possible at night

Further Out

Tuesday - Mostly cloudy; Very cold; Snow showers; High in the lower 30s; Low in the mid teens
Wednesday - Mostly cloudy; Cold; Snow flurries; High in the upper 20s; Low in the upper teens

Forecast Discussion

A clipper-like disturbance brought accumulating snow showers last night and early today to most of the High Country. Amounts included around 2" in Boone, 4"-5" on Beech Mountain and 5"-7" around Buladean and Wolf Laurel. Skies will clear tonight but it will remain cold and blustery.

The flow aloft quickly becomes zonal Friday; so, after a cold start, temperatures will moderate significantly for the afternoon. Skies will be mostly clear during Friday, but clouds will increase late at night.

A cold front will move through Saturday evening. Ahead of that front we can expect rain showers during the day Saturday. There a slight chance that this could begin as a wintry mix, but even if it happens, that mix will be too brief to be important. Liquid is the main form of precip during the day Saturday. Behind the front, temperatures will fall, and snow showers/flurries will develop Saturday night. Mountaintops could pick up another 1" Saturday night, but a dusting is about all the rest of us will see.

Sunday will be cold; Monday looks chilly and dry during the day.

A clipper-type system will move across the Appalachians Tuesday. This will produce snow showers Monday night through Tuesday with light to moderate accumulations of snow. Temperatures Tuesday will fall through the day to much colder levels by Tuesday night. Cold with flurries is expected to continue into Wednesday.

The rest of next week will continue the cold theme. We have another chance of snow Friday of next week.

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