Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening. Breezy with lows in the mid 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Thursday
Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
... Flash Flood Watch now in effect through this afternoon...
The Flash Flood Watch is now in effect for
* portions of northeast Georgia... western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina... including the following areas... in northeast Georgia... Elbert... Franklin... Habersham... Hart... Rabun and Stephens. In western North Carolina... Avery... Buncombe... eastern Polk... Graham... Haywood... Henderson... Macon... Madison... Mitchell... northern Jackson... Polk mountains... southern Jackson... Swain... Transylvania and Yancey. In upstate South Carolina... Abbeville... Anderson... greater Greenville... greater Oconee... greater Pickens... Greenville mountains... Greenwood... Laurens... Oconee mountains... Pickens mountains... Spartanburg and Union SC.
* Through this afternoon
* moisture associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida will cause rain to persist across the watch area through the morning hours... before beginning to taper off during the afternoon. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are likely today... resulting in storm total accumulations of 3 to 5 inches... with locally higher amounts in excess of 6 inches possible.
* Flooding is already in progress across portions of the North Carolina mountains. The additional rainfall will exacerbate existing flooding... and cause new flooding problems to develop. Although the main effects will be along smaller streams and urbanized areas... minor flooding is expected to develop later today across upper portions of the French Broad River. In mountainous or hilly terrain... rainfall amounts of 5 inches or more over a large area lead to a significant increase in landslide threat on an isolated to scattered basis.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation.
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should flash flood warnings be issued.
Lake Wind Advisory
Statement as of 3:27 AM EST on November 11, 2009
... Lake Wind Advisory in effect from 7 am this morning to 7 PM EST this evening...
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a lake Wind Advisory... which is in effect from 7 am this morning to 7 PM EST this evening.
Sustained winds of 10 to 20 mph... with gusts as high as 35 mph will develop across the northern foothills of North Carolina... as well as the higher elevations of the North Carolina mountains today. With the soil saturated due to the ongoing rainfall... a few trees could uproot across this area. Isolated power outages may occur.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A lake Wind Advisory is issued when wind gusts up to 35 mph are expected.
Record Report
Statement as of 2:04 am EST on November 11, 2009
... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Greenville-Spartanburg SC...
A record rainfall of 2.42 inches was set at the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport on Tuesday. This breaks the old record of 1.16 inches set on November 10 in 1987.