Tomorrow is forecast to be Much Cooler than today.
Forecast for Greater Pickens
Updated: 3:19 PM EST on December 1, 2009
Flash Flood Watch in effect from Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening...
Tonight
Mostly cloudy. Rain after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
Wednesday
Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Breezy with highs in the lower 50s. Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph...becoming east 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
Showers likely in the evening. Lows in the mid 40s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph...becoming southwest after midnight. Gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
Thursday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
... Flash Flood Watch in effect from Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening...
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a
* Flash Flood Watch for portions of northeast Georgia... North Carolina and upstate South Carolina... including the following areas... in northeast Georgia... Elbert... Franklin... Habersham... Hart... Rabun and Stephens. In North Carolina... Alexander... Burke mountains... Caldwell mountains... Cabarrus... Catawba... Cleveland... Davie... eastern McDowell... eastern Polk... greater Burke... greater Caldwell... greater Rutherford... Gaston... Henderson... Iredell... Lincoln... McDowell Mountains... Macon... Mecklenburg... Polk mountains... Rutherford mountains... Rowan... southern Jackson... Transylvania and Union NC. In upstate South Carolina... Abbeville... Anderson... Cherokee... Chester... greater Greenville... greater Oconee... greater Pickens... Greenville mountains... Greenwood... Laurens... Oconee mountains... Pickens mountains... Spartanburg... Union SC and York.
* From Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening
* moisture will increase across the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia tonight ahead of a strong low pressure system forming over the Gulf of Mexico. As this system moves north into Alabama tonight... rain will move in to our area from the south. The rain will become heavy during the morning Wednesday and continue through the afternoon. The heavy rain will taper off Wednesday evening.
* Rainfall from 2 to 4 inches is likely from along the Blue Ridge south and east across the Piedmont of the Carolinas and northeast Georgia. The heaviest amounts are expected south of Interstate 85 in Georgia and South Carolina. The expected rainfall could cause flooding of small creeks... streams and locations with poor drainage... including urbanized areas. Flooding along the upper French Broad River is also possible.
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.