Franklin, NC Weather

Macon County1:43 AM EDT35.18°N, 83.38°WElevation 2,119 ft

Current conditions

Clear
45°
Clear
Feels like 43°
High 73°·Low 43° tonight
WindSE 5 mph
Humidity78%
Dew point39°
Pressure30.30 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover14%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:45 AM
Sunset6:52 PM

Observed at Jackson County Airport · 28 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Patchy fog after 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. North wind around 1 mph.

  • Wednesday

    Areas of fog before 10am. Sunny, with a high near 73. Northeast wind 0 to 6 mph.

  • Wednesday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 42. North northwest wind 0 to 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 5 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Clear 48°
  2. 2 AM Patchy Fog 46°
  3. 3 AM Patchy Fog 45°
  4. 4 AM Patchy Fog 45°
  5. 5 AM Patchy Fog 44°
  6. 6 AM Patchy Fog 44°
  7. 7 AM Patchy Fog 44°
  8. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 43°
  9. 9 AM Areas Of Fog 44°
  10. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 49°
  11. 11 AM Sunny 56°
  12. 12 PM Sunny 62°
  13. 1 PM Sunny 68°
  14. 2 PM Sunny 71°
  15. 3 PM Sunny 72°
  16. 4 PM Sunny 73°
  17. 5 PM Sunny 72°
  18. 6 PM Clear 69°
  19. 7 PM Clear 63°
  20. 8 PM Clear 56°
  21. 9 PM Clear 53°
  22. 10 PM Clear 50°
  23. 11 PM Clear 48°
  24. Thu12 AM Mostly Clear 47°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 20 Partly Cloudy then Patchy Fog Partly Cloudy then Patchy Fog43°
  2. TodayOct 21 Areas Of Fog then Sunny Areas Of Fog then Sunny42°73°
  3. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny42°74°
  4. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny42°71°
  5. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny37°70°
  6. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny38°72°
  7. MonOct 26 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny43°75°
  8. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny74°
  9. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy47°70°
  10. ThuOct 29 Light rain Light rain0.04 in46°65°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

11
Good
Ozone

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • WedGood (40)
  • ThuGood (40)
  • FriGood (40)

Macon County, NC reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:45 AM
Sunset 6:52 PM
Daylight 11 h 7 min (−2 min 4 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 74% lit
Moonrise 4:21 PM Moonset 3:00 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low61° / 39°
Record high82° (1943)
Record low20° (1913)
Wettest1.50 in (1898)
Yesterday64° / 29°
Month to date3.95 in (normal 4.30 in)

Highlands, records since 1893. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in GSP, issued 6 hrs ago

What Has Changed

Updated for 00z aviation discussion and to remove Fire Danger information from this afternoon.

Key Messages

1. Dry through early next week. Above normal high temperatures linger through Thursday before near to below normal highs develop Friday into the weekend. Above normal highs return by early next week.

Discussion

Key message 1: Dry through early next week. Above normal high temperatures linger through Thursday before near to below normal highs develop Friday into the weekend. Above normal highs return by early next week.

Coastal low stalls off the Mid-Atlantic coast through Wednesday night before gradually lifting away from Mid-Atlantic Coast Thursday into Thursday night. Meanwhile, the southern periphery of a surface ridge remains extended over the Southeast keeping dry and above normal highs around through Thursday. The center of the high shifts more south and east over New England Friday into Sunday allowing dry classic cold air damming to develop. Although mostly sunny skies will prevail, cooler highs should develop Friday into the weekend, especially on Saturday when the wedge is at its strongest. Highs on Saturday should end up at least around 5 degrees below normal but could trend cooler in the coming days. Above normal highs may return by early next week as the center of the high sinks southward towards the Carolinas but confidence is low as the wedge could linger with no true erosion mechanism expected to arrive. Dry conditions will linger through early next week.

No major freeze concerns through the period with lows expected to remain above freezing for locations where the growing season is still active. If the pressure gradient is able to relax enough Saturday night, frost may develop across the North Carolina and Georgia mountains thanks to great radiational cooling conditions.

Aviation

At KCLT and elsewhere: VFR through the period at TAF sites. Expect another round of mountain valley fog/low stratus overnight into the predawn hours, but should not impact the terminals. Winds generally out of the N to NNE, hovering around 5kt though possibly going lgt/vrb overnight.

Outlook: Dry and VFR through early next week outside of the potential for patchy fog and low stratus each morning in the mountain valleys and near lakes.

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