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Asheville (BRP), NC

69°

Wind: Calm

Activity Meter: Driving

Today's Forecast

Saturday

Overnight

63°

Wind: Light NW

Activity Meter: 5

Generally clear

Sunday

Daytime

86°

Wind: Light SE

Activity Meter: 5

Abundant sunshine; Warm

Perfect Parkway Weekend

Saturday, August 19 in Asheville (BRP)

The weather looks ideal for Parkway activities this weekend. Expect some nice late-summer warmth to accompany the dry weather conditions today and Sunday. Get outside and take advantage if you’re able! For Great American Eclipse Monday, scattered clouds are expected with just a renegade pop-up afternoon shower or thundershower.

2018 Blue Ridge Parkway Calendars
The 2018 Blue Ridge Parkway Calendar contains over 55 photos from the RaysWeather.Com Blue Ridge Parkway Photo Contest. But it includes much more--climate data, Parkway Information, and even November/December 2017 calendar pages so you can begin using it soon. Monday, we began shipping orders and the calendars begin appearing in stores across the region.

Last updated on 08/19/17 at 8PM by Eric

7-Day Forecast

Sunday

Overnight

66°

Wind: Nearly calm

Activity Meter: 5

Mostly clear

Monday

Daytime

Partly to mostly sunny for Eclipse day; An isolated pop-up shower or thundershower during the afternoon

85°

Wind: Light SE

Activity Meter: 4

Partly to mostly sunny for Eclipse day; An isolated pop-up shower or thundershower during the afternoon

Overnight

A stray evening shower or thundershower; Scattered clouds

66°

Wind: Light south

Activity Meter: 4

A stray evening shower or thundershower; Scattered clouds

Tuesday

Daytime

Partly sunny; Hit-or-miss afternoon showers and thundershowers

85°

Activity Meter: 4

Partly sunny; Hit-or-miss afternoon showers and thundershowers

Overnight

Partly cloudy; A lingering evening shower or thundershower

67°

Activity Meter: 4

Partly cloudy; A lingering evening shower or thundershower

Wednesday

Daytime

Partly sunny; Scattered showers & thunderstorms, mainly during the afternoon

82°

Activity Meter: 3

Partly sunny; Scattered showers & thunderstorms, mainly during the afternoon

Overnight

Partly to mostly cloudy; A shower or thundershower possible

65°

Activity Meter: 3

Partly to mostly cloudy; A shower or thundershower possible

Thursday

Daytime

Perhaps a leftover shower into early afternoon; Becoming mostly sunny; Not as warm

78°

Activity Meter: 4

Perhaps a leftover shower into early afternoon; Becoming mostly sunny; Not as warm

Overnight

60°

Activity Meter: 4

Mostly clear; Cooler

Friday

Daytime

78°

Activity Meter: 5

Lots of sunshine; Nice temperatures

Overnight

60°

Activity Meter: 5

Mostly clear & refreshing

Discussion

Perfect Parkway Weekend

A cold front moved through late Friday and high pressure will take up shop across the mountains for the weekend. Saturday and Sunday feature mostly clear skies and very warm temperatures.

The front that moved through yesterday is stalled across the interior Southeast and will begin creeping back slowly northward as a warm front on Monday before fading off the weather map. Still, we believe moisture and instability recovery will be limited, so that there will be good opportunities for viewing the eclipse. An unlucky minority will have a pop-up shower to cause viewing obstructions, however.

Tuesday and Wednesday will have slowly-increasing coverage of showers and thunderstorms as a rather strong cold front approaches from the west. It appears that the front will be east of us by Thursday, placing western North Carolina in a drier, cooler and less humid air mass for the end of the workweek.

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Today's Forecast
7-Day Forecast
Discussion

Saturday

Overnight

63°

Wind: Light NW

Activity Meter: 5

Generally clear

Sunday

Daytime

86°

Wind: Light SE

Activity Meter: 5

Abundant sunshine; Warm

Perfect Parkway Weekend

Saturday, August 19 in Asheville (BRP)

The weather looks ideal for Parkway activities this weekend. Expect some nice late-summer warmth to accompany the dry weather conditions today and Sunday. Get outside and take advantage if you’re able! For Great American Eclipse Monday, scattered clouds are expected with just a renegade pop-up afternoon shower or thundershower.

2018 Blue Ridge Parkway Calendars
The 2018 Blue Ridge Parkway Calendar contains over 55 photos from the RaysWeather.Com Blue Ridge Parkway Photo Contest. But it includes much more--climate data, Parkway Information, and even November/December 2017 calendar pages so you can begin using it soon. Monday, we began shipping orders and the calendars begin appearing in stores across the region.

Last updated on 08/19/17 at 8PM by Eric

Sunday

Overnight

66°

Wind: Nearly calm

Activity Meter: 5

Mostly clear

Monday

Daytime

85°

Wind: Light SE

Activity Meter: 4

Partly to mostly sunny for Eclipse day; An isolated pop-up shower or thundershower during the afternoon

Overnight

66°

Wind: Light south

Activity Meter: 4

A stray evening shower or thundershower; Scattered clouds

Tuesday

Daytime

85°

Activity Meter: 4

Partly sunny; Hit-or-miss afternoon showers and thundershowers

Overnight

67°

Activity Meter: 4

Partly cloudy; A lingering evening shower or thundershower

Wednesday

Daytime

82°

Activity Meter: 3

Partly sunny; Scattered showers & thunderstorms, mainly during the afternoon

Overnight

65°

Activity Meter: 3

Partly to mostly cloudy; A shower or thundershower possible

Thursday

Daytime

78°

Activity Meter: 4

Perhaps a leftover shower into early afternoon; Becoming mostly sunny; Not as warm

Overnight

60°

Activity Meter: 4

Mostly clear; Cooler

Friday

Daytime

78°

Activity Meter: 5

Lots of sunshine; Nice temperatures

Overnight

60°

Activity Meter: 5

Mostly clear & refreshing

Perfect Parkway Weekend

A cold front moved through late Friday and high pressure will take up shop across the mountains for the weekend. Saturday and Sunday feature mostly clear skies and very warm temperatures.

The front that moved through yesterday is stalled across the interior Southeast and will begin creeping back slowly northward as a warm front on Monday before fading off the weather map. Still, we believe moisture and instability recovery will be limited, so that there will be good opportunities for viewing the eclipse. An unlucky minority will have a pop-up shower to cause viewing obstructions, however.

Tuesday and Wednesday will have slowly-increasing coverage of showers and thunderstorms as a rather strong cold front approaches from the west. It appears that the front will be east of us by Thursday, placing western North Carolina in a drier, cooler and less humid air mass for the end of the workweek.