ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Western North Carolina is starting the week under a familiar fall pattern — cold, gray and wet — as a cold air wedge settles across the region.
According to the National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg, a phenomenon known as Cold Air Damming, or CAD, is keeping temperatures well below normal and fueling widespread showers across the mountains and foothills.
Highs Monday are expected to struggle to get out of the 40s in many areas, with steady rain and patchy fog throughout the day. Rainfall could total 1 to 2 inches across the Piedmont by early Tuesday and up to 3 inches or more along the Blue Ridge Escarpment.
The weather service said flooding is not expected, despite locally heavy rainfall, because of recent dry conditions. A rumble of thunder may occur in parts of Upstate South Carolina and northeast Georgia…