NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE — Scattered showers are active across the western portions of North Carolina and Tennessee this Saturday morning, mainly across the western zones, and will continue through early afternoon before hit or miss showers and thunderstorms develop more broadly across the state through the afternoon and evening hours. Radar at 9:25AM shows active green and yellow signatures concentrated across the Asheville, Boone, and western mountain corridor with temperatures ranging from the mid 50s to low 80s across the region.
Western Mountain Corridor Seeing the Most Active Morning Shower Coverage
The heaviest morning shower activity is concentrated across the western North Carolina mountains, with moderate radar returns visible near Asheville, Boone, and the Kingsport corridor on Saturday morning. Temperatures in the active zones range from 52 to 58 degrees across the higher terrain while Knoxville and Kingsport are sitting in the upper 60s to 70 degrees.
This western shower activity will persist through early afternoon before gradually shifting as afternoon heating begins to drive storm development more broadly across the state. Residents in the mountain communities should expect on and off shower activity through the midday hours.
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