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MOST OF THE<br />RAIN IS CROSSING LOCATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85 EXTENDING INTO<br />THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA.<br />RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING WILL RANGE FROM<br />TRACE AMOUNTS TO ONLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH.<br /><br&gt<a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0331').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0331').style.display='none';">HIDE</a></div><h1><a href='http://www.weather.gov/alerts/NC.html#NCZ056.GSPNOWGSP.125700' class='nws_warning'>Short Term Forecast - Catawba (North Carolina)</a></h1><div id='more_NCZ0561'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0561').style.display='none';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0561').style.display='block';">MORE</a></div><div id='nws_description_NCZ0561' style='display:none;'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0561').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0561').style.display='none';">HIDE</a><br />CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...<br />HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...<br />SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...<br />SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...<br />SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...<br />LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...<br />GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...<br />ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD<br />757 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008<br /><br />.NOW...<br />PATCHY LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM NORTH GEORGIA<br />NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS MORNING. MOST OF THE<br />RAIN IS CROSSING LOCATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85 EXTENDING INTO<br />THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA.<br />RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING WILL RANGE FROM<br />TRACE AMOUNTS TO ONLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH.<br /><br&gt<a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0561').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0561').style.display='none';">HIDE</a></div><h1><a href='http://www.weather.gov/alerts/NC.html#NCZ053.GSPNOWGSP.125700' class='nws_warning'>Short Term Forecast - Buncombe (North Carolina)</a></h1><div id='more_NCZ0531'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0531').style.display='none';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0531').style.display='block';">MORE</a></div><div id='nws_description_NCZ0531' style='display:none;'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0531').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0531').style.display='none';">HIDE</a><br />CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...<br />HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...<br />SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...<br />SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...<br />SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...<br />LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...<br />GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...<br />ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD<br />757 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008<br /><br />.NOW...<br />PATCHY LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM NORTH GEORGIA<br />NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS MORNING. 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MOST OF THE<br />RAIN IS CROSSING LOCATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85 EXTENDING INTO<br />THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA.<br />RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING WILL RANGE FROM<br />TRACE AMOUNTS TO ONLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH.<br /><br&gt<a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ5021').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ5021').style.display='none';">HIDE</a></div><h1><a href='http://www.weather.gov/alerts/NC.html#NCZ050.GSPNOWGSP.125700' class='nws_warning'>Short Term Forecast - Mitchell (North Carolina)</a></h1><div id='more_NCZ0501'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0501').style.display='none';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0501').style.display='block';">MORE</a></div><div id='nws_description_NCZ0501' style='display:none;'><a href='#' onClick="document.getElementById('more_NCZ0501').style.display='block';document.getElementById('nws_description_NCZ0501').style.display='none';">HIDE</a><br />CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...<br />HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...<br />SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...<br />SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...<br />SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...<br />LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...<br />GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...<br />ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD<br />757 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008<br /><br />.NOW...<br />PATCHY LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM NORTH GEORGIA<br />NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS MORNING. 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<map name='cc'><area shape='poly' coords='390,58,396,68,387,70,374,64,344,80,348,84,348,99,359,106,363,107,374,122,435,125,458,106,452,94,431,88,421,68' href='http://booneweather.com' onMouseOver="this.T_DELAY=100;this.T_PADDING=0;this.T_OPACITY = 90;this.T_BORDERWIDTH=0;this.T_WIDTH=280;return escape('<table width=\'280\' nowrap=\'nowrap\' border=\'0\' cellpadding=\'3\' cellspacing=\'0\' style=\'border:1px solid #000000; font-size:10px; no-wrap:no-wrap;\'><tr><th>Station</th><th>Temperature</th><th>Updated</th></tr><tr class=\'alt_row\'><td>Boone</td><td align=\'center\'>N/A</td><td>Not reporting</td></tr><tr><td>Appalachian Ski Mtn</td><td align=\'center\'>47.1°</td><td>12/15/08 8:50</td></tr><tr class=\'alt_row\'><td>Watauga Lake</td><td align=\'center\'>57.8°</td><td>12/15/08 8:52</td></tr><tr><td>Laurelmor</td><td align=\'center\'>N/A</td><td>Not reporting</td></tr><tr class=\'alt_row\'><td>Rich Mountain</td><td align=\'center\'>46.5°</td><td>12/15/08 8:52</td></tr><tr><td>Aho-Sorrento</td><td align=\'center\'>47.0°</td><td>12/15/08 8:54</td></tr><tr class=\'alt_row\'><td>Stone Mountain</td><td align=\'center\'>53.6°</td><td>12/15/08 8:54</td></tr><tr><td>Foscoe</td><td align=\'center\'>52.9°</td><td>12/15/08 8:53</td></tr><tr class=\'alt_row\'><td>Valle Crucis</td><td align=\'center\'>53.6°</td><td>12/15/08 8:54</td></tr><tr><td>Rutherwood</td><td align=\'center\'>49.8°</td><td>12/15/08 8:54</td></tr><tr class=\'alt_row\'><td>Blowing Rock</td><td align=\'center\'>47.0°</td><td>12/15/08 8:54</td></tr></table>');"><area shape='poly' coords='406,7,487,10,487,19,494,33,507,43,507,52,514,59,509,64,500,63,495,59,484,65,484,73,484,80,478,85,470,79,467,86,459,90,454,93,439,84,431,86,416,67,391,54,395,46,398,40,396,20' href='http://asheweather.com' onMouseOver="this.T_DELAY=100;this.T_PADDING=0;this.T_OPACITY = 90;this.T_BORDERWIDTH=0;this.T_WIDTH=280;return escape('<table width=\'280\' nowrap=\'nowrap\' border=\'0\' cellpadding=\'3\' cellspacing=\'0\' style=\'border:1px solid #000000; font-size:10px; no-wrap:no-wrap;\'><tr><th>Station</th><th>Temperature</th><th>Updated</th></tr><tr class=\'alt_row\'><td>Jefferson</td><td align=\'center\'>53.8°</td><td>12/15/08 8:54</td></tr><tr><td>Warrensville</td><td align=\'center\'>53.7°</td><td>12/15/08 8:54</td></tr><tr class=\'alt_row\'><td>Bald Mountain</td><td align=\'center\'>46.2°</td><td>12/15/08 8:53</td></tr><tr><td>West Jefferson</td><td align=\'center\'>51.7°</td><td>12/15/08 8:52</td></tr><tr class=\'alt_row\'><td>Phillips Gap</td><td align=\'center\'>N/A</td><td>Not reporting</td></tr></table>');"><area shape='poly' coords='302,127,313,151,311,161,330,174,350,154,356,159,374,161,387,138,372,127,359,106,346,100,348,86,340,86,316,122' href='http://averyweather.com' onMouseOver="this.T_DELAY=100;this.T_PADDING=0;this.T_OPACITY = 90;this.T_BORDERWIDTH=0;this.T_WIDTH=280;return escape('<table width=\'280\' nowrap=\'nowrap\' border=\'0\' cellpadding=\'3\' cellspacing=\'0\' style=\'border:1px solid #000000; font-size:10px; no-wrap:no-wrap;\'><tr><th>Station</th><th>Temperature</th><th>Updated</th></tr><tr class=\'alt_row\'><td>Banner Elk</td><td align=\'center\'>50.2°</td><td>12/15/08 8:52</td></tr><tr><td>Beech Mountain</td><td align=\'center\'>45.1°</td><td>12/15/08 8:53</td></tr><tr class=\'alt_row\'><td>Sugar Mountain Top</td><td align=\'center\'>44.1°</td><td>12/15/08 8:54</td></tr><tr><td>Newland</td><td align=\'center\'>59.5°</td><td>12/15/08 8:52</td></tr><tr class=\'alt_row\'><td>Sugar Mountain</td><td align=\'center\'>47.7°</td><td>12/15/08 8:52</td></tr><tr><td>Beech Mountain (2)</td><td align=\'center\'>44.6°</td><td>12/15/08 8:52</td></tr><tr class=\'alt_row\'><td>Crossnore</td><td align=\'center\'>49.6°</td><td>12/15/08 8:52</td></tr><tr><td>Linville</td><td align=\'center\'>48.0°</td><td>12/15/08 8:52</td></tr></table>');"><area shape='poly' coords='443,261,584,268,590,258,592,249,571,228,562,228,537,197,491,205,479,219' href='http://hickoryweather.com' onMouseOver="this.T_DELAY=100;this.T_PADDING=0;this.T_OPACITY = 90;this.T_BORDERWIDTH=0;this.T_WIDTH=280;return escape('<table width=\'280\' nowrap=\'nowrap\' border=\'0\' cellpadding=\'3\' cellspacing=\'0\' style=\'border:1px solid #000000; font-size:10px; no-wrap:no-wrap;\'><tr><th>Station</th><th>Temperature</th><th>Updated</th></tr><tr class=\'alt_row\'><td>Hickory Airport</td><td align=\'center\'>41.0°</td><td>12/15/08 8:35</td></tr><tr><td>Hickory</td><td align=\'center\'>43.2°</td><td>12/15/08 8:52</td></tr></table>');"><area shape='poly' coords='281,272,265,274,267,281,261,289,240,280,205,290,189,296,168,294,151,289,136,298,126,288,133,264,123,247,103,236,109,229,137,230,153,221,195,204,220,199,234,199,252,230,255,250,248,255' href='http://ashevilleweather.com' onMouseOver="this.T_DELAY=100;this.T_PADDING=0;this.T_OPACITY = 90;this.T_BORDERWIDTH=0;this.T_WIDTH=280;return escape('<table width=\'280\' nowrap=\'nowrap\' border=\'0\' cellpadding=\'3\' cellspacing=\'0\' style=\'border:1px solid #000000; font-size:10px; no-wrap:no-wrap;\'><tr><th>Station</th><th>Temperature</th><th>Updated</th></tr><tr class=\'alt_row\'><td>Asheville UNCA</td><td align=\'center\'>55.4°</td><td>12/15/08 8:52</td></tr><tr><td>Weaverville</td><td align=\'center\'>55.7°</td><td>12/15/08 8:50</td></tr><tr class=\'alt_row\'><td>Black Mountain</td><td align=\'center\'>52.5°</td><td>12/15/08 8:54</td></tr><tr><td>Asheville</td><td align=\'center\'>52.1°</td><td>12/15/08 8:52</td></tr><tr class=\'alt_row\'><td>Asheville Airport</td><td align=\'center\'>48.9°</td><td>12/15/08 8:05</td></tr></table>');"><area shape='poly' coords='598,14,489,9,488,17,492,21,495,29,506,39,508,52,516,61,533,44,540,49,552,41,563,49,576,59,578,62,588,55,579,37,591,29' href='http://spartaweather.com' onMouseOver="this.T_DELAY=100;this.T_PADDING=0;this.T_OPACITY = 90;this.T_BORDERWIDTH=0;this.T_WIDTH=280;return escape('<table width=\'280\' nowrap=\'nowrap\' border=\'0\' cellpadding=\'3\' cellspacing=\'0\' style=\'border:1px solid #000000; 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