Short Term Forecast - Madison (North Carolina)

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CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...
SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...
SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...
SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...
LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...
GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
231 PM EST THU MAR 11 2010

.NOW...
THROUGH 5 PM...SCATTERED MODERATE SHOWERS...WITHIN A BROAD AREA
OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF
WEST TO EAST ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH
CAROLINA...AND THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA DURING
THE MID AFTERNOON...THEN LATER IN THE DAY ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. RAINFALL RATES WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND A
TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS PER HOUR...BUT MODERATE SHOWERS OR A
THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE RATES FROM A QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH
PER HOUR IN A FEW AREAS. FEW HEAVY SHOWERS AND A POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND PONDING OF WATER
ON ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA AROUND THE LATE
DAY COMMUTE.
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