County seat Rutherfordton. Roughly 780 to 3,200 ft, topping out at Chimney Rock area — a spread of about 2,420 vertical feet.
No snow level is being forecast right now, which generally means precipitation is falling as rain at every elevation.
Issued by GSP for the county centre
This Afternoon
84°
Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. South southeast wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
70°
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then showers and thunderstorms between 10pm and 11pm, then patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms between 11pm and 2am, then patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Southeast wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday
81°
Rain showers likely and patchy fog before 11am, then patchy fog and a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and noon, then patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms between noon and 3pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. South wind 2 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
69°
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. South southwest wind 0 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Monday
85°
A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. South southwest wind 0 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Monday Night
67°
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
This is the forecast for a single point near the middle of the county. Use a town below for something closer to where you actually are.
Conditions vary far more by elevation here than by distance
Lowest to highest
BROAD RIVER NEAR BOILING SPRINGS, NC: No flood thresholds published.
1.42ft
271 cfs
No official flood thresholds are published for this gauge, so we cannot say how close it is to flooding.
What the profile for this county is built from