Ray’s Weather

Icons are frequently recognized by one-word names. In golf, it’s Tiger. In show business, Cher. In weather for the mountains of northwest North Carolina, it’s Ray.

“Ray” is Dr. Ray Russell, a computer science professor at Appalachian State University and a local weather legend. “When I was 10,” he says, “I was especially interested in [...]

Watauga Wind

My email this morning brought me the “Mast Store’s Almost Monthly E-Mail”. As a lover of Valle Crucis, these almost regular missives have been hitting for a long time now and they always make me fill like part of the community. Todays email about the weather conditions ended with a link to Bill Leslie’s Carolina [...]

Record Low Temperature Tied at Grandfather Mountain – Constantly Updated High Country NC News Source

It has been a season of extremes for Grandfather Mountain.

Earlier in the month, the tourist attraction experienced record highs for two days in a row, but unseasonably cold weather tied the record for the daily low temperature in Wednesday.

The reading was taken at the official US Weather Service reporting station located next to [...]

Fall Color Report – Grandfather Mountain

I wish I was here…

View of Lost Cove on the south slopes of Grandfather Mountain:

Grab your sweater because the temperatures are falling Highs will be in the low fifties this weekend

Friday had lots of wind and rain, so most of the leaves from the trees above 4,000 feet are finding their way [...]