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Trajectory
12-21-2008, 11:49
Anyone know how to find a weather forecast for Mt. Leconte or other high points in the GSMNP?
Anyone know how to find a weather forecast for Mt. Leconte or other high points in the GSMNP?
On the National Weather Service site they offer a point forecast. I'm not sure how accurate it gets when you start getting up to the high peaks, but it does change with altitude.
EAnderson
12-21-2008, 13:28
The first link is for the previous 24 hrs weather, which can give you a vague idea of the difference in temperaute between Sugarlands and LeConte. Below that is a link for a point and click NOAA forecast that gives a general forecast for a zone area. Accuweather.com sometimes would give forecasts for specific points in the park, but not sure about LeConte.
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/MRX/RTPMRX
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=35.654436897959265&lon=-83.43721389770508&site=mrx&smap=1&marine=0&unit=0&lg=en
Here is the closest I could get the point forecast to the high peaks. It says the altitude point is around 5500' http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=35.622698214535184&lon=-83.39584350585938&site=mrx&smap=1&marine=0&unit=0&lg=en