Does anyone know what the weather conditions have been like in the southern portion of the AT, like in GA/NC? Going to get started in three weeks (from today!).
simpleman
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There are some links on this page - http://www.trailquest.net/weather.html We head to Georgia from Massachusetts tomorrow 3/1 and I’ve been checking the weather down there with this site. Have fun!
Scamp
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The first link is a webcam on Brasstown Bald (Georgia)–the AT is nearby. http://www.fs.fed.us/conf/webcam.htm
Webcam showing the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and local weather: http://www2.nature.nps.gov/ard/parks/grsm/grsmcam/grsmcam.htm
The National Weather Service:
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/nc/nc.html (N. Carolina)
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/nc/nc.html (Georgia)
http://205.156.54.206/er/gsp/ (clickable county map with local forcast and warnings)
The last link, weather at Blairsville, GA:
http://www.griffin.peachnet.edu/cgi-bin/GAEMN.pl?site=GABL&report=c
These will give you some of the best real-time weather info of areas near the trail.
BTW, this is a great site!!
Jeff
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Most NOBO’s start at the earliest in early March, because of the weather on the AT. You starting at close to the end of March, should have fairly good weather, although it may be a little chilly for a week or so. By the time you get farther north, the weather will have warmed considerably—that is why, most AT thru hikers are NOBO’s, i.e. to take advantage of the weather as it warms up south to north. Good hiking and Good Luck.
Maintain
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I hiked from Neel’s Gap to Standing Indian Mt. on Feb 17-23. I had freezing rain, fog and ice, beautiful sunshine and temps in the 50’s, rain and fog, and lastly, a severe storm with 40-60 mph winds that dropped the temp from 61 to 19! All this in one week! Be prepared for all the above.
Zydecajun
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I just got back from A 2 day hike from Dicks creek gap to N.C. line and back and it was pretty nice. 60 was the highest it got and 39 for the low,U have to be prepared for anything though .last weekend I was hiking in 75 degree weather on Saturday near Springer and Sunday we had 1 inch of Snow!Weird weather!Be ready!Snowbird:boy
Rod