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FRENCH BROAD RIVER

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FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT ASHEVILLE, NC

ASHEVILLE, NC35.6089°N, -82.5781°W Updated 14 hr ago

FLOW RATE

818cfs

AIR TEMP

75°F

WIND

1mph NNE

FISH INDEX

88SCORE / 100

EPIC · 5 OF 5

1D 7D 30D 1YR

Flow Rate Historical Avg

MEDIAN FLOW RATE · 1 YEAR

818cfs 52.6% vs avg

Optimal band: 869–1,175 cfs

PERIOD HIGH

6,652cfs

PERIOD LOW

551cfs

RUNNABLE

43%

last 1 year in band

Precipitation History

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Weather Conditions

WEATHER CONDITIONS

TODAY

81°

66°

MON

89°

67°

TUE

95°

67°

WED

97°

65°

THU

95°

65°

FRI

95°

66°

SAT

96°

67°

TIME

SUN

NOW

MON

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

TEMP

hourly forecast

77°

mild

77°

78°

81°

79°

76°

74°

73°

72°

71°

70°

68°

67°

68°

72°

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82°

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88°

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81°

78°

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82°

87°

91°

93°

95°

94°

86°

82°

81°

72°

68°

67°

66°

65°

67°

70°

74°

82°

87°

92°

95°

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93°

88°

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91°

76°

67°

66°

65°

66°

69°

74°

81°

87°

90°

92°

94°

95°

93°

92°

86°

80°

75°

72°

69°

68°

67°

66°

67°

68°

69°

72°

77°

WIND

mph · gust · dir

8mph NW

G 17 mph

G17

G20

NNW

G19

NNW

G18

NNW

G17

NNW

G17

G13

NNW

WSW

SSW

NNW

G13

G14

NNW

G16

NNW

G15

NNW

G14

NNW

G14

NNW

G12

NNW

G11

NNW

G11

NNW

G11

NNW

G11

NNW

G11

NNW

G10

NNW

SSE

G10

ESE

ENE

G11

G17

WNW

NNW

ENE

SSE

G12

NNW

G14

WSW

G13

NNW

G10

NNW

WNW

NNW

WSW

G11

ESE

G13

SSW

NNW

WNW

PRECIP

chance %

52%

25%

16%

11%

14%

11%

10%

11%

12%

30%

28%

12%

27%

10%

CLOUDS

cover %

100%

overcast

100%

79%

84%

85%

10%

12%

19%

13%

12%

74%

53%

78%

94%

100%

75%

53%

35%

13%

54%

42%

24%

100%

82%

58%

47%

100%

18%

100%

15%

100%

10%

45%

11%

10%

94%

25%

15%

31%

100%

99%

100%

16%

27%

48%

PRESSURE

hPa · trend

948

TemperatureWind / GustsPrecipitationCloud coverPressure

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FISH INDEX

Temperature

Warm

Wind

Calm

Pressure

Stable

Moon Phase

Peak Activity

DAYLIGHT

SUNRISE

06:17 AM

SUNSET

08:50 PM

14H 33M OF DAYLIGHT5H 57M REMAINING

MOON PHASE

Full Moon

98% illuminated

PEAK ACTIVITY

Station Location

35.6089, -82.5781

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DATA · USGS · NOAA · NWSUPDATED 2026-06-28 14:53 UTC

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