Spot report
🇺🇸French Broad (Section 9), North Carolina
updated 05:15 local · open-meteo
🌀 Whitewater· big-volume class III-IV river · base: Hot Springs
Frank Bell's Rapid and a dependable year-round flow make Section 9 the Asheville area's standard rafting and kayaking run.
Heads up · Flashes high after rain; cold water in spring
Wind
3 km/h
gusts 3 · from N
Water
flat
inland — lakes and rivers
Road
dry
dry — 15 °C
Daylight
07:36 → 18:56
15 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
🏄
SUP
RIDEABLEglassy — 3 km/h, prime
Best windows this week
- Wed 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 1 km/h, prime · 12 h
- Thu 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 2 km/h, prime · 12 h
- Sun 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 6 km/h, prime · 12 h
This week
Today
10 km/h
14–29 °C
🏄SUP
Thu
10 km/h
17–29 °C
🚵Mountain bike
Fri
28 km/h
8–28 °C
⛵Sailing
Sat
24 km/h
5–14 °C
🧗Climb
Sun
11 km/h
3–17 °C
🏄SUP
Mon
14 km/h
3–20 °C
🏄SUP
Tue
7 km/h
9–21 °C
🏄SUP
bars: daily max wind · best sport each day
Pack list
- No water temp inland → judge by air — 15 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- 15 °C → light layer you can stash
- Daylight 07:36–18:56 → golden hour from 17:56
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