Winston-Salem, North Carolina 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS62 KRAH 250002
AFDRAH

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
802 PM EDT Sat Oct 24 2026

.WHAT HAS CHANGED...

* Nothing appreciable.

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.KEY MESSAGES...
As of 115 PM Saturday...

1) The persistent pattern of dry and largely seasonable weather will
continue through next week.

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.DISCUSSION...
As of 115 PM Saturday...

KEY MESSAGE 1... The persistent pattern of dry and largely
seasonable weather will continue through next week.

The mid and upper level weather pattern will feature high amplitude
upper level ridge extending from the western Gulf north into the
western Great Lakes with a general northerly flow across the
Carolinas through Monday. The ridge will weaken and flatten as it
slowly shifts east reaching the eastern U.S. coast by early in the
weekend. Moisture-starved disturbances will move near or across our
area early Sunday morning and Wednesday night with little impact.

At the surface, high pressure centered over New England today will
shift south into the mid Atlantic for Sunday and Monday. A
reinforcing Canadian high will build into the region for Wednesday
and Thursday with potentially another surface high extending into
our region for Saturday.

It`s worth noting that as the ridge flattens and shifts east late
in the week/weekend and the flow becomes more westerly and even
southwesterly, deep layer moisture will increase somewhat resulting
in more clouds. There will also be the need to consider limited
non-zero rain chances late next weekend into early next week.

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.AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
As of 800 PM Saturday...

24 hour TAF period: VFR conditions will mostly prevail across
central NC through the TAF period, with scattered stratocumulus
clouds at times that mainly have bases in the 3-6 kft range.
However, some MVFR ceilings can`t be ruled out at INT and GSO early
Sunday morning. Surface high pressure over the Northeast US will
result in NE winds, which could gust to 15-20 kts again during the
day Sunday, mainly at FAY and RWI.

Outlook: Aside from the aforementioned small chance of sub-VFR
ceilings in nely flow this weekend, dry, VFR conditions are expected
to persist for at least the next several days.

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.RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

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DISCUSSION...Blaes
AVIATION...Danco/MWS