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Winston-Salem, North Carolina 7 Day Weather Forecast
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NWS Forecast for Winston-Salem NC
National Weather Service Forecast for: Winston-Salem NC
Issued by: National Weather Service Raleigh, NC
Updated: 7:18 pm EDT May 5, 2026
 
Tonight

Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 61. South wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Increasing
Clouds
Wednesday

Wednesday: A chance of rain and thunderstorms before 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 3pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm.  Cloudy, with a high near 79. Southwest wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.  Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Showers
Likely
Wednesday
Night
Wednesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between midnight and 5am, then showers after 5am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall.  Low around 62. Southwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light  after midnight.  Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Heavy Rain
Thursday

Thursday: Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am.  High near 70. Calm wind becoming northeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.  Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Showers
Thursday
Night
Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms.  Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. North wind around 5 mph.  Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Chance
Showers
Friday

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.
Mostly Sunny
Friday
Night
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51.
Partly Cloudy
Saturday

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75.
Mostly Sunny
Saturday
Night
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54.
Mostly Clear
Lo 61 °F Hi 79 °F Lo 62 °F Hi 70 °F Lo 48 °F Hi 68 °F Lo 51 °F Hi 75 °F Lo 54 °F

 

Tonight
 
Increasing clouds, with a low around 61. South wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday
 
A chance of rain and thunderstorms before 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 3pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Cloudy, with a high near 79. Southwest wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
 
Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between midnight and 5am, then showers after 5am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 62. Southwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Thursday
 
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. High near 70. Calm wind becoming northeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
 
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. North wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
 
Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.
Friday Night
 
Partly cloudy, with a low around 51.
Saturday
 
Mostly sunny, with a high near 75.
Saturday Night
 
Mostly clear, with a low around 54.
Sunday
 
Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
Sunday Night
 
A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Monday
 
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Monday Night
 
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Tuesday
 
Sunny, with a high near 73.

 

Forecast from NOAA-NWS for Winston-Salem NC.

Weather Forecast Discussion
678
FXUS62 KRAH 060000
AFDRAH

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
800 PM EDT Tue May 5 2026

.WHAT HAS CHANGED...

* Increased Fire Danger has expired.

&&

.KEY MESSAGES...
As of 255 PM Tuesday...

1) A cold front will bring showers and isolated strong storms
Wednesday and Thursday.

2) A second cold front is likely to bring another round of rain
early next week.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
As of 255 PM Tuesday...

KEY MESSAGE 1... A cold front will bring showers and isolated strong
storms Wednesday and Thursday.

A slow-moving cold front will keep at least a chance of
precipitation in the forecast for the next few days. Although the
front extends from Lake Ontario southwest into Texas early this
afternoon, the rain shield should begin to extend into the Triad
after midnight tonight. After running into some drier air, Wednesday
morning and early afternoon should be relatively dry before a more
concentrated area of rain begins to push into the region from the
west Wednesday afternoon. The heaviest rainfall and greatest chances
of rain are expected overnight Wednesday into Thursday, with
coverage subsiding late Thursday night. A minimal chance of showers
will continue across southern counties Friday, and another wave of
low pressure lifting along the front could bring a chance of showers
back into the region from the southeast Friday night into Saturday.
Precipitation totals could range from as low as half an inch of rain
across southeastern counties to an inch and a half across the Triad
between Wednesday morning and Friday afternoon.

The possibility remains for a few strong to severe thunderstorms.
The limiting factor continues to be whether there will be
instability to generate thunderstorms. Model soundings continue to
show a capping inversion somewhere in the mid-levels of the
atmosphere, although the exact layer is different depending on the
particular model. If thunderstorms are able to develop, effective
wind shear could be anywhere between 30-50 knots, so the environment
is certainly leaning towards a high-shear, low cape (HSLC) scenario.
Will continue to monitor how much instability could be realized.
Instability values appear to be the highest across the west on
Wednesday afternoon and across the south on Thursday afternoon.
Central North Carolina remains in a general thunderstorm outlook for
both Wednesday and Thursday.


KEY MESSAGE 2... A second cold front is likely to bring another
round of rain early next week.

Another cold front appears likely to cross the Appalachians on
Monday, bringing a second round of showers to the East Coast early
next week. Several days out, there are still timing differences with
exactly when the greatest rain will arrive, but right now it appears
that showers could begin as early as Sunday afternoon, Monday
afternoon has the highest chances, and rain should come to an end
sometime Monday night.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
As of 800 PM Tuesday...

Primarily VFR conditions are forecast through Wed, though with a
chance of light, probably VFR rain/showers mainly over the NC
Piedmont Wed morning. Nocturnal cooling should cause sly to sswly
surface winds to lessen and only infrequently gust overnight, before
they strengthen and become gusty once again with daytime/diurnal
heating on Wed. In the interim, a low-level jet will intensify from
srn New England and the coastal Middle Atlantic sswwd and across
cntl and wrn VA and NC tonight, with an associated good chance of
LLWS over the NC Piedmont.

Outlook: Scattered convection and associated flight restrictions
will probably move into the NC Piedmont around and especially just
after 00Z Thu, then continue at times throughout cntl NC, ahead of
and along a cold front and surrounding band of IFR-MVFR ceilings
that will sag swd and across the forecast area on Thu. There will be
another chance of showers/storms and flight restrictions with the
approach and passage of another frontal system Sun-Mon.

&&

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

&&

$$

DISCUSSION...Danco/Green
AVIATION...MWS
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