Winston-Salem, North Carolina 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS62 KRAH 141546
AFDRAH

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
1046 AM EST Sat Nov 14 2026

.WHAT HAS CHANGED...

* Freeze Warning continues for portions of central NC. Growing season
  has ended elsewhere.

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.KEY MESSAGES...
As of 1046 AM Saturday...

1) Cold temperatures expected again tonight. Freeze Warning remains
in effect for portions of central NC while the growing season has
ended elsewhere.

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.DISCUSSION...
As of 1046 AM Saturday...

KEY MESSAGE 1... Cold temperatures expected again tonight. Freeze
Warning remains in effect for portions of central NC while the
growing season has ended elsewhere.

Water vapor imagery continues to show an upper low over
New England, with broad cyclonic flow extending as far west as the
western Great Lakes. At the surface, a 1026+ mb surface ridge is
located over the northern Plains and is slowly building eastward,
although weak troughing is still noted east of the mountains as of
late morning. With the arrival of daytime heating and steepening low
level lapse rates, winds have increased out of the northwest between
10-15 mph.

Occasional breeziness should continue through late afternoon before
winds drop off considerably tonight. In addition, varying amounts of
cloud cover can be expected through late afternoon across the
western Piedmont as some stratocu makes it over the mountains, but
the vast majority of the area should remain mostly sunny. Skies
should clear out later this evening while winds drop off as the
surface ridge moves east, ultimately setting the stage for the
coldest night of the season so far. Widespread near or below
freezing temperatures can be expected early Sunday morning, and the
Freeze Warning will remain in place for portions of the area. We did
move forward with ending the Frost/Freeze program for several
counties in central NC based on this morning`s observed low
temperatures (and subsequently removing those counties from the
Warning). The growing season will end across our remaining counties
tomorrow, nearly 2 weeks after the climatological first freeze of
the season.

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.AVIATION /12Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
As of 645 AM Saturday...

24 hour TAF period: High confidence in VFR conditions prevailing
across all terminals through the 24-hour TAF period. Light
north/northwesterly winds will pick up by late morning as daytime
mixing develops, with afternoon gusts around 15 to 20 kt. Skies will
continue to scatter out through the afternoon, and gusts will
subside around sunset as winds relax to 0-5kts.

Outlook: Dry VFR conditions are forecast to continue into next week.

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.RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Freeze Warning from 1 AM to 8 AM EST Sunday for NCZ025>028-
040>043-074>078-083>086-088-089.

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DISCUSSION...Leins
AVIATION...CA