Winston-Salem, North Carolina 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS62 KRAH 091702
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
102 PM EDT Sun Aug 9 2026

.WHAT HAS CHANGED...

* No significant changes

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.KEY MESSAGES...
As of 102 PM Sunday...

1) Typical late-summer weather is expected, with mostly isolated
late-day showers and storms for the next several days.

2) Risk for hot temperatures and dangerous heat increase later this
week.

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.DISCUSSION...
As of 102 PM Sunday...

KEY MESSAGE 1... Typical late-summer weather is expected, with
mostly isolated late-day showers and storms for the next several
days.

Near-normal deep-layer moisture, proximity to deep sub-tropical
ridge in the western Atlantic, and minimal mesoscale forcing
mechanisms, should keep coverage of showers/storms to isolated to
locally scattered over the next several days. Coverage of
showers/storms will be locally greatest each day focused around weak
surface pressure trough over the Piedmont, the sea breeze as well as
where moderate low-lvl instability develops, which varies by day.

Most showers/storms that are able to develop through the afternoon
and evening will remain relatively shallow and consist of mostly
showers with isolated/embedded storms with infrequent lightning.
Downdrafts will be equally typical for summer-time storms and
produce 20-30 mph wind gusts immediately surrounding the locations
where they collapse.

Isolated and infrequent strong to locally severe storms remain
possible given the moderate to strong instability in place within
the hot/humid air mass over the Carolinas (MLCAPE of 2000-3500
J/kg). Clustering storms that collapse along a common cold pool will
have the best chance to produce 40-60 mph wind gusts given the lack
of deep-layer shear to otherwise organize storms (0-6 km shear < 20
kts).

Tues through Thurs: The southern flank of a belt of enhanced west-
northwest mid-lvl flow over the Great Lakes and northern Mid-
Atlantic will slowly shift south and into the Carolinas as early as
Tues and persist over the region into the late week. During this
time, a slight increase to the overall synoptic deep-layer shear is
expected (15-30 kts, greatest towards the VA border). Additionally,
any convectively induced perturbations and remnant MCV`s from more
vigorous convection from the OH and TN Valley`s may provide locally
more organized and greater coverage of convection along their track
during this time.


KEY MESSAGE 2... Risk for hot temperatures and dangerous heat
increase later this week.

Sub-tropical ridging over the western Atlantic will continue to
elongate while retrograding westward across FL and into the
northeast Gulf through Tues. Troughing pushing into the PacNW and
western CONUS will help shift the persistent mid-lvl anticyclone
from the Four Corners Region and build the ridge over the lower/mid
MS Valley midweek before shifting into the TN Valley and Southeast
late week into the weekend.

In the absence of convection, building sub-tropical ridge to our
south and west as well as warming H850 temperatures to around 20C
would support low-mid 90s today, and as high as upper 90s possible
Tues through Fri. Heat index values in the upr 90s to near 100 over
the nw Piedmont to around 105 elsewhere, are expected through at
least Thu. The approach and possible passage of a frontal zone will
probably yield less hot temperatures by Fri-Sat.

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.AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
As of 102 PM Sunday...

Scattered showers and storms are forecast later this afternoon. In
typical summertime fashion, storms are expected to initiate across
the western Piedmont as well as the Sandhills. Colliding outflow
boundaries will serve as a catalyst for storms elsewhere across the
Piedmont, thus I`ll include a few hours of PROB30 thunder mentions
late this afternoon at all TAF sites. Storms should dissipate
quickly around or just after 00Z with mainly VFR conditions to
follow thereafter. As has been the case the last few days, some pre-
dawn IFR/LIFR fog/stratus is possible especially where storms
develop this afternoon although confidence too low to introduce into
any given TAF site at this stage.

Outlook: Isolated showers/thunderstorms remain possible each
afternoon through mid week. Better chances for more widespread rain
and associated restrictions will return Wednesday into late week.
Each morning, low stratus and/or fog may bring the chance for sub-
VFR restrictions.

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.CLIMATE...

Record High Temperatures:

August 11: KGSO: 97/1925 KRDU: 101/1999 KFAY: 100/2009

August 12: KGSO: 97/1918 KRDU: 99/2002 KFAY: 102/1941

August 13: KFAY: 100/2007

August 14: KFAY: 100/1918


Record High Minimum Temperatures:

August 10: KGSO: 76/2007 KRDU: 77/1900 KFAY: 78/2007

August 11: KGSO: 75/2007 KRDU: 78/2010 KFAY: 78/2010

August 12: KGSO: 74/2016 KRDU: 77/1900 KFAY: 79/2010

August 13: KGSO: 76/2016 KRDU: 77/2016 KFAY: 79/1999

August 14: KGSO: 75/2016 KRDU: 78/1995 KFAY: 77/2016

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

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DISCUSSION...Swiggett
AVIATION...Leins
CLIMATE...RAH