Winston-Salem, North Carolina 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS62 KRAH 142228
AFDRAH

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
525 PM 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 100 PM 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 100 PM 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.

Early afternoon water vapor imagery continues to show an upper low
over southeastern Ontario , 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 with occasional gusts of 20-
25 mph. Cloud cover has also increased quite a but across the
western Piedmont as varying amounts of stratocu have either made it
over the mountains or developed downwind.

Occasional breeziness should continue through late afternoon before
winds drop off considerably before 00Z. Meanwhile, skies should also
clear out later this evening with the loss of heating. Combined with
the eastward progressing surface ridge, this will set the stage for
the coldest night of the season so far. Widespread near or below
freezing temperatures can be expected early Sunday morning with lows
ranging from the mid/upper 20s to lower 30s, 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 /22Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
As of 525 PM Saturday...

TAF period: VFR conditions are expected for the next 24 hours.
Minimal diurnal cloud cover is forecast, primarily at terminals
other than FAY. Gusts will quickly come to an end, with a light
northwest wind through the night and into Sunday. There could be
some gusts up to 15 kt Sunday afternoon, but confidence was not high
enough to add another line to the TAFs at this point.

Outlook: High pressure will continue to spread into and over the
area through Thurs and keep prevailing conditions VFR with light
gusty winds each afternoon.

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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...Green/Swiggett