Winston-Salem, North Carolina 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS62 KRAH 241107
AFDRAH

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
707 AM EDT Sat Oct 24 2026

.WHAT HAS CHANGED...

* Nothing appreciable

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.KEY MESSAGES...
As of 300 AM Saturday...

1) A continuation of dry and seasonable conditions is expected
through next week.

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.DISCUSSION...
As of 300 AM Saturday...

KEY MESSAGE 1... A continuation of dry and seasonable conditions is
expected through next week.

An initially high amplitude mid and upr-level ridge over the MS
Valley will dampen while progressing slowly ewd and across the
Southeast through next week, where it may remain through next
weekend. To the east of the slowly progressive and dampening ridge,
a moisture-starved shortwave trough will dig across the Middle
Atlantic and offshore through this weekend.

At the surface, a series of reinforcing, Canadian surface highs will
progress across the Great Lakes and Middle Atlantic and extend
across cntl NC through next week (and probably through next
weekend), while modifying/moderating. A prolonged period of dry and
seasonable conditions will result, with a gradual moderation of
temperatures likely late next week through Halloween weekend.

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.AVIATION /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
As of 705 AM Saturday...

Reinforcing Canadian surface high pressure will build swd across the
Middle Atlantic and Carolinas through the weekend, with related nely
surface winds that will become occasionally gusty into the teens to
20 kts mainly at FAY and RWI with daytime heating each day. The nely
flow regime will be a maritime-influenced one that will favor the
development of areas of stratocumulus, with relatively greatest
coverage with afternoon heating. While most stratocumulus will be
based above 3000 ft AGL and generally scattered in coverage, patchy
MVFR ceilings will be possible each morning, particularly over the
nw Piedmont. The earlier MVFR ceilings at INT and GSO have shifted
just to the west of those sites as scheduled and focused across the
mountains and adjacent Foothills, where they will likely disperse by
this afternoon. They will redevelop in a very similar manner late
tonight-Sun morning, when a fleeting MVFR ceiling will again be
possible near and more-so just to the northwest of INT and GSO.

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...MWS
AVIATION...MWS