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Garner, North Carolina 7 Day Weather Forecast
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NWS Forecast for Garner NC
National Weather Service Forecast for:
Garner NC
Issued by: National Weather Service Raleigh, NC |
| Updated: 3:58 pm EST Jan 28, 2026 |
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Tonight
 Clear
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Thursday
 Sunny
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Thursday Night
 Partly Cloudy
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Friday
 Mostly Cloudy
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Friday Night
 Chance Snow then Snow Likely
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Saturday
 Snow
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Saturday Night
 Snow Likely and Blustery
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Sunday
 Chance Snow and Blustery
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Sunday Night
 Mostly Clear
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| Lo 18 °F |
Hi 36 °F |
Lo 20 °F |
Hi 39 °F |
Lo 21 °F |
Hi 26 °F |
Lo 15 °F |
Hi 28 °F |
Lo 11 °F |
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Hazardous Weather Outlook
Tonight
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Clear, with a low around 18. Calm wind becoming north around 6 mph after midnight. |
Thursday
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Sunny, with a high near 36. Wind chill values as low as 10. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph. |
Thursday Night
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Partly cloudy, with a low around 20. Calm wind. |
Friday
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Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Wind chill values as low as 15. East wind 3 to 6 mph. |
Friday Night
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Snow likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. |
Saturday
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Snow. High near 26. Chance of precipitation is 80%. |
Saturday Night
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Snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15. Blustery. Chance of precipitation is 70%. |
Sunday
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A chance of snow before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 28. Blustery. Chance of precipitation is 30%. |
Sunday Night
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Mostly clear, with a low around 11. |
Monday
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Sunny, with a high near 36. |
Monday Night
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Mostly clear, with a low around 15. |
Tuesday
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Sunny, with a high near 39. |
Tuesday Night
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Partly cloudy, with a low around 19. |
Wednesday
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Mostly sunny, with a high near 41. |
Forecast from NOAA-NWS
for Garner NC.
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Weather Forecast Discussion
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FXUS62 KRAH 281200
AFDRAH
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
700 AM EST Thu Jan 28 2026
.WHAT HAS CHANGED...
As of 400 AM Wednesday...
* Confidence continues to increase for at least light measurable
snow in central NC Fri night into Sun morning; and the potential
exists for significant snow. However, considerable uncertainty
remains regarding amounts and related impacts.
&&
.KEY MESSAGES...
As of 400 AM Wednesday...
1) Confidence continues to grow in at least measurable snowfall in
central NC Fri night into Sun morning, but considerable uncertainty
remains with an incredibly wide range of potential snowfall amounts
and related impacts.
2) A prolonged period of Arctic cold and well below average
temperatures will turn even colder during and following a winter
storm that appears increasingly likely to impact cntl NC this
weekend.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
As of 400 AM Wednesday...
KEY MESSAGE 1...Confidence continues to grow in at least measurable
snowfall in central NC Fri night into Sun morning, but considerable
uncertainty remains with an incredibly wide range of potential
snowfall amounts and related impacts.
A polar vortex initially over James Bay will be drawn swd and across
ern ON and the Great Lakes this week, while probably elongating and
splitting, with one piece likely to progress across Atlantic Canada
and another forecast to pivot across the Southeast and along and
offshore the coasts of the Middle Atlantic and New England through
the weekend.
At the surface, cyclogenesis appears likely just off the Southeast
coast, where a weaker but still prevalent baroclinic zone is
forecast over the Gulf Stream. The primary front is expected to be
still draped across the Bahamas, setting up a probable instant
occlusion low surface pattern. The low off the Carolina coast is
expected to rapidly deepen Sat into Sat night, as stronger synoptic
ascent overspreads the Gulf stream and the main synoptic front is
pulled northward. On the backside of the low, an Arctic airmass will
become locked in over the Mid-Atlantic as the low deepens off the
coast, resulting in potentially record breaking low max temperatures
during the event.
This pattern is favorable for at least light snow with a high
snow/liquid ratio within central NC, but also brings an incredibly
difficult forecast challenge related to a deformation band on the
north and west side of the deepening low. The likelihood of band
formation, let alone its timing and placement, remains a point of
considerable uncertainty and may not be ironed out until 1-2 days
before the event begins. However, the top analogs and latest suite
of 00z model guidance highlights at least the potential for
significant snowfall totals somewhere from the Carolinas into the
Mid-Atlantic.
There are a few failure modes for this setup which would result in
less precipitation over central NC. The first is the placement and
the latitude the mid/upper level low closes; minor adjustments will
have potentially significant ramifications on if/when/where the
deformation band sets up. The second is that some degree of
cyclogenesis will occur along the primary baroclinic zone over the
Bahamas and may draw stronger ascent, moisture, and related liquid
equivalent and snow amounts away from the instant occlusion-type,
nearer-shore coastal low.
KEY MESSAGE 2...A prolonged period of Arctic cold and well below
average temperatures will turn even colder during and following a
winter storm that appears increasingly likely to impact cntl NC this
weekend.
Forecast confidence is higher in an Arctic airmass in place, one
continually replenished from the Arctic, which will become further
locked in as the cyclone off the coast deepens. The result will be
bitterly cold temperatures and dangerous wind chills as early as Fri
night, but especially Saturday through Sunday night. Blustery winds
from the tight pressure gradient will result in multiple nights of
wind chills in the single digits to even below zero possible Sat
night into Sun morning. Daytime wind chills won`t be much of a
relief, as maximum apparent temps only reach into the teens Sat and
Sun.
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.AVIATION /12Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
As of 655 AM Wednesday...
Arctic high pressure will extend across the Southeast and favor VFR
conditions over cntl NC through the 12Z TAF period, and beyond
through most of this week. Initially light, nwly surface winds this
morning will back through wly today, while strengthening and
becoming at least occasionally gusty mainly at Piedmont sites and
RWI this afternoon, then diminish at sunset. A renewed surge of
Arctic air may then cause surface winds to stir and become gusty out
of the northwest at times overnight-Thu morning.
Outlook: An unusually strong mid and upper-level low, and related
coastal low pressure, will favor a high probability of flight
restrictions and snow, potentially significant, over cntl NC Fri
night through Sun morning.
&&
.CLIMATE...
Record Low Temperatures:
January 28: KGSO: -2/1940, KRDU: 1/2000, KFAY: 10/1935
January 29: KGSO: -7/1940, KRDU: 7/2000, KFAY: 11/1986
January 30: KGSO: 4/1966, KRDU: 7/2014, KFAY: 8/2014
January 31: KGSO: 3/1966, KRDU: 3/1966, KFAY: 9/1934
February 1: KGSO: -4/1936, KRDU: 8/1981, KFAY: 1/1936
February 2: KGSO: 6/1971, KRDU: 5/1971, KFAY: 15/1971
Record Low Maximum Temperatures:
January 28: KGSO: 23/1986, KRDU: 23/1897, KFAY: 32/1961
January 29: KGSO: 23/1966, KRDU: 27/2014, KFAY: 28/2014
January 30: KGSO: 13/1966, KRDU: 19/1966, KFAY: 29/1966
January 31: KGSO: 22/1936, KRDU: 27/1948, KFAY: 22/1966
February 1: KGSO: 27/1971, KRDU: 28/1900, KFAY: 32/1981
February 2: KGSO: 30/1951, KRDU: 31/1994, KFAY: 31/1948
&&
.RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&
$$
DISCUSSION...MWS/AS
AVIATION...MWS
CLIMATE...RAH
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