North Wilkesboro, NC 28656 Weather

Wilkes County6:41 AM EDT36.24°N, 81.05°W

Current conditions

Cloudy
41°
Cloudy
Feels like 41°
High 61°·Low 37°
WindCalm
Humidity100%
Dew point41°
Visibility10.0 mi
Cloud cover40%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:41 AM
Sunset6:37 PM

Observed at North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County Airport · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Sunday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. Northeast wind around 3 mph.

  • Sunday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 37. Northeast wind around 1 mph.

  • Monday

    Patchy frost between 7am and 8am. Sunny, with a high near 71.

National Weather Service forecast updated 1 day ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Sunny 43°
  2. 7 AM Partly Sunny 42°
  3. 8 AM Partly Sunny 42°
  4. 9 AM Mostly Sunny 46°
  5. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 50°
  6. 11 AM Sunny 54°
  7. 12 PM Sunny 56°
  8. 1 PM Sunny 57°
  9. 2 PM Sunny 59°
  10. 3 PM Sunny 61°
  11. 4 PM Sunny 61°
  12. 5 PM Sunny 61°
  13. 6 PM Mostly Clear 58°
  14. 7 PM Mostly Clear 54°
  15. 8 PM Mostly Clear 52°
  16. 9 PM Partly Cloudy 49°
  17. 10 PM Mostly Clear 47°
  18. 11 PM Mostly Clear 46°
  19. Mon12 AM Mostly Clear 45°
  20. 1 AM Mostly Clear 44°
  21. 2 AM Mostly Clear 43°
  22. 3 AM Mostly Clear 42°
  23. 4 AM Mostly Clear 41°
  24. 5 AM Mostly Clear 40°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 23 Mostly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy45°
  2. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny42°62°
  3. TodayOct 25 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny37°61°
  4. MonOct 26 Patchy Frost then Sunny Patchy Frost then Sunny38°71°
  5. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny42°72°
  6. WedOct 28 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny42°67°
  7. ThuOct 29 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny42°72°
  8. FriOct 30 Sunny Sunny75°
  9. SatOct 31 Cloudy Cloudy49°70°
  10. SunNov 1 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy47°68°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

Forecast

  • SunGood (35)
  • MonGood (40)
  • TueGood (40)

Wilkes County, NC reporting area. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:41 AM
Sunset 6:37 PM
Daylight 10 h 56 min (−2 min 6 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 99% lit
Moonrise 5:58 PM Moonset 7:03 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low68° / 42°
Month to date5.52 in (normal 3.04 in)

North Wilkesboro, records since 1955. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in RNK, issued 10 hrs ago

What Has Changed

Temperatures adjusted to reflect recent observations and updated model guidance.

Aviation Discussion Forecast updated.

Key Messages

1) Dry weather through Halloween.

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1:Dry through Halloween

Been dealing with stratocu that has been trapped under subsidence inversion in the mountains this morning and sunshine angle getting a little lower taking more time to mix out that inversion thereby keeping the clouds in a little longer. Satellite trends showing these clouds clearing out.

Some models are showing another repeat tonight as moisture around 2-5kft gets trapped under another inversion. So leaned toward more clouds in the Piedmont advancing west to the mountains by dawn. This may affect temps limiting any frost potential.

As high pressure builds overhead Sunday night, not seeing any cloud concerns and should be a fairly good radiational cooling night such that frost is likely to form and may need headlines for the Piedmont/east of the Blue Ridge. Remember the growing season for the mountains ended earlier this month thereby no frost/freeze headlines for them.

The rest of the week keeps a dry pattern in place, though some frontal boundaries should steer some clouds our way at times, but for the most part mostly sunny days are expected.

Model ensembles showing next chance for any showers may come around the 1st-3rd of November.

Aviation

Similar to yesterday evening's forecast, there will be some low level stratocumulus clouds moving in from the east and entrenching into the Appalachian Mountains. Cloud cover will expand up to scattered overnight and into tomorrow morning before returning to clear by the afternoon. While cloud cover may not be expansive, they still will hover around 3000 ft. Periods of MVFR conditions are not out of the question if cloud ceilings drop but model guidance leans towards VFR for the bulk of the forecast period. Some early morning river fog is also possible again which will most likely affect KLWB. Otherwise, winds will be mostly from the east between 4-8 knots.

EXTENDED OUTLOOK...

VFR conditions will likely continue into next week as higher pressure dominates the region. The next best chance of any precipitation may not be until the start of November. Early morning river fog may still be possible for the next few days.

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