Chapel Hill, NC Weather

Orange County12:52 PM EDT35.91°N, 79.06°WElevation 486 ft

Current conditions

Partly Cloudy
62°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like 62°
High 65°·Low 42°
WindNE 9 mph gusts 21 mph
Humidity58%
Dew point47°
Pressure30.47 inHg
Visibility10.0 mi
Cloud cover10%
UV index5 Moderate
Sunrise7:32 AM
Sunset6:31 PM

Observed at Raleigh / Durham, Raleigh-Durham International Airport · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Saturday

    Sunny, with a high near 65. Northeast wind 5 to 9 mph.

  • Saturday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 42.

  • Sunday

    Sunny, with a high near 69.

National Weather Service forecast updated 2 days ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 60°
  2. 1 PM Sunny 63°
  3. 2 PM Sunny 64°
  4. 3 PM Sunny 65°
  5. 4 PM Sunny 65°
  6. 5 PM Sunny 64°
  7. 6 PM Mostly Clear 61°
  8. 7 PM Mostly Clear 58°
  9. 8 PM Mostly Clear 54°
  10. 9 PM Mostly Clear 52°
  11. 10 PM Mostly Clear 50°
  12. 11 PM Mostly Clear 49°
  13. Sun12 AM Mostly Clear 48°
  14. 1 AM Mostly Clear 47°
  15. 2 AM Mostly Clear 47°
  16. 3 AM Mostly Clear 46°
  17. 4 AM Mostly Clear 46°
  18. 5 AM Mostly Clear 45°
  19. 6 AM Sunny 45°
  20. 7 AM Sunny 44°
  21. 8 AM Sunny 45°
  22. 9 AM Sunny 49°
  23. 10 AM Sunny 53°
  24. 11 AM Sunny 58°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny41°72°
  2. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny42°68°
  3. TodayOct 24 Sunny Sunny42°65°
  4. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny42°69°
  5. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny43°70°
  6. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny48°72°
  7. WedOct 28 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny49°72°
  8. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy52°71°
  9. FriOct 30 Sunny Sunny48°71°
  10. SatOct 31 Cloudy Cloudy43°63°

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

  • SatGood (38)
  • SunGood (35)
  • MonGood (40)

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

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:32 AM
Sunset 6:31 PM
Daylight 10 h 59 min (−2 min 6 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 97% lit
Moonrise 5:21 PM Moonset 5:47 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low70° / 47°
Record high87° (2001)
Record low26° (1969)
Wettest1.83 in (1913)
Yesterday70° / 41°
Month to date2.57 in (normal 2.62 in)

Raleigh Area, records since 1887. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in RAH, issued 5 hrs ago

What Has Changed

* Nothing appreciable

Key Messages

As of 300 AM Saturday...

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

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.

Aviation

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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