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Rocky Mount, NC Weather
Current conditions
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Forecast
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Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 68. Northeast wind 7 to 10 mph.
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Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 48.
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Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 71.
National Weather Service forecast updated 1 day ago.
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Daily forecast
Details- ThuOct 22Sunny40°70°
- FriOct 23Sunny46°69°
- TodayOct 24Sunny48°68°
- SunOct 25Sunny46°71°
- MonOct 26Sunny45°70°
- TueOct 27Sunny51°72°
- WedOct 28Mostly Sunny53°71°
- ThuOct 29Sunny50°73°
- FriOct 30Partly cloudy49°72°
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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Sunny and dry Piedmont Triad weather Thursday | North Carolina temperatures this weekendNorth Carolina will experience pleasant fall weather for most of the week. The beaches will remain windy, with large waves and concerns about coastal flooding. It's layering weather! You'll need a jacket early in the…
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Nor'easter destroys sand barrier as it pummels North CarolinaThe Weather Network
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Slow-moving storm near North Carolina coast could gain tropical characteristics this week | Dangerous surf, flood threat for the Outer BanksCoastal storm may become subtropical this week. Beach erosion, flooding is making travel difficult and the Outer Banks. A nor'easter is taking shape along the same powerful cold front that brought cooler temperatures to…
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Beautiful North Carolina weather continues this week | Triad temperatures fall again this weekendCool Piedmont Triad mornings this week, sunny & pleasant afternoons WXII Despite the chilly start, afternoon temperatures were warmer than average on Tuesday afternoon The high temperature at Piedmont Triad…
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Low pressure off North Carolina could briefly turn subtropical while sending rough surf up the East CoastA storm-force non-tropical low-pressure system located a few hundred miles off the North Carolina coast is producing shower and thunderstorm activity primarily west of its center. According to the National Hurricane…
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Possible tropical development near North Carolina could bring dangerous surf to the East CoastTracking a chance for development in the Atlantic An area of low pressure is a few hundred miles east of North Carolina. It’s along a frontal boundary that’s producing a large area of showers. It will have a chance to…
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Sunny and seasonably cool weather across North Carolina this weekWXII Cold mornings will lead to seasonable, sunny afternoons in North Carolina this week Dress for 30s and 40s in the mornings Sunny weather will warm temperatures into the 60s and 70s in the afternoons Dry weather will…
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Weather System Off North Carolina Could Become Nor’Easter or Tropical Storm: What to KnowThe National Weather Service and its National Hurricane Center are tracking a storm system sitting off the coast of North Carolina that has the opportunity to become either a proper Nor’easter or a Tropical Storm and is…
Air quality
Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.
Forecast
- SatGood (38)
- SunGood (35)
- MonGood (40)
Edgecombe County, NC reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.
Sun & moon
Almanac
MonthlyWilson 3 Sw, records since 1916. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).
Nearby
- Greenville 53 km
- Wilson 27 km
- Roanoke Rapids 59 km
- Tarboro 23 km
- Winterville 57 km
- Wendell 55 km
- Nashville 16 km
- Zebulon 49 km
- Farmville 42 km
- Archer Lodge 59 km
- Louisburg 49 km
- Red Oak 15 km
Forecasters' discussion
From the National Weather Service office in RAH, issued 4 hrs ago
What Has Changed
* Temporary MVFR ceilings possible at INT and GSO through 10-11Z Sat
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 200 AM Saturday...
...Fleeting MVFR ceilings possible at INT and GSO this morning...
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. The first of that risk of MVFR ceilings will be in the next several hours, as the aforementioned nely flow regime "upslopes" into the mountains and causes ceilings to expand across the adjacent Foothills and far nw Piedmont this morning, including at INT and GSO generally between 06- 11Z.
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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