Sanford, NC Weather

Lee County10:05 AM EDT35.48°N, 79.18°WElevation 358 ft

Current conditions

Sunny
53°
Sunny
Feels like 53°
High 66°·Low 41°
WindNE 9 mph gusts 15 mph
Humidity69%
Dew point43°
Cloud cover18%
UV index2 Low
Sunrise7:32 AM
Sunset6:32 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Saturday

    Sunny, with a high near 66. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

  • Saturday Night

    Clear, with a low around 41.

  • Sunday

    Sunny, with a high near 69.

National Weather Service forecast updated 2 days ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 53°
  2. 11 AM Sunny 58°
  3. 12 PM Sunny 61°
  4. 1 PM Sunny 63°
  5. 2 PM Sunny 65°
  6. 3 PM Sunny 66°
  7. 4 PM Sunny 66°
  8. 5 PM Sunny 65°
  9. 6 PM Mostly Clear 62°
  10. 7 PM Mostly Clear 58°
  11. 8 PM Mostly Clear 54°
  12. 9 PM Mostly Clear 52°
  13. 10 PM Clear 51°
  14. 11 PM Clear 50°
  15. Sun12 AM Clear 49°
  16. 1 AM Clear 48°
  17. 2 AM Clear 47°
  18. 3 AM Clear 46°
  19. 4 AM Clear 46°
  20. 5 AM Mostly Clear 45°
  21. 6 AM Sunny 45°
  22. 7 AM Sunny 44°
  23. 8 AM Sunny 45°
  24. 9 AM Sunny 49°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny38°72°
  2. FriOct 23 Patchy Frost then Sunny Patchy Frost then Sunny41°69°
  3. TodayOct 24 Sunny Sunny41°66°
  4. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny43°69°
  5. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny41°70°
  6. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny47°73°
  7. WedOct 28 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny49°73°
  8. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy52°73°
  9. FriOct 30 Sunny Sunny50°73°
  10. SatOct 31 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy44°65°

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)

Lee 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 6:32 PM
Daylight 11 h 0 min (−2 min 3 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 97% lit
Moonrise 5:22 PM Moonset 5:48 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Month to date3.12 in (normal 0.00 in)

B. Everett Jordan Dam, records since 2000. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in RAH, issued 7 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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