Wilkesboro, NC Weather

Wilkes County3:47 PM EDT36.15°N, 81.16°WElevation 1,024 ft

Current conditions

Sunny
65°
Sunny
Feels like 65°
High 65°·Low 38°
WindE 3 mph gusts 8 mph
Humidity59%
Dew point50°
Visibility10.0 mi
Cloud cover8%
UV index3 Moderate
Sunrise7:41 AM
Sunset6:38 PM

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

Forecast

10-day

  • Sunday

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

  • Sunday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 38.

  • Monday

    Sunny, with a high near 71.

National Weather Service forecast updated 2 days ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 65°
  2. 4 PM Sunny 65°
  3. 5 PM Sunny 64°
  4. 6 PM Clear 62°
  5. 7 PM Clear 58°
  6. 8 PM Clear 55°
  7. 9 PM Clear 52°
  8. 10 PM Clear 49°
  9. 11 PM Clear 47°
  10. Mon12 AM Clear 46°
  11. 1 AM Mostly Clear 45°
  12. 2 AM Mostly Clear 45°
  13. 3 AM Mostly Clear 43°
  14. 4 AM Mostly Clear 42°
  15. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 41°
  16. 6 AM Sunny 39°
  17. 7 AM Sunny 38°
  18. 8 AM Sunny 39°
  19. 9 AM Sunny 44°
  20. 10 AM Sunny 52°
  21. 11 AM Sunny 58°
  22. 12 PM Sunny 63°
  23. 1 PM Sunny 66°
  24. 2 PM Sunny 69°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny41°68°
  2. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny39°64°
  3. TodayOct 25 Sunny Sunny38°65°
  4. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny38°71°
  5. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny43°73°
  6. WedOct 28 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny44°68°
  7. ThuOct 29 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny44°72°
  8. FriOct 30 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny46°72°
  9. SatOct 31 Sunny Sunny43°64°
  10. SunNov 1 Cloudy Cloudy42°61°

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 6:38 PM
Daylight 10 h 56 min (−2 min 6 s tomorrow)
Full Moon · 100% 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

No changes to the forecast. Looking at dry weather through the end of the month.

Aviation Discussion Forecast updated to reflect period of morning cloudiness and some river fog in the mountain valleys.

Key Messages

1) Dry weather through Halloween.

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1:Dry through Halloween

Light easterly flow bringing shallow marine moisture into the area resulting in layer of strato-cu for some areas. This cloud layer is thin and trapped underneath the subsidence inversion. Similar to Saturday, this cloud layer should thin and burn off for the afternoon leaving us with Mostly sunny skies.

In general looking at dry weather to persist this upcoming week with little or no rain chance through the end of the month. The dry airmass will continue to promote cool nights and warm afternoons. Can't rule out some patchy frost at night otherwise no weather hazards that are noteworthy. The airmass will promote low afternoon humidity so very conducive for drying of leaf litter and supportive of prescribed fire.

System out west...storm which has been impacting the Rockies... is forecast to move northeast and across the top of the ridge of high pressure over our part of the country. As such, should see some increase in mid/upper clouds for Wednesday, but no rain. After that next feature to bring appreciable cloud cover and chance for rain would be after the 1st of November.

Aviation

Area of stratocumulus has developed vcnty of the Blue Ridge. Similar to Saturday, this MVFR cloud element will linger through mid-late morning before dissipating. There is also some fog along the New and Greenbrier rivers with impacts to vsby at LWB. This fog was generally confined to the rivers and not widespread. Aside for these morning hazards, expecting widespread VFR for this afternoon with little or no cloud cover. Winds today will be light from the northeast or east with speeds generally under 6 KTS.

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 with impacts mainly to KLWB for a few hours each morning.

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