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National Weather Service Raleigh NC
410 PM EDT Thu Aug 20 2026

NCZ022-210800-
PIEDMONT TRIAD AIRPORT-GUILFORD NC
36.10N  79.94W Elev. 886 ft
410 PM EDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date           08/20/26      Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      70          87          68          85          68
Temp          90 83 77 74 72 72 79 85 82 74 71 70 70 70 76 83 83 76 73 70 69 70
Dewpt         69 69 70 70 69 70 71 71 71 71 71 70 70 70 70 70 70 69 69 68 66 66
RH            50 63 79 87 90 93 77 63 69 90100100100100 82 65 65 79 87 93 90 87
Wind dir      SW  S  W  W  N NE NE  E  W  S SE  E  N NE  W  W  W  S SW  W  W NW
Wind spd       8  3  2  1  2  3  4  5  8  8  5  3  2  1  4  4  5  4  4  4  4  5
Clouds        SC BK BK BK BK BK BK SC BK OV OV OV BK BK BK SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     70          70          80          30           5
QPF 12hr                   0.17        0.49        0.33           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        L  C  C  S  S     S  L  D  L  S           C  C
Tstms             L  C  C  S        S  L  C  C              C  C


Date           08/23  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          85      63    84      63    85      66    88      69    88
Temp          84 78   66 65 82 76   67 64 83 77   68 69 85 79   71 71 86 79
Dewpt         63 60   58 59 58 59   57 58 62 63   65 67 68 68   69 70 70 69
PWind dir        NW      NW     W       E     E      SE     S      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      10     5      20    20      20    40      40    40
Rain shwrs                              S  S       S  S  S  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms                                              S        C    S        C

$$
NCZ041-210800-
RALEIGH DURHAM AIRPORT-WAKE NC
35.88N  78.78W Elev. 441 ft
410 PM EDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date           08/20/26      Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      72          90          70          86          70
Temp          93 85 80 76 75 75 82 88 85 76 74 73 72 72 77 83 84 78 74 73 72 72
Dewpt         71 72 73 72 72 72 74 73 73 72 73 72 71 72 74 75 74 73 72 71 70 70
RH            49 65 79 87 90 90 77 61 67 87 97 97 97100 90 77 72 85 93 93 93 93
Wind dir       S  S SW SW  W NE  E  E SE SW  E SE SE  S  W SW  S  S  S SW  W  W
Wind spd       8  4  3  2  1  2  3  4  5  4  2  1  1  2  3  4  4  2  1  2  2  2
Clouds        SC SC BK SC SC SC SC SC BK OV OV OV BK BK BK BK BK SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     70          80          90          50           5
QPF 12hr                   0.20        0.44        0.93        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  L  C              C  D  L  S  S  C  C  C  C
Tstms             C  L  C              C  C  C              C  C
Heat index   100
Max heat        101
Heat           Y


Date           08/23  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          88      67    87      66    87      68    89      71    90
Temp          86 81   71 68 84 79   70 67 85 80   71 71 87 82   73 73 87 82
Dewpt         68 66   62 61 63 64   62 62 67 68   68 69 72 71   71 72 74 72
PWind dir         W      NW    NW       E     N      SE     S      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC BK
PoP 12hr          5      10     5      20    20      20    40      40    50
Rain shwrs                              S     S    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms                                         S    S        C    S        C

$$
NCZ011-210800-
HALIFAX-NORTHAMPTON REGIONAL AIRPORT NC
36.33N  77.64W Elev. 145 ft
410 PM EDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date           08/20/26      Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      70          87          67          84          66
Temp          90 82 76 74 72 73 79 85 85 76 73 71 69 70 77 82 82 76 72 70 68 70
Dewpt         77 77 74 74 71 72 74 73 73 72 73 71 69 70 75 76 76 75 72 70 68 70
RH            66 85 94100 97 97 85 67 67 87100100100100 94 82 82 97100100100100
Wind dir      SW  S SW  N  N NE  N NE SE SE  N  N  N  S SW SW SW  N  N  N SW SW
Wind spd       6  3  2  0  0  1  2  3  4  2  0  0  0  1  3  4  4  0  0  0  1  1
Clouds        SC SC BK SC SC BK SC SC BK OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     60          70          90          70          10
QPF 12hr                   0.34        0.44        0.87        0.14        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C     L  C  S     S     S  D  L  C  C  C  C  L  L
Tstms          C     L  C  S     S     S  C  C  S        S  C  C
Heat index   103
Max heat        106


Date           08/23  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          87      63    85      61    85      64    88      68    88
Temp          86 79   68 66 83 77   66 65 83 78   67 68 85 79   71 71 86 79
Dewpt         71 69   63 63 65 66   63 63 68 70   67 68 72 73   70 71 75 74
PWind dir         W      NW    NW       N    SE       N     S      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC BK
PoP 12hr          5      10     5      20    20      20    40      40    50
Rain shwrs                              S  S  S    S        C    C  S  S  C
Tstms                                         S    S        C    S        C

$$
NCZ027-210800-
ROCKY MOUNT WILSON-NASH NC
35.86N  77.89W Elev. 160 ft
410 PM EDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date           08/20/26      Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      74          91          69          85          69
Temp          93 85 80 77 75 76 84 89 85 77 75 73 71 72 79 83 83 78 74 73 71 72
Dewpt         72 74 73 74 73 73 74 74 74 73 72 71 70 71 71 72 71 71 70 70 69 70
RH            51 70 79 90 94 90 72 61 70 87 90 93 97 97 77 70 67 79 87 90 93 93
Wind dir       S  S  W SW  N  N NE NE SE  S  N  N  N  N SW SW SW  N  N  N SW SW
Wind spd       6  4  4  2  0  1  2  4  4  3  0  0  0  0  4  6  4  0  0  0  1  1
Clouds        SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC BK OV OV OV BK BK BK BK BK SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     60          70          90          70          10
QPF 12hr                   0.30        0.53        0.40        0.16        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S     C  C  S           C  D  D  C  S  S  C  L  L
Tstms          S     C  C  S           C  C  S  S        S  C  C
Heat index   101                   98
Max heat        103                98
Heat           Y


Date           08/23  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          88      66    87      64    88      67    90      70    90
Temp          87 81   71 68 84 80   69 68 85 80   70 71 87 82   73 73 87 82
Dewpt         67 65   63 62 61 63   62 63 64 65   66 68 68 69   70 71 71 71
PWind dir         W      NW    NW       N    SW       N     S      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW CL SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC BK
PoP 12hr          5      10     5      20    30      20    40      40    60
Rain shwrs                              S  S  C    S  S     C    C  S  S  L
Tstms                                         S    S  S     C    S        C

$$
NCZ088-210800-
FAYETTEVILLE-CUMBERLAND NC
34.99N  78.88W Elev. 187 ft
410 PM EDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date           08/20/26      Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      75          95          72          87          71
Temp          94 87 82 79 77 78 87 93 83 77 75 74 73 74 81 85 85 79 75 74 73 73
Dewpt         72 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 73 73 73 73 73 73 74 74 74 73 72 72 72 72
RH            49 68 79 88 94 91 68 56 72 87 94 97100 97 79 70 70 82 90 93 97 97
Wind dir       S  S SW  W  W  E  E  S  S NE SE  S SW  S SW SW SW  S  S SW SW  W
Wind spd       6  6  5  2  1  1  2  6  8  5  4  3  3  3  5  6  5  3  1  3  3  3
Clouds        SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK BK SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          90          90          70          30
QPF 12hr                   0.11        1.26        0.72        0.11        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S     C  C           C  D  D  L  C  S  C  C  L  L  C  C
Tstms          S     C  C           C  L  C  C  S  S     S  C  C  C
Heat index   102                  105
Max heat        105               105    98
Heat           Y


Date           08/23  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          91      69    90      68    90      70    91      72    92
Temp          89 83   72 71 87 81   71 70 87 81   72 73 89 83   74 75 89 83
Dewpt         67 66   66 63 63 63   65 66 66 67   69 70 70 70   72 73 72 72
PWind dir         W      NW     N      NE     S       S     S      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW SC SC   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC BK   BK SC SC BK
PoP 12hr         10       5    10      10    30      20    40      40    60
Rain shwrs                                    C    S  S  S  C    C  C  S  L
Tstms                                         C    S        C    S        C

$$
NCZ075-210800-
MOORE COUNTY AIRPORT-MOORE NC
35.24N  79.39W Elev. 455 ft
410 PM EDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date           08/20/26      Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      73          93          69          86          69
Temp          94 86 80 77 76 76 86 91 83 76 73 73 71 72 79 83 85 78 74 72 71 72
Dewpt         71 72 74 74 73 73 74 73 73 72 73 73 71 72 73 73 73 73 73 72 71 71
RH            47 63 82 90 90 90 68 56 72 87100100100100 82 72 67 85 97100100 97
Wind dir       S  S  S  W  S NE  E SE SE  W SE  N  N  N SW SW SW  N  N  N  W  W
Wind spd       5  4  4  2  1  1  2  5  5  6  3  0  0  0  3  4  4  0  0  0  2  3
Clouds        SC SC SC SC BK SC SC SC OV OV OV BK BK BK BK BK BK SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     50          90          70          50          10
QPF 12hr                   0.18        0.86        0.33        0.08           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  C  C           S  D  L  C  S  S  C  C  C  C
Tstms             S  C  C           S  L  C  C              C  C
Heat index   101                  100
Max heat        101               100    98
Heat           Y


Date           08/23  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          89      66    88      66    89      68    90      70    90
Temp          88 82   70 68 86 80   69 68 86 80   70 71 88 82   72 72 88 82
Dewpt         65 66   63 62 61 63   64 63 65 67   69 70 70 71   72 72 71 72
PWind dir        NW      NW     N      NE    SW      SE     S      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL   FW FW SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC BK   SC SC SC BK
PoP 12hr          5       5     5      10    20      20    40      40    50
Rain shwrs                                    S    S     S  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms                                         S    S        C    S        C

$$
NCZ073-210800-
STANLY COUNTY AIRPORT-STANLY NC
35.41N  80.15W Elev. 609 ft
410 PM EDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date           08/20/26      Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      71          91          67          86          67
Temp          94 83 78 74 73 73 83 89 81 75 72 71 69 70 78 84 85 78 73 71 69 69
Dewpt         70 73 72 72 71 72 73 73 74 72 72 71 69 70 73 73 72 73 72 70 68 69
RH            46 72 82 93 93 97 72 59 79 90100100100100 85 70 65 85 97 97 97100
Wind dir      SW  S SE  N  N  N  E SE NW SE  N  N  N  N  N  N  W  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd       4  1  1  0  0  0  1  4  4  3  0  0  0  0  0  0  3  0  0  0  0  0
Clouds        SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC BK OV BK BK BK BK BK SC SC FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     60          80          70          30           5
QPF 12hr                   0.24        1.08        0.34           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  C           S  D  L  L  C     S  C  S  S
Tstms             C  C  C           S  L  C  S              S  S
Heat index   100
Max heat        101


Date           08/23  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          88      64    87      63    87      66    90      68    89
Temp          86 80   68 65 85 78   68 65 85 79   68 68 87 81   71 70 87 80
Dewpt         65 66   60 60 61 63   60 61 65 67   67 68 70 71   70 70 72 71
PWind dir        NW       N     N      NE     N       N    SW       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL   CL FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC BK
PoP 12hr          0      10     5      10    10      20    40      40    50
Rain shwrs                                         S  S  S  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms                                              S        C    S        C

$$