Briar Chapel, NC Weather

Chatham County8:00 AM EDT35.82°N, 79.12°WElevation 515 ft

Current conditions

Clear
46°
Clear
Feels like 43°
High 64°·Low 41°
WindNNE 7 mph
Humidity100%
Dew point46°
Pressure30.44 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover0%
Sunrise7:32 AM
Sunset6:31 PM

Observed at Raleigh / Durham, Raleigh-Durham International Airport · 20 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Saturday

    Sunny, with a high near 64.

  • Saturday Night

    Clear, with a low around 41.

  • Sunday

    Sunny, with a high near 70.

National Weather Service forecast updated 4 days ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 43°
  2. 9 AM Sunny 46°
  3. 10 AM Sunny 50°
  4. 11 AM Sunny 54°
  5. 12 PM Sunny 57°
  6. 1 PM Sunny 59°
  7. 2 PM Sunny 60°
  8. 3 PM Sunny 61°
  9. 4 PM Sunny 62°
  10. 5 PM Sunny 62°
  11. 6 PM Clear 60°
  12. 7 PM Clear 58°
  13. 8 PM Mostly Clear 55°
  14. 9 PM Mostly Clear 52°
  15. 10 PM Mostly Clear 50°
  16. 11 PM Mostly Clear 48°
  17. Sun12 AM Mostly Clear 47°
  18. 1 AM Mostly Clear 47°
  19. 2 AM Clear 46°
  20. 3 AM Clear 45°
  21. 4 AM Clear 43°
  22. 5 AM Clear 42°
  23. 6 AM Sunny 41°
  24. 7 AM Sunny 42°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TueOct 20 Sunny Sunny47°73°
  2. WedOct 21 Sunny Sunny42°70°
  3. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny47°72°
  4. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny42°68°
  5. TodayOct 24 Sunny Sunny41°64°
  6. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny44°70°
  7. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny49°74°
  8. TueOct 27 Cloudy Cloudy44°72°
  9. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy50°70°
  10. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy53°73°

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)

Chatham 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 · 96% lit
Moonrise 5:21 PM Moonset 5:48 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low70° / 47°
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 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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