Weather Briefing for Wednesday, December 25, 2024

GENERAL OUTLOOK

Dry weather with near normal temperatures through Thursday. High temperatures drop below normal briefly on Friday before above normal highs return this weekend into early next week. A cold front will gradually approach out of the west Friday into the weekend, bringing rain chances back to the forecast area.

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GENERAL FORECAST

(since this is a quick forecast intended to cover the whole county, bear in mind that higher elevations may experience cooler temperatures than this and the lower elevations may experience higher temperatures than those in the forecast)

.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
..TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
..THURSDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
..THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
..FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
..FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Lows in the lower 40s.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Hazardous weather is not expected today and tonight.

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NEWS UPDATES

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• Merry Christmas!!! [Macon Media]

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• Western NC elementary school rankings by US News & World Report: See the full list [Asheville Citizen-Times]
Where do Macon County schools rank on US News & World Report NC list?

Rank out of 2,149 NC elementary schools.

• Highlands School - No. 533
• East Franklin Elementary - No. 635
• South Macon Elementary - No. 688
• Cartoogechaye Elementary - No. 701
• Iotla Valley Elementary ranked between 1,092-1,456 (no specific ranking given). Some schools were unranked.

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• Volunteers build tiny homes for Helene survivors, offering hope and warmth this Christmas [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending Dec. 19 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• After 2 terms as governor, Cooper looks back at how NC became ‘a clean energy epicenter’ [Raleigh News and Observer]

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Published at 5.00am on Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins