GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry conditions return for the weekend with a stronger cold front arriving by Saturday night. Expect cooler temperatures from Sunday into early next week. An active cold front with potential storms arrives in the middle of next week.
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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...Sunny. Highs around 50. Winds out of the west 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph, decreasing to 25 mph in the afternoon.
..TONIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy. Lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the west 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
..SATURDAY...Mostly sunny and windy. Highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the west 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
..SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy and blustery, colder with lows around 19. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
..SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 30s.
..SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
...INCREASED FIRE DANGER TODAY...
Dead brush and leaf litter, which can serve as fuels for wildfires, have steadily dried out over the past few days given a lack of rainfall and persistent warm, dry air over the region. Breezy winds will return again this afternoon and evening but will be lighter compared to what we saw Thursday. Relative humidity values will dip to 30% or less this afternoon. The combination of dry fuels and gusty winds will lead to an increased danger of wildfires in the region.
Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities on whether you can burn today. If you do burn, use extreme caution since fires can quickly get out of hand under these conditions.
NEWS UPDATES
• Preview: I-40 to partially reopen near state line this weekend [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• (video) State GOP lawmakers hope to emulate DOGE in NC [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• US House budget blueprint may gut NC’s Medicaid expansion and cost billions [Raleigh News and Observer]
• See the new I-40 ahead of reopening in Tennessee and North Carolina after Helene devastation [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in latest wave of DOGE cuts [AP News]
• Justice Department releases first phase of Epstein files [The Hill]
• Attorney General Pamela Bondi Releases First Phase of Declassified Epstein Files [USDOJ]
Trump–Zelenskyy meeting in Washington | Mark Toth | TVP World
• US judge halts Trump administration's calls for mass firings at agencies [Reuters]
NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) Investigation Pages
• Learjet 55 Medevac Crash [1/31/2025 - Philadelphia, PA]
• Midair Collision PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 Airplane and Sikorsky H-60 Military Helicopter [1/29/2025 - Arlington, VA]
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Published at 5.00am on Friday, February 28, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins
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