GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry and slightly cooler high pressure moves in for today and Monday. Daily chances of showers and storms remain small early in the week, but increase steadily each day Tuesday through Friday. Temperatures also will trend warmer each of those days.
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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...Patchy fog in the morning. Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon.
..TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph.
..MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
..MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
..TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
..TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
• Good intentions gone wrong: Maconians sound alarm on excessive debris removal [Smoky Mountain News]
• Federal government approves N.C. plan for $1.4 billion in Helene aid [BPR News]
• Governor Stein extends State of Emergency for WNC wildfires, impacting 34 counties [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Chemours and PAC donations to Republican lawmakers raise concerns in PFAS-hit communities [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• Pope Francis, Who Sought a More Pastoral Church, Laid to Rest in a Majestic Ceremony [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Word from the Smokies: Couple will focus on insect field guide during park residency [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• A car has driven into a crowd of people at a street festival in Vancouver, Canada. Police said several people have been killed and multiple others injured [DW News]
Watch the highlights of the funeral of Pope Francis | CNN
• Trump expresses doubts Putin is willing to end the Ukraine war, a day after saying a deal was close [AP News]
• Amid Trump absence, WH Correspondents’ dinner delivers defiant message: We’re not the ‘enemy of the people’ [The Hill]
• The FBI mistakenly raided their Atlanta home. Now the Supreme Court will hear their lawsuit
[AP News (via Yahoo! News)]
• Nearly 800 illegal aliens arrested in massive Florida ICE operation: 'Tidal Wave' [Fox News]
What threat would Iranian nuclear energy pose? | Fox News
Slate's Cheap $25K EV Truck Can Transform Into An SUV | Inside EVs
2025 White House Correspondents' Dinner | MSNBC
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 26, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
How did talks between Trump and Zelensky go at Pope Francis' funeral? | BBC Newscast | BBC News
• Trump DOJ Threatens Wikipedia’s Nonprofit Status Over Alleged ‘Propaganda’ [ Gizmodo ]
• Thermal imaging shows xAI lied about supercomputer pollution, group says [Ars Technica]
• Bitcoin Tops $95K for the First Time in Months as Stocks Remain Flat [Decrypt]
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 Sunday, April 27, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins
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