GENERAL OUTLOOK
A cold front is expected to bring scattered to numerous thunderstorms to the region this the weekend with a few possibly becoming strong to severe, mainly during the afternoon and evening hours. Unsettled weather will stick around through 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...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
..TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
..SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
..SATURDAY NIGHT...Thunderstorms likely in the evening. Showers likely. Lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
..SUNDAY...A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
..SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected today and Saturday. Some of these storms may become severe with damaging winds the main threat, but some large hail is also possible. Unsettled weather continues into the middle of next week, but the severe storm potential is more uncertain at this time.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
• Angel Medical Center CEO Column for June 2025 [Macon Media]
• NC Auditor's report says post-Helene care station in Swannanoa cost taxpayers $27M+ [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Stein, NC business leaders raise concerns over disaster spending as 2025 hurricane season opens [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• NC Senate committee approves legislation to expand Medicaid access [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Free mega pop-up health care clinic going on now through Friday at Harrah's Cherokee Center [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Trump and Musk enter bitter feud - and Washington buckles up [BBc News]
• 5 takeaways from the explosive Trump-Musk divorce [The Hill]
• The real reasons Musk is feuding with Trump [Vox]
• 'Gone too far': GOP lawmakers rally around Trump after Musk raises Epstein allegations [Fox News]
• Governments denounce Trump’s travel ban and vow to push back against US [AP News]
• Trump and Musk feud draws reactions from billionaires, politicians and pundits. Here’s who said what [CNBC]
Trump-Musk Alliance Unravels Into Public Feud | Balance of Power: Late Edition 6/05/25 | Bloomberg Television
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - June 05, 2025 | ABC News
The Level1 Links With Friends Show June 6 2025: A Different Kind of Mighty Duck
• Elon Says Trump Is ‘in the Epstein Files’ as Their Relationship Publicly Implodes [Gizmodo]
• Senate response to White House budget for NASA: Keep SLS, nix science [Ars Technica]
• OpenAI Challenges Court Order to Preserve User Data in NYT Lawsuit [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 Friday, June 06, 2025
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