GENERAL OUTLOOK
Active summertime weather will continue thru the weekend with scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms each day. High temperatures will increase each day through Monday, trending back to around normal for the middle of next week behind a weak cold front.
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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 showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times in the morning. Highs in the lower 80s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
...TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
...SUNDAY...Sunny in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Winds out of the northwest round 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
...SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
...MONDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly sunny with showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
...MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight. Afternoon and evening thunderstorms are expected.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
• State’s rural hospitals will lose $3.7 billion in Medicaid and SNAP could end, legislative document states [Asheville Watchdog]
• Dogwood Health Trust to review HCA 2024 compliance findings with Attorney General July 30 [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• North Carolina regains top spot on CNBC's list of best states to do business [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• More Chantals in our future: Climate change will likely increase storms, flooding [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Emergency room visits for tick bites spike in US: Does NC have a tick problem? [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
The China-Russia military pact.: Is a two-front war coming? | Military Mind | TVP World
• Deadly new Russian drone and missile attack hits Kyiv [BBC News]
• Why cockpit audio deepens the mystery of Air India crash [DW News]
• SEA OF STEEL: Watch as huge fleet of terrifying new Chinese ‘tank boats’ takes to water – as Taiwan launches biggest EVER war drills [The US Sun]
• China-Taiwan Weekly Update, July 11, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Ukraine hits four weapons factories in Tula — drone offensive spreads across Russia (video, update) [Euromaidan Press]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 11, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
National News
WATCH: Trump holds a roundtable with Texas flood first responders | Fox News
• Did politics delay approval of Kerr County life-saving infrastructure? [Houston Chronicle]
• How to help victims, first responders in Texas Hill Country floods [Dallas Morning News]
• Trump’s Border Czar Sparks Firestorm of Anger By Telling Fox News ICE Can Detain Based on ‘Physical Appearance’ [MEDIAite]
• Trump grants 'total authorization' to ICE agents to protect themselves after violent California clashes [Fox News]
• David Gergen, Washington Veteran Who Advised Four Presidents, Dies at 83 [New York Times]
• Deputy FBI Director Bongino has told people he is considering resigning amid Epstein files fallout, sources say [CNN]
• Judge orders Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops, arrests in California [AP News]
• Dow falls 280 points, S&P logs weekly loss as Trump trade war escalates [CNBC]
Fed's Rate-Cut Plan In Question | Real Yield 07/11/2025 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (7-11-25): Pres. Trump & First Lady survey deadly flood damage in Kerrville, TX | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 11, 2025 | ABC News
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Published at 5.00am on Saturday, July 12, 2025
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