GENERAL OUTLOOK
A warming trend begin today, as a large area of high pressure builds over the region. The heat and humidity increases through this weekend and into early next week with dangerous heat indices possible. The greatest chance for afternoon storms will remain over the mountains with just isolated to widely scattered coverage elsewhere.
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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 in the lower 80s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
...TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
...FRIDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly sunny with showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
...FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
...SATURDAY...Sunny in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
...SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
• Support 911 dispatcher Wayne after tragic house fire [GoFundMe]
• Robbinsville factory revival to bring hundreds of jobs to Graham County [BPR News]
• Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper to announce Senate campaign soon, sources report [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Chinese tableware maker plans 515 jobs in new North Carolina factory [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• Lara Trump makes surprise announcement. But not the one NC is waiting on. [Raleigh News and Observer]
•Former Swain County sheriff arrested again after being indicted on rape charge [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
Welfare vs Warfare: The Battle Keir Starmer can’t afford to lose | Sky News
• Liveblog: Thailand seals entire border with Cambodia after clashes kill at least one [BBC News]
• EU, China mark 50 years of diplomatic ties [DW News]
• ‘Japanese First’: The deep roots of the rising far right [France 24]
• EU had a secret plan to bypass Orbán. Zelenskyy blew it up instead. [Euromaidan Press]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 23, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
National News
• Texas could soon be home to biggest detention center in U.S. [Houston Chronicle]
DOJ launches strike force to investigate former President Obama | NBC News
• U.S. automakers say Trump’s 15% tariff deal with Japan puts them at a disadvantage [Washington Times]
• Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files [Wall Street Journal]
• Trump Says There's 'Strong Word' That Kimmel and Fallon Will Be Fired Next — and He's Already Taking Credit for It [People Magazine]
• American Steel Just Got More Expensive. Buyers Blame Tariffs. [New York Times]
• Trump to visit Federal Reserve, escalating campaign against Chair Powell [CNBC]
Trump Says Nations Will Face Tariffs of 15% to 50% | Bloomberg: The Asia Trade, 7/24/25 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (7-23-25): Pres. Trump unveils AI Action Plan to push tech exports, root out bias | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 23, 2025 | ABC News
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Published at 5.00am on Thursday, July 24, 2025
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