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Saturday, September 27, 2025
South Macon Elementary
855 Addington Bridge Road
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Abundant moisture over the Southeast will keep scattered to numerous showers with mainly afternoon thunderstorms through Friday. As a somewhat shallow upper ridge builds over our region during the weekend and early next week, temperatures warm to near normal Afternoon thunderstorms become more isolated to scattered from Sunday into early 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...Partly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. 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...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Widespread fog after midnight. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
...FRIDAY...Partly sunny. Widespread dense fog in the morning. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times in the morning. Highs in the lower 80s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph in the morning, becoming light and variable. Chance of rain 70 percent.
...FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain 50 percent.
...SATURDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly sunny with showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 80. Chance of rain 70 percent.
...SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
• Tainted by misinformation, FRL debate drags on [Smoky Mountain News]
• Mission Hospital criticized after patient dies in ER bathroom, lack of staff monitoring [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Internal disputes come to a head at NCInnovation, group backed with $500M from state taxpayers [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• NC State Health Plan to vote Friday on 2026 premium increases [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Deal reached in HCA/Mission Health federal antitrust lawsuit; $1M charity fund created [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
Trump threatens Putin with 'severe consequences' if he doesn't agree to ceasefire | Sky News
• Trump to offer Putin minerals for peace [The Telegraph]
• In maps: The war-ravaged Ukrainian territories at the heart of the Trump-Putin summit [BBC News]
• What Ukrainians expect of the Putin-Trump summit [DW News]
• Spain calls to European allies for help amid worsening wildfires [France 24]
• The West is losing the information war because it won’t fight dirty [Euromaidan Press]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 13, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
National News
National Guard presence expected to ‘grow throughout the week’ in D.C. | NBC News
• How A Jellyfish Swarm Overwhelmed The Cooling System At Nuclear Power Plant[The Weather Channel]
• DC residents protest as White House says federal agents will be on patrol 24/7 [AP News]
• First lady Melania Trump puts Hunter Biden on $1B notice over 'false, defamatory' Epstein comments [Fox News]
• Chicago Fed's Goolsbee, Atlanta Fed's Bostic see case for patience before cutting interest rates [Yahoo Finance]
• Amazon launches same-day delivery of meat, eggs, produce in more than 1,000 cities [CNBC]
Trump Sets Putin Summit Expectations, Bessent Urges Rate Cut | Balance of Power 8/13/2025 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (8-13-25): Pres. Trump threatens 'severe consequences' if Putin does not end war | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - August 13, 2025 | ABC News
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Published at 5.00am on Thursday, August 14, 2025
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