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Saturday, September 27, 2025
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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Scattered showers and storms return today in the mountains and parts of South Carolina and NE Georgia. Rain chances Sunday through Tuesday will be mainly confined to the mountains. Temperatures will trend upward through Monday but then trend cooler, ending up below normal late in the 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...Areas of 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 northeast around 5 mph in the morning, becoming light and variable. Chance of rain 50 percent.
..TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain 50 percent.
...SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph in the morning, becoming light and variable. Chance of rain 30 percent.
...SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the north around 5 mph after midnight.
...MONDAY...Sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
...MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER Scattered thunderstorms are expected again today. A few of the storms may become strong or even severe, with damaging wind the main risk from any severe thunderstorms.
Scattered thunderstorms are expected again today. A few of the storms may become strong or even severe, with damaging wind the main risk from any severe thunderstorms.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
• Cherokee cannabis growers’ proposal killed, Qualla Enterprises takes Cooper property [Smoky Mountain News]
• Mission Health/HCA Healthcare settle antitrust lawsuit with Buncombe, Brevard and others [BPR News]
• Search continues for missing 25-year-old man last seen entering woods in Cherokee [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC State Health Plan leaders vote to raise health insurance premiums on state workers [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• Medicaid cuts to begin soon in NC, including ending coverage of weight loss drugs [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Tropical Storm Helene housing program receives more than 1K applications since June launch [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
Full President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin New Conference | C-SPAN
Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump board planes to leave Alaska | Sky News
• 'Next time in Moscow?': Five takeaways after Trump and Putin's Alaska summit [BBC News]
• Why Alaska was chosen to host the Putin-Trump summit [DW News]
• Red carpet welcome but no Ukraine deal: key takeaways from the Trump-Putin summit [France 24]
• Putin escapes US sanctions despite leaving Alaska talks without peace deal on Ukraine [Euromaidan Press]
• IN BRIEF: '10 out of 10': What is known about three-hour summit between Putin, Trump [TASs (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 15, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
National News
Judge rejects Trump administration’s plan to federalize D.C. police | ABC News
Trump and Putin do not announce Ukraine ceasefire after Alaska summit | NBC News
• Photos of the Putin-Trump summit in Alaska [AP News]
• Trump rates Putin summit a '10 out of 10' and touts 'very good progress' toward peace [Fox News]
• Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq notch weekly wins as slew of data muddies rate-cut path [Yahoo Finance]
• Why Bezos-backed Slate Automotive says it has cracked the code to affordable EVs [CNBC]
Trump, Putin Press Conference Ends With No Details on Agreement | Balance of Power 8/15/2025 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (8-15-25): Pres. Trump & Pres. Putin hold summit in Alaska on war in Ukraine | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - August 15, 2025 | ABC News
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, Aug. 15, 2025
TWiV 1244: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
• SpaceX aims to launch Starship Flight 10 test flight on Aug. 24 [Space.com]
• As People Ridicule GPT-5, Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Need ‘Trillions’ in Infrastructure [Gizmodo]
• SpaceX reveals why the last two Starships failed as another launch draws near [Ars Technica]
• OKX Burns $26 Billion Worth of OKB Tokens on Ethereum—Here's Why [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 Saturday, August 16, 2025
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