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Saturday, September 27, 2025
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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Chance for showers and thunderstorms linger through the rest of the weekend, ahead of a cold front. Can`t rule out an isolated instance of localized flash flooding. The cold front is expected to pass through the area on Monday, leading to a Fall-like airmass as drier and cooler conditions settle in through much 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...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
...TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable. Chance of rain 80 percent.
...SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers with thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds in the morning and increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 80 percent.
...SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
...MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
...MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER Slow-moving thunderstorms producing very heavy rainfall may recur at times today. A localized flash flood threat will persist in the areas described above, being increasingly likely in locations that receive multiple rounds of heavy rainfall over the two-day period.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
Football Score:
Murphy: 29
Franklin: 16
• Friday Football Frenzy: Aug. 22, 2025, scores and highlights [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• N.C. Affordable Housing Conference to take place Sept. 30-Oct. 1 [NC Newsline]
• New trial over Cooper's covid lockdowns ordered by NC Supreme Court [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• Are NC schools more segregated? What data show after state lifted voucher cap [Raleigh News and Observer]
• As Tropical Storm Helene 1-year anniversary looms, how can we prepare for mountain storms? [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
Trump critic's home raided by the FBI | Sky News
Peru’s Amazon under threat: Industry blamed for massive land loss | Al Jazeera
• Ghislaine Maxwell says Epstein list does not exist [BBC News]
• North Korea protests warning shots at border with South [DW News]
• Hegseth fires Pentagon intelligence chief whose agency cast doubt on Iran strikes' impact [France 24]
• Ukraine drones turned Russia’s Druzhba oil lifeline into fire — second hit in Bryansk’s Unecha this month (video) [Euromaidan Press]
• Seven Ukrainian drones downed over three Russian regions last night [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 22, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
National News
Inside training center for new ICE officers | NBC News
• DOJ releases interview with Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell: 5 takeaways [The Hill]
• Judge blocks Trump from cutting funding from 34 cities and counties over ‘sanctuary’ policies [AP News]
• Abbott clears final redistricting hurdle as Texas Senate passes new Trump-approved map [Fox News]
• Intel announces $8.9 billion investment from US government, which will own 9.9% of chipmaker [Yahoo Finance]
• Powell indicates conditions ‘may warrant’ interest rate cuts as Fed proceeds ‘carefully’ [CNBC]
Cowboy Capitalism | Powell at Jackson Hole, Jackson's Billionaires, Chevron CEO, Dallas Finance Boom | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (8-22-25): Fed Chair suggests interest rate cut; DOJ releases Maxwell interview | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - August 22, 2025 | ABC News
Listen to the full Ghislaine Maxwell DOJ interview tapes | PBS News Hour
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, Aug. 22, 2025
3rd Interstellar Comet Just Formed a Bizarre Tail and More Updates| Anton Petrov
• Watch Blue Origin launch its 200th payload on 35th New Shepard spaceflight Aug. 23 [Space.com]
• U.S. Government Now ‘Controls’ 10% of Intel, Trump Says [Gizmodo]
• Trump says US will take 10% stake in Intel because CEO wants to “keep his job” [Ars Technica]
• Crypto Stocks Spiked Following Powell Dovish Signals, With Bitcoin Miners, Treasuries Also Rising [Decrypt]
• Coinbase tightens workforce security after North Korea remote-worker threats [Coin Telegraph]
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 23, 2025
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