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Saturday, September 27, 2025
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855 Addington Bridge Road
GENERAL OUTLOOK
High pressure remains in control today, then a weak cold front crosses the area Saturday and becomes stationary to the south of our region into early next week. Isolated to scattered mainly afternoon and early evening mountain showers and storms expected each day across the region. Temperatures remain just below seasonal normals through 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...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph.
..TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy dense fog after midnight with visibility one quarter mile or less at times. Lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
..SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times in the morning. Highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
..SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
..SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the east around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
..SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
..LABOR DAY...Partly sunny. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
..MONDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s. 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)
• Old Farmer's Almanac predicts colder, snowier winter for southern Appalachians [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC treasurer finds $170M in state money sitting in previously unknown account [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• Three-year effort to rebuild I-40 begins along the Pigeon River, largely unseen [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Why are flags flying at half-staff in North Carolina? [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
AP Top Stories August 29 | AP News
Is Trump now “dictator”-in-chief? | Sky News
Anas al-Sharif: The targeted killing of ‘the voice of Gaza’ | Featured Documentary | Al Jazeera
• How a leaked phone call derailed the Thai PM's career - and the Shinawatra dynasty [BBC News]
• US Senators arrive in Taiwan amid tensions with China [DW News]
• Moroccan feminist accused of 'offending Islam' denied medical release despite health concerns [France 24]
• “Peace at risk”: Trump envoy Kellogg slams Russian missiles on Kyiv, 19 dead [Euromaidan Press]
• Ukraine was ‘money pit’ under Biden – Vance [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 28, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
National News
Border Patrol agents arrest firefighters battling Bear Gulch fire in Washington state | NBC News
• Who is Robin Westman, suspect in the Annunciation Church shooting? [Minneapolis Star-Tribune]
Video Manifesto of Minneapolis Shooter
• GOP senators express unease over RFK Jr.’s CDC shake-up [The Hill]
CDC You Later: Workers Walk Out | ABC News
• Departures roil the CDC leadership. What’s next for the agency? [AP News]
• Grieving father calls Minneapolis shooter a 'coward' who took life of his 8-year-old son Fletcher during Mass [Fox News]
• Packages under $800 have been able to avoid tariffs for years. Not anymore. [Yahoo Finance]
• Trump housing director Pulte lodges new criminal referral for Fed Governor Lisa Cook [CNBC]
US Stocks Hit Record, Putin-Zelenskiy Meeting 'Won't Happen' | Daybreak Europe 8/29/2025 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (8-28-25): HHS Sec RFK, Jr defends firing CDC Dir Monarez just weeks into the job | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - August 28, 2025 | ABC News
PBS News Weekend full episode, Aug. 28, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Cory Doctorow at CF 25: How Enshittification Conquered the 21st Century and How We Can Overthrow It | CloudFest
• NASA debuts new Orion mission control room for Artemis 2 astronaut flight around the moon (photos) [Space.com]
• Taco Bell Says ‘No Más’ to AI Drive-Thru Experiment [Gizmodo]
• The personhood trap: How AI fakes human personality [Ars Technica]
• Ethereum Outpaces Bitcoin as ETF Inflows Top $1.2 Billion Amid Market Lull [Decrypt]
• US banks moved $312B in dirty money, but critics still blame crypto [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 6.30am on Friday, August 28, 2025
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