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Saturday, September 27, 2025
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855 Addington Bridge Road
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Heat and humidity ahead of an approaching cold front will result in development of scattered to numerous showers and storms across the area this afternoon. A few strong to perhaps severe storms are possible. Cooler and drier weather returns on Sunday and lingers through at least the middle 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...Partly sunny. Widespread dense fog this morning. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times this morning. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
..TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Patchy fog. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
..SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly sunny. Areas of fog in the morning. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times in the morning. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
..SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
..MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. East winds around 5 mph.
..MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected across the area today in advance of a cold front. The main threats will be from frequent cloud to ground lightning and torrential rainfall. However, a few isolated severe storms producing brief damaging wind gusts and perhaps isolated large hail are possible this afternoon.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
• Agenda Released for September 2025 Meeting of County Commissioners [Macon Media]
Football Score:
Franklin 45
Swain County 27
• Friday Football Frenzy: Sept. 5, 2025, scores and highlights [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC elections officials reach settlement with DOJ in voter registration lawsuit [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• It’s Laura Leslie’s last day on air for WRAL. Here’s what she’s doing next [Raleigh News and Observer]
• FEMA approves additional $35M for NC’s Helene recovery, agency announces [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
Riot police fire tear gas at protesters who were demanding free elections in Serbia | AP News
War in Gaza: Hamas releases hostage video as Israel strikes Gaza City | Sky News
How significant is Xi, Putin and Kim's first meeting in Beijing? | Inside Story | Al Jazeera
• ICE raid on Hyundai plant in Georgia swept up workers on visitor visas [BBC News]
• Trump says US will host G20 summit in 2026 [DW News]
• ‘A show of strength’: Trump’s war on drugs with Venezuela [France 24]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1290: Putin threatens Western peace troops in Ukraine [Euromaidan Press]
• Trump renames Department of Defense to Ministry of War [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 5, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
National News
• How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart [New Yok Times]
• FCC chairman wants prisons to jam cell phone signals [The Desk]
• 5 takeaways on a dismal jobs report for Trump [The Hill]
• Trump seeking ways to take over 9/11 memorial in NYC [AP News]
• ICE tells Kilmar Abrego Garcia he’ll be deported to tiny African country [Fox News]
•Jobs slowdown seals Fed rate cut as White House criticizes Powell for not acting sooner [Yahoo Finance]
• Trump threatens trade probe after ‘discriminatory’ EU fines against Google, Apple [CNBC]
Trump Changes Name of Department of Defense, Weak US Jobs Report | Balance of Power 9/05/2025 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (9-5-25): 22K jobs added in Aug; Pres. Trump renames Defense Dept to War Dept | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - September 5, 2025 | ABC News
PBS News Weekend full episode, Sept. 5, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, Sept. 5, 2025
3I/ATLAS Is NOT Normal // JUICE Lost Contact // Mars' Lumpy Interior | Fraser Cain
• The Wait is Over! Linux Mint 22.2 "Zara" is Here [FOSS NEWS]
• Astronauts get a welcome boost from a SpaceX Dragon | On the International Space Station Sept. 1-5, 2025 [Space.com]
• Climate Experts Roast Joe Rogan After He Misinterprets Simple Graph to Claim Earth Is Cooling [Gizmodo]
• GOP may finally succeed in unrelenting quest to kill two NASA climate satellites [Ars Technica]
• Robinhood Set to Join S&P 500 as Bitcoin Giant Strategy Misses Out [Decrypt]
• Bitcoin traders tipping Q4 price top do 'not understand statistics’ — Analyst [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, September 06, 2025
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