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Saturday, October 25, 2025
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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A moist cold front will stall along the Carolina Coast this weekend, keeping unsettled weather around. A tropical system will likely impact the area early next week but confidence remains low at this time with regards to specific impacts. High temperatures will remain near normal through the weekend before dropping below normal 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 this morning. Thunderstorms likely with a chance of showers this afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Light and variable winds, becoming west around 5 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain 60 percent.
...TONIGHT....Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. North winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
...SUNDAY....Mostly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
...SUNDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds around 5 mph.
...MONDAY....Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
...MONDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected through this evening as a cold front stalls over the area. The main hazard will be localized nuisance to minor flooding from heavy downpours.
Depending on its exact motion and track, Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine could bring impacts such as heavy rainfall and gusty winds Monday into late Tuesday across the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia. The heavy rainfall threat may linger later into next week but confidence is low at this time.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
Football Score:
Franklin: 37
Pisgah: 26
• Friday Football Frenzy: Sept. 26, 2025, scores and highlights [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Former GOP official Dallas Woodhouse to oversee NC county election boards [NC Newsline]
• Voices After Helene: Reflections on the One-Year Anniversary [BPR News]
• NC officials begin process to help thousands of state workers switch doctors, as Duke negotiations sour [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Pledge of bipartisan support for repairs of still damaged Interstate 40 in Western NC [Raleigh News and Observer]
• WNC high school football Week 6 top performers: Franklin's Garrett Young rushes for 4 TDs [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
Inside the courtroom: How migrants fight to stay in Britain | Sky News
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu UN General Assembly Address | C-SPAN
Netanyahu at the UN: Diplomats walk out as Israeli prime minister speaks | Al Jazeera
• Elon Musk and Prince Andrew named in new Epstein files [BBC News]
• Middle East updates: Trump hints at imminent Gaza deal [DW News]
• Tehran and Moscow sign multi-billion dollar deal to build nuclear power plants in Iran [France 24]
Russo-UKraine War
Burned-out Russian tanks line the road in Donetsk | Military Mind | TVP World News
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1311: War’s new phase: Ukraine strikes deep, Europe faces drone swarms, and diplomacy re-emerges [Euromaidan Press]
• US revokes Colombian president’s visa for urging American soldiers to ‘disobey Trump’ [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Lavrov expresses solidarity with Venezuela in face of growing interference attempts [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 26, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
National News
• Why the case against James Comey may end in humiliation for Trump’s DOJ [Politico ]
• Special Coverage: The FCC vs. Jimmy Kimmel [The Desk]
• Epstein estate documents mention Peter Thiel, Steve Bannon, Elon Musk [The Hill]
• Tennessee governor says more federal agents to join fight against crime in Memphis next week [AP News]
• Trump administration official physically assaulted at UNGA by 'deranged leftist,' White House says[Fox News]
• Why government shutdown odds are spiking: Both parties see some upside [Yahoo Finance]
• Markets won’t care if Trump fires Fed Governor Cook, DOJ tells Supreme Court [CNBC]
Trump Says Government Will Shut Down if it Has To | Balance of Power 9/26/2025 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (9-26-25): Fmr FBI Dir Comey indicted and other top stories this week | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - September 26, 2025 | ABC News
PBS News Hour, Sept. 26, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Science and Technology News
2 Artemis Related Vehicles Get Their Next Launch Windows | This Week in Spaceflight | NASA Spaceflight
• What happens if pregnant women stop taking Tylenol? [Nature]
• Raspberry Pi 500+: A Computer Inside a Mechanical Keyboard [FOSS NEWS]
• Blue Origin now targeting mid-October for launch of twin NASA Mars probes on 2nd-ever New Glenn rocket [Space.com]
• Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say [Gizmodo]
• You should care more about the stabilizers in your mechanical keyboard—here’s why [Ars Technica]
• $18 Billion in Bitcoin Options Set to Expire—Here’s What to Expect [Decrypt]
• Who’s in the running to become the next CFTC chair? [Coin Telegraph]
NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) and ASN (Aviation Safety Network) Accident Investigation Pages
• Cirrus SR22T Crash [09/18/2025 - Franklin, NC]
• Midair Collision PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 Airplane and Sikorsky H-60 Military Helicopter [1/29/2025 - Arlington, VA]
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