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Saturday, October 25, 2025
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GENERAL OUTLOOK
High pressure continues to control the pattern through Tuesday, with low rain chances and a slow warming trend. A cold front arrives Wednesday, which will bring a chance for showers and thunderstorms across the area. Much drier and cooler weather is expected behind the front during the latter half of 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....Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers this afternoon. Highs around 70. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
...TONIGHT....Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
...TUESDAY....Patchy fog in the morning. Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
...TUESDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Showers likely after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable. Chance of rain 70 percent.
...WEDNESDAY....Showers likely. A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
...WEDNESDAY 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)
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park reopens with local support amid federal shutdown [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Stein signs crime bill, potentially restarting death penalty in NC after Charlotte stabbing [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Reaction comes in from NC lawmakers, NAACP after Stein signs Iryna’s Law [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Blue Ridge Parkway visitor center, mineral museum reopen for 7 days amid shutdown [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
Sky News visits rural Afghanistan where babies are dying of hunger | Sky News
Floods slash Pakistan’s basmati rice exports, driving up global prices | Al Jazeera
• BBC finds Russian guards, Iranian trucks and rusting railway on Trump's Caucasus peace route [BBC News]
• Georgia's prime minister promises clampdown on dissent [DW News]
• France Liveblog: New government under PM Sébastian Lecornu already facing criticism [France 24]
Russo-UKraine War
"Game Changers" in Ukraine (2025) - Evaluating Effective, Disappointing and Weird Systems | Perun
Russia strikes with hypersonic Kinzhals: Zelenskyy blames West for no reaction | World News Tonight | TVP World News
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1320: weekend of escalation: Russia kills nine civilians as Czech election threatens EU unity [Euromaidan Press]
• Czech elections just buried the ‘Western dream’ [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Patriot systems struggle to intercept Russian missiles in Ukraine [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 05, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
National News
California sues Trump admin. over National Guard deployment | NBC News
• (video) Judge temporarily blocks deployment of any National Guard troops to Oregon [KATU-TV (Portland, OR)]
• 5 issues to watch as Supreme Court kicks off new term [The Hill]
• Government shutdown entering sixth day as Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse [AP News]
• Federal judge blocks Trump's National Guard deployment to Portland amid constitutional challenge [Fox News]
• 'All news is good news': Wall Street shrugs off government shutdown, jobs report delay [Yahoo Finance]
• Investors aren’t the market’s biggest loser if Trump, SEC end quarterly reporting [CNBC]
Japan's PM Prospect Smashes Glass Ceiling, Boosts Markets | Insights with Haslinda Amin 10/6/2025 | Bloomberg Television
After Words: Trump 2024: Joe Concha on Strategy, Media, and The Greatest Comeback Ever | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Oct. 5, 2025 | ABC News
PBS News Hour, Oct. 5, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Technology and Science News
Science and Technology News
Evidence of a Near-Earth Supernova 10 Million Years Ago, But Did It Do Anything to Life? | Anton Petrov
• Weaponizing uncertainty in science and in public health puts people in harm’s way [Nature]
• IBM Unveils Granite 4.0 Hybrid Model That Competes with Rivals Twice Its Size [FOSS NEWS]
• World Space Week 2025 explores what it means to live beyond Earth [Space.com]
• Trump Posts Bizarre AI Video of Project 2025 Architect as the Grim Reaper [Gizmodo]
• Pentagon contract figures show ULA’s Vulcan rocket is getting more expensive [Ars Technica]
• Donald Trump and Bitcoin: From 'Not a Fan' to Crypto President [Decrypt]
• Bitcoin corrects from $125K all-time high: Where will BTC price bottom? [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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Published at 6.00am on Monday, October 06, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins
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