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Saturday, October 25, 2025
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855 Addington Bridge Road
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry and cool high pressure remains over the area through the weekend before a low pressure system brings rain to our area early next week. Daytime temperatures generally remain below normal for the next several days.
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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....Areas of frost this morning. Mostly sunny. Highs in the 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
...TONIGHT....Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph in the early evening, then shifting to come out of the southeast after midnight.
...SATURDAY....Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
...SATURDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
...SUNDAY....Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
...SUNDAY NIGHT....Cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
...INCREASED FIRE DANGER IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY...
...INCREASED FIRE DANGER FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...
Dry and windy conditions will return this afternoon. Minimum relative humidity values will range from 20 to 30 percent with wind gusts from 15-25 mph. This, combined with dry fuels, will result in another afternoon of increased fire danger across western North Carolina, the South Carolina Upstate, and northeast Georgia.
Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities on whether you can burn today. If you do burn, use extreme caution, as fires can spread rapidly under these conditions.
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 expected.
* WHERE...Buncombe, Burke Mountains, Caldwell Mountains, Graham, Haywood, Macon, Madison, McDowell Mountains, Northern Jackson, and Swain Counties.
* WHEN...From 2 AM to 9 AM EDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. In-ground sprinkler systems should be drained. Remove hoses and cover above-ground pipes.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
Joint Work Session Commissioners and Education (10-21-2025) Macon Media
• Civil rights groups vow challenge to North Carolina’s new congressional maps [NC Newsline]
• Freeze warnings in place ahead of WNC's coldest air of the season yet [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Stein signs stopgap funding bill aiding law enforcement and businesses impacted by disasters [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• With new map, NC candidates make decisions on where to run in 2026 [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Western North Carolina faces double weather warnings as fire danger increases, temperatures drop [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
Historic moment as King Charles and Pope Leo pray at the Vatican | Sky News
Trump warns land strikes against alleged drug traffickers may be next | CBS Evening News
Is China's economy stalling or transforming? | Counting the Cost | Al Jazeera
• China names new second highest-ranking general after military purge [BBC News]
• [Liveblog] Trump: Israel could lose US support if it annexes West Bank [DW News]
• EU leaders task Commission with Ukraine funding plan, eye frozen assets loan [France 24]
Russo-UKraine War
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 23, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
TVP World | World News Tonight | TVP World
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1338: US sanctions Russian oil giants as China halts purchases, Ukraine strikes deep into Russia [Euromaidan Press]
• ‘Trump hit Moscow – but missed the point’: What Russian analysts say about the new sanctions [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• What is known about 19th package of anti-Russia sanctions [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
National News
Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir exposes abuse by powerful men | PBS NewsHour
TikToker who built following documenting L.A. raids shot by federal agent | NBC News
• Trump calls off troops in San Francisco after billionaires intervene [The Telegraph (UK)]
Trump's new ballroom will be bigger than the White House itself | DW News
East Wing of White House torn down as Trump clears space for his ballroom | PBS NewsHour
• Here’s what White House loses with East Wing’s demolition [The Hill]
• Frustrations boil over as Vance delivers ‘firm’ message to Netanyahu [Politico]
• NBA head coach and player charged in sprawling sports betting and Mafia-backed poker schemes [AP News]
• NBA’s Partnerships With Sportsbooks ‘Complicates’ Its Response to Gambling Case, Says Lawyer [Newsweek]
• Trump reacts to report of B-1 bombers near Venezuela while threatening drug traffickers during WH roundtable [Fox News]
• U.S. weekly rail traffic finishes down again [Yahoo Finance]
• Disney warns ESPN, other networks may go out on YouTube TV at the end of the month [CNBC]
White House Announces Trump-Xi Bilat During APEC Summit | Balance of Power 10/23/2025 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (10-23-25): Senate rejects paying troops, some fed workers during gov't shutdown | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Oct. 23, 2025 | ABC News
PBS News Hour, Oct. 23, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Technology and Science News
What's It Like to Live Inside a Void? | Dr. Paul M. Sutter
The Level1 Links With Friends Show October 24 2025: Night of the Inflatable Pumpkin
• Does gravity produce quantum weirdness? Proposal divides physicists [Nature]
• KDE Plasma 6.5 Released: Let Me Walk You Through What's New [FOSS NEWS]
• 'Sean Dummy': Why is Elon Musk attacking the acting NASA chief? [Space.com]
• Physicists Revive 150-Year-Old ‘Knot’ Theory to Explain Matter-Antimatter Mystery [Gizmodo]
• We let OpenAI’s “Agent Mode” surf the web for us—here’s what happened [Ars Technica]
• Wallets Tied to Melania Trump Meme Coin Airdropped $1.2 Million in Meteora Tokens [Decrypt]
• Trump on CZ pardon: I'm told ‘what he did is not even a crime’ [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 Friday, October 24, 2025
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