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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Cool high pressure will move past the region today and Sunday, but then an upper level disturbance will bring another round of precipitation for late Sunday night and Monday. The middle part of next week will be dry with temperatures returning to normal. The next cold front should arrive late in 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....Cloudy this morning, then becoming mostly sunny. Patchy fog this morning. Highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
..TONIGHT....Mostly clear. Lows around 30. Light and variable winds.
..SUNDAY....Mostly sunny. Highs around 50. South winds around 5 mph.
..SUNDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
..MONDAY....Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. A chance of snow in the afternoon. Little or no snow accumulation. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
..MONDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Light snow is likely to develop and then quickly change to freezing rain tonight through Friday morning, mainly at higher elevations. Light accumulations of ice and snow could result in hazardous roadways.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
State and Local News
• Long-awaited Highway 107 project sees some progress as NCDOT awards $103M contract [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Medicare’s new AI experiment sparks alarm among doctors, lawmakers [NC Newsline]
• Can students have cell phones in North Carolina public schools? [NC Local]
• NC elections board pressures DMV to share drivers’ full Social Security numbers [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• This virus is spreading rapidly in NC & there’s no real treatment. What to know [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Asheville's backup water filtration system has ended. Now what? [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
England and Scotland learn World Cup fate as Donald Trump takes centre stage | Sky News
What's driving US actions against Venezuela? | Inside Story | Al Jazeera
• WW1 toxic compound sprayed on Georgian protesters, BBC evidence suggests [BBC News]
• Australia police bust Sydney 'satanic' child sex abuse ring [DW News]
• Sri Lanka, Indonesia deploy military as regional floods leave nearly 1,000 dead [France 24]
Russo-Ukraine War
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 30, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
2000 Meters to Andriivka (full documentary) | FRONTLINE | PBS
Rubio: “It's complicated.” Ukraine–U.S. talks in Florida | Scott Lucas | TVP World
• “First time in 70 years”: Europeans no longer trust US security guarantees, expert says [Euromaidan Press]
• Ukrainian request for nukes and NATO membership ‘will not fly’ – US senator [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• NATO considering preemptive strikes in response to Russia's actions — admiral [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
National News
• Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy [New York Times]
Thieves using wifi jammers to evade detection from home security cameras | NBC News
• Grand jury transcripts from abandoned Epstein investigation in Florida ordered released [Ground News]
• 5 takeaways from the chaotic, combative vaccine advisory meeting [The Hill]
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - December 4, 2025 - Day 1 of 2 | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - December 5, 2025 - Day 2 of 2 | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• FIFA gives Trump a peace prize in a departure from its traditional focus on sport [AP News]
• Trump says America should change football's name so soccer can have it: 'It really doesn't make sense' [Fox News]
• Exclusive-How Netflix won Hollywood's biggest prize, Warner Bros Discovery [Yahoo Finance]
• SpaceX aims for $800 billion valuation in secondary share sale, WSJ reports [CNBC]
Congress' Healthcare Fight Rages On Ahead of Deadline | Balance of Power 12/05/2025 | Bloomberg: The Asia Trade 12/1/25 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (12-5-25): Pres. Trump gets FIFA Peace Prize; CDC advisers alter Hep B vax advice | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Dec. 5, 2025 | ABC News
PBS News Hour full episode, Dec. 5, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Technology and Science News
The Man Who Accidentally Discovered Antimatter | Veritasium
Netflix Officially Buys Warner Bros. Discovery - Possibly Forcing Comcast & Paramount to Merge... | Cord Cutters News
• Linux creator Torvalds thinks Elon Musk is 'too stupid' to be working at a tech company [Neowin]
• TWiV 1276: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• AI chatbots can sway voters with remarkable ease — is it time to worry? [Nature]
• With This New Feature, Proton Has Made it Even Easier to Move Away from Gmail and Google Docs [It's FOSS News]
• 'We have lost a lot of time.' Former NASA chief says US needs to start over with moon landing plans or risk losing to China [Space.com]
• This Telescope’s Final Data Release Just Killed 30 Cosmological Theories [Gizmodo]
• Streaming service makes rare decision to lower its monthly fees [Ars Technica]
Crypto Currencies
Bitcoin: A Different Kind of Bear Market? | Into the CryptoVerse
• Cantor Slashes Strategy Price Target By 59%, Remains 'Long-Term Bullish' on Bitcoin Giant [Decrypt]
• Strategy raised $1.44B to dispel ‘FUD’ amid a crypto down cycle: CEO [Coin Telegraph]
NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) and ASN (Aviation Safety Network) Accident Investigation Pages
• Cirrus SR22T Crash [09/18/2025 - Franklin, NC]
• Crash of N259UP at Louisville-Muhammad Ali International Airport [Aviation Safety Network]
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Published at 6.00am on Friday, December 06, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins
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