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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A cold front brings rain and gusty winds today into tonight before drier conditions return behind the front early Friday morning. Gusty winds linger through Friday before diminishing Friday evening. Mostly dry conditions are expected this weekend before precipitation chances return across the North Carolina mountains 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....Cloudy. Rain in the afternoon. Patchy fog in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 90 percent.
..TONIGHT....Rain. Patchy fog. Lows in the lower 30s. Winds out of the south 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph shifting to come out of the west with gusts up to 45 mph after midnight. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
..FRIDAY....Sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
..FRIDAY NIGHT....Mostly clear. Lows around 30. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the evening.
..SATURDAY....Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
..SATURDAY NIGHT....Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
..SUNDAY....Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in the lower 50s.
..SUNDAY NIGHT....Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Hazardous weather not expected today or tonight. A Wind Advisory will be in effect from 7am to 7pm on Friday. Details are below.
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1215 AM EST Thu Dec 18 2025
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET...
* WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected above 3500 feet.
* WHERE...Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Northern Jackson, Southern Jackson, Swain, and Yancey Counties.
* WHEN...From 7 AM to 7 PM EST Friday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
Secure outdoor objects.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
State and Local News
• First pediatric flu death reported in North Carolina for 2025-2026 season [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
Lumbee Tribal Chairman John L. Lowery with a short message directly after the NDAA Vote | Lumbee Tribe
• Lumbee recognition passes Senate, heads to Trump [The Robesonian]
• EBCI chief criticizes Lumbee as federal recognition nears finish line [Smoky Mountain News]
•‘What keeps me up at night’: Stein reflects on Helene, immigration and collaboration with Trump [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC’s Sen. Ted Budd voices blunt concerns about Mark Walker nomination [Raleigh News and Observer]
• First pediatric flu death of season in NC, what you should know [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
Final frontier: The race to control space | Sky News
• White House demands British supermarkets stock chlorinated chicken [Telegraph (UK)]
Ukraine’s war effort hangs on EU vote to use frozen Russian assets to fund defence | Al Jazeera
• Australian PM announces crackdown on hate speech after Bondi shooting [BBC News]
• EU summit Liveblog: Bloc leaders meet to talk Ukraine financing [DW News]
• China tells US to 'immediately' stop arming Taiwan after Washington approves arms package [France 24]
Russo-Ukraine War
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 17, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
Brussels under pressure: funding Ukraine and reviving Mercosur | World News Tonight | TVP World
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1392: Ukrainian special forces eliminate Russian railway operation in Pokrovsk [Euromaidan Press]
• Russia’s Oreshnik missile system to enter service this year – Putin [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Trump says US wants back oil rights allegedly taken by Venezuela [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
National News
• A Very Big Deal [Columbia Journalism Review]
Trump addresses the nation (full speech) | AP News
Trump delivers high-stakes primetime address | NBC News
• Trump announces $1,776 ‘warrior dividend’ payout for military personnel [Ground News]
• 5 takeaways from Trump’s White House address [The Hill]
• DOJ vowed to punish those who disrupt Trump’s immigration crackdown. Dozens of cases have crumbled [AP News]
• Trump drops receipts on US savings since Biden's Oval Office exit [Fox News]
• Inflation expected to remain above Fed target in November as economic data schedule gets back on track [Yahoo Finance]
• China says U.S. will only ‘harm itself’ after Washington approves $11 billion arms sale to Taiwan [CNBC]
Trump: Announcing Fed Chair Soon; BP’s First Female CEO | Horizons Middle East & Africa 12/18/2025 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (12-17-25): House to vote on extending ACA subsidies after 4 GOP join Dem petition | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - December 17, 2025
PBS News Hour full episode, Dec. 17, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Technology and Science News
Bizarre Connection Between Milankovitch Cycles, Mars and Volcanoes | Anton Petrov
The Level1 Links With Friends Show December 17 2025: VaaS
• Beyond the Noise #87: RFK Jr. says we need to stop trusting experts [Microbe TV]
• Restoring youth to old immune cells: mRNA therapy turns back the clock [Nature]
• Denmark Begins Its Exit from Microsoft — and This Is Just the Start [It's FOSS News]
• Rocket Lab launches 4 experimental 'DiskSats' for the US military [Space.com]
• Texas Sues TV Makers, Claiming They Can Collect Images of What Viewers Are Watching[Gizmodo]
• NASA finally—and we really do mean it this time—has a full-time leader [Ars Technica]
Crypto Currencies
The Unemployment Rate Rises to 4.6%
• Decrypt's 2025 Story of the Year: Crypto Treasury Firms Flood Wall Street [Decrypt]
• US Fed pulls guidance blocking its banks from engaging with crypto [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 Thursday, December 18, 2025
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