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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Gusty winds are expected across the area today behind a passing cold front. Dry high pressure crosses the region over the weekend, with a dry cold front slipping through from the north on Sunday. A warm front may bring small chances of mountain precipitation in the middle of next week, otherwise, dry with a warming temperature trend.
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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....Sunny, breezy with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.
..TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, becoming north around 5 mph after midnight.
..SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph.
..SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph.
..SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
..SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
A Wind Advisory will be in effect from 7am to 7pm today. Details are below.
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
116 AM EST Fri Dec 19 2025
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING ABOVE 3500 FEET...
* WHAT...Winds out of the northwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 45 to 55 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 today.
* 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
• NASCAR legend Greg Biffle and his family killed in plane crash at North Carolina airport [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
N257BW 18 Dec 2025 Greg Biffle | blancolirio
• ‘Runway was on fire’: Witnesses in shock after deadly Statesville plane crash [WBTV-TV (Charlotte, NC)]
• Macon OKs $10 million landfill expansion [Smoky Mountain News]
• Former NC Gov. Jim Hunt dead at 88 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Former NC Gov. Jim Hunt, a longtime, dominant figure in state politics, has died [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Jim Hunt, NC governor who won 4 terms, shaped education legacy, dies [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
Reaction to latest Epstein images as deadline for release of full set looms | Sky News
• Bill Gates pictured with women in new Epstein files [Telegraph (UK)]
Thailand-Cambodia border conflict: Fighting continues despite diplomatic efforts | Al Jazeera
• Australia announces gun buyback scheme in wake of Bondi attack [BBC News]
• Liveblog: EU to lend Ukraine €90 billion for its military needs [DW News]
• Are Trump, the Gulf states and Russia meddling in Italy's top newspapers change of ownership? [France 24]
Russo-Ukraine War
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 18, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
"Money or blood": Europe’s choice over Ukraine funding | World News Tonight | TVP World
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1394: Ukraine’s drones devastate Russian air defenses and oil infrastructure as EU debates seizing Kremlin billions [Euromaidan Press]
• Trump signs record US war budget with $800 million for Kiev [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Putin to sum up 'Results of the Year' [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
National News
• The Idiot: Lex Fridman’s expansive, compelling, anti-journalistic podcast style [Columbia Journalism Review]
Greg Biffle and family believed to be among 7 killed in North Carolina plane crash | AP News
Police chief: Brown Univ. shooting suspect identified, found dead in New Hampshire | NBC News
Press Conference: Officials provide update on Brown University shooting investigation | PBS News Hour
• Trump suspends green card lottery program that allowed Brown University and MIT shootings suspect into the US [Ground News]
• Trump announces ‘Patriot Games,’ with 2 high school athletes from each state [The Hill]
• Man suspected in Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s killing is found dead, officials say [AP News]
• Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente identified as Brown University and MIT shooting suspect, found dead [Fox News]
• CPI inflation print draws caution from economists: 'It’s hard to take this data seriously' [Yahoo Finance]
• Bank of Japan raises benchmark rates to highest in 30 years, lifting 10-year JGB yield past 2% [CNBC]
BOJ Hikes; New TikTok JV; Oil Prices Poised Fall More | Horizons Middle East & Africa 12/19/2025 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (12-18-25): Reax to POTUS' year-end speech; POTUS signs marijuana Exec Order | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - December 18, 2025
PBS News Hour full episode, Dec. 18, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Technology and Science News
Black Holes. Explained. For 1.5 Hours. | PBS Space Time
The Level1 Links With Friends Show December 19 2025: Justice for Rizzbot
• TWiV 1279: Let hepatitis b [Microbe TV]
• Restoring youth to old immune cells: mRNA therapy turns back the clock [Nature]
• Red Hat Buys an AI Safety Company, Promises to Open Source Its Tech [It's FOSS News]
• Trump signs sweeping executive order aimed at 'ensuring American space superiority' [Space.com]
• NASA Has a New Chief. Here’s What He Could Do in His First 20 Days [Gizmodo]
• The inside story of SpaceX’s historic rocket landing that changed launch forever [Ars Technica]
Crypto Currencies
Peter McCormack: Bitcoin Maximalism is Dead (Long Live Bitcoin Maximalism) | Bitcoin Magazine
• ECB Says Digital Euro Is Ready as Decision Shifts to EU Lawmakers [Decrypt]
• Bitcoin rebounds on Japan rate hike as Arthur Hayes sees dollar at 200 yen [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 19, 2025
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