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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Temperatures remain above normal and rain chances remain low until a cold front arrives at the end 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....Patchy fog this morning. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. North winds around 5 mph this morning, becoming light and variable.
..TONIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. Light and variable winds, becoming south around 5 mph after midnight.
..MONDAY....Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
..MONDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy. Lows around 40. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
..TUESDAY....Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
..TUESDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Lows in the upper 40s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
State and Local News
Why the flu season is so bad and how you can protect yourself | PBS News Hour
New North Carolina law strictly defining sexes as male or female goes into effect | WLOS-TV
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park gearing up for road work [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Davis joins NC Republicans in praising raid in Venezuela; Ross questions constitutionality of action [NC Newsline]
• PolitiFact NC’s top fact checks of 2025: Trump’s immigration crackdown and Biden’s Helene response [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• For the first time in NC history, registered Republicans now outnumber Democrats [Raleigh News and Observer]
• 'Walk for Peace' will bring 19 Buddhist monks to NC. Here's when [Asheville Citizen-Times]
Other News
Full Trump press conference on Maduro capture mission, attack on Caracas and vision for Venezuela | USA TODAY
Maduro on US soil to face drugs and weapons charges | Sky News
an. 3: Maduro captured, arrives in U.S. | NBC News
Flu activity rising as new Subclade K variant spreads | ABC News
Mexico condemns US strikes on Venezuela | FRANCE 24
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 3, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Spies, drones and blowtorches: How the US captured Maduro [BBC News]
• Maduro’s ouster sparks celebrations among Venezuelans in South Florida [AP News]
• 2025's extreme weather had the jet stream's fingerprints all over it, from flash floods to hurricanes [Space.com]
Weird! Human Farming Began For a Really Bizarre Reason: BEER! | Anton Petrov
TWiV 1285: Encapsidating viruses 2025 | Microbe TV
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Published at 6.00am on Sunday, January 04, 2026
Author: Bobby Coggins
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