• Heavy rain begins tonight, continues through Saturday. High winds and scattered power outages are possible.
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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Temperatures remain unseasonably warm through Saturday. Rain chances also increase through Saturday until a cold front pushes through the area. Temperatures return to near-normal Sunday into early next week under building high pressure.
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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. A chance of rain this morning, then showers this afternoon. Patchy fog. Highs around 60. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
...TONIGHT....Showers. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
...SATURDAY....Patchy fog in the morning. Rain. Highs around 60. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
...SATURDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Rain likely in the evening. Much cooler with lows in the lower 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph, increasing to 40 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 70 percent.
...SUNDAY....Sunny, blustery and much cooler with highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.
...SUNDAY NIGHT....Mostly clear. Cold with lows around 20.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Heavy rain will develop with a frontal system moving over the area tonight and continue into Saturday afternoon. This could cause minor flooding on small creeks and streams or in poorly drained areas.
Gusty winds will develop early Saturday in high elevations, increasing in strength and expanding into lower elevations Sunday. A few limbs could fall, or trees could uproot where soils are saturated following heavy rain. Isolated power outages could result.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
State and Local News
• Franklin Town Council Transfers Ownership of the Nikwasi Mound to Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians [Macon Media]
Deadline for housing recovery approaching | WLOS-TV
• Protesters rally in Waynesville to honor woman fatally shot by ICE agent and demand change [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Gov. Stein calls for improved mental health care in the wake of Raleigh teacher’s murder [NC Newsline]
• Is it the flu, COVID, just a cold? [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Terminated community school funds affect WNC counties [Smoky Mountain News]
• North Carolina promised a ‘battery belt.’ Where are the factories entering 2026? [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Winter illnesses see uptick in NC. How long is flu, norovirus contagious? [Asheville Citizen-Times]
Other News
Latest details after two shot by Border Patrol agents in Portland | Special Report | CBS News
• UPDATE: Federal agents shoot, injure 2 in East Portland [Portland Tribune]
Fallout after fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis | KARE-TV (Minneapolis, MN)
Jesse Ventura on Minneapolis ICE shooting: 'We're a 3rd world country now' | KMSP-TV (Minneapolis, MN)
• How journalists should cover ICE’s fatal shooting of a civilian in Minneapolis [Poynter]
• Tensions running high in Minnesota as ICE operation, protests continue [Minneapolis Star-Tribune]
• Senate pushes back on Trump’s military threats against Venezuela with war powers vote [AP News]
House passes three year Affordable Care Act tax credit extension | NBC News
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan. 8, 2026 | ABC News
Iran experiencing nationwide internet blackout, monitor says | Al Jazeera
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 8, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]
• There is a 'real threat' of US military action against Colombia, president tells BBC [BBC News]
• Here's how much more complex Trump 2.0 tariffs are — and how much the Supreme Court could roll things back [Yahoo Finance]
• Trump is desperate to take Greenland. Can NATO defend itself — and is it willing to? [CNBC]
• Gizmodo’s Best of CES 2026 Awards: See the Winners [Gizmodo]
• NASA says it will return 4 astronauts home early in 1st-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station [Space.com]
Why Does The Universe Have 62 Layers? | History of the Universe
Bitcoin: Dubious Speculation (Labor Market, Tariffs) | Ben Cowen
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Published at 6.00am on Friday, January 09, 2026
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