• Heavy rain today. High winds and scattered power outages are possible.
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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Temperatures will remain unseasonably warm today. Widespread rainfall ongoing will continue through today and into tonight, until a cold front pushes through the area and dries us out. Temperatures are expected to return to near- or even below-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....Showers with a chance of thunderstorms this morning, then showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Patchy fog. Locally heavy rainfall possible this morning. Highs in the lower 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
..TONIGHT....Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening. Patchy fog. Much cooler with lows in the upper 20s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph, increasing to 40 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 40 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. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
..MONDAY....Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
..MONDAY NIGHT....Clear. Lows in the mid 20s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Isolated thunderstorms today could produce damaging wind gusts. In addition, a brief, weak tornado cannot be completely ruled out, resulting in minor structural damage or downed tree limbs.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
State and Local News
Thermo Fisher Scientific to lay off hundreds of workers, phase out Weaverville operations | WLOS-TV
• North Carolina confirms 5th measles case as South Carolina's outbreak surges [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC Bishop Barber condemns shooting by ICE agent, promotes Selma-like march for justice [NC Newsline]
• Trump threatens $50 million in funds for NC roads over immigrant concerns [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Mysterious armed man began shooting at tourist in Great Smoky Mountains, park says [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Curious kids keep the Smokies’ volunteer letter writers busy [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]
Hundreds protesting outside downtown Minneapolis hotel where ICE agents are believed to be staying | KARE-TV (Minneapolis, MN)
• How journalists should cover ICE’s fatal shooting of a civilian in Minneapolis [Poynter]
• Political tribalism consumes debate over ICE shooting [Minneapolis Star-Tribune]
• Greenland’s party leaders firmly reject Trump’s push for US control of the island [AP News]
Trump: 'We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not' | NBC News
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - January 9, 2026 | ABC News
Elections in the shadow of war: Contested regions of Myanmar are unsafe for voters | Al Jazeera
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 9, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Trump says US needs to 'own' Greenland to prevent Russia and China from taking it [BBC News]
• Trump posted some U.S. jobs data before its official release on Friday [Yahoo Finance]
• Trump calls for one-year cap on credit card interest rates at 10% [CNBC]
• World’s Richest Man Says Don’t Bother Saving for Retirement [Gizmodo]
• NASA will evacuate SpaceX Crew-11 astronauts from International Space Station on Jan. 14 [Space.com]
Betelgeuse Update! Evidence of a Wake Formed by Its Partner | Anton Petrov
Unemployment Rate Drops to 4.4% | Ben Cowen
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Published at 8.00am on Saturday, January 10, 2026
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