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NWS GENERAL OUTLOOK
Cooler and drier weather will be on tap today through tonight, as high pressure builds in from the northwest. Highs today will be a few degrees below normal, and lows will be near normal tonight. Despite a weak, dry cold front crossing the mountains tonight, the mountain valleys may decouple and cool down enough for some patchy frost.
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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....Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
..TONIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. North winds around 5 mph.
..TUESDAY....Patchy frost in the morning. Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. North winds around 5 mph.
..TUESDAY NIGHT....Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph after midnight.
..WEDNESDAY....Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
..WEDNESDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Local and state-wide burn bans are in place until further notice.
Hazardous fire weather conditions will be possible across parts of the area early to middle of this week.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
State and Local News
• Paxton Media Group acquires nine titles from Community Newspapers, Inc. [Graham Star]
Officers honor passed NC representative and fire chief amid anti-speeding campaign | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• 'My heart grieved': Loved ones celebrate life of longtime politician Rep. Mike Clampitt [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC joins lawsuit over Trump’s mail-in ballot order, calling it an unconstitutional power grab [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Who paid to help oust NC’s Phil Berger? Voters may never know. Here’s why [Raleigh News and Observer]
• 2026 homelessness count results are in. But who make up the numbers? [Asheville Citizen-Times]
Other News
• Iran Beefs Up Defenses, Recruits Children as It Prepares for Ground War [WSJ]
Strait of Hormuz WEEK 5 Update | Is the Strait OPEN or CLOSED? | Have We Gone Full Looney Tunes?| What's Going on With Shipping?
• Iran Update Special Report, April 4, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]
• AP News Liveblog [AP News]
• Jerusalem Post Liveblog [Jerusalem Post]
• BBC Liveblog [BBC News]
• Al Jazeera Liveblog [Al Jazeera]
• Fox News Liveblog [Fox News]
Mission to rescue U.S. airman from Iran: What we know | CBS News
'You'll be living in hell': Trump warns Iran to reopen Strait of Hormuz | Sky News
Meet the Press Full Episode — April 5 | NBC News
• How Pam Bondi lost her job [CNN]
• Satellite firm Planet Labs to indefinitely withhold Iran war images [Reuters]
• It’s time for Artemis II to break Apollo 13’s distance record. What to know about the moon flyby [AP News]
• Airman rescue shows US can penetrate enemy territory 'anywhere' in Iran, former Pentagon official warns [Fox News]
• How income and costs affect everyone differently [Yahoo News]
• Trump’s Iran ultimatum and signals of a possible deal keep investors on tenterhooks [CNBC]
Bloomberg This Weekend | Daring Rescue Mission, OPEC Meeting on Energy Crisis, TMZ Goes to DC | Bloomberg Television
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - April 5, 2026 | ABC News
Pope Leo's political voice and how much influence he holds | PBS NewsHour
Q&A Podcast: Jennifer Levasseur, Space History Curator | C-SPAN
Pipeline scare before elections: Plot or political setup? | World News Tonight | TVP WORLD
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 05, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]
• What we know so far about rescue of US airman in Iran [BBC News]
• Malaysia joins growing list of countries turning to WFH amid fuel crisis [News.com.au]
• Trump drops Easter Sunday f-bomb in new threat to Iran [The Hill]
• 'Simple' popular vote plan would mean chaos for 2028 election | Opinion [USA TODAY]
Assessing Iran's military power after a month of war | DW News
• Visible planets and night sky guide for April [EarthSky]
• Mars dust storms are sparking electricity and rewriting the planet’s chemistry [Science Daily ]
• I Regret to Inform You That the Artemis II Astronauts Are Having Lots of Screen Time [Gizmodo]
• Trump proposes steep cut to NASA budget as astronauts head for the Moon [Ars Technica]
• NASA's Artemis 3 mission: Practicing docking in Earth orbit [Space.com]
First Scientific Confirmation of Consciousness in a Tiny Fish | Anton Petrov
Artemis II: Was it Everything I Expected? | Scott Manley
• AI Giant Anthropic Files to Launch 'AnthroPAC' Amid Clash With Trump Administration [Decrypt]
• Rich Bitcoin traders lost $337M daily in first quarter of 2026 [Coin Telegraph]
Bitcoin: The Dangers of Complacency | Benjamin Cowen
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Published at 6.00am on Sunday, April 05, 2026
Author: Bobby Coggins
Both are in drydock for maintenance. Comfort is due out in April, Mercy in July. There was an incident a US Navy submariner was airlifted by a Danish Defense Seahawk helicopter, deployed from the Vædderen, a Danish military patrol ship. Maybe he's upset that we required medical assistance from them. That's funny, because the Mercy won't be available until July 2026 and the Comfort won't be available until at least April 2026. 42m Reply Top fan Bobby Coggins There was an incident a US Navy submariner was airlifted by a Danish Defense Seahawk helicopter, deployed from the Vædderen, a Danish military patrol ship. Maybe he's upset that we required medical assistance from them. -->
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