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NWS GENERAL OUTLOOK
1. Rain chances increase again Thursday into Friday as the remnants of a tropical low approaches the area from the Gulf. Locally heavy rainfall and damaging winds cannot be ruled out. Drier conditions return over the weekend behind a cold front.
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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. Highs around 80. West winds around 5 ph.
..TONIGHT....Mostly clear in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 40 percent.
..THURSDAY....A chance of showers in the morning, then showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
..THURSDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
..JUNETEENTH....Partly sunny with a chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
..FRIDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
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
• Future of the Macon County Library and the Fontana Regional Library Discussed by Commissioners and the Public [ Macon Media ]
(video) Macon County Public Library Board (06-16-2026) | Macon Media
(video) Expected impacts latest likely tropical storm | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• Protests in Raleigh as NC lawmakers push for election law changes [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC House elections bill adds requisites for military, overseas voters [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• NC opts out of ‘State Fair’ celebration for America’s 250th, citing finances [Raleigh News & Observer]
Iran War News
Trump says Iran will 'never have a nuclear weapon’, as he attends G7 summit | BBC News
• Iran Update Special Report, June 16, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Jerusalem Post Liveblog [Jerusalem Post]
• France24 Liveblog [France 24]
• Al Jazeera Liveblog [Al Jazeera]
• Fox News Liveblog [Fox News]
• Trump goes after Netanyahu as he pursues deal with Iran, putting their friendship to the test [AP News]
• Iran war day 109: Tehran, Washington, sign MoU electronically [Al Jazeera]
• Iran has fired drones at commercial ships in Hormuz strait since MoU's signing, source tells 'Post' [Jerusalem Post]
• US, Iran, Hezbollah spar over murky terms of ceasefire deal [DW News]
• Vance reveals Trump lesson guiding Iran deal strategy as Tehran faces 60-day deadline [Fox News]
World News
Moscow oil refinery hit in retaliation for strike on Kyiv cathedral | World News Tonight | TVP World
Russian warship fires 'warning shots' at UK yacht in Channe | FRANCE 24 English
• Trump says he will push for peace in Ukraine after meeting Zelenskyy at G7 [Al Jazeera]
• Gov't to ease civilian-restricted inter-Korean border boundaries for wider public access [Yonhap News Agency]
• G7 vows new Russia sanctions amid optimism for Ukraine peace [DW News]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 16, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]
National News
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - June 16, 2026 | ABC News
NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas - June 16 | Delaware hospital shooting, FBI foils White House plot | NBC News
• Authorities say they disrupted planned drone, gun attack on White House UFC cage-fighting show [AP News]
• Former Trump Attorneys, Aides Plead Not Guilty to Wisconsin Fake Elector Felony Charges [Ground News]
• Trump falls short in Georgia governor’s race: 5 takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries [The Hill]
• Trump says he'll send Iran deal to Congress for approval [UPI]
• Democracy ’26: Live primary results from DC, Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma and California [Fox News]
Financial News
Trump to Offer Iran Financial Boost in Peace Deal | Daybreak Europe 6/17/2026 | Bloomberg Television
• Fed expected to hold rates steady this week as rate hike talks heat up and US strikes a deal with Iran [Yahoo Finance]
• Central banks are bringing gold reserves home as geopolitical risks rise [CNBC]
Science and Technology
Computex 2026: Not Start Ups... Slop Ups... | Level1Techs
• Music Labels Win Canadian Site Blocking Order Against Y2Mate, YTMP3, and Savefrom [Torrent Freak]
• Trump admin tries to block Clean Air Act lawsuit over xAI’s gas turbines [Ars Technica]
• For the First Time, ChatGPT Reportedly Has Less Than Half of the AI Assistant Market [Gizmodo]
• New plasma trick could unlock smaller, more powerful computer chips [Science Daily]
• TWiV 1330: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
America Spent $500 Million Fighting Kudzu. Three Unexpected Species Did It For Free | Agriculture Flow
AI and Crypto News
The SpaceX IPO | Benjamin Cowen
• Alibaba Is Building Qwen-Robot: The Operating System for the Robot Economy [Decrypt]
• Congress reaches deal on housing bill with CBDC ban until 2030 [Coin Telegraph]
• FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Wants to Launch a New Token After Prison [Bitcoin.com]
AI's Nuclear Arms Control Moment: Fable, Mythos & Wargaming Cyber 9/11 | BPH Ep 40 | Bitcoin Magazine
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Published at 9.00am on Wednesday, June 17, 2026
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