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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry but mild high pressure remains over the area today. A moist cold front crosses the area Tuesday into Wednesday, producing widespread showers and a few thunderstorms. Much colder temperatures arrive behind it and continue into the weekend.
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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....Mostly sunny this morning, then becoming partly sunny. Highs around 60. South winds around 5 mph.
..TONIGHT....Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 30 percent.
..TUESDAY....Showers. Highs in the upper 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the morning. Chance of rain 90 percent.
..TUESDAY NIGHT....Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
..WEDNESDAY....Partly sunny with a chance of showers in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Temperature falling into the lower 50s in the afternoon. West winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
..WEDNESDAY NIGHT....Mostly clear. Much cooler with lows in the upper 20s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Hazardous weather is not expected today and tonight.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
State and Local News
• Governor Stein pardons turkeys Krispy and Kreme in annual Thanksgiving tradition [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC immigration enforcement operation ‘not over’ despite earlier reports, DHS says [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Search for shark’s teeth at North Carolina beach leads woman to WWII artifact [Raleigh News and Observer]
• NC puts $3.75M toward free childcare for Helene-impacted families [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
What is Trump's peace plan for the Ukraine war and why is it controversial? | Sky News
America Is Already at War with Venezuela (Open War Is Next) | Caspian Report
US President Trump meets New York City Mayor-elect Mamdani at the White House | Al Jazeera
• What we know about leaked US draft plan to end Russia's Ukraine war [BBC News]
• COP30 Liveblog: Summit struggles to reach fossil fuel phase out deal [DW News]
• How key players reacted to US plan to end war in Ukraine [France 24]
Russo-Ukraine War
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 22, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
Pokrovsk & Ukraine Before the Winter - Russia's Autumn Offensive, Observations & Diplomacy | Perun
U.S. peace proposal for Ukraine: Exploring Kyiv's options | Ivana Stradner and Daniel Fried | World News Tonight | TVP World
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1367: Quadruple crises converge on Ukraine – Trump peace plan, corruption scandal, power blackouts, and Russian fog tactics [Euromaidan Press]
• Putin responds to US Ukraine peace proposal [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Group of US generals may visit Moscow next week — newspaper [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
National News
Ship Fire in Los Angeles - MV ONE HENRY HUDSON - Update | What's Going on With Shipping?
• DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter [Reuters]
• FBI Deploys Police to Guard Facility Where Epstein Files Are Stored [Bloomberg]
• Bomb threat at home of Sen. Elissa Slotkin days after sedition accusations by President Trump [WJBK-TV (Detroit, MI)]
Trump, Mamdani strike friendly tone | NBC News
• Trump meets Mamdani in the Oval Office: Winners, losers and takeaways [The Hill]
• Trump says he’s terminating legal protections for Somali migrants in Minnesota [AP News]
• Marjorie Taylor Greene announces resignation from Congress after President Trump withdraws endorsement [Fox News]
• Here's why $1 trillion just got lopped off Trump's expected tariff windfall [Yahoo Finance]
• Fed won’t get key inflation data before next rate decision as BLS cancels October CPI release [CNBC]
Trump Embraces Mamdani During First Meet in Oval Office | Balance of Power 11/21/2025 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (11/21/25): President Trump Meets With New York City Mayor-Elect Mamdani | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - November 21, 2025 | ABC News
PBS News Hour, Nov. 21, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, Nov. 21, 2025
Technology and Science News
• Moss Spores Survive 9 Months In Space Before Successfully Reproducing Back On Earth [Ground News]
Blue Origin FINALLY Reveal All Their Secret Projects - Deep Space Updates - November 22nd | Scott Manley
Big Changes Are Coming to Hulu in 2026 | Cord Cutters News
• TWiV 1272: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance [Nature]
• Enshittification of Arduino Begins? Qualcomm Starts Clamping Down [FOSS NEWS]
• Earth just got hit by a stealth solar storm no one saw coming [Space.com]
• SpaceX’s Next-Gen Starship Booster Explodes During Test [Gizmodo]
• Science-centric streaming service Curiosity Stream is an AI-licensing firm now [Ars Technica]
Crypto Currencies
Navigating Bitcoin Bear Markets (11-21-2025) | Into the CryptoVerse
• Strategy's $55 Billion Bitcoin Bet Undeterred by Index Delisting Concerns, Says Michael Saylor [Decrypt]
• Bitcoiners perk up as odds of a December Fed rate cut almost double [Coin Telegraph]
NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) and ASN (Aviation Safety Network) Accident Investigation Pages
• Cirrus SR22T Crash [09/18/2025 - Franklin, NC]
• Crash of N259UP at Louisville-Muhammad Ali International Airport [Aviation Safety Network]
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Published at 6.00am on Monday, November 24, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins
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