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NWS GENERAL OUTLOOK
1. At least patchy dense fog through daybreak Friday, causing very low visibility on some area roadways. Cannot rule out redevelopment of fog Friday night.
2. Dry and warm through the weekend with cooler and wetter conditions to start next week.
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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 in the morning, then clearing. Patchy fog in the morning. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times in the morning. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon.
..TONIGHT....Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s. South winds around 5 mph.
..SATURDAY....Patchy fog in the morning. Sunny. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times in the morning. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
..SATURDAY NIGHT....Clear. Lows around 40. West winds around 5 mph.
..SUNDAY....Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
..SUNDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
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
Employment in western North Carolina | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians officially regain ownership of sacred mound [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC-11 Democrats rebuke DCCC over early support for Ager. [NC Newsline]
• ‘Stuff just costs too much’: Cooper, Whatley and other US Senate candidates on economy, inflation [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC Democrats, advocates warn of ‘child care crisis’ as more centers close [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Hospitals fighting measles confront challenge: Few doctors have seen it before [Asheville Citizen-Times]
Other News
Watch: Lawmakers and Hillary Clinton take questions on Epstein deposition | CBS News
Democrats demand Donald Trump testify over missing records in Epstein files | Sky News
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies in Epstein investigation | NBC News
• Lawmakers say US military used laser to take down Border Protection drone [AP News]
• Trump pushes Congress to pass SAVE Act during State of the Union; no meddling with tariffs [Fox News]
• Stocks Mostly Lower as Nvidia Earnings Fail to Impress [Yahoo News]
• Netflix ditches deal for Warner Bros. Discovery after Paramount’s offer is deemed superior [CNBC]
Anthropic-Pentagon Feud Over AI Guardrails | Balance of Show 02/26/2026 | Bloomberg Television
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb. 26, 2026 | ABC News
“We can’t be suckers”: Sikorski breaks down Poland–U.S. relations | TVP WORLD
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 26, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Hillary Clinton tells House panel she 'had no idea' of Epstein's crimes [BBC News]
• Hillary Clinton criticizes UFO, Pizzagate questions from GOP during Epstein deposition [The Hill]
Oman: Iran, US talks end after significant progress | DW News
• A mud volcano erupted in Colombia on Wednesday night [EarthSky]
• The archivist preserving decaying floppy disks [Popular Science Magazine]
• The AI Arms Race Joins Forces With the Literal Arms Race, Fueling $348 Trillion in Debt [Gizmodo]
• New AirSnitch attack breaks Wi-Fi encryption in homes, offices, and enterprises [Ars Technica]
• Astronomers just watched a star 1,540 times the size of our sun transform into a hypergiant. Will it go supernova? [Space.com]
Star that Almost Completely Disappeared Dimming by 97 Percent | Anton Petrov
The Level1 Links with Friends Show February 27 2026: Gold Medal Good Boy
Is Fascism Back? | Johnny Harris
• Anthropic Won’t Lift AI Safeguards Amid Ongoing Pentagon Dispute: CEO [Decrypt]
• How does Trump influence the price of Bitcoin? [Coin Telegraph]
Bitcoin: Midterm Year Returns | Benjamin Cowen
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Published at 6.00am on Friday, February 27, 2025
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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