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SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS (TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 03, 2026)
Due to secondary road conditions and icy campuses, Tuesday, February 3, 2026 will be a remote learning day for all Macon County Schools. We will continue to communicate with all necessary departments to determine when roads & campuses will be safe to return to in-person learning.
NWS GENERAL OUTLOOK
.KEY MESSAGES...
1. Warmer today with precipitation chances returning to the mountains by late afternoon or early evening, and to the remainder of the area tonight. Light snow accumulation under 1 inch could occur in higher mountain elevations.
2. Low pressure moving along a stalled cold front will keep precipitation over the area Wednesday. The precip diminishes Wednesday night as the low and cold front move out of the area.
3. A brief round of mountain snow is possible Friday night, otherwise temperatures return to seasonal averages through 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 cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s. West winds around 5 mph.
...TONIGHT....Rain, mainly in the evening. Patchy fog. Not as cool with lows in the mid 30s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
...WEDNESDAY....Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. Rain likely, mainly in the morning. Highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
...WEDNESDAY NIGHT....A chance of rain in the evening. Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
...THURSDAY....Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
...THURSDAY NIGHT....Mostly clear. Cold with lows around 20.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Other than patches of black ice this morning, hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
State and Local News
Snow in western North Carolina (Stunning drone footage) | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• Voting registration deadline for NC's 2026 primary election is Feb. 6 [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Greg Lindberg and companies ordered to repay $526 million as mogul lobbies for Trump pardon [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Graham County Sheriff suspended from office [Mountain Xpress]
• Trump’s favorability has fallen in North Carolina, a new poll shows [Raleigh News and Observer]
• School closings, delays, remote learning for Western NC Tuesday, Feb.3 [Asheville Citizen-Times]
Other News
Baroness Foster: 'If Mandelson had any self awareness he would resign' his peerage | Sky News
NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Feb. 2 | NBC News
PBS News Hour full episode, Feb. 2, 2026 | PBS NewsHour
New Epstein documents signal Trump, Russia, and Lavrov connections | World News Tonight | TVP WORLD
What you don't know about Greenland's minerals | DW News
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 2, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Clintons agree to testify on Epstein as vote looms to hold them in contempt of Congress [BBC News]
• GOP leaders labor for support ahead of key test vote on ending partial government shutdown [AP News]
• NASA delays Artemis 2 moon launch to March after encountering issues during fueling test [Space.com]
Atoms Touch — But Not the Way You Think | Arvin Ash
Bitcoin: The Beauty of Mathematics (Part 67) | Benjamin Cowen
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Published at 6.00am on Tuesday, February 03, 2025
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