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NWS GENERAL OUTLOOK
1. 1. Spotty showers possible through today and tonight along with more gusty winds this afternoon and warm temperatures.
2. Record warm temperatures possible Friday alongside increasing rain chances.
3. A complex weekend setup brings more widespread rain to the area on Saturday, and ushers in much colder air for the start of the new workweek.
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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....Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times this morning. Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
...TONIGHT....Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain after midnight. Patchy dense fog after midnight with visibility one quarter mile or less at times. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph, increasing to 40 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 50 percent.
...FRIDAY....Mostly cloudy with rain likely in the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
...FRIDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
...SATURDAY....Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly sunny. A 50 percent chance of rain. Highs in the lower 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
...SATURDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of rain. Lows in the mid 30s.
...SUNDAY....Mostly sunny. A chance of rain in the morning. Breezy, cooler with highs in the lower 40s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
...SUNDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy and blustery, cold with lows in the lower 20s.
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
More than 100 T.C. Roberson High School students walk out to protest against ICE | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• Crews work to remove crashed propane tanker off U.S. 64 in Jackson County [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Lowering U.S. & NC Flags in Honor of Civil Rights Activist Rev. Jesse L. Jackson [Macon Media]
• NC House committee considers ways to cut local property taxes [NC Newsline]
• With federal cuts in focus, NC lawmakers examine local property taxes [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Are you one of 241,000 voters NC contacted about their registration? Here’s why [Raleigh News and Observer]
• When is the average last freeze in NC? See spring forecasts [Asheville Citizen-Times]
Other News
• Jesse Jackson, Charismatic Champion of Civil Rights, Dies at 84 [New York Times]
Is The Strait of Hormuz Closed? | Did Iran Close the Strait for a Military Exercise | NO!!! | What's Going on With Shipping?
Is the United States about to strike Iran? | Professor Michael Clarke | Sky News
Axios reporter says Marco Rubio in talks with grandson of Raúl Castro | NBC News
• Trump gathers members of Board of Peace for first meeting, with some US allies wary of new body [AP News]
• US thwarted near-catastrophic prison break of 6,000 ISIS fighters in Syria [Fox News]
• Fed Reveals Surprise Shift as Several Officials Ponder Hike [Yahoo News]
• Trump family says U.S. dollar needs an upgrade, and they are the ones to do it [CNBC]
Iran-US Conflict Concerns & OpenAI Funding Could Top $100b | Daybreak Europe 02/19/2026 | Bloomberg Television
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb. 18, 2026 | ABC News
Poland weighs WWII compensations claim against Russia | TVP WORLD
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 18, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Liveblog: South Korea’s ex-president jailed for life for masterminding an insurrection [BBC News]
• DOJ accused of flouting law in Epstein name dump [The Hill]
Why China's latest humanoid robots have fundamental limitations | DW News
• Microsoft’s Glass Chip Holds Terabytes of Data for 10,000 Years [Gizmodo]
• Chevy Bolt, BMW i3, or something else? At $10K, you have lots of EV options [Ars Technica]
• Elon Musk wants to put a satellite catapult on the moon. It's not a new idea [Space.com]
"Will this be enough water for Starship?" | SpaceX Starbase | NASA Spaceflight
Study Suggests We Were Wrong About Einstein's Wormhole Idea | Anton Petrov
• AI Disruption Could Cut Creator Earnings by Nearly 25% by 2028, UNESCO Warns [Decrypt]
• Bitcoin may take 7 years to upgrade to post-quantum: BIP-360 co-author [Coin Telegraph]
Bitcoin: The Bear Market Blues | Ben Cowen
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Published at 6.00am on Thursday, February 19, 2025
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