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NWS GENERAL OUTLOOK
1. Areas of fog and low stratus are expected across our area this morning. The fog could become dense and will likely linger well into the morning. Otherwise, drier conditions are expected today with temperatures remaining well-above normal for early March.
2. Near-record warmth returns on Tuesday and Wednesday, with scattered showers and thunderstorms expected Tuesday.
3. A strong cold front is expected to arrive Wednesday night, producing widespread showers, isolated thunderstorms and perhaps a low end severe weather threat. Much cooler and drier weather develops behind the front for Thu and Fri. A strong cold front arrives Wednesday night producing widespread showers, isolated thunderstorms and perhaps a low end severe weather threat. Much cooler and drier weather develops behind the front for Thu and Fri.
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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. Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
..TONIGHT....Mostly clear. Lows around 50. West winds around 5 mph.
..TUESDAY....Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs around 70. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
..TUESDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the evening, then mostly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
..WEDNESDAY....Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
..WEDNESDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers after midnight. Breezy, cooler with lows in the upper 30s. Chance of rain 90 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
Hundreds of climbers descend on Lake Lure for the annual Rumble bouldering festival | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• Dogwood Health's $10.5M partnership aims to support federally funded centers in WNC [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Affordable housing tax loophole threatens to drain local government budgets in NC [NC Newsline]
• Gas prices: Prices continue to surge, jumping 50 cents in a week [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• See in one chart how money connects lobbyist, lawmaker and NC taxpayers’ spending [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Thousand-acre prescribed fires coming to Pisgah, Nantahala forests. Why? [Asheville Citizen-Times]
Other News
Source: Havana Syndrome investigation is "a massive CIA cover-up" | 60 Minutes
This is a ‘BAD IDEA’ for Iran, says former State official | Fox News
Iran war pushes oil above $110: What it means for inflation, markets and consumers | Al Jazeera
• AP News Liveblog [AP News]
• Jerusalem Post Liveblog [Jerusalem Post]
• BBC Liveblog [BBC News]
• Al Jazeera Liveblog [Al Jazeera]
• Fox News Liveblog [Fox News]
Why Mojtaba Khamenei was named new supreme leader of Iran | CBS News
Minister insists there's 'no threat to supplies at the moment' - as oil prices soar | Iran war | Sky News
NBC News poll finds majority of Americans disapprove of Trump’s Iran approach | NBC News
• Where things stand after another weekend of war [AP News]
• Officials confirm devices recovered at NYC protest near Gracie Mansion were both IEDs [Fox News]
• Fed officials are watching Iran war for inflation impact [Yahoo News]
• U.S. orders staff to leave Saudi Arabia as Iran war spreads and oil surges above $100 [CNBC]
Iran's New Supreme Leader; Oil's Massive Rally | Horizons Middle East & Africa 3/9/2026 | Bloomberg Television
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 8, 2026 | ABC News
How long the U.S. and Arab allies can afford to sustain the war on Iran | PBS NewsHour
America's Book Club: Journalists Peter Baker & Susan Glasser Discuss Profiling Putin, Trump, and Others | C-SPAN
New Iranian leader emerges during widening regional conflict | World News Tonight| TVP WORLD
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 7, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]
• IRA bomb victims' civil court case begins against Gerry Adams [BBC News]
• Democrats make political bet on DHS demands, despite GOP’s Iran warnings [The Hill]
Iran war: Why the new supreme leader is a rebuke to Trump | DW News
• What happened when a solar superstorm hit Mars? [EarthSky]
• Archaeologists uncover brutal Iron Age massacre of women and children [Science Daily ]
• Coming Soon, From the People Behind ICE Detention Camps: Data Center Company Towns [Gizmodo]
• From Iran to Ukraine, everyone’s trying to hack security cameras [Ars Technica]
• SpaceX springs forward with another Starlink launch from California (video) [Space.com]
Record Breaking Massive Black Holes Challenge Modern Models | Anton Petrov
Scramjets - The Fastest Jet Engines | Scott Manley
• Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Eyes State Stablecoin Framework Following Senate Passage [Decrypt]
• Orbital data center company to start mining Bitcoin in space [Coin Telegraph]
Bitcoin: Simulation Confirmed | Benjamin Cowen
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Published at 6.00am on Monday, March 09, 2026
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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