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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A cold air mass will spread over the region tonight. A Cold Weather Advisory has been issued for a portion of the mountains late this evening through Tuesday morning. Elevated fire conditions today and Tuesday with Relative Humidity values dropping at or below 25% during the afternoon both days, mainly outside of the mountains. A weak cold front may cross the area Thursday with a slight chance for precipitation. Guidance hints at another system crossing the area next weekend but impacts are highly uncertain.
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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....Sunny. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
..TONIGHT....Mostly clear. Cold with lows around 13. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
..TUESDAY....Sunny. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the morning.
..TUESDAY NIGHT....Clear, cold with lows around 20. North winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast after midnight.
..WEDNESDAY....Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. South winds around 5 mph.
..WEDNESDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and freezing rain after midnight. Lows in the upper 20s. Chance of precipitation 40 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
Residents express frustration as $44M buyout program excludes several WNC counties | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• Annual peregrine falcon nesting closures begin in Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Budget, mental health worries and more: What NC lawmakers are expected to prioritize in 2026 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Measles is spreading: Is your child’s North Carolina school vulnerable? [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Why 84-month car loans are surging and what it means for buyers [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
UK stands firm on 'non-negotiable' position over Greenland | Sky News
A Brief History Of Greenland (And Why Trump Wants To Control It)] | History Hit
• Europe threatens to strike back against Trump over Greenland tariffs [Telegraph (UK)]
How much of Trump’s foreign policy is driven by minerals and oil? | The Bottom Line | Al Jazeera
• PM to give No 10 speech over Greenland row [BBC News]
• Spain: High-speed train crash leaves at least 21 dead [DW News]
• Billionaires’ wealth hits record in 2025, Oxfam warns of 'dangerous' political risks ahead of Davos [France 24]
Russo-Ukraine War
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 18, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]
“Enough is enough”: Europe hits back at Trump over Greenland | World News Tonight | TVP World
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1425: Ukraine freezes under Russian drone barrage as allies pledge heating aid [Euromaidan Press]
• Russia to launch rival to Musk’s Starlink – space chief [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Italian company plans to set up UAV production center in Ukraine — Kharkov administration [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
National News
• ‘A Trauma That You Carry’ [Columbia Journalism Review]
Artemis II Explained | 2026 Mission to the Moon | Digital Astronaut
Meet the Press Full Episode — Jan. 18 | NBC News
• EU scrambles to avert Trump Greenland tariffs, prepares retaliation [Reuters]
• Khamenei Admits Thousands Killed in Protests, Blames Trump [Ground News]
• Trump’s immigration crackdown faces growing disapproval from voters [The Hill]
• Army puts 1,500 soldiers on standby for possible Minnesota deployment, AP sources say [AP News]
• Anti-ICE mob storms Minnesota church over pastor's alleged ties to immigration enforcement [Fox News]
• China's economy grows 5% in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite Trump's tariffs [Yahoo Finance]
• Supreme Court unlikely to overturn Trump tariffs, his ‘signature economic policy’: Bessent [CNBC]
Trump Rocks Europe, EU Weighs Greenland Tariff Retaliation | Daybreak Europe 01/19/2026 | Bloomberg Television
Lectures in History: How Martin Luther King Jr. Used Political Strategy | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - January 18th, 2026
Technology and Science News
Bizarre Object Detected Gravitationally Makes No Sense | Anton Petrov
Chernobyl’s Viral “Blue Dogs” Explained | Kyle Hill
• TWiV 1289: Building a better hepatitis B trap [Microbe TV]
• Anna’s Archive hit with court order to delete scraped data [CyberNews]
• Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" is Officially Available Now! Introduces Two New Apps [It's FOSS News]
• Beneath the ice: Satellites help map Antarctica's subglacial surface like never before [Space.com]
• Smart Glasses Are Trying to Break Up With Your Phone [Gizmodo]
• RAM shortage chaos expands to GPUs, high-capacity SSDs, and even hard drives [Ars Technica]
Crypto Currencies
Bitcoin Bull Market Support Band | Ben Cowen
• Binance Restores Real-Time Bank Transfers for Australian Users [Decrypt]
• Scaramucci says stablecoin yield prohibition undermines US dollar [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, January 19, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins
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