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NWS GENERAL OUTLOOK
1. Gusty winds with above average temperatures today, a few isolated to widely scattered showers late today and tonight.
2. Anomalously warm temperatures continue through late this week.
3. Rainfall returns to the area over the weekend and then ushers in significantly colder temperatures for 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....Mostly cloudy. Highs around 60. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
..TONIGHT....Cloudy. A chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
..THURSDAY....Patchy fog in the morning. Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of rain. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times in the morning. Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
..THURSDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Rain likely after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
..FRIDAY....Mostly cloudy with rain likely in the morning, then mostly sunny with a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
..FRIDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain 50 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
Doctors seeing rise in alternate heating source burns | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• Court postpones Graham County Sheriff Brad Hoxit's removal hearing [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC AG Jeff Jackson joins motion to release FEMA rebuilding funds [NC Newsline]
• Stein grants $5.7M for Hurricane Helene flood mitigation projects [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC among states saying Trump administration is ignoring judge’s FEMA order [Raleigh News and Observer]
• What did Rev. Jesse Jackson do? Civil rights icons ties to NC [Asheville Citizen-Times]
Other News
• Jesse Jackson, Charismatic Champion of Civil Rights, Dies at 84 [New York Times]
Fuel Starved California is Getting Gas from the Bahamas | Refineries, Pipelines & the Jones Act | What's Going on With Shipping?
Trump, and the politicisation of Jesse Jackson's death | Trump100 | Sky News
Nuclear limits GONE: China, Russia, U.S. – nuclear arms free-for-all | How We Got Here | TVP WORLD
Anonymous online forum offers insight into ICE officers’ experiences on the job | NBC News
• New subpoenas issued in inquiry on response to 2016 Russian election interference, AP sources say [AP News]
• Nancy Guthrie liveblog: Genealogy testing underway after FBI confirms no CODIS hit on DNA [Fox News]
• Trump administration backs Kalshi, Polymarket as states move to ban prediction markets [Yahoo News]
• Amazon snaps 9-day losing streak during which it lost more than $450 billion in value [CNBC]
Partial Shutdown Drags on Over DHS Funding | Balance of Show 02/17/2026 | Bloomberg Television
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb. 17, 2026 | ABC News
Geneva talks begin with no breakthrough on Ukraine | World News Tonight | TVP WORLD
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 17, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]
• 'He did it for us': US soldier recalls Jesse Jackson's efforts to free him and two other POWs [BBC News]
• FCC commissioner condemns ‘censorship’ following Stephen Colbert comments on Talarico interview [The Hill]
Reports: Ukraine retakes 200 square kilometers of Russian-occupied territory | DW News
• Antarctica’s ‘Gravity Hole’ Has Been Quietly Growing Stronger [Gizmodo]
• Stephen Colbert says CBS forbid interview of Democrat because of FCC threat [Ars Technica]
• How astronomers are unveiling the 'skeleton' of the universe [Space.com]
The Level1 Links with Friends Show February 18 2026: Rent-a-Rig
What if SgrA* Is Not Actually a Supermassive Black Hole? | Anton Petrov
• Wall Street Pushes Deeper Into Prediction Markets With New ETF Filings [Decrypt]
• Bitcoin’s tech stock divergence is a ‘fire alarm’ for fiat: Arthur Hayes [Coin Telegraph]
Gold: Dubious Speculation | Ben Cowen
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Published at 6.00am on Wednesday, February 18, 2025
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