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NWS GENERAL OUTLOOK
1. Areas of fog and locally dense fog this morning. Otherwise, dry and much warmer today through Sunday.
2. Well below normal temperatures for afternoon highs and possible wintry weather for the northern mountains and adjacent foothills into the I-40 corridor Monday into Monday night thanks to the development of Cold Air Damming.
3. Temperatures will rebound following the Cold Air Damming erosion starting next Wednesday with well above-normal temperatures sticking around through the end of the upcoming workweek. Rain chances remain in the forecast but confidence is relatively low.
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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. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times this morning. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
..TONIGHT....Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
..SUNDAY....Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
..SUNDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. North winds around 5 mph.
..MONDAY....Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
..MONDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
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
Rep. Chuck Edwards, challenger Adam Smith share their plans for winning | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• Mission Health lifts flu-related visitation limits, citing decrease in cases [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Report finds widening gap in local school funding between NC’s richest and poorest counties [NC Newsline]
• As NC fire deaths rise, $500K FEMA delay stalls resources to help education, training [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• AI-backed PAC spends big in NC election, amid challenges in Washington [Raleigh News and Observer]
• FEMA to release $166M for NC Helene recovery, COVID grants amid DHS shutdown [Asheville Citizen-Times]
Other News
ull Trump speech on US, Israel attacking Iran: 'Lives of courageous American heroes may be lost' | USA TODAY
• Israel launches attack on Iran, citizens warned to stay near protected areas [Jerusalem Post]
• Liveblog: Israel launches attack on Iran, defence minister says [BBC News]
• US, Israel attack Iran live: Trump announces ‘major combat operations’ [Al Jazeera]
US and Israel Attack Iran - LIVE Breaking News Coverage | Agenda Free News
Lawmakers make first comments after Bill Clinton's Epstein deposition | CBS News
'Open war' breaks out between Pakistan and Afghanistan | Sky News
What Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. means for the media landscape | NBC News
• Americans’ sympathies in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have shifted dramatically, new poll shows [AP News]
• Israel launches preemptive strike against Iran, defense minister says [Fox News]
• Trump tells buyers priced out of housing: ‘Wait a little longer’ [Yahoo News]
• OpenAI strikes deal with Pentagon, hours after rival Anthropic was blacklisted by Trump [CNBC]
Pentagon Declares Anthropic A Supply-Chain Risk | Balance of Show 02/27/2026 | Bloomberg Television
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb. 27, 2026 | ABC News
European Union pushes ahead with Mercosur deal despite backlash | TVP WORLD
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 27, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]
• At least 15 killed after military plane carrying banknotes crashes in Bolivia [BBC News]
• Trump orders federal agencies to ‘immediately cease’ using Anthropic technology [The Hill]
Bill Clinton: I saw nothing and I did nothing wrong | DW News
• February 28 planet parade? Here’s what you’ll really see [EarthSky]
• Glyphosate is driving a rift in MAHA. Here’s what the science says about its effects on health [Scientific American Magazine]
• Trump Says US Is Cutting Off Anthropic for Refusing to Drop AI Safeguards [Gizmodo]
• Google quantum-proofs HTTPS by squeezing 2.5kB of data into 64-byte space [Ars Technica]
• NASA's Artemis 3 astronauts won't land on the moon after all. 'This is just not the right pathway forward.' [Space.com]
The Strangest Lightning on Earth - Compilation | Pecos Hank
NASA Redesigns Lunar Landing Mission Plans - Deep Space Updates | Scott Manley
Is Fascism Back? | Johnny Harris
• Bitcoin Rebound Stalls at $65K as Stocks Fall and Gold Rises [Decrypt]
• Mt. Gox's former CEO floats hard fork to recover 80K hacked Bitcoin [Coin Telegraph]
Gold: Dubious Speculation | Benjamin Cowen
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Published at 6.00am on Saturday, February 28, 2025
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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