Weather Briefing for Monday, February 03, 2025

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GENERAL OUTLOOK

A warming trend begins today and continues through at least Tuesday. Wednesday will be cooler as another brief period of cold air damming sets up over the region. Dry conditions will linger through Tuesday before unsettled weather returns Wednesday night and lingers into the weekend.

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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. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph.
..TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph, becoming Winds out of the northwest gusts up to 25 mph after midnight.
..TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. WInds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the morning.
..TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph.
..WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph.
..WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Lows in the lower 50s.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER 

Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.

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Amid Trump tariffs, fans in Canada boo U.S. national anthem before Red Wings vs. Canucks game | Detroit Free Press

• Trump to speak with Trudeau, Mexico after imposing tariffs [The Hill]

• Trump and allies make more moves to wrest control of USAID [The Seattle Times]

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NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) Investigation Pages

• Learjet 55 Medevac Crash [1/31/2025 - Philadelphia, PA]

• Midair Collision PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 Airplane and Sikorsky H-60 Military Helicopter [1/29/2025 - Arlington, VA]

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• As western Altadena waited hours for evacuation orders, fire commanders faced utter chaos [Los Angeles Times]

• Missing hiker found deceased in Great Smoky Mountains National Park [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC) ]

• Governor Stein to reveal recovery budget Monday as Western NC struggles post-storm [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]

• Durham woman, UNC alumna third Army soldier to die in American Airlines collision [Raleigh News and Observer]

• North Carolina company sending armed contractors to staff Gaza checkpoint [Asheville Citizen-Times]

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Published at 5.00am on Monday, February 03, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins