GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure over the area today slowly slides eastward through Saturday, keeping fire weather concerns in place. Rain chances return Sunday into Monday as a cold front approaches out of the west. Dry high pressure returns for Tuesday.
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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 upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
..TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight.
..THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph.
..THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph.
..FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon.
..FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 50.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Fire danger will increase this afternoon as the relative humidty will drop below 30% and there will be high winds. Outdoor will not only be dangerous, it remians illegal as the burn ban is still in effect. The combination of low relative humidity and drier fuels will continue to increase fire danger through Saturday.
NEWS UPDATES
• Burn ban issued for all North Carolina counties due to hazardous forest fire conditions [Macon Media (Franklin, NC)]
• N.C. forest reports 0% containment of 85-acre fire, evacuations in Bryson City [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Push to ban some children on social media would put responsibility on tech companies [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• NC House passes ban on cellphones in class. Will it reduce distractions in school? [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Helene 2024 FINAL REPORT (107-page PDF) [NOAA]
• Update: WNC fires: Henderson County issues mandatory evacuations in Summer Haven [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• RFK Jr. claws back $11.4B in CDC funding amid wave of top-level departures [ Gizmodo ]
• In their own words: Trump officials shrugging off Signal leak once decried Clinton’s server [ AP News ]
Washington Today (3-25-25): Pres. Trump defends Nat'l Security Adviser, attacks journalist in chat | C-SPAN
SpaceX launch causes glowing blue spiral over European sky | NBC News
• How the Signal ‘group chat’ furor has affected the 5 biggest players [The Hill]
• Ethereum Volatility Set to Surge in April as Derive Flags Bearish Sentiment Shift [Decrypt]
• Russia and Ukraine agree naval ceasefire in Black Sea [BBC News]
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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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Published at 5.00am on Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins
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