GENERAL OUTLOOK
Cooler temperatures and rain chances are in store for much of the area today, with the rain chances tapering off late Thursday. Fair afternoon skies and exceptionally warm weather end the week. A cold front brings shower and thunderstorm chances on Sunday, with drier and cooler conditions early 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 with a 50 percent chance of showers. Patchy fog. Highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
..TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Patchy fog. Lows around 60. Winds out of the south 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
..THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
..THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
..FRIDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
..FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
NEWS UPDATES
• DA rebukes Cherokee County deputy after new filings in 2022 shooting [Smoky Mountain News]
• State and Town of Franklin Lifts Burn Ban Effective 8am Wednesday, Macon County Lifts Burn Ban, US Army Corps of Engineers to Remove Storm Debris in Macon County [Macon Media (Franklin, NC)]
• LIVE UPDATES (April 1) | Burn ban lifted for all North Carolina counties on April 2 [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NCDMV will follow Arizona’s blueprint to fix long wait times, appointment woes [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• ‘Start to heal’: Remains of man lost in Helene found, bringing relief to family [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Helene 2024 FINAL REPORT (107-page PDF) [NOAA]
• Western NC wildfires hold steady after rain; Pisgah Forest fire least contained: What to know [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Cory Booker sets a record with marathon Senate speech. Will it rally anti-Trump resistance? [ AP News ]
• To watch Senator Booker's filibuster from beginning to end,
[click here ] and move the time cursor to the 4 hour mark. It concludes at the 29 hour 5 minutes and 23 seconds.
From beginning to end, this is the filibuster by US Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) that went from Monday, March 31st to Tuesday, April 1st, lasting 25 hours and 5 minutes.
His marathon address was a protest against President Donald Trump and Republican-led efforts to curtail voting rights and immigration protections.
The previous record was set by South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond, who filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for 24 hours and 18 minutes.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) Concludes Record 25+ Hours Remarks on Senate Floor | C-SPAN
• To watch Senator Booker's filibuster from beginning to end,
[click here ] and move the time cursor to the 4-hour mark. It concludes at 29 hours 5 minutes and 23 seconds.
From beginning to end, this is the filibuster by US Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) that went from Monday, March 31st to Tuesday, April 1st, lasting 25 hours and 5 minutes.
His marathon address was a protest against President Donald Trump and Republican-led efforts to curtail voting rights and immigration protections.
The previous record was set by South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond, who filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for 24 hours and 18 minutes.
Booker says he fasted leading up to record-breaking speech | NBC News
WATCH: SpaceX launches first human spaceflight to Earth's poles | LiveNOW from FOX
Oliver Stone and Others Testify on President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records | C-SPAN
China surrounds Taiwan in major military exercise | DW News
• RIP Val Kilmer, Our Batman, Huckleberry, and Plenty More [ Gizmodo ]
• Election rumours swirl in Ukraine – could Zelensky be mulling a summer poll? [BBC News]
• Melania Trump honors 'Women of Courage' from around the world [ UPI ]
• Crypto-Backed Candidates Patronis and Fine Win Key Florida Seats [Decrypt]
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, April 02, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins
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