Benefit for Wayne Pendergrass [LINK]
Saturday, September 27, 2025
South Macon Elementary
855 Addington Bridge Road
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Cold air damming keeps shower and thunderstorm chances as well as below normal high temperatures around the rest of this weekend and into much of next week. Despite below normal high temperatures, a gradual warming trend can be expected through next 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 in the morning. Showers likely. Highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
..TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
...MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
...MONDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the east around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
...TUESDAY...Showers likely. A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
...TUESDAY NIGHT...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Slow-moving showers and thunderstorms today may produce localized heavy rainfall and flash flooding.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
• Macon County Board of Health - July 2025) | Macon Media [Patreon (early access for subscribers)]
• The rise and ruination of Swain County Sheriff Curtis A. Cochran [Smoky Mountain News]
• Newfound Gap Road closed due to rainfall damage in Great Smoky Mountains National Park [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending July 31 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• Truck driver was on his phone during I-95 crash that killed 5, NTSB says [Raleigh News and Observer]
• US 441/Newfound Gap Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park closed after landslide [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
Gaza peace process is at a 'complete dead end' says Professor Michael Clarke | Sky News
• Family condemns Hamas video showing emaciated Israeli hostage [BBC News]
• Long-distance arms: German money for Ukraine's combat drones [DW News]
• Their families fled the Nazis. Facing Trump, US Jews are making Germany ‘Plan B’ [France 24]
• Ukrainian drones spark massive fires at Russian oil refineries, force Samara airport and defense factories shotdown [Euromaidan Press]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 2, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
National News
Federal officials launch investigation into former Trump prosecutor | NBC News
Washington Week with the Atlantic full episode, August 1, 2025
• Donor List Suggests Scale of Trump’s Pay-for-Access Operation [New York Times]
• Republicans tell Trump to ‘grow up’ after he sacks data chief [The Telegraph (UK) ]
• Trump’s Firing of Labor Statistician Isn’t Just Petty—It’s a Despotic Red Flag [Mediaite]
• Senate heads home with no deal to speed confirmations as irate Trump tells Schumer to ‘go to hell’ [AP News]
• Video of racial slur yelled during the brutal Cincinnati beatdown emerges [Fox News]
• It's Trump's economy now. The latest financial numbers offer some warning signs [Yahoo Finance]
• Ethereum turns 10: From scrappy experiment to Wall Street’s invisible backbone [CNBC]
How AI Is Changing Music: Recording Academy CEO | Bloomberg Television
Lectures in History: George Washington's Character | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - August 02, 2025 | ABC News
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Published at 5.00am on Sunday, August 03, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins




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