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Saturday, September 27, 2025
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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Chances for mainly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms increase into the weekend. Temperatures will be a few degrees below normal today into the weekend. Temperatures warm up briefly Monday ahead of a cold front before cooler and drier conditions develop behind the front the rest of 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...Partly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
..TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely in the evening. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
...SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers with thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
...SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers with thunderstorms likely in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the southeast winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable. Chance of rain 90 percent.
...SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers with thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 80 percent.
...SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER Slow-moving thunderstorms producing very heavy rainfall may recur at times today and Saturday. A localized flash flood threat will persist in the areas described above, being increasingly likely in locations that receive multiple rounds of heavy rainfall over the three-day period.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
• Missing Cherokee man Elijah Maney found safe, officials confirm [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Humpy Wheeler, the 'P.T. Barnum of motorsports,' dies at 86 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• NC now bans students from using phones in class. How it’s supposed to work. [Raleigh News and Observer]
• US News & World Report high school rankings are in. See all Western NC public high schools [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
Punish India to stop Putin? Trump’s tariff conundrum | Sky News
Rebuilding Syria: UNSC meeting held a month after Suwayda violence | Al Jazeera
• Proposed Ukraine land concessions are Putin's trap, EU's top diplomat tells BBC [BBC News]
• Colombia: truck bomb, helicopter downing kill at least 17 [DW News]
• Niger army kills Boko Haram leader in Lake Chad basin operation [France 24]
• Ukraine strikes another Russian refinery, railway substation, and GRU base in occupied Crimea (video) [Euromaidan Press]
• US bans providing allies with intelligence on negotiations on Russia, Ukraine — TV [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 21, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
National News
'World's nicest judge' Frank Caprio dies at 88 after cancer battle | NBC News
• Florida judge orders dismantling of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ [The Hill]
• Inside the facility where ICE is training recruits to take on Trump’s deportation goals [AP News]
• Democratic Party, Gavin Newsom join online roasting of new Cracker Barrel logo [Fox News]
• Extreme heat in prisons brings more legal challenges, pressure on states [NC Newsline]
• Powell set for final Jackson Hole speech as policy, politics raise questions that will outlast his tenure [Yahoo Finance]
• Fed Chair Powell set to deliver big Jackson Hole speech Friday. Here’s what Wall Street expects [CNBC]
Trump Visits Police, Military Patrolling DC | Balance of Power 8/21/2025 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (8-21-25): VP Vance in GA on tax cuts; POTUS meets fed police & Nat'l Guard in DC | C-SPAN
ABC News Live Prime: August 21, 2025 | ABC News
PBS News Hour full episode, Aug. 21, 2025
The Level1 Links With Friends Show August 22 2025: The Great Labubu Caper
• SpaceX launches Space Force's X-37B space plane on 8th mystery mission [Space.com]
• Self-Proclaimed Nazi Kanye West Announces ‘New Economy, Built on Chain’ [Gizmodo]
• SpaceX has built the machine to build the machine. But what about the machine? [Ars Technica]
• CFTC Opens Next Phase of Crypto Sprint, Seeks Public Input on Broader Rules [Decrypt]
• Bitcoin analysts point to ‘manipulation’ as BTC price falls to 17-day low [Coin Telegraph]
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 Friday, August 22, 2025
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