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Thursday, August 28, 2025

Weather Briefing for Thursday, August 28, 2025




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GENERAL OUTLOOK

High pressure remains in control through much of the rest of the week. Cooler and drier weather continues through the rest of the week with some increase in moisture over the weekend that may result in scattered afternoon and evening showers and storms.


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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. Highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph.

...TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph.

...FRIDAY...Patchy dense fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times in the morning. Highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the northeast around 5 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon.

...FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.

...SATURDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the east around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.

...SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.


HAZARDOUS WEATHER Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.







NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)





• Asheville ends race-based selection process to human relations commission after lawsuit [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• NC elections board allows for elimination of Sunday voting, avoids Trump's immigration request [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]

• No NC budget deal yet among Republicans, as Democratic lawmakers call for action [Raleigh News and Observer]

• NC veteran arrested for burning American flag outside White House post-Trump executive order [Asheville Citizen-Times]



World News

Video shows protesters dragged into Egyptian diplomatic building in Manhattan | AP News



• Protesters throw rocks at Argentine President Milei’s convoy while he campaigns [AP News]

Are we any closer to a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine? | Sky News



Monsoon rains trigger devastating floods across Pakistan, displacing thousands | Al Jazeera



• North Korea's Kim Jong Un to join Putin at China military parade [BBC News]

• Ukraine updates: 'Massive' Russian strike on Kyiv [DW News]

• Trump calls Putin 'crazy' after massive Russian drone attack on Ukraine [France 24]

• Ukraine’s UAVs swarm deep into Russia: Samara and Krasnodar Krai refineries burns, train depot goes dark [Euromaidan Press]

• Americans needed to see Zelensky’s White House ‘blowup’ – Vance [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]

• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 27, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]

National News

Community in mourning after Minneapolis Catholic school attack leaves 2 children dead | NBC News



• Two children killed, 17 wounded in a shooting at Minneapolis church [MInneapolis Star-Tribune]

Inside Trump's immigration raids as National Guard deploys to Washington DC | Sky News



• 4 CDC leaders resign over ‘weaponizing of public health’ [The Hill]

• CDC director Susan Monarez is fired and other agency leaders resign [AP News]

• Who is Robin Westman, suspect in Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minneapolis? [Fox News]

• American Bitcoin, backed by Trump's sons, aims to start trading in September [Yahoo Finance]

• Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe as Chinese EV rival BYD’s triple [CNBC]

Trump Adviser Blames India's Modi For Russia-Ukraine War | Insight with Haslinda Amin 8/28/2025 | Bloomberg Television



Washington Today (8-27-25): Two children killed, others injured in Catholic school shooting in MN | C-SPAN



ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - August 27, 2025 | ABC News



PBS News Weekend full episode, Aug. 27, 2025 | PBS News Hour



Trump Is Building His Own Paramilitary Force | The Ezra Klein Show



Breaking The Starship V2 Curse - SpaceX Achieves All Their Goals on Flight 10 | Scott Manley



• Starship Mars rocket met 'every major objective' on epic Flight 10 test launch, SpaceX says [Space.com]

• FEMA Staffers Warned of Looming ‘Katrina-Level’ Disaster, Then Got Suspended [Gizmodo]

• CDC slashed food safety surveillance, now tracks only 2 of 8 top infections [Ars Technica]

• Heatwaves Age Your Body Like Smoking or Drinking, 15-Year Study Finds [Decrypt]

• Ether ETFs capture 10x more inflows than Bitcoin in 5 days [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 Thursday, August 27, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins







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