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Saturday, October 25, 2025
South Macon Elementary
855 Addington Bridge Road
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry and cool high pressure remains over the area through the weekend before a low pressure system possibly brings rain chances early next week. A cooling trend develops Friday into 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....Sunny. Highs in the lower to upper 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
...TONIGHT....Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the evening.
...FRIDAY....Areas of frost in the morning. Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
...FRIDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
...SATURDAY....Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
...SATURDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
...SUNDAY....Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s.
...SUNDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Lows in the mid 40s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
...INCREASED FIRE DANGER IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY...
...INCREASED FIRE DANGER FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...
Dry and windy conditions will return this afternoon. Minimum relative humidity values will range from 20 to 30 percent with wind gusts from 15-25 mph. This, combined with dry fuels, will result in another afternoon of increased fire danger across western North Carolina, the South Carolina Upstate, and northeast Georgia.
Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities on whether you can burn today. If you do burn, use extreme caution, as fires can spread rapidly under these conditions.
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 expected.
* WHERE...Buncombe, Burke Mountains, Caldwell Mountains, Graham, Haywood, Macon, Madison, McDowell Mountains, Northern Jackson, and Swain Counties.
* WHEN...From 2 AM to 9 AM EDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. In-ground sprinkler systems should be drained. Remove hoses and cover above-ground pipes.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
Joint Work Session Commissioners and Education (10-21-2025) Macon Media
• NC lawmakers, still at impasse, leave town with new voting map but no budget or Medicaid fix [NC Newsline]
• Official advises against burning as dry, breezy weather heightens fire risk [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• No new NC budget likely until at least 2026, as GOP leaders adjourn with no deal [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• No deal on budget, raises or Medicaid as NC lawmakers leave town [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Does time change this weekend? Here's when we 'fall back' for daylight saving time 2025 [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
Sky reporter runs as police push back protesters on second night of disorder in Dublin | Sky News
Why Europe is building a ‘Drone Wall’ | Caspian Report
State of emergency declared in Peru’s capital Lima amid protests | Al Jazeera
• Myanmar's army is taking back territory with relentless air strikes - and China's help [BBC News]
• Ukraine updates: US sanctions major Russian oil companies [DW News]
• Bialowieza Forest at threat from military tensions along the Poland-Belarus border [France 24]
Russo-UKraine War
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 22, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Putin tests nuclear missiles after Trump meeting collapses [The Telegraph (UK)]
Horror in Ukraine: kindergarten hit by Russian drones | World News Tonight | TVP World
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1337: Russia strikes Kharkiv’s kindergarten, launches attack on Kyiv in one day [Euromaidan Press]
• Moscow’s Middle East makeover: From Syria to Tehran, the game has changed [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• EU summit to focus on efforts to seize Russia’s frozen assets, 20th sanctions package [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
National News
Sources: East Wing of White House to be demolished ‘within days’ | NBC News
• ‘No Kings’ movement hits Senate floor with Merkley marathon speech [The Hill]
• The swamp gets rich off of Trump upheaval [Politico]
• What to know about redistricting efforts across US at Trump’s prodding [AP News]
• Illegal immigrant trucker accused in fatal California crash released by Biden admin after 2022 border crossing [Fox News]
• US hits $38 trillion in debt, after the fastest accumulation of $1 trillion outside of the pandemic [Yahoo Finance]
• Oil jumps 3% after Trump administration sanctions big Russian oil companies [CNBC]
US Sanctions Russian Oil Producers & Tesla Profit Tumbles | Daybreak Europe 10/23/2025 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (10-22-25): Sen Merkley speaks 22.5 hrs on Pres. Trump's 'growing authoritarianism' | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Oct. 22, 2025 | ABC News
PBS News Hour, Oct. 22, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Technology and Science News
Betelgeuse's Invisible Partner Captured by Several Telescopes | Anton Petrov
The Level1 Links With Friends Show October 22 2025: Gaming Grandparents
• People with some cancers live longer after a COVID vaccine [Nature]
• Valkey 9.0 Adds Multi-Database Clusters, Supports 1 Billion Requests Per Second [FOSS NEWS]
• The Smithsonian might have to cut space shuttle Discovery into pieces to get it to Texas [Space.com]
• US Crypto Activity Explodes by 50% in 2025 Amid Trump’s Regulatory Pullback [Gizmodo]
• Tesla profits fall 37% in Q3 despite healthy sales [Ars Technica]
• Coinbase Links AI to Crypto Payments With New Protocol for Autonomous Transactions [Decrypt]
• Bitcoin closes $107K CME gap as focus shifts to Friday’s key CPI print [Coin Telegraph]
NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) and ASN (Aviation Safety Network) Accident Investigation Pages
• Cirrus SR22T Crash [09/18/2025 - Franklin, NC]
• Midair Collision PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 Airplane and Sikorsky H-60 Military Helicopter [1/29/2025 - Arlington, VA]
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Published at 6.00am on Thursday, October 23, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins
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