GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry and cool high pressure will linger over the area today. A cold air wedge pattern will set up over the western Carolinas tonight into early next week bringing much needed rainfall and colder temperatures. Another low pressure system will impact our area during the middle of next week. Conditions gradually dry out by late next week with temperatures remaining below normal.
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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. A chance of showers this afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
...TONIGHT....Showers. Lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
...MONDAY....Showers. Locally heavy rainfall possible in the morning. Highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the morning. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
...MONDAY NIGHT....Showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
...TUESDAY....Mostly cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning. Highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the east around 5 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
...TUESDAY NIGHT....Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Lows in the lower 40s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
Joint Work Session Commissioners and Education (10-21-2025) Macon Media
Samhain: The Ancient Origins of Modern Halloween | Celtic Mythology | Forgotten Lore
• Local hospitals team up with law enforcement for 'Crush the Crisis' drug take-back event [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending Oct. 23 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC attorney general threatens to take USDA to court over SNAP funding [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Word from the Smokies: Two perspectives converge on Mount Le Conte [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
Revealed: The plan for a 'New Gaza' - and the four militias backed by Israel to defeat Hamas | Sky News
Peru’s youth rally in Lima, defying state of emergency as demands for justice grow | Al Jazeera
• Libeblog: Trump oversees signing of 'historic' Thailand-Cambodia 'peace deal' [BBC News]
• ASEAN summit: Torn between China and the US [DW News]
• Trump attends Thai-Cambodian ceasefire ceremony before ASEAN summit in Malyasia [France 24]
Russo-UKraine War
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 25, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
Surgery without borders: Polish doctor performs remote operation in Asia | World News Tonight | TVP World
• Ukraine’s 82nd Brigade liberated Sukhetske in Donetsk Oblast — 44 Russians killed, 9 captured in fierce clash, the military says (video) [Euromaidan Press]
• France ready to send troops to Ukraine next year – army chief [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Russian troops strike Ukrainian military-industrial, energy sites over past day [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
National News
• Social Security payments to rise 2.8%, a tick below inflation rate [NC Newsline]
Steve Bannon: Trump will have a third term | The Economist
Trump threatens military action in Venezuela, escalates Colombia tensions | NBC News
• The real reason Trump is preparing for war with Venezuela [The Telegraph (UK)]
• Trump’s $230M DOJ settlement bid likely has few legal backstops [The Hill]
• The Theory Behind Trump’s Gunboat Diplomacy [Politico Magazine]
• National Guard deployments in DC and Portland, Oregon, are focus of court hearings [AP News]
• Trump witnesses Thailand, Cambodia sign peace expansion months after brokering ceasefire [Fox News]
• Reagan Foundation becomes the latest US institution drawn into Donald Trump's controversies [Yahoo Finance]
• Timothy Mellon is Trump’s $130 million mystery military donor: NYT [CNBC]
Future of AI | Leaders on Turning Innovation into Action | Bloomberg Television
Podcast: Ceasefire Sens. James Lankford (R-OK) & Chris Coons (D-DE) w/ Ron Bonjean & Chuck Rocha | C-SPAN
White House will be 'overwhelmed' by new ballroom, historian warns | ABC News
PBS News Hour, Oct. 25, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, Oct. 24, 2025 | Washington Week PBS
Technology and Science News
Bitcoin Dominance: The Grueling Final Rotation | Into the CryptoVerse
The Age of Laser Warfare Has Begun | Real Engineering
• Classical theories of gravity produce entanglement [Nature]
• Finally, You Can Now be Ubuntu Certified Linux User [FOSS NEWS]
• Japan launches advanced new cargo spacecraft to ISS for 1st time (video) [Space.com]
• Tesla’s ‘Mad Max’ Mode is Now Being Investigated by U.S. Regulators [Gizmodo]
• Whale and dolphin migrations are being disrupted by climate change [Ars Technica]
• Trump Picks SEC Crypto Task Force’s Mike Selig to Run CFTC: Report [Decrypt]
• Ferrari to launch digital token to let fans bid on its Le Mans-winning race car [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 Sunday, October 26, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins
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