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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A cold air wedge pattern over the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia will keep temperatures chilly through the day today, along with periods of rainfall this afternoon and tonight. Temperatures trend warmer in most areas Thursday and for the weekend, although still 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....Rain showers. Patchy fog. Highs in the mid 40s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
...TONIGHT....Rain showers, mainly in the evening. Patchy fog. Lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming west after midnight. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
...THURSDAY....Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers. Highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
...THURSDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
...FRIDAY....Patchy frost in the morning. Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the morning.
...FRIDAY NIGHT....Mostly clear. Patchy frost. Lows in the lower 30s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Total rainfall of 1 to 3 inches is expected through tonight along the east-facing slopes of the Blue Ridge Escarpment, with isolated higher amounts possible. An isolated instance of flash flooding can`t be completely ruled out. The overall chance at any one location is less than 5 percent.
On high elevation ridges above 3500 feet, strong wind gusts of 35 to 45 mph are possible at times Thursday afternoon through early Friday morning.
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
• North Carolina joins lawsuit against USDA over paused SNAP benefits during shutdown [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• A second legal challenge to North Carolina’s congressional gerrymander [NC Newsline]
• (video) NC attorney general sues USDA over food stamp funding [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC town got cameras to help police. Now it’s quitting them over privacy concerns. [Raleigh News and Observer]
• NC health department warns of SNAP, WIC delays because of ongoing federal shutdown [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
'Storm of century' makes landfall in Jamaica - as video shows destruction | Sky News
Police operation in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro favelas leaves at least 60 people dead | Al Jazeera
• Fear of mass killings as thousands trapped in besieged Sudan city taken by militia group [BBC News]
• South Korea: Trump's demands test Seoul's patience [DW News]
• Dutch voters head to polls in high-stakes election testing populism’s grip [France 24]
Russo-UKraine War
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 28, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
“Crime against humanity”: Russia uses drones to hunt civilians | World News Tonight | TVP World
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1343: UN declares Russian drone hunts of Ukrainian civilians crimes against humanity as Moscow’s isolation deepens [Euromaidan Press]
• Russia’s top drone warfare center celebrates 10,000 successful strikes (VIDEOS) [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• IN BRIEF: What is known about overnight Ukrainian drone attack on Russian regions [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
National News
(From Monday Night)Dodgers and Blue Jays break World Series records in marathon 18-inning game | PBS News Hour
Musk launches AI-powered site 'Grokipedia' to counter Wikipedia | NBC News
• Biden’s autopen signatures were illegitimate, Congressional committee finds [The Telegraph (UK)]
• GOP struggles to avoid ObamaCare boomerang amid shutdown [The Hill]
• Trump counts on public support for drug boat strikes without congressional approval [Politico Magazine]
• Judge orders daily meetings with Border Patrol official Bovino on Chicago immigration crackdown [AP News]
• Trump visits South Korea as he attempts to secure billions in investment [Fox News]
• Fed expected to cut rates again, even as officials fly blind without data [Yahoo Finance]
• The Fed has a rate cut plus a bunch of other things on its plate this week. Here’s what to expect [CNBC]
Trump-Xi Meeting: Fentanyl, Nvidia On Agenda | The China Show 10/29/2025 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (10-28-25): Dem-led states sue USDA for SNAP emergency funds during gov't shutdown | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Oct. 28, 2025 | ABC News
PBS News Hour, Oct. 28, 2025 | PBS News Hour
• Finally, You Can Now be Ubuntu Certified Linux User [FOSS NEWS]
• See Comet Lemmon cross paths with a cosmic serpent tonight [Space.com]
• Don’t Listen to Tesla Fans on Social Media. FSD Did Not Just Prevent a Plane Crash [Gizmodo]
• Whale and dolphin migrations are being disrupted by climate change [Ars Technica]
• WazirX Barred from Redistributing XRP as Indian Court Affirms Crypto as Property [Decrypt]
• ‘Attack on Bitcoin’ — Bitcoiners slam ‘legal threats’ in soft fork proposal [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 Wednesday, October 29, 2025
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