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GENERAL OUTLOOK
High pressure remains over the area for the next several days as temperatures warm through the weekend. A series of weak fronts moving over the area during the first half of next week will bring periodic shower chances, mainly to the mountains. A stronger cold front may bring better chances of rain late 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....Mostly sunny this morning, then becoming mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph this afternoon.
..TONIGHT....Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the west 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
..SUNDAY....Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
..SUNDAY NIGHT....Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph.
..MONDAY....Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
..MONDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy. Lows around 40.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
Football Score: (4A Playoffs)
Forest Hills: 13 Franklin: 14
• Friday Football Frenzy: Nov. 14, 2025, scores and highlights [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners | November 2025 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• NC Governor urges citizens to remain peaceful but vigilant as Border Patrol arrives in Charlotte [NC Newsline]
• (video) What to know about the government reopening bill that will tank NC's hemp industry [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• ‘Lookout, workers’: New app gives NC immigrants tools to track, respond to ICE [Raleigh News and Observer]
• (video) See the best plays from Franklin football’s 2nd round win over Forest Hills [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
BBC crisis: How did we get here and what happens next? | Sky News
Gen-Z protest in Peru: Students demand justice for men killed in 2020 | Al Jazeera
• Emails highlight Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon relationship [BBC News]
• Global aid crisis dire as winter nears for millions in need [DW News]
• Delhi’s pollution is a crisis of democracy as much as public health, citizens say [France 24]
Russo-Ukraine War
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 14, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
German aid for Kyiv: €11.5B next year, €150M in U.S. arms now | World News Tonight | TVP World
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1360: Russia kills 6 in Kyiv drone assault as Ukraine strikes Trans-Siberian Railway and Energoatom corruption scandal deepens [Euromaidan Press]
• Direct talks with Putin are part of ‘Trump Doctrine’ – Vance [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• US tests B61-12 nuclear bomb without warhead - statement [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
National News
Trump orders DOJ probe of Epstein’s links to Democrats | NBC News
• Trump pulls endorsement of Greene amid growing rift [The Hill]
• At Trump’s urging, Bondi says US will investigate Epstein’s ties to Clinton and other political foes [AP News]
• Trump drops Marjorie Taylor Greene endorsement, calls her a ‘ranting lunatic,' hints at backing primary rival [Fox News]
• Trump tariffs live updates: Trump signs order to reduce tariffs on beef, coffee, bananas to help slash US grocery bills [Yahoo Finance]
• Google and Disney reach deal to restore ESPN, ABC to YouTube TV [CNBC]
Hegseth Unveils Operation Southern Spear | Balance of Power 11/14/2025 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (11-14-25): New survey: 7 in 10 say raising children is unaffordable | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - November 14, 2025 | ABC News
PBS News Hour, Nov. 14, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Technology and Science News
Blue Origin Literally NAIL The Landing Of Their New Rocket | Scott Manley
• CRISPR vs cholesterol: can gene editing prevent heart disease? [Nature]
• Mozilla Unveils Plans for New 'AI Window' Browsing Mode in Firefox, Opens Signups [FOSS NEWS]
• China's Shenzhou 20 astronauts return to Earth on different spacecraft after finding window cracks in their own (video) [Space.com]
• A Surprise Flu Variant Threw Off the Vaccine. Get Ready for a Brutal Winter [Gizmodo]
• US may owe $1 trillion in refunds if SCOTUS cancels Trump tariffs [Ars Technica]
Crypto Currencies
Bitcoin Dominance To Surge Into December | Into the CryptoVerse
• Traders earned 10x on fake news that Strategy sold bitcoin [Decrypt]
• Bitcoin ETFs bleed $866M in second-worst day on record, but some analysts still bullish [Coin Telegraph]
NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) and ASN (Aviation Safety Network) Accident Investigation Pages
• Cirrus SR22T Crash [09/18/2025 - Franklin, NC]
• Crash of N259UP at Louisville-Muhammad Ali International Airport [Aviation Safety Network]
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Published at 6.00am on Saturday, November 15, 2025
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