Conditions not safe for outdoor burning again today. (Sunday, November 16, 2025)
• [Public Safety Notifications]
• [SEVERE WEATHER CHANNEL]
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Another very warm day today before a mostly dry cold front brings a return to near-normal temperatures along with gusty winds and very dry air tonight through Monday. Conditions will become very warm again during the latter half of the week ahead of the next cold front, which may bring better chances of rain by next weekend.
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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....Patchy fog this morning. Partly sunny with a chance of showers this morning, then sunny this afternoon. Breezy with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
..TONIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the lower 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...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Light and variable winds.
..TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph.
..TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Relative humidity levels will be low again this afternoon and gusty winds make outdoor burning not a wise choice again today. Please put off any outdoor burning until after we get a good soaking rain. Other than this, no hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
LOCAL and STATE
• Buncombe County Sheriff's Office issues statement amid ICE, Border Patrol, concerns [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners | November 2025 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• Immigrant advocates in NC create statewide map of ICE activity [NC Newsline]
• Immigration enforcement surge begins in Charlotte, North Carolina, officials confirm [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• High Point councilwoman Cook to replace Brockman in NC House [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Word from the Smokies: Wait, don’t kill it! Spiders protect us from disease [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
Is COP30 summit a turning point for indigenous peoples? | Sky News
Clashes in Mexico City amid Gen-Z styled protests over crime and corruption | Al Jazeera
• The US will help South Korea build nuclear 'attack' submarines - here's what that means [BBC News]
• COP30: Environmental activists stage mass protest in Belem [DW News]
• (video) Ex-CIA chief Petraeus: ‘Real opportunity to help Ukraine and crush Russia’s war economy’ [France 24]
Russo-Ukraine War
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 15, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
“Human safaris”: Russia’s brutal war against civilians | World News Tonight | TVP World
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1361: Ukraine eliminated valuable Russia’s radar system in Crimea [Euromaidan Press]
• NATO members to pay over €400mn for Ukraine’s US weapons [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Russian troops liberate Yablokovo community in Zaporozhye Region over past day — top brass [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
National News
Border Patrol operations start in Charlotte as Trump Administration escalates immigration crackdown | NBC News
• Trump muddles his populist message, worrying supporters [The Hill]
• Naturalized US citizens thought they were safe. Trump’s immigration policies are shaking that belief [AP News]
• Laura Loomer teases Georgia move after President Trump says he wants Marjorie Taylor Greene primaried [Fox News]
• The math behind Trump’s 50-year mortgage gambit: Lower payments now, but almost double the long-term costs [Yahoo Finance]
• In defense of junior staff: Why replacing young people with AI could spark a ‘talent doom cycle’ [CNBC]
Wall Street Week | Santander’s Ana Botín, Quantum Future, Pension Reform, Data Center Win-Win | Bloomberg Television
After Words: George Selgin, "False Dawn: The Rise and Decline of Bitcoin" | C-SPAN
What democratic socialism is and how it's different from communism | ABC News
PBS News Hour, Nov. 15, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Technology and Science News
Alarming Effects From Microplastics on Human Health (Several Major Studies) | Anton Petrov
• Ecology and spread of the North American H5N1 epizootic [Nature]
• Ubuntu's New 15-Year Commitment Targets Long-Lived Enterprise Systems [FOSS NEWS]
• This Week In Space podcast: Episode 186 — Snow on the Moon? [Space.com]
• Whatever Happened to String Theory? [Gizmodo]
• “How about no”: FCC boss Brendan Carr says he won’t end news distortion probes [Ars Technica]
Crypto Currencies
The Rise of Bitcoin Treasuries: The Future of Banks in a Hyperbitcoinised World | Bitcoin Magazine
• Running Your Own Local Open-Source AI Model Is Easy—Here's How [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 Sunday, November 16, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins
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