• Elevated Fire Risk (11-18-2025)
• [Public Safety Notifications]
• [SEVERE WEATHER CHANNEL]
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Cool dry high pressure will move off the East Coast today as a warm front brings above normal temperatures from Wednesday through the weekend. Moisture increases late this week as low pressure tries to organize to west of the area, which gradually increase rain chances.
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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. Highs in the lower 60s. South winds around 5 mph.
..TONIGHT....Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
..WEDNESDAY....Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
..WEDNESDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Lows around 50. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
..THURSDAY....Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. West winds around 5 mph.
..THURSDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
...Elevated Fire Risk Expected This Afternoon into Early Evening...
The combination of gusty winds and low afternoon relative humidities will lead to an elevated fire risk today. Sustained south to southwest winds from 5 to 15 mph with some higher gusts into the 15 to 25 mph range are expected during the afternoon hours. Relative humidities will range from the upper 20s to mid 30s. These conditions could allow for fires to become uncontrolled.
Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities on whether you can burn today. Use extreme caution when burning as fires may get out of hand quickly in these conditions.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
State and Local News
• ‘Your city stands with you’: Charlotte mayor expresses concern, support for community amid immigration operation [WBTV-TV (Charlotte, NC)]
• WNC legal service reminds community to know and exercise rights amid ICE activity concerns [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC politicians have flocked to the hemp industry. This former governor is one of them. [NC Newsline]
• Democratic lawmakers push NC Republicans on Medicaid. GOP says Dems are politicizing the issue [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Immigration agents expected to come to Raleigh, mayor says. Here’s what we know [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Troll hunting in Western NC? Thomas Dambo trolls are arriving in Asheville. What to know [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
• Senior U.S. military leaders press Seoul onto the frontline against China [Washington Times]
Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death | Sky News
Does ‘America First’ make the US weaker? | The Bottom Line | Al Jazeera
• Google boss warns 'no company is going to be immune' if AI bubble bursts [BBC News]
• Middle East: UN Security Council approves Trump's Gaza plan [DW News]
• Trump set to welcome Saudi's MBS with business deals in first US visit since Khashoggi killing [France 24]
Russo-Ukraine War
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 17, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
Poland and Slovenia on high alert after twin acts of railway sabotage | World News Tonight | TVP World
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1363: Nearly 4,800 Ukrainian civilians remain in Kostiantynivka described as “center of hell on Earth” [Euromaidan Press]
• Kremlin responds to Germany’s warning of potential 2028 war [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Russia thwarts all Ukrainian attempts to break encirclement east of Kupyansk — expert [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
National News
Thousands join Gen Z protests against crime, corruption in Mexico | NBC News
• Trump DOJ’s James Comey case faces widening judicial backlash [The Hill]
• What’s next for the Epstein files after Trump’s social media posts [AP News]
• Top Michigan official sparks online firestorm when asked to name number of genders: 'Beyond embarrassing' [Fox News]
• Fear Engulfs Bitcoin Traders Betting on Free Fall to $80,000 [Yahoo Finance]
• Saudi crown prince to visit U.S. for the first time since Khashoggi scandal [CNBC]
Trump Approves F-35 Jets For Saudis, Stocks Losses Deepen | Daybreak Europe 11/18/2025 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (11-17-25): Pres. Trump says he would sign bill to release all Epstein files | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - November 17, 2025 | ABC News
PBS News Hour, Nov. 17, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Technology and Science News
Bitcoin: The Bulls Vs. The Bears | Into the CryptoVerse
• How obesity drugs quiet ‘food noise’ in the brain [Nature]
• Snapchat Opens Valdi Framework to Developers After 8 Years of Internal Use?utm_source=MaconMedia.com">FOSS NEWS
• SpaceX Starship timeline delays astronaut moon landing for NASA's Artemis 3 mission to 2028: Report [Space.com]
• Jeff Bezos’s New AI Hardware Startup Isn’t Even His Biggest Moonshot [Gizmodo]
• Trump admin axed 383 active clinical trials, dumping over 74K participants [Ars Technica]
Crypto Currencies
Bitcoin Falls Below the 50 Week Moving Average | Into the CryptoVerse
• Two Technical Signals Hinting at a Bitcoin Bear Market [Decrypt]
• BTC price bull market lost? 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week [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 Tuesday, November 18, 2025
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