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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A warm and increasingly moist air mass remains in place over our region through the weekend. Rain chances will be highest over the mountains late this week as low pressure tries to organize to the west of our area. Drier air filters in late in the weekend and into the early part of 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....Patchy fog this morning. Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Light and variable winds, becoming west around 5 mph this afternoon.
..TONIGHT....Cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the evening. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds, becoming southwest around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 70 percent.
..FRIDAY....Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
..FRIDAY NIGHT....Showers likely. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
..SATURDAY....Mostly cloudy with showers likely in the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the morning. Chance of rain 70 percent.
..SATURDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
..SUNDAY....Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
..SUNDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Other than areas of thick fog, no hazardous weather is expected today or tonight.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
State and Local News
• Border Patrol operation in Charlotte: Submit your videos of activity, arrests here [WBTV-TV (Charlotte, NC)]
NCSHP Dispatched to Report of Bald Eagle Dropping a Cat on Car | Old Grouch's Military Surplus
• Bald eagle drops cat through windshield in North Carolina [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Wildfire danger is high across NC. Here’s what you should know [NC Local]
• Administrative judge blocks NC Medicaid rate cut for assisted living services [NC Newsline]
• Federal court hears challenge to NC’s new 2026 congressional districts [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Quarter-cent sales tax back on the ballot in Macon [Smoky Mountain News]
• Triangle school communities try to support immigrants during Border Patrol operation [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Asheville, Buncombe issue joint statement on immigration enforcement [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
What is a Russian spy ship doing off the coast of Scotland? | Sky News
Nuremberg at 80: The trial that changed justice forever | Al Jazeera
• Philippines sentences 'Chinese spy mayor' to life in jail [BBC News]
• Germany news: New group of Afghans to land for resettlement [DW News]
• Spain's far-right resurgence raises spectre of Franco 50 years after his death [France 24]
Russo-Ukraine War
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 19, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
Polish FM: Russia Behind Rail Explosion with "Clear Intent to Kill" | World News Tonight | TVP World
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1365: Trump team drafts peace plan with Putin envoy while Russia kills 26 in Ternopil strike [Euromaidan Press]
• US peace plan proposes Ukraine ‘give up sovereignty’ – media [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Russian forces hammer Ukrainian military-industrial, energy sites — top brass [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
National News
Vice President Dick Cheney Funeral (Live at 10.30am) | C-SPAN
• A Reporter's Unwelcome Questions Provoke Yet Another Trump Threat To Yank Broadcast Licenses [Reason Magazine]
President Trump delivers remarks at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum — 11/19/2025 | CNBC Television
Trump says he signed bill releasing Epstein files | NBC News
• Vindman demands release of Trump-Mohammed bin Salman call after Khashoggi murder: ‘You will be shocked’ [The Hill]
• House gets back to work and quickly falls into a cycle of punishing its own [AP News]
• Dem congresswoman indicted for 'particularly selfish' alleged theft of FEMA relief funds for campaign use [Fox News]
• First it was GPUs and electricity, now AI is eating up the memory industry [Yahoo Finance]
• The September jobs report is finally coming out Thursday. Here’s what it is expected to show [CNBC]
Nvidia Relief; Exclusive With Lebanon's Nawaf Salam | Horizons Middle East & Africa 11/20/2025 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (11-19-25): Pres. names Saudi Arabia major non-NATO ally; Epstein bill heads to WH | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - November 19, 2025 | ABC News
PBS News Hour, Nov. 19, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Technology and Science News
• We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation. [New York Times]
The Level1 Links With Friends Show November 19 2025: iSock iSucks
• If the AI bubble bursts, what will it mean for research? [Nature]
Microsoft's New Windows AI Feature Comes With Warnings About Malware and Data Theft [FOSS NEWS]
• The James Webb Space Telescope may have finally found the 1st stars in the universe [Space.com]
• Former DOJ Official: Trump’s Crypto Pardon Is Unprecedented Corruption [Gizmodo]
• CDC data confirms US is 2 months away from losing measles elimination status [Ars Technica]
Crypto Currencies
Bitcoin and Main Street | Into the CryptoVerse
• Bitcoin Billionaire Arthur Hayes Blames Crypto Plunge on 'Contraction in Dollar Liquidity' [Decrypt]
• Senator Tim Scott pushes for December vote on crypto market bill [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 Thursday, November 20, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins
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