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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. Cloudy with a slight chance of rain and thunderstorms this morning, then partly sunny this afternoon. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times this morning. Highs in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
..TONIGHT....Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening, then rain likely after midnight. Patchy dense fog. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
..SATURDAY....Patchy fog in the morning. Partly sunny with showers likely in the morning, then mostly sunny with a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
..SATURDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
..SUNDAY....Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
..SUNDAY NIGHT....Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
A few strong storms will be possible this evening into the overnight hours. Gusty winds will be the primary threat if storms are able to organize.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
State and Local News
• Homeland Security says operation in Charlotte ‘not over’ despite earlier reports [WBTV-TV (Charlotte, NC)]
• Operation Charlotte’s Web Fallout: What happens next for detainees? [Queen City News (Asheville, NC)]
• AG Jackson warns North Carolinians of immigration scams [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Border Patrol may be leaving North Carolina. Where are the people they detained? [NC Local]
• ‘They basically just kidnapped me’: US citizen taken by Border Patrol in Cary [NC Newsline]
• Federal court hears challenge to NC’s new 2026 congressional districts [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• As Border Patrol generates fear, neighbors and organizations step up [Smoky Mountain News]
• Judges uphold NC districts used in 2024 election, but wait to rule on new map [Raleigh News and Observer]
• (video) What are your rights? Asheville attorney Robb Hill explains raids and immigrant rights in NC [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
Africa hosts G20 as tribal leaders challenge exclusion and fight for ancestral land | Sky News
America Is Already at War with Venezuela (Open War Is Next) | Caspian Report
What is a Russian spy ship doing off the coast of Scotland? | Center for Strategic and International Studies
Thousands flee violence in Sudan: Refugees face food shortages, uncertainty | Al Jazeera
• Starmer arrives in South Africa as G20 gathers without Trump [BBC News]
• Fire disrupts COP30 climate summit in Brazil [DW News]
• Australia cedes hosting COP31 to Turkey, frustrating Pacific islands [France 24]
Russo-Ukraine War
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 20, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
80 years on: The Nuremberg Trials still shape global justice | Top Report | World News Tonight | TVP World
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1366: Trump peace plan meets fierce resistance as Ukraine, Europe reject terms mirroring Russia’s demands [Euromaidan Press]
• Russian forces take full control of Kupyansk – Moscow [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• US plan for Ukraine includes security guarantees modeled on NATO's Article 5 — media [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
National News
Vice President Dick Cheney Funeral | C-SPAN
• ‘Punishable by DEATH’: Trump Floats Execution for Democrats Who Urged Soldiers to Disobey Illegal Orders [Mediaite]
Secretive Border Patrol program is detaining US citizens for ‘suspicious’ travel | Associated Press
Trump's economy approval rating sinking in new poll | NBC News
Trump family’s cryptocurrency ties raise concerns as administration loosens regulations | PBS News Hour
• A small group of MAGA women in Congress is defying Trump, GOP leadership [The Hill]
• Trump says Democrats’ message to military is ‘seditious behavior’ punishable by death [AP News]
• Biden DOJ subpoenaed Jim Jordan's phone records covering more than two years [Fox News]
• White House’s Hassett says government shutdown impact means Fed should cut rates in December [Yahoo Finance]
• White House crafting executive order to thwart state AI laws [CNBC]
Trump, Mamdani; Russia, Ukraine; Epstein Files | Balance of Power: Late Edition 11/20/2025 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (11-20-25): George W. Bush & Liz Cheney give eulogies at Dick Cheney's funeral
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - November 20, 2025 | ABC News
PBS News Hour, Nov. 20, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Technology and Science News
Math Suggests We May Be the Only Intelligent Life in the Universe | Anton Petrov
The Level1 Links With Friends Show November 21 2025: Attack of the Googler
• A brain implant that could rival Neuralink's enters clinical trials [Nature]
• Blender 5.0 Released with HDR Support, Video Sequencer Overhaul, and ACES Workflows [FOSS NEWS]
• James Webb Space Telescope captures 'one-of-a-kind' triple star system that looks like a cosmic embryo (image) [Space.com]
• A NASA Space Telescope Is Falling Out of the Sky. Can This Startup Save it? [Gizmodo]
• Scientists found the key to accurate Maya eclipse tables [Ars Technica]
Crypto Currencies
Bitcoin Cliff Dwellers (11-20-2025) | Into the CryptoVerse
• Crypto Sentiment Hits 'Extreme Fear' Amid $2.7 Trillion S&P 500 Wipeout [Decrypt]
• BlackRock Bitcoin ETF sheds $2.47B in November as outflows hit record $3.79B [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 Friday, November 21, 2025
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