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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Drier conditions briefly return to the area today before widespread precipitation returns tonight into Tuesday. Behind the system, high pressure will result in chilly and dry conditions Wednesday and Thursday. Unseasonably cold and unsettled weather is expected Friday as another system brings more precipitation to the area.
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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 cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph.
...TONIGHT....Rain. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
...TUESDAY....Patchy fog in the morning. Rain in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s. Temperature falling to around 40 in the afternoon. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
...TUESDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.
...WEDNESDAY....Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
...WEDNESDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy. Lows around 30.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Light wintry mix across the highest elevations of the mountains through sunrise before changing to all rain. Little to no accumulations expected.
A wintry mix of light freezing rain, sleet, and/or snow could occur in portions of the mountains Monday night into early Tuesday. Minor travel difficulties again could result on some mountain roads and bridges.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
State and Local News
• Nonprofits provide vital resources to keep locals warm during winter months [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Shortage of rural doctors won’t end anytime soon, report says [NC Newsline]
• How they voted: Key NC congressional votes for November [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• New NC laws starting Dec. 1 cover driving, crime, exploitation and guns [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Rediscovering GSMNP’s apple harvest heritage: Word from the Smokies [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
The woman who paid the price for fighting for civil rights in Zimbabwe | DW News | DW News
Villages underwater, and lives destroyed as floods kill hundreds across Southeast Asia | Sky News
• "Wouldn't Say It Went Well Or Badly": Trump On Call With Venezuela's Maduro [Ground News]
What's driving US actions against Venezuela? | Inside Story | Al Jazeera
• WW1 toxic compound sprayed on Georgian protesters, BBC evidence suggests [BBC News]
• Australia police bust Sydney 'satanic' child sex abuse ring [DW News]
• Sri Lanka, Indonesia deploy military as regional floods leave nearly 1,000 dead [France 24]
Russo-Ukraine War
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 30, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
2000 Meters to Andriivka (full documentary) | FRONTLINE | PBS
Rubio: “It's complicated.” Ukraine–U.S. talks in Florida | Scott Lucas | TVP World
• “First time in 70 years”: Europeans no longer trust US security guarantees, expert says [Euromaidan Press]
• Ukrainian request for nukes and NATO membership ‘will not fly’ – US senator [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• NATO considering preemptive strikes in response to Russia's actions — admiral [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
National News
Officials give update on search for suspect in California shooting that killed 4 | CBS News
Polymarket lets you bet on almost anything | 60 Minutes
• Noem Confirms She Approved Deportation Flights Despite Court Order [Ground News]
Congressional committees launch inquiries into second strike on alleged drug boat | NBC News
• ‘We Intended the Strike to Be Lethal’ Is Not a Defense [National Review]
• Van Hollen on Caribbean boat strike: ‘Very possible there was a war crime committed’ [The Hill]
• Lawmakers voice support for congressional reviews of Trump’s military strikes on boats [AP News]
• Trump gave Maduro ultimatum to flee Venezuela as land operations loom: report [Fox News]
• Trump frees former GPB Capital CEO after Biden admin's Ponzi scheme sentence [Yahoo Finance]
• CNBC Daily Open: November hasn’t been kind — or typical — for U.S. stocks [CNBC]
Japan's 2‑Year Yield Hits Highest Since 2008 | Bloomberg: The Asia Trade 12/1/25 | Bloomberg Television
CEASEFIRE PODCAST: Cornel West & Robert George w/ strategists John Feehery & Joel Payne | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - November 30, 2025 | ABC News
PBS News Hour, Nov. 30, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Technology and Science News
• The Incredible, Unlikely Story of How Cats Became Our Pets [Scientific American]
3 Unusual Supernovae That Challenge Current Physical Models | Anton Petrov
10 Interesting Scientific Discoveries for November 2025 | John Michael Godier
• TWiV 1275: An amazing sequence and a gutsy therapy [Microbe TV]
• ADHD diagnoses are growing. What’s going on? [Nature]
• After Fitbit Killed it in 2016, Pebble Returns with 100% Open Source Software and Hardware [FOSS NEWS]
• Have gravitational waves provided the first hint of primordial black holes born during the Big Bang? [Space.com]
• MIT Report Claims 11.7% of U.S. Labor Can Be Replaced with Existing AI [Gizmodo]
• Before a Soyuz launch Thursday someone forgot to secure a 20-ton service platform [Ars Technica]
Crypto Currencies
Bitcoin and the End of Quantitative Tightening | Into the CryptoVerse
• Trump White House ‘World’s Most Corrupt Crypto Startup Operation’: House Democrats [Decrypt]
• Bitcoin crashes 5% in ‘Sunday slam’ as liquidations surge [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 Monday, December 01, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins
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