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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A warm upper ridge over the lower Mississippi Valley will keep our region warm and dry for Christmas and the start of the weekend. The warm weather will end dramatically early next week as cold air from Canada drops the temperature about 30 degrees from weekend temperatures.
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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....Partly sunny this morning, then becoming mostly sunny. Patchy fog this morning. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph this morning.
..TONIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Lows around 50. West winds around 5 mph.
..CHRISTMAS DAY....Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph.
..THURSDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
..FRIDAY....Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
..FRIDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Lows in the lower 50s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
State and Local News
• Bomb threat made in Highlands declared a hoax: police [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Jackson library exit critics cite Yancey chaos, dubious ‘list’ [Smoky Mountain News]
• North Carolina gets federal okay to use $300 million to expand broadband into rural areas [NC Newsline]
• More than 1 in 3 NC counties seek permission to reduce early voting access in 2026 primaries [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• We’ll remember nature’s fury, an endless election and off-the-field football drama [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Asheville Amtrak route economic report: $1B impact, new jobs, tourists [Asheville Citizen-Times]
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Published at 6.00am on Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins
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