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NWS GENERAL OUTLOOK
1. Dry and warm today.
2. Cold air damming develops Monday and Tuesday, bringing much cooler and well below high temperatures as well as the potential for freezing rain across portions of the northern mountains and adjacent foothills Monday into Monday night.
3. Cold air damming replaced by much warmer conditions by Wednesday afternoon, allowing well above normal temperatures to return through the rest of the workweek. Rain chances should return by Thursday, lingering through the weekend.
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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....Sunny this morning, then becoming partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
..TONIGHT....Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. North winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast after midnight.
..MONDAY....Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon.
..MONDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Lows around 40. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
..TUESDAY....Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s. South winds around 5 mph.
..TUESDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
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
Asheville corridor continues to recover post-Helene | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• Business of Farming Conference aims to support local farmers [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Report finds widening gap in local school funding between NC’s richest and poorest counties [NC Newsline]
• How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending Feb. 26 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Dozens of protesters gather in Raleigh’s Moore Square to oppose US attack on Iran [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Warrantless immigration arrests in North Carolina targeted U.S. citizens [Asheville Citizen-Times]
Other News
War with Iran | PBS News Special Report
Special Report: Iranian state media confirms Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed | NBC News
• Trump threatens Iran with 'force that has never been seen before' if strikes continue [Jerusalem Post]
• BBC Liveblog [BBC News]
• Al Jazeera Liveblog [Al Jazeera]
Latest on U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and how Tehran's responding | CBS News
Iran confirms Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli strikes | Sky News
Law enforcement on alert for retaliation after U.S. strikes in Iran | NBC News
• Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who led the Islamic Republic since 1989, is dead at 86 [AP News]
• (video) Protesters storm US Consulate in Pakistan [Fox News]
• OPEC+ to Weigh Bigger Hike After Iran Strike, Delegates Say [Yahoo News]
• How the attack on Iran could impact the global oil market and economy [CNBC]
Bloomberg This Weekend 2/28/2026 | Bloomberg Television
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb. 28, 2026 | ABC News
“The only chance for generations”: Trump launches attack on Iran | TVP WORLD
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 28, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]
• US and Israeli strikes on Iran in maps [BBC News]
• US-Israeli strikes on Iran result in Khamenei’s death: Five things to know [The Hill]
Will the US nuclear umbrella continue to shield European allies? | DW News
• Giant ‘spiderwebs’ on Mars reveal surprising water clues [EarthSky]
• The U.S. just surpassed a grim measles milestone [Scientific American Magazine]
• The War on Poaching Has Gone Full Tech Dystopia—and It May Not Be Working [Gizmodo]
• In puzzling outbreak, officials look to cold beer, gross ice, and ChatGPT [Ars Technica]
• The US Air Force's latest X-plane looks like a missile — that shoots other missiles [Space.com]
Is One of the Largest Known Stars About to Explode? | Anton Petrov
My Biggest AI Fear | Hank Green
Is Fascism Back? | Johnny Harris
• Bitcoin Recovers Following Plunge as US, Israel Begin Bombing Iran [Decrypt]
• Anthropic CEO responds to Pentagon order prohibiting military use [Coin Telegraph]
The Mechanism That Ends Business Cycles | Benjamin Cowen
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Published at 6.00am on Sunday, March 01, 2026
Author: Bobby Coggins
Both are in drydock for maintenance. Comfort is due out in April, Mercy in July. There was an incident a US Navy submariner was airlifted by a Danish Defense Seahawk helicopter, deployed from the Vædderen, a Danish military patrol ship. Maybe he's upset that we required medical assistance from them. That's funny, because the Mercy won't be available until July 2026 and the Comfort won't be available until at least April 2026. 42m Reply Top fan Bobby Coggins There was an incident a US Navy submariner was airlifted by a Danish Defense Seahawk helicopter, deployed from the Vædderen, a Danish military patrol ship. Maybe he's upset that we required medical assistance from them.
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