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NWS GENERAL OUTLOOK
1. A cold front will arrive this morning possibly producing a few mountain showers. Low humidity and gusty winds this afternoon will increase fire danger. Much cooler Tuesday but still with low humidity, so fire danger may remain elevated.
2. Cold-air damming will maintain below-normal temperatures and potentially light precipitation for southern portions of the area, before temperatures trend warmer again on Thursday.
3. A backdoor cold front crosses the area on Friday, possibly producing some showers and storms, and definitely ushering in a cooler air mass for next 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....Partly sunny this morning, then clearing. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph, decreasing to 30 mph this afternoon.
..TONIGHT....Partly cloudy. Much cooler with lows in the mid 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph, decreasing to 25 mph after midnight.
..TUESDAY....Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
..TUESDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
..WEDNESDAY....Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
..WEDNESDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
...INCREASED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... Dry brush and leaf litter have become very dry in recent days due to breezy conditions and low relative humidity. These conditions are forecast again today. Relative humidity will fall below 30 percent for much of the afternoon and evening hours, and wind gusts may reach 25 to 30 mph at times. Given the dry vegetation, outdoor fires will be able to spread quickly once started, increasing the danger of wildfires. Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities on whether you can burn today. If you do burn, use extreme caution since fires can quickly get out of hand under these conditions.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
State and Local News
Rising housing costs in western N.C. | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• National Park Service to conduct prescribe burns in GSMNP [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending March 19 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• State revenue forecast coming out this week, will guide NC budget plans [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Celebrate USA's 250th birthday with Blue Ridge Parkway hikes, drives [Asheville Citizen-Times]
Other News
• Judge Rules Pentagon Restrictions on Press Are Unconstitutional [New York TAimes]
• Freedom in The World 2026: The Growing Shadow of Autocracy [Freedom House]
Jim Mattis and Ryan Holiday | Full Episode 3.20.26 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS
Strait of Hormuz 3-Week Recap | What is the Status of the Ships, Transits and Escort Mission? | What's Going on With Shipping?
Who is left running Iran? | Inside Story | Al Jazeera
• Iran Update Special Report: March 22, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]
• AP News Liveblog [AP News]
• Jerusalem Post Liveblog [Jerusalem Post]
• BBC Liveblog [BBC News]
• Al Jazeera Liveblog [Al Jazeera]
• Fox News Liveblog [Fox News]
Air Canada Express plane collides with ground vehicle at New York's LaGuardia Airport | CBS News
Iran missiles crash through Israeli defences hitting residential areas near nuclear facility | Sky News
Meet the Press Full Episode — March 22 | NBC News
• Trump’s changing course on Strait of Hormuz strategy raises questions about US war preparation [AP News]
• Air Canada jet hits vehicle, forcing New York's LaGuardia airport to close [Fox News]
• 3 weeks of war, possible rate hikes, and AI's 'show me' phase: What to watch this week [Yahoo News]
• Oil prices whipsaw as Trump’s Hormuz ultimatum and Iran threats keep markets on edge [CNBC]
Market Rout Deepens as US, Iran Signal Potential Escalation | Insight with Haslinda Amin 03/23/2026 | Bloomberg Television
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 22, 2026 | ABC News
LISTEN LIVE at 10am: Supreme Court considers late-arriving mail ballot laws in case that may affect midterms | PBS NewsHour
Lectures in History: President Jimmy Carter's Impact On the End of the Cold War | C-SPAN
Hormuz crisis deepens as U.S. and Iran exchange warnings | World News Tonight | TVP WORLD
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 22, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]
• France's Socialists hold on to power in major cities in election boost for mainstream [BBC News]
• Homan: ICE officers will not assist with airport security scanning amid TSA staffing shortage [The Hill]
Secretive tech mogul Peter Thiel brings his Antichrist lectures to the Vatican's doorstep | DW News
• 10,000 Starlink satellites orbiting Earth … and counting [EarthSky]
• Scientists discover surprising brain trigger behind high blood pressure [Science Daily ]
• Elon Musk’s Latest Outlandish Plan Is a Giant Chip Factory In Texas [Gizmodo]
• You’re likely already infected with a brain-eating virus you’ve never heard of [Ars Technica]
• This Week In Space podcast: Episode 202 — Artemis Imminent [Space.com]
Cosmological Models Are In Trouble After Recent Studies on Dark Energy | Anton Petrov
Beyond the Noise #99: The "V" word | PBS Space Time
• What to Expect From This Week's House Committee on Tokenization [Decrypt]
• Crypto, stocks fall as oil chops after Iran vows response to Trump threat [Coin Telegraph]
Stocks Have Dropped 7% - What's Next? | Benjamin Cowen
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Published at 6.00am on Monday, March 23, 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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