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NWS GENERAL OUTLOOK
1. Another round of beneficial rain this morning. A cold front brings scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening, a few of which could become strong to severe. Confidence on the severe threat remains low. Yet another round of early morning showers are possible late tonight.
2. The next active system arrives late Friday into Saturday, bringing another round of much-needed rainfall to the western Carolinas.
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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....Cloudy this morning, then becoming partly sunny. Patchy fog this morning. A chance of thunderstorms. Showers, mainly this morning. Highs around 70. West winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
..TONIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
..THURSDAY....Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the morning.
..THURSDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
..FRIDAY....Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s. Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon.
..FRIDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
A statewide burn ban issued by the North Carolina Forest Service is currently in place. Open burning of any kind is illegal.
Isolated strong to severe storms will be possible this afternoon and evening. The main concern will be damaging winds and hail.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
State and Local News
Leaders urge water conservation amid drought in western North Carolina | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• North Carolina General Assembly gives final approval to $319M in Medicaid funding [NC Local]
• Protesters flood legislature, succeed in defeating land-grab bill over water access [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC 'law-and-order' US Senate nominee Whatley faced arrest in 2015 [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• NC lawmakers scrap controversial land acquisition plan after local outcry [Raleigh News & Observer]
King Charles III State Visit
King Charles III Addresses Joint Meeting of U.S. Congress | C-SPAN
Trump welcomes King Charles III to the White House for events | Associated Press
Trump hosts King Charles III for White House state dinner | Associated Press
• Here’s what’s on the White House’s state dinner menu for King Charles [The Hill]
• Liveblog: King Charles III meets Trump in Oval Office, delivers historic address to Congress in state visit [MS NOW]
Epstein survivor says she is 'disappointed' King Charles did not mention victims in speech | NBC News
• Trump saw 2 kings, Charles saw something much different [Politico Magazine]
• Who is Cole Allen? California man named as suspect in White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting [CBS News]
• 'Our collective strength' -- 4 takeaways from King Charles III's address to Congress [ABC News]
• Five takeaways from the King's historic address to Congress [BBC News]
Iran War News
The Strait of Hormuz Crisis: Week 8 Recap: Competing Blockades and Piracy Surge | What's Going on With Shipping?
Trump lashes out at German Chancellor after Merz' Iran comment | DW News
• Iran Update Special Report, April 28, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]
• AP News Liveblog [AP News]
• Jerusalem Post Liveblog [Jerusalem Post]
• Al Jazeera Liveblog [Al Jazeera]
• Fox News Liveblog [Fox News]
• Tired and worried, seafarers have been stranded in the Persian Gulf for weeks [AP News]
• Is India’s Chabahar dream in Iran dead? [Al Jazeera]
• Trump tells aides to prepare for extended blockade of Iran, WSJ reports [Jerusalem Post]
• Faisal Islam: Why the UAE's exit from Opec is a big deal [BBC News]
Finally free: Minsk regime swaps out Polish-Belarusian journalist | World News Tonight | TVP World
World News
King Charles urges Trump and Congress not to abandon Nato and Ukraine | BBC News
• The international rules-based order is under stress [DW News]
• Appeals court increases ex-President Yoon's sentence to 7 yrs in obstruction of justice case [Yonhap News Agency]
• France urges citizens to leave 'extremely volatile' Mali 'as soon as possible' [France 24]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 28, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]
Putin desperate for troops, targets 18,500 foreigners | Morning Report | TVP World
National News
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - April 28, 2026 | ABC News
Trump's DOJ indicts ex-FBI Director Comey a 2nd time | CNN
• Ex-FBI Director Comey indicted again, in a probe over an online post officials call a Trump threat [AP News]
• 3 days after correspondents’ dinner, FBI still unsure who shot officer outside ballroom [Forbes]
• Trump allies fume over Obama’s post on shooting suspect’s motives [The Hill]
• Exclusive: Trump approval sinks to new low as war with Iran drives cost-of-living concerns [Reuters]
• James Comey indicted again as DOJ probe deepens into ex-FBI chief [Fox News]
Financial News
UAE Exits OPEC, OPEC+; Hormuz Blockade Continues | Horizons Middle East & Africa 4/29/2026 | Bloomberg Television
• Trump's $1.5 Trillion Defense Plan Draws Rare Republican Pushback [Yahoo Finance]
• Here’s everything to expect when the Fed issues its latest interest rate decision Wednesday [CNBC]
Science and Technology
The Level1 Links with Friends Show April 29 2026: Sticker Shocked
• FCC orders review of ABC licenses after Kimmel joke offends Trump and first lady [Ars Technica]
• ‘Never Talk About Goblins’: OpenAI’s Instructions to Codex Have a Weirdly Emphatic No-Creatures Policy [Gizmodo]
• A one-in-a-million supernova seen five times could reveal the Universe’s true speed [Science Daily]
• Beyond the Noise #104: How to be an effective anti-vaccine activist [Microbe TV]
Is There Something Smaller Than Quarks? Experimental Test | Anon Petrov
Crypto News
FOMC: The End of an Era | Benjamin Cowen
• CFTC Backs Prediction Markets in Yet Another Lawsuit Against a State [Decrypt]
• Aptos says its new privacy coin seeks to fix one of crypto’s biggest trade-offs [Coin Telegraph]
• Ethereum ICO Participant Moves $22.88 Million in ETH After 11 Years of Dormancy [Bitcoin.com]
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Published at 6.00am on Wednesday, April 29, 2026
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