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NWS GENERAL OUTLOOK
1. A cold front tracks across the forecast area Thursday. This will allow showers and thunderstorms to return this afternoon and evening, keeping the isolated strong to severe storm threat and isolated flash flood threat around.
2. A front stalls just south of the area, keeping mainly diurnal rain chances through the weekend. Drier air may finally work into the entire area from the north by the middle of next week.
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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....Patchy fog this morning. Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers this morning, then mostly sunny with a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
..TONIGHT....Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
..FRIDAY....Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. South winds around 5 mph.
..FRIDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
..SATURDAY....Showers likely. A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 70. North winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
..SATURDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
..SUNDAY....Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
..SUNDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening. These may produce some isolated heavy downpours and result in localized flooding.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
State and Local News
• Proposed 2026-2027 Budget for the Town of Franklin [Google Drive (89 page PDF)]
• County Manager Presents Annual Budget Message to County Commissioners [ Macon Media ]
Floodwaters move faster post-Helene, officials warn | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
NC employees can't use job info in prediction market bets | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• NC GOP lawmaker removes name from anti-abortion bill after social media outcry [NC Newsline]
• JetZero adjusts early NC hiring targets, citing state budget delay [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Buncombe County to buy former Asheville Mall JCPenney for $5M [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Meet the NC student who will compete in finals of Scripps National Spelling Bee [Raleigh News & Observer]
Iran War News
China Now Controls 70% of Shipbuilding: Can the U.S. Make a Comeback? | What's Going on With Shipping?
Iran TV obtains 'initial unofficial' draft of US deal | BBC News
• Iran Update Special Report, May 27, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Jerusalem Post Liveblog [Jerusalem Post]
• France24 Liveblog [France 24]
• Al Jazeera Liveblog [Al Jazeera]
• Fox News Liveblog [Fox News]
• Kuwait says it faces a missile and drone attack as shaky ceasefire in Iran war again challenged [AP News]
• Iran war day 89: Lebanon strikes kill 31 as ceasefire tensions rise [Al Jazeera]
• UN adds Israeli entities to blacklist of countries that commit sexual violence - exclusive [Jerusalem Post]
• Iran war: Trump says US will 'watch over' Strait of Hormuz [DW News]
• Iranian regime may try to ‘string out’ talks, terrorism analyst warns [Fox News]
World News
Kyiv urgently appeals to U.S. for air defense capabilities | World News Tonight | TVP World
UK spy chief: Almost 500,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine war | Sky News
• Aid cuts and climate change drive deadly malaria surge in Zimbabwe [Al Jazeera]
• BOK lifts S. Korea's growth forecast to 2.6 pct for this year amid robust chip-driven exports [Yonhap News Agency]
• Canada to buy Swedish surveillance plane over US models [DW News]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 27, 2026 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Think it’s hot now? The next five years will smash records, UN says [AP News]
National News
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - May 27, 2026 | ABC News
NBC Nightly News Full Episode - May 27 | NBC News
• 9 missing after Washington paper mill tank rupture and officials say there’s no hope of survivors [AP News]
• After Protests Outside Synagogues, New York Makes It a Crime to Block Entry to a House of Worship [Ground News]
• Entertainers unveiled for 250th US birthday bash on National Mall [The Hill]
• Newsom signs bill to curb Trump interference in California elections [UPI]
• NASA chief pulls back curtain on Trump UFO files after bizarre finds surface in buried fed records [Fox News]
Financial News
Iran War: US Launches Strikes as Trump Rejects Easing Sanctions | Daybreak Europe 05/28/2026 | Bloomberg Television
• Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures drop following US strikes in Hormuz [Yahoo Finance]
• Oil jumps 3% after Iran says it targeted U.S. airbase following fresh American strikes [CNBC]
Science and Technology
The T. rex of the Sea Was Just Discovered | 7 Days of Science and Ben G Thomas
• Mexican President Responds to World Cup Piracy Concerns, Prefers ‘Open’ Broadcasts [Torrent Freak]
• Happy, who taught researchers that elephants can recognize themselves, is euthanized [NPR]
• Nvidia bets $150B on Taiwan as Trump’s plan to make US an AI hub backfires [Ars Technica]
• Elon Musk Says America’s Kamikaze Drones Used the Wrong Starlink Subscription [Gizmodo]
• Researchers block key protein that helps Parkinson’s spread through the brain [Science Daily]
• Kraken Now Lets You Earn Yield on Bitcoin Holdings via Lending Vaults [Decrypt]
• Crypto markets shed $80B after fresh US strikes on Iran [Coin Telegraph]
• Porter Stansberry Warns of US Financial Collapse by 2029 on Pompliano Podcast [Bitcoin.com]
"The Banks are Feeling FOMO" on Bitcoin Lending w/ SALT Lending CEO Shawn Owen | BMP Ep 10 | Bitcoin Magazine
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Published at 9.00am on Thursday, May 28, 2026
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