Families Belong Together Rally
Activists rallied in Franklin in opposition to the federal government policy of separating children from families caught trying to illegally cross the border between the Mexico and the United States. Coverage of the event is on the blog. [LINK]
LOCAL OUTLOOK
Weak high pressure will persist across the area to start the week. Expect mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Shower and thunderstorm coverage will be higher into the first half of the week as deeper moisture moves inland from the Atlantic Ocean. High temperatures will run around normal through the week with seasonally high levels of humidity that will give lows above normal.
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Their phone number is 371-4718. They are located at 120 Depot Street.
They can handle all your tree removal needs in good or bad weather.
WEATHER SPONSOR
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Open 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM, M-F, located at 895 Hickory Knoll Road, Franklin, NC. Visit our Facebook page at:
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Weather Almanac for July 2nd (1872-2016)
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
Highest Temperature 99°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2012
Lowest Temperature 40°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2008
Greatest Rainfall 3.00 inches in Franklin in 2003
Record Weather Events for July (1872-2017)
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on July 29, 1952
Lowest Temperature 34°F in Highlands on July 2, 1911
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on July 29, 1879
THREE DAY OUTLOOK
TODAY
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11am. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. Light and variable wind. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
TONIGHT
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Calm wind. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
TUESDAY
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Light and variable wind. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
TUESDAY NIGHT
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Calm wind.
INDEPENDENCE DAY
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10pm, then a chance of showers after 3am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
OTTO AREA
TODAY
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 9am. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
TONIGHT
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Calm wind. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
TUESDAY
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
TUESDAY NIGHT
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Calm wind.
INDEPENDENCE DAY
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
A chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10pm and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
TODAY
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 9am. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Calm wind becoming south southeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
TONIGHT
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Southeast wind around 5 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
TUESDAY
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
TUESDAY NIGHT
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. East southeast wind around 5 mph becoming northeast in the evening.
INDEPENDENCE DAY
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 62.
NANTAHALA AREA
TODAY
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. Calm wind becoming south southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
TONIGHT
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11pm. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Light southeast wind. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
TUESDAY
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Light and variable wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
TUESDAY NIGHT
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. Light and variable wind.
INDEPENDENCE DAY
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10pm, then a chance of showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
GOES-16 GeoColor - True Color daytime, multispectral IR
12:27 to 3:22 am this morning
HAZARDS
Hazardous Weather is not expected today.
There is a chance of thunderstorms each day through the end of the week, mainly during the afternoon and evening hours with few storms becoming strong to severe each day with gusty winds, frequent lightning and isolated flooding from heavy rainfall.
Macon Media maintains a Severe Weather Preparedness Page at http://thunderpigblog.blogspot.com/p/breaking-news-hub.html for those who are interested.
As always, you can check to see what advisories, watches, and warnings are in effect for Macon County by visiting http://is.gd/MACONWARN
GOES 16 - Band 15 - 12.3 µm - Dirty Longwave Window - IR (Precipitation)
3:27 am this morning
TROPICAL OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Mon Jul 02 2018
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
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FRIENDS OF THE GREENWAY BUTTERFLY GARDEN RENEWAL CELEBRATION DAY
Friends of the Greenway is having a Butterfly Garden Renewal Celebration Day on Tuesday, July 10, 2018 from 9 AM to 11 AM. There will be a Ribbon Cutting at 9:30 AM to welcome the community to the renovated garden. Bringing back the eleven-year-old garden was funded in part with a grant from the Macon County Unrestricted Endowment Fund which is administered by the North Carolina Community Foundation. Find out about the butterflies that can be found in the area and the plants that maintain their lifecycle. Park behind the Shops at Riverwalk on Highlands Road. Follow the Greenway trail for a short distance--just past the Rotary Shelter. Rain date is Wednesday, July 11.
Suminski Family Books Summer Film Fest for Families
All ticket sales sold by FROG volunteers benefit:
FRIENDS OF THE GREENWAY, INC.
Location: Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts
Start time for each movie: 7:00 PM
Save When You Pre-Buy Your Tickets!
Single Ticket $5 for each movie (pre & at the door)
Season Pass $15 1 ticket to each movie Family of 4 Season Passes $50 4 tickets to each movie
Movies and Dates:
Paddington 2 on July 12, 2018
Hidden Figures on July 19, 2018
Peter Rabbit on August 19, 2018
Wonder on August 26, 2018 (benefits Friends of the Greenway)
Purchase at FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main (next to new bridge) Hours: Wed-Fri, 9 AM-2 PM
There are 3 other non-profits involved: Folk Heritage Association of Macon County NC, Grandpa’s Woodshed Project, Women’s History Trail, and Read2Me. The FROG-specific specific movie is Wonder, but our members can pre-sell tickets to all movies.
Uptown Gallery classes
(These are on-going classes – repeat weekly)
Free classes and open studio times are being offered at The Uptown Gallery in Franklin. Join others at a painting open studio session every Tuesday from 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm or on Thursday from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm.
Bring your own materials and join an on-going drawing course led by gallery artists on Fridays, from 11am – 2 pm. For information on days open, hours and additional art classes and workshops, contact the gallery on 30 East Main Street at (828) 349 – 4607.
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Appalachian South
Meets each Thursday at 7pm
The First Methodist Church Outreach Center
at the intersection of Harrison Ave. and West Main Street
(directly across from Lazy Hiker Brewery)
Come join our weekly support group for anyone suffering from mental illness and their family or friends. This includes Depression, Bipolar,8chizophrenia, PTSD, Substance Abuse, Etc.
Here you will find:
— others living with mental health challenges YOU ARE NOT ALONE
- learn coping skills and ?find hope in shared experience
- help learning how to break down stigma and guilt surrounding mental health
- how to live life with the expectation of a better a better future
Kay (706)970-9987 Denise (828)347-5000)
SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM
On January 1, 2017, the Syringe Exchange Program of Franklin began operating a comprehensive harm reduction program to address the opioid epidemic that is impacting western NC. Opioid overdose reversal kits including naloxone are available free of charge. If you have any questions about our services or if you know someone interested in volunteering, please contact Stephanie Almeida at 828-475-1920.
Sun and Moon
Sun
Sun
Begin civil twilight 5:54 a.m.
Sunrise 6:23 a.m.
Sun transit 1:38 p.m.
Sunset 8:52 p.m.
End civil twilight 9:21 p.m.
Moon
Moonrise 11:21 p.m. last night
Moon transit 4:46 a.m.
Moonset 10:16 a.m.
Moonrise 11:56 p.m.
Phase of the Moon on July 2, 2018: Waning Gibbous with 83% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.
Closest Primary Moon Phase: Last Quarter on July 6, 2018 at 3:51 a.m. (local daylight time)
Sky Guides for this week
Sky and Telescope Magazine
Astronomy Magazine
There will be three solar and two lunar eclipses in 2018. [LINK]
Heavens Above has an Android App that will assist you in observing the sky and even has a satellite tracker that will let you know when the International Space Station and dozens of other satellites are overhead. [LINK]
Stellarium is also an app that will assist you in observing the sky. It is available in both Android [LINK] and iOS versions. [LINK]
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Published at 3:40 am on July 02, 2018
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Data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster's Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center.
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