OUTLOOK
Shower and thunderstorm chances will continue from this afternoon through the weekend as a weak cold front approaches then crosses the Carolinas. High pressure builds in behind the departing cold front Sunday into Monday, leading to drier conditions. Another weak cold front may approach the area during the middle of next week, but the details of this front`s timing and impacts remain unclear.
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National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Tuesday Night
Franklin area
Today
Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers likely, mainly before 10pm. Patchy fog between 10pm and 1am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the south 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Sunday
A chance of showers between 8am and 2pm. Sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-70s.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s.
Highlands area
Today
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Areas of fog before 11am. Highs near 60. Winds out of the south 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three-quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers likely, mainly before 11pm. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday
A chance of showers between 8am and 2pm. Sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s.
Otto area
Today
Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Patchy fog between 9am and 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11pm. Patchy fog between 10pm and 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the south 3 to 6 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Sunday
A chance of showers between 8am and 2pm. Sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-70s.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
Nantahala area
Today
A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-60s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before midnight. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Sunday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11am. Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s. Light winds out of thenorthwest.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 70s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50.
HAZARDS
An isolated severe thunderstorm producing damaging winds and large hail is possible today.
HAZARDS
A few strong to severe storms are possible Saturday afternoon and evening, mainly in the Piedmont. Damaging winds would be the most likely form of any severe weather. Heavy rainfall may also create a localized flash flood risk.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the extreme lower range of yellow for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the lower yellow range.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (7.4 out of 12) today with Oak, Juniper, and Birch being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.9 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on April 10th
Highest Temperature 86°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2001
Lowest Temperature 18°F in Highlands in 1985
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.10 inches in Franklin in 1877
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (there has been no recorded snowfall on this date)
April Weather Extremes for Macon County
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on April 26, 1986
Lowest Temperature 13°F in Highlands on April 1, 1987
Greatest One-Day Rain 7.00 inches in Highlands on April 7, 1895
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 9.5 inches in Franklin on April 4, 1987
On This Day
April 9th is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 2667 days remain until the end of the year. Historical Events
428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople. Three years later, he would be deposed due to alleged heresy.
837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles).
847 - St Leo IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope
879 - Louis III becomes King of West Francia
1407 – Deshin Shekpa, 5th Karmapa Lama visits the Ming dynasty capital at Nanjing. He is awarded the title "Great Treasure Prince of Dharma".
1500 – Ludovico Sforza is captured by Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French.
1606 – The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
1710 – The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, comes into force in Great Britain.
1717 – Robert Walpole resigns from the British government, commencing the Whig Split which lasts until 1720.[1]
1741 – War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia gains control of Silesia at the Battle of Mollwitz.
1809 – Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when forces of the Austrian Empire invade Bavaria.
1815 – The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth's climate for the next two years.
1816 – The Federal government of the United States approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States.
1821 – Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Ottoman government from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.
1826 – The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of Missolonghi begin leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
1858 – After the original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonnes (32,000 lb) bell for the Palace of Westminster, had cracked during testing, it is recast into the current 13.76 tonnes (30,300 lb) bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
1864 – Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico.
1865 – American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
1866 – The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
1868 – At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
1872 – The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
1875 – India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
1887 – On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
1912 – RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
1916 – The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
1919 – Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
1925 – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons.
1938 – The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
1939 – Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.'s "Big Book", is first published.
1941 – World War II: The Axis powers establish the Independent State of Croatia.
1944 – Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.
1963 – One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea.
1968 – The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.
1970 – Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
1971 – Ping-pong diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a week-long visit.
1972 – Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are accidentally discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
1972 – Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
1973 – Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel, Switzerland, killing 108 people.
1979 – Red River Valley tornado outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.
1988 – The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan.
1991 – Italian ferry MS Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy, killing 140.
1991 – A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites.
1998 – The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland.
2009 – President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
2010 – Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing 96 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczyński, his wife, and dozens of other senior officials and dignitaries.
2016 – The Paravur temple accident in which a devastating fire caused by the explosion of firecrackers stored for Vishu, kills more than one hundred people out of the thousands gathered for seventh day of Bhadrakali worship.
2016 – An earthquake of 6.6 magnitude strikes 39 km west-southwest of Ashkasham, shakes up India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan.
2019 – Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announce the first ever image of a black hole, located in the centre of the M87 galaxy.
2019 - New species of human announced named Homo luzonensis, 3ft tall, remains dated 50-60,000 years old found in cave on island of Luzon, Philippines
2019 - Four tiny sweat bees removed alive from a woman's eye in world's first operation of its kind at Fooyin University Hospital, Taiwan
2019 - First home delivery service by drone begins in Canberra, Australia by Wing, part of Google's Alphabet company
2019 - New York declares a public health emergency and compulsory vaccinations after a measles outbreak in Brooklyn with 285 cases
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Published at 3:05am on Saturday, April 10, 2021
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