OUTLOOK
High pressure remains over our region through today, leading to drier conditions. Another cold front will likely cross the area during the middle of the week, possibly bringing more rain to the area Wednesday. Drier and cooler air returns Thursday and continues into the weekend.
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National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Wednesday Night
Franklin area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Light winds out of the northwest early increasing to come out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s.
Highlands area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. WInds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 46. North northwest wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the west in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the west 3 to 6 mph.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Otto area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Light winds out of the northwest early increasing to 10 to 15 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s.
Nantahala area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s.
HAZARDS
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the extreme upper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the lower range of green.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (11.5 out of 12) today with Oak, Juniper, and Birch being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to also be in the high range (11.0 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on April 12th
Highest Temperature 87°F in Franklin in 2001
Lowest Temperature 22°F in Franklin in 1973
Greatest Rainfall 2.73 inches in Highlands in 1997
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 12th is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 263 days remain until the end of the year. Historical Events
240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I.
467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to Christianity by Paulinus, bishop of York.
1012 – Duke Oldřich of Bohemia deposes and blinds his brother Jaromír who flees to Poland.
1065 - Pilgrims under bishop Gunther of Bamberg reach Jerusalem
1204 – The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day.
1606 – The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.
1776 – American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
1807 – The Froberg mutiny ends when the remaining mutineers blow up the magazine of Fort Ricasoli.
1820 – Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece.
1831 – Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England, cause it to collapse.
1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
1862 – American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw).
1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Fort Pillow: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
1865 – American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
1877 – The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
1910 – SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
1917 – World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
1927 – Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
1927 – Rocksprings, Texas was hit by an F5 tornado that destroyed 235 of the 247 buildings in the town and killed 72 townspeople and injured 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.
1928 – The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
1934 – The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
1934 – The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
1937 – Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
1945 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman becomes President upon Roosevelt's death.
1945 – World War II: The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and reached Tangermünde—only 50 miles from Berlin.
1955 – The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
1961 – Cold War: Space Race: The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight, Vostok 1.
1963 – The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish straits.
1970 – Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board.
1980 – The Americo-Liberian government of Liberia is violently deposed.
1980 – Transbrasil Flight 303, a Boeing 727, crashes on approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport, in Florianópolis, Brazil. Fifty-five out of the 58 people on board are killed.
1981 – The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.
1983 – Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of Chicago.
1990 – Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a solo exhibition there.
1992 – The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland; the resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Paris.
1999 – United States President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a civil lawsuit; he is later fined and disbarred.
2002 – A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.
2007 – A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.
2009 – Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.
2010 – Merano derailment: A rail accident in South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28.
2013 – Two suicide bombers kill three Chadian soldiers and injure dozens of civilians at a market in Kidal, Mali.
2014 – The Great Fire of Valparaíso ravages the Chilean city of Valparaíso, killing 16 people, displacing nearly 10,000, and destroying over 2,000 homes.[8]
2019 - Melbourne captain Cameron Smith becomes highest point scorer in Australian Rugby League history; 49th minute penalty in Storm's 18-12 win over North Queensland in Townsville takes him to 2,420; Hazem El Masri, 2,418
2020 - OPEC and other major oil companies agree to the largest-ever drop in production to stabilize world prices
2020 - Pope Francis calls for the world to be united in the face of COVID-19 as he delivers his Easter message from an empty St Peter's Cathedral in Rome
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Published at 4:15am on Mounday, April 12, 2021
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