OUTLOOK
A weak low pressure system will move northeast along a stationary front stretching from the central Gulf Coast to the southeast coastline today through tonight. A weak low pressure system moves along the stationary front on Sunday.and again on Monday. A cold front crosses the area Wednesday, with a return to below normal temperatures across the region.
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National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Monday Night
Franklin area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly between 7am and 4pm. Cloudy, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s.
Highlands area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly between 11am and 5pm. Cloudy, with highs in the lower 50s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the north around 5 mph early becoming light and variable by midmorning.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s.
Otto area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly between noon and 4pm. Cloudy, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in thye mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s.
Nantahala area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly between 7am and 4pm. Cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-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 also being in the extreme upper range of green.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (8.4 out of 12) today with Oak, SweetGum, Poplar being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.6 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on April 17th
Highest Temperature 88°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2006
Lowest Temperature 19°F in Highlands in 2014
Greatest Rainfall 3.06 inches in Highlands in 1945
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872
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 16th is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 258 days remain until the end of the year. Historical Events
858 - Benedict III's reign as Catholic Pope ends with his death
1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.
1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan II.
1362 – Kaunas Castle falls to the Teutonic Order after a month-long siege.
1387 - Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" characters begin their pilgrimage to Canterbury (according to scholars)
1397 - Geoffrey Chaucer tells the "Canterbury Tales" for the first time at the court of English King Richard II
1492 – Christopher Columbus signs a contract with the Spanish monarchs to find the "Indies" with the stated goal of converting people to Catholicism. This promises him 10% of all riches found, and the governorship of any lands encountered.
1521 – Trial of Martin Luther over his teachings begins during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. Initially intimidated, he asks for time to reflect before answering and is given a stay of one day.
1524 – Giovanni da Verrazzano reaches New York harbor.
1711 - Charles VI becomes Holy Roman Emperor after the death of his brother Joseph I
1797 – Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico, in what would be one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territories in the Americas.
1797 – Citizens of Verona begin an unsuccessful eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces.
1808 - Bayonne Decree by Napoleon I of France orders seizure of US ships
1824 - Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54° 40'N
1861 – The state of Virginia's secession convention votes to secede from the United States, later becoming the eighth state to join the Confederate States of America.
1863 – American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins: Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.
1869 – Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
1876 – Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
1895 – The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
1905 – The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1907 – The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
1912 – Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
1941 – World War II: The invasion of Yugoslavia is completed when it signs an armistice with Germany and Italy.
1942 – French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
1944 – Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.
1945 – World War II: Montese, Italy, is liberated from Nazi forces.
1945 – Historian Tran Trong Kim is appointed the Prime Minister of the Empire of Vietnam.
1946 – The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
1951 – The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
1961 – Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.
1969 – Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
1969 – Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
1970 – Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
1971 – The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed.
1975 – The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.
1978 – Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan.
1982 – Constitution Act, 1982 Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.
1992 – The Katina P is deliberately run aground off of Maputo, Mozambique and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.
1993 - Two Los Angeles police officers convicted in federal court of violating Rodney King's civil rights and sentenced to prison, while two others are acquitted,
2006 – A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates an explosive device in a Tel Aviv restaurant, killing 11 people and injuring 70.
2013 – An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, kills 15 people and injures 160 others.
2014 – NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.
2019 – Terror alert closes schools in Denver, Colorado, due to 18 year-old woman obsessed with Columbine massacre, who is then found dead
2019 – 10 babies with "bubble boy disease" cured using a gene therapy made from HIV at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, according to new study
2020 – WHO warns Africa could be next epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, with over 300,000 deaths, pushing 30 million into poverty as it records nearly 1000 deaths and 19,000 cases to date
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, April 17, 2021
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