OUTLOOK
Broad Canadian high pressure will center over the Lower MS Valley and Deep South today and shift over the Carolinas and eventually offshore on Friday. Much below normal temperatures develop across the region today and tonight, while remaining over the area through Friday. A more significant low pressure system will cross our region Saturday and Saturday night. High pressure returns for the early part of next week with warmer temperatures expected through the middle part of the week.
Weather Alert
An isolated severe thunderstorm cannot be ruled out today. The main impact would be damaging winds. Locally heavy rainfall, small hail, and cloud-to-ground lightning could occur with any storm. Please continue to monitor the forecast as the storms approach. They are expected to arrive between 8am and 10am this morning and leave sometime in the midafternoon, with perhaps a second round later in the evening before midnight.
...FUNDRAISER TODAY...
There will be a Poor Man's Supper at the Carson Community Center on Saturday, April 24th, from 4pm to 7pm to benefit the Arise and Shine Women's Recovery Center.
Menu: Pinto Beans, Cornbread, Mac and Cheese, Fried Cabbage or Slaw, and a Dessert.
Plates cost $7 each.
Contact Carol Anne Bowers, Ann McWhite, or call the Arise and Shine Thrift Store at 828-634-0217 for more information.
They have a Facebook Page at Arise and Shine Women's Recovery Center
Thrift Store Location: 3001 Old Murphy Rd.
Donations being accepted at the location.
Monetary donations may be sent to:
Arise & Shine Women's Recovery Center
Po Box 913
Franklin, NC 28744
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National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Monday Night
Franklin area
Today
Showers. Patchy fog between 7am and noon. Highs near 60. Light winds out of the southeast early increasing to 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. Tonight Showers likely, mainly before midnight. Patchy fog between 10pm and 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Light and variable wind becoming northwest around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Sunday Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Sunday Night Clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Monday Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Monday Night Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s.
Highlands area
Today
Showers, mainly after 7am. Patchy fog before 3pm. Highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible. Tonight Showers likely, mainly before 2am. Areas of fog between 7pm and 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Sunday Sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Sunday Night Clear, with lows around 40. Light winds out of the north. Monday Sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Monday Night Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s.
Otto area
Today
Showers, mainly after 7am. Patchy fog between 7am and 1pm. Highs near 60. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three-quarters of an inch possible. Tonight Showers likely, mainly before midnight. Patchy fog between 10pm and 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Sunday Sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Sunday Night Clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Monday Sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Monday Night Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
Nantahala area
Today
Showers. Patchy fog before 1pm. Highs in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast 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 midnight. Patchy fog between 1am and 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Sunday Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Sunday Night Clear, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Monday Sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Monday Night Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
HAZARDS
An isolated severe thunderstorm cannot be ruled out today. The main impact would be damaging winds. Locally heavy rainfall, small hail, and cloud-to-ground lightning could occur with any storm. Please continue to monitor the forecast as the storms approach.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the upper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the upper range of yellow.
Fire and Smoke Map
(There are no significant sources of smoke in the region as of 3am on 04-22-2021.)
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (2.3 out of 12) today with Oak, Beech, and Birch being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to return to the high range (10.1 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on April 24th
Highest Temperature 87°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1965
Lowest Temperature 22°F in Highlands in 2005
Greatest Rainfall 4.09 inches in Highlands in 2018
Greatest Snowfall No snowfall has been recorded on this date since record-keeping began in 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
Macon Calendar
There will be a Poor Man's Supper at the Carson Community Center on Saturday, April 24th, from 4pm to 7pm to benefit the Arise and Shine Women's Recovery Center.
Menu: Pinto Beans, Cornbread, Mac and Cheese, Fried Cabbage or Slaw, and a Dessert.
Plates cost $7 each.
Contact Carol Anne Bowers, Ann McWhite, or call the Arise and Shine Thrift Store at 828-634-0217 for more information.
They have a Facebook Page at Arise and Shine Women's Recovery Center
Thrift Store Location: 3001 Old Murphy Rd.
Donations being accepted at the location.
Monetary donations may be sent to:
Arise & Shine Women's Recovery Center
Po Box 913
Franklin, NC 28744
Friends of the Greenway
Friends of the Greenway would like to invite you to FROG FAIR, our spring arts & crafts fair on May 8, 2021 from 9-3 at FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main St, Franklin (at the Town bridge). We are excited to report that so far, 26 vendors have chosen to participate at the FAIR. As a fund raiser event for FROG, we collect a vendor registration fee, will offer a continental breakfast, lunch specials, homemade desserts and hold a 50/50 drawing with a $50 guarantee. Area musicians will perform throughout the day, with a sitting area for extra enjoyment. Mark your calendar and come enjoy the day. Stop by FROG Quarters Wednesday-Saturday between 9-2 to become a registered vendor or to purchase 50/50 drawing tickets. Hope to see you on May 8. For vendor information, email us at frog28734@gmail.com.
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On This Day
April 24th is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 251 days remain until the end of the year. Historical Events
1479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty).
1183 BC – Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy marking the end of the legendary Trojan War, given by chief librarian of the Library of Alexandria Erastothenes, among others.
1547 – Battle of Mühlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League.
1558 – Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris.
1704 – The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published.
1800 – The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress".
1837 – The great fire in Surat city of India caused more than 500 deaths and destruction of more than 9000 houses.
1877 – Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
1885 – American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
1895 – Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
1913 – The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
1914 – The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
1915 – The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.
1916 – Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
1916 – Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
1918 – World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.
1922 – The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
1926 – The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
1932 – Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.
1933 – Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.
1944 – World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece.
1953 – Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
1955 – The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
1957 – Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
1963 – Marriage of Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London.
1965 – Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamaño overthrows the triumvirate that had been in power since the coup d'état against Juan Bosch.
1967 – Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission.
1967 – Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had "gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily".
1970 – China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
1970 – The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President.
1980 – Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis.
1990 – STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery.
1990 – Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine.
1993 – An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London.
1996 – In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law.
2004 – The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.
2005 – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
2011 – WikiLeaks starts publishing the Guantanamo Bay files leak.
2013 – A building collapses near Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,129 people and injuring 2,500 others.
2013 – Violence in Bachu County, Kashgar Prefecture, of China's Xinjiang results in death of 21 people.
2018 - Golden State Killer suspect Joseph DeAngelo arrested and charged with eight murders after being identified through genealogy websites
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