OUTLOOK
A low pressure system moving through the western Carolinas tonight will pass east off the North Carolina coast later Sunday morning. Canadian high pressure fills in behind the departing low and associated front on Sunday. This high pressure system will remain in place in the early to middle part of next week, leading to gradually warming temperatures and drier weather. Another cold front impacts the area late next week and increases rain chances again.
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National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Tuesday Night
Franklin area
Today
Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s. Light winds out of the south.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 80.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s.
Highlands area
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the north 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the north 3 to 6 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s. Light winds out of the south.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 70.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s.
Otto area
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the north around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest win around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Light winds out of the south.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 80.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s.
Nantahala area
Today
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Light and variable winds.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s.
HAZARDS
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
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 high range (9.7 out of 12) today with Oak, Beech, and Birch being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to return to the high range (10.5 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on April 25th
Highest Temperature 88°F in Franklin in 1960
Lowest Temperature 25°F in Highlands in 1930
Greatest Rainfall 4.85 inches in Highlands in 1881
Greatest Snowfall 6.0 in Highlands in 1910
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
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.
On This Day
April 25th is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 250 days remain until the end of the year. Historical Events
404 BC – Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion.
775 – The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate. Muslim control over Transcaucasia is solidified and its Islamization begins, while several major Armenian nakharar families lose power and their remnants flee to the Byzantine Empire.
799 – After mistreatment and disfigurement by the citizens of Rome, pope Leo III flees to the Frankish court of king Charlemagne at Paderborn for protection.
1134 – The name Zagreb was mentioned for the first time in the Felician Charter relating to the establishment of the Zagreb Bishopric around 1094.
1185 - Sea battle at Dan-no-ura: Minamoto Yoritomo beats Taira-family
1362 - Muhammad VI ruler of Granada killed with a lance personally by Peter I of Castile, along with 36 followers and his head sent to Muhammad V (or 27 April)
1449 - Anti-pope Felix V resigns
1507 - German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller first to use the name America on his world map "Universalis Cosmographia"
1607 – Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.
1644 – The Chongzhen Emperor, the last Emperor of Ming dynasty China, commits suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng.
1660 - English Convention Parliament meets and votes to restore Charles II
1707 – A coalition of Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal is defeated by a Franco-Spanish army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.
1792 – Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
1792 – "La Marseillaise" (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
1829 – Charles Fremantle arrives in HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the United Kingdom.
1846 – Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican–American War.
1849 – The Governor General of Canada, Lord Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots.
1859 – British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal.
1862 – American Civil War: Forces under U.S. Admiral David Farragut demand the surrender of the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana. 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Marks' Mills. 1882 – French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.
1898 – Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
1901 – New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
1915 – World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
1916 – Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
1920 – At the San Remo conference, the principal Allied Powers of World War I adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of Class "A" League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman-ruled lands of the Middle East.
1938 – U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
1944 – The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.
1945 – Elbe Day: United States and Soviet troops meet in Torgau along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in two.
1945 – Liberation Day (Italy): The National Liberation Committee for Northern Italy calls for a general uprising against the German occupation and the Italian Social Republic.
1945 – United Nations Conference on International Organization: Founding negotiations for the United Nations begin in San Francisco.
1945 – The last German troops retreat from Finland's soil in Lapland, ending the Lapland War. Military acts of Second World War end in Finland.
1951 – Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the Battle of Kapyong.
1953 – Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.
1954 – The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
1959 – The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
1960 – The United States Navy submarine USS Triton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
1961 – Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit.
1972 – Vietnam War: Nguyen Hue Offensive: The North Vietnamese 320th Division forces 5,000 South Vietnamese troops to retreat and traps about 2,500 others northwest of Kontum.
1974 – Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo regime and establishes a democratic government.
1981 – More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.
1982 – Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula per the Camp David Accords.
1983 – Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
1983 – Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.
1988 – In Israel, John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II.
1990 - Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by space shuttle Discovery
1990 – Violeta Chamorro takes office as the President of Nicaragua, the first woman to hold the position.
2004 – The March for Women's Lives brings between 500,000 and 800,000 protesters, mostly pro-choice, to Washington D.C. to protest the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, and other restrictions on abortion.
2005 – The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.
2005 – Bulgaria and Romania sign accession treaties to join the European Union.
2007 – Boris Yeltsin's funeral: The first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.
2015 – Nearly 9,100 are killed after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal.
2019 - Former US Vice President Joe Biden announces his campaign for president via video
2019 - Microsoft becomes the third US firm to be listed with a market worth of 1 trillion, after Apple and Amazon
2019 - Thousands march in Khartoum, Sudan calling for civilian rule
2019 - Cyclone Kenneth strikes Mozambique with winds of 220km/h (140mph) killing at least38 people and damaging nearly 35,000 homes
2019 - More than 1,600 civilians were killed in US-led coalition air and land strikes on Raqqa in 2017, according to Amnesty International and monitoring group Airwars
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Published at 4:10am on Sunday, April 25, 2021
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