OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure will move to just off the southeast coast giving our region a warm southerly flow through mid week. The next chance of rain will be from late Thursday into Friday as a cold front crosses the region from the west. High pressure returns behind the departing cold front and lingers through the weekend with dry weather continuing into next week.
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National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Thursday Night
Franklin area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with highs near 80.
Thursday Night
Showers likely, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Highlands area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows in the mid-50s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with highs near 70.
Thursday Night
Showers likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds early increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the morning.Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 5 mph.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with highs near 80.
Thursday Night
Showers likely, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows in the mid-50s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the south wind around 5 mph.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s.
Thursday Night
Showers likely, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s. Chance of rain is 70%.
HAZARDS
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the extereme lower range of yellow for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the middle 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 (10.2 out of 12) today with Oak, Beech, and Birch being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to return to the high range (9.9 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on April 27th
Highest Temperature 90°F in Franklin in 1986
Lowest Temperature 25°F in Highlands in 1919
Greatest Rainfall 2.55 inches in Highlands in 1964
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snow has fallen on this date since records started being kept 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
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 27th is the 117th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 248 days remain until the end of the year. Historical Events
395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of the more powerful Roman empresses of Late Antiquity.
711 – Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus).
1124 - David I becomes King of Scots
1296 – First War of Scottish Independence: John Balliol's Scottish army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Dunbar.
1509 – Pope Julius II places the Italian state of Venice under interdict.
1521 – Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapulapu.
1565 – Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
1595 – The relics of Saint Sava are incinerated in Belgrade on the Vračar plateau by Ottoman Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha; the site of the incineration is now the location of the Church of Saint Sava, one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world.
1650 – The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army from Orkney invades mainland Scotland but is defeated by a Covenanter army.
1667 – Blind and impoverished, John Milton sells Paradise Lost to a printer for £10, so that it could be entered into the Stationers' Register.
1805 – First Barbary War: United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The "shores of Tripoli" part of the Marines' Hymn).
1813 – War of 1812: American troops capture York, the capital of Upper Canada, in the Battle of York.
1861 – American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
1865 - Steamboat "SS Sultana" explodes in the Mississippi River, killing up to 1,800 of the 2,427 passengers in the greatest maritime disaster in United States history. Most were paroled Union POWs on their way home.
1906 – The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
1909 – Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
1911 – Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
1927 – Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
1936 – The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
1941 – World War II: German troops enter Athens.
1945 – World War II: The last German formations withdraw from Finland to Norway. The Lapland War and thus, World War II in Finland, comes to an end and the Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn photograph is taken.
1945 – World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.
1953 – Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defected with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
1967 – Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day.
1978 – Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
1978 – The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
1981 – Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
1986 – The city of Pripyat and surrounding areas are evacuated due to Chernobyl disaster.
1987 – The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (and his wife, Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the US, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
1989 – The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
1992 – The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
1992 – Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.
1992 – The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
1993 – Most of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.
1994 – South African general election: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.
2005 – Airbus A380 aircraft had its maiden test flight.
2006 – Construction begins on the Freedom Tower (later renamed One World Trade Center) in New York City.
2007 – Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
2007 – Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem.
2011 – The 2011 Super Outbreak devastates parts of the Southeastern United States, especially the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. 205 tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more.
2012 – At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured.
2018 – The Panmunjom Declaration is signed between North and South Korea, officially declaring their intentions to end the Korean conflict.
2018 - German leader Angela Merkel has a 1-day trip to Washington meeting US President Donald Trump
2018 - Mass protests across Spain after 5 men convicted of sexual abuse but not rape of teenage girl during Running of the Bulls festival in Pamplona
2018 - More than 40 Tuareg killed over two days by suspected jihadists in Menaka region, Mali
2019 - Pope Francis donates $500,000 for migrants stranded in Mexico trying to reach the US
2020 - Global confirmed cases of COVID-19 pass 3 million with the death toll at 205,000. US has 1/3 of all new cases.
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Published at 6:00am on Tuesday, April 27, 2021
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