OUTLOOK
High pressure remains off the Atlantic coast through mid week. Southeasterly flow around this high will bring moisture to the region and allow showers and thunderstorms to develop each day. A weak tropical cyclone will enhance the showers and storms on Tuesday. Later in the week, a broad surface front will likely settle into the area and increase the coverage of thunderstorms.
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Vet's Portrait Project for 2021
The Macon County Art Association in Franklin is pleased to announce that the Vet’s Portrait Project will be held this year. This will be our ninth year for this event. Unfortunately the pandemic precluded the project last year but the artists are ready to go for 2021. This year there are spots for 4-7 veterans as we had applications remaining from 2019. Please announce the call for Macon County Veterans or their family members to apply to have the Veteran’s portrait painted by one of our local artists. Vets or their families may apply at the gallery between Memorial Day and July 4th of this year. There is no cost to apply or for the portraits. The only requirement is that the Veteran or their family member be present to receive the portrait on Veterans Day November 11, 2021. Community members who wish to help support the costs for this program are also welcome. Contact the project chair by email at karen@programservices.org.
NC Dept of Justice Releases May 2021 Highlights [LINK]
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Wednesday Night
Franklin area
Today
Franklin area
Today
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 81. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of rain between 1am and 3am, then a slight chance of showers after 3am. Patchy fog between 1am and 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 63. Light south wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 3am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. Calm wind.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8pm and 2am, then showers likely after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A chance of showers before 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and 11am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Patchy fog before 9am, then patchy fog after 2pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. East wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of rain and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of rain between 2am and 3am, then a slight chance of showers after 3am. Patchy fog between 1am and 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Light southeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 4pm and 5pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Light south southwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8pm and 2am, then showers likely after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Otto area
Today
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of rain between 1am and 3am, then a slight chance of showers after 3am. Patchy fog between 1am and 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Light south southeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Light south southwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 3am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Calm wind.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8pm and 2am, then showers likely after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Nantahala area
Today
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers between 9pm and 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Calm wind.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8pm and 2am, then showers likely after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
HAZARDS
Tropical Storm Danny will lead to isolated showers and thunderstorms across the area tonight with the main impacts being cloud-to-ground lightning and isolated heavy rainfall. The main impacts from the remnants of DANNY will be to our south as the storm passes by, and then to our west as it gets caught up in a cold front and passes us to the north over the next couple of days.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Danny, located inland over east-central Georgia.
1. Disorganized showers and thunderstorms continue in association with a tropical wave located over the tropical Atlantic, about 900 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. Some slow development of this disturbance is possible later this week and this weekend while the system moves westward to west-northwestward at 15 to 20 mph, likely reaching the Lesser Antilles by Wednesday night.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent.
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 green.
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-medium range (2.9 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (3.3 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on June 29th
Highest Temperature 97°F in Highlands in 1936
Lowest Temperature 44°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1968
Greatest Rainfall 7.40 inches in Highlands in 1915
Greatest Snowfall (No snowfall recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
June Weather Extremes for Macon County
Highest Temperature 99°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-30-2012
Lowest Temperature 32°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-02-1966
Greatest Rainfall 7.63 inches in Highlands on 06-16-1949
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1872
Macon Calendar
The Macon County Art Association (a not for profit member organization) is offering classes in encaustic painting on Specified Fridays from 10AM-12PM at the Uptown Gallery 30 E Main St Franklin NC. Specific class dates are Friday July 9 and 23, August 3 and 27, September 3 and 17, October 29.
For more information contact the instructor, Karen Smith, at karen@programservices.org
On This Day
June 29th is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 185 days remain until the end of the year. In common years it is always in ISO week 26.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
226 – Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei.
512 A solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland.
1072 - Former Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes blinded by rivals and exiled
1149 – Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.
1194 – Sverre is crowned King of Norway, leading to his excommunication by the Catholic Church and civil war.
1444 – Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll.
1457 - The Dutch city of Dordrecht is devastated by fire
1534 – Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island.
1613 – The Globe Theatre in London, built by William Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, burns to the ground during a performance of "Henry VIII".
• [The Globe theatre fire of 1613: when Shakespeare’s playhouse burned down]
• [Wikipedia: Globe Theater/a>]
• [HistoryPod Video]
1644 – Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.
1659 – At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy.
1786 – Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
1807 – Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.
1850 – Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
1864 – At least 99 people, mostly German and Polish immigrants, are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster after a train fails to stop for an open drawbridge and plunges into the Rivière Richelieu near St-Hilaire, Quebec.
1874 – Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
1880 – France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
1881 – In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
1888 – George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
1889 – Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
1915 – The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
1916 – British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
1922 – France grants 1 km2 at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".
1927 – The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
1931 - Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical on Nun abbiamo bisogno (We do not need fascism and Mussolini)
• [Wikipedia: Non abbiamo bisogno]
• [Vatican Website: English Translation]
• [Book Talk: The Pope and Mussolini]
1945 – The Soviet Union annexes the Czechoslovak province of Carpathian Ruthenia.
1950 – Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
1956 – The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
• [Highway Hearing 1956 Federal Aid-Highway Act] (Propaganda Film by Dow Chemical)
• [National Interstate Defense and Highways Act of 1956] (another film praising the Act)
• [How The Interstate Connected And Divided America - The Lightbulb Moment]
• [Divided Highways - PBS - 1997]
• [Wikipedia: ederal Aid Highway Act of 1956]
• [Wikipedia: Interstate Highway System]
1972 – The United States Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v. Georgia that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
• [Wikipedia: Furman v. Georgia - Wikipedia]
• [JUSTIA: Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972)]
• [Furman v. Georgia Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained ]
1974 – Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan Peron is terminally ill.
1974 – Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.
1975 – Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer.
1976 – The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
1976 – The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin.
1987 – Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, was bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England.
1995 – Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
1995 – The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.
2002 – Naval clashes (Second Battle of Yeongpyeong) between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
• [AP Video]
• [Wikipedia: Northern Limit Line]
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Yeongpyeong (2002)]
• [15th anniversary ceremony of Second Battle of Yeonpyeong]
• [Northern Limit Line] (Korean w English subtitle dramatization)
• [VIKI: Northern Limit Line] (dramatization of events on Korean Movie Site 99 cents to watch)
2002 - US Vice President Dick Cheney, serves as Acting President for two and a half hours, while President George W. Bush undergoes a colonoscopy procedure.
2006 – Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
• [Wikipedia: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld]
• [Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. 557 (2006)]
• [Hamdan v. Rumsfeld Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained]
2007 – Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.
• [Steve Jobs debuts the iPhone]
• [Steve Jobs iPhone 2007 Presentation (HD)]
• [iPhone New York Launch]
• [The Struggle of the Original iPhone - The Untold Story]
2012 – A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.
• [Wikipedia: June 2012 North American derecho]
• [NWS Charleston WV: Derecho Event of June 29th, 2012]
• [WRC-TV Coverage ] (Part 6 of 16--videos will play in order)
• [Derecho Storm in Charleston, WV on June 29th, 2012]
• [June 2012 North American Derecho - GoPro chest-mount PoV]
2014 – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declared its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq.
• [Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]
• [Profile: Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)]
• [The Evolution of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant]
• [Vice News: Bulldozing the Border Between Iraq and Syria: The Islamic State]
2020 - US Supreme Court rules 5-4 that abortion restrictions in Louisiana unconstitutional, striking down a 2014 state law
2020 - Golden State Killer and former police officer Joseph DeAngelo Jr pleads guilty to 12 murders and dozens of rapes
• [‘Golden State Killer’ Joseph DeAngelo to Hear Victim Impact Statements]
• [Golden State killer faces victim impact statements in court]
• [Unmasking the Golden State Killer: dark investigation into Joseph DeAngelo | 60 Minutes Australia]
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, June 29, 2021
NC Dept of Justice Releases May 2021 Highlights [LINK]
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Wednesday Night
Franklin area
Today
Franklin area
Today
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 81. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of rain between 1am and 3am, then a slight chance of showers after 3am. Patchy fog between 1am and 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 63. Light south wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 3am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. Calm wind.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8pm and 2am, then showers likely after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A chance of showers before 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and 11am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Patchy fog before 9am, then patchy fog after 2pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. East wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of rain and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of rain between 2am and 3am, then a slight chance of showers after 3am. Patchy fog between 1am and 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Light southeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 4pm and 5pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Light south southwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8pm and 2am, then showers likely after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Otto area
Today
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of rain between 1am and 3am, then a slight chance of showers after 3am. Patchy fog between 1am and 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Light south southeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Light south southwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 3am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Calm wind.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8pm and 2am, then showers likely after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Nantahala area
Today
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers between 9pm and 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Calm wind.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8pm and 2am, then showers likely after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
HAZARDS
Tropical Storm Danny will lead to isolated showers and thunderstorms across the area tonight with the main impacts being cloud-to-ground lightning and isolated heavy rainfall. The main impacts from the remnants of DANNY will be to our south as the storm passes by, and then to our west as it gets caught up in a cold front and passes us to the north over the next couple of days.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Danny, located inland over east-central Georgia.
1. Disorganized showers and thunderstorms continue in association with a tropical wave located over the tropical Atlantic, about 900 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. Some slow development of this disturbance is possible later this week and this weekend while the system moves westward to west-northwestward at 15 to 20 mph, likely reaching the Lesser Antilles by Wednesday night.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent.
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 green.
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-medium range (2.9 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (3.3 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on June 29th
Highest Temperature 97°F in Highlands in 1936
Lowest Temperature 44°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1968
Greatest Rainfall 7.40 inches in Highlands in 1915
Greatest Snowfall (No snowfall recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
June Weather Extremes for Macon County
Highest Temperature 99°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-30-2012
Lowest Temperature 32°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-02-1966
Greatest Rainfall 7.63 inches in Highlands on 06-16-1949
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1872
Macon Calendar
The Macon County Art Association (a not for profit member organization) is offering classes in encaustic painting on Specified Fridays from 10AM-12PM at the Uptown Gallery 30 E Main St Franklin NC. Specific class dates are Friday July 9 and 23, August 3 and 27, September 3 and 17, October 29.
For more information contact the instructor, Karen Smith, at karen@programservices.org
On This Day
June 29th is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 185 days remain until the end of the year. In common years it is always in ISO week 26.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
226 – Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei.
512 A solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland.
1072 - Former Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes blinded by rivals and exiled
1149 – Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.
1194 – Sverre is crowned King of Norway, leading to his excommunication by the Catholic Church and civil war.
1444 – Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll.
1457 - The Dutch city of Dordrecht is devastated by fire
1534 – Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island.
1613 – The Globe Theatre in London, built by William Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, burns to the ground during a performance of "Henry VIII".
• [The Globe theatre fire of 1613: when Shakespeare’s playhouse burned down]
• [Wikipedia: Globe Theater/a>]
• [HistoryPod Video]
1644 – Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.
1659 – At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy.
1786 – Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
1807 – Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.
1850 – Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
1864 – At least 99 people, mostly German and Polish immigrants, are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster after a train fails to stop for an open drawbridge and plunges into the Rivière Richelieu near St-Hilaire, Quebec.
1874 – Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
1880 – France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
1881 – In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
1888 – George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
1889 – Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
1915 – The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
1916 – British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
1922 – France grants 1 km2 at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".
1927 – The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
1931 - Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical on Nun abbiamo bisogno (We do not need fascism and Mussolini)
• [Wikipedia: Non abbiamo bisogno]
• [Vatican Website: English Translation]
• [Book Talk: The Pope and Mussolini]
1945 – The Soviet Union annexes the Czechoslovak province of Carpathian Ruthenia.
1950 – Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
1956 – The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
• [Highway Hearing 1956 Federal Aid-Highway Act] (Propaganda Film by Dow Chemical)
• [National Interstate Defense and Highways Act of 1956] (another film praising the Act)
• [How The Interstate Connected And Divided America - The Lightbulb Moment]
• [Divided Highways - PBS - 1997]
• [Wikipedia: ederal Aid Highway Act of 1956]
• [Wikipedia: Interstate Highway System]
1972 – The United States Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v. Georgia that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
• [Wikipedia: Furman v. Georgia - Wikipedia]
• [JUSTIA: Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972)]
• [Furman v. Georgia Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained ]
1974 – Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan Peron is terminally ill.
1974 – Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.
1975 – Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer.
1976 – The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
1976 – The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin.
1987 – Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, was bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England.
1995 – Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
1995 – The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.
2002 – Naval clashes (Second Battle of Yeongpyeong) between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
• [AP Video]
• [Wikipedia: Northern Limit Line]
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Yeongpyeong (2002)]
• [15th anniversary ceremony of Second Battle of Yeonpyeong]
• [Northern Limit Line] (Korean w English subtitle dramatization)
• [VIKI: Northern Limit Line] (dramatization of events on Korean Movie Site 99 cents to watch)
2002 - US Vice President Dick Cheney, serves as Acting President for two and a half hours, while President George W. Bush undergoes a colonoscopy procedure.
2006 – Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
• [Wikipedia: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld]
• [Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. 557 (2006)]
• [Hamdan v. Rumsfeld Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained]
2007 – Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.
• [Steve Jobs debuts the iPhone]
• [Steve Jobs iPhone 2007 Presentation (HD)]
• [iPhone New York Launch]
• [The Struggle of the Original iPhone - The Untold Story]
2012 – A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.
• [Wikipedia: June 2012 North American derecho]
• [NWS Charleston WV: Derecho Event of June 29th, 2012]
• [WRC-TV Coverage ] (Part 6 of 16--videos will play in order)
• [Derecho Storm in Charleston, WV on June 29th, 2012]
• [June 2012 North American Derecho - GoPro chest-mount PoV]
2014 – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declared its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq.
• [Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]
• [Profile: Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)]
• [The Evolution of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant]
• [Vice News: Bulldozing the Border Between Iraq and Syria: The Islamic State]
2020 - US Supreme Court rules 5-4 that abortion restrictions in Louisiana unconstitutional, striking down a 2014 state law
2020 - Golden State Killer and former police officer Joseph DeAngelo Jr pleads guilty to 12 murders and dozens of rapes
• [‘Golden State Killer’ Joseph DeAngelo to Hear Victim Impact Statements]
• [Golden State killer faces victim impact statements in court]
• [Unmasking the Golden State Killer: dark investigation into Joseph DeAngelo | 60 Minutes Australia]
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