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OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure will persist over the area through tonight. A cold front will cross the area Thursday night and Friday, bringing a chance of rain, particularly in the North Carolina mountains. Expect mild and seasonably dry weather to return for the weekend.
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Local and State News
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [October 18, 2021]
A tractor-trailer is reported to have rolled over on its side on US-441 near the top of Cowee Mountain just before 2am this morning and as of 4:30am, traffic was still congested in the area, so if you have business that required you to travel over the mountain this morning, you may want to leave early so you won't be late.
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Local Weather
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Friday Night
Franklin area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50. Calm winds.
Thursday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday
Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 46.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm by midmorning.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Calm winds increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph before midnight.
Thursday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Light and variable winds early increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s.
Otto area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50. Calm winds.
Thursday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s.
Nantahala area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50. Light winds out of the south.
Thursday
Showers likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
Showers likely, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Patchy dense fog is expected this morning across the region. The most dense fog will be in and around any local river valleys, however dense fog is also possible in the metro locations. Other than this, hazardous weather is not expected today.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Wed Oct 20 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
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Almanac
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 being in the extreme upper range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
(There is haze from the wildfires out on the west coast.)
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (3.7 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (3.6 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for October 19th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 83°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1984
Lowest Temperature 21°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1948
Greatest Rainfall 3.20 inches in Highlands in 1916
Record Weather Events for October (1872-2017)
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on Oct 5, 1954
Lowest Temperature 12°F in Highlands on Oct 30, 1910
Greatest Rainfall 9.91 inches in Highlands on Oct 4, 1964
Greatest Snowfall 1.0 inches in Highlands on October 20, 1913
Record Weather Events for October 6th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 102°F in Albemarle, Stanly County in 1954
Lowest Temperature 22°F in Celo, Yancey County in 1968
Greatest Rainfall 14.00 inches in Aberdeen, Moore County in 1913
Greatest Snowfall 1.0 inches on Montreat, Yancey County in 1932
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane 5 of 1913. The storm formed off the coast of Rhode Island and traveled southwest, striking North and South Carolina. This was before Tropical Storms and Hurricanes were named).
Record Weather Events for October in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 102°F in Albemarle, Stanly County on 10-06-1954
Lowest Temperature 8°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 10-21-1952
Greatest Rainfall 14.00 inches in Aberdeen, Moore County on 10-06-1913
Greatest Snowfall 11.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 10-25-1990
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
FROG FAIR
November 6, 2021
Friends of the Greenway Fall Fundraising Event. FROG FAIR will be held November 6 from 9-3 at FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main at the Town bridge. Vendor spaces are available--check our website for registration forms or stop by FROG Quarters. Make sure to mark your calendar--arts & crafts, food, & music will make it a special day. For more information, email frog28734@gmail.com.
Encastic Painting Classes
The Macon County Art Association (a not for profit member organization) is offering classes in encastic 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
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National and World News Roundup
Level1 News October 20 2021: Amazon First
• High court declines to block Covid-19 vaccine mandate for Maine health care workers [Courthouse news Service]
• An anti-vax doctor who's one of the biggest spreaders of COVID-19 disinformation says he doesn't lose sleep if his remarks cause death [Business Insider]
• Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name [The Verge]
• The Economic Rebound Is Still Waiting for Workers [New York Times]
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - October 19th, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode October 19th, 2021
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Since it looks like we may be in for a new wave of infections, here is a section on COVID-19. It will include local, regional, state, national, and global items.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [October 18, 2021]
• Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA Vaccination Against COVID-19 Hospitalization Among Persons Aged 12–18 Years — United States, June–September 2021 [CDC]
• SARS-CoV-2 infection causes immunodeficiency in recovered patients by downregulating CD19 expression in B cells via enhancing B-cell metabolism [Nature]
• Time-varying effectiveness of the mRNA-1273, BNT162b2 and Ad26.COV2.S vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths: an analysis based on observational data from Puerto Rico [MedRxiv (PDF)]
• Colchicine in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial [The Lancet]
• Virucidal gargling and virucidal nasal spray [US National Library of Medicine]
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On This Day
October 20th is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 72 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
1568 – The Spanish Duke of Alba defeats a Dutch rebel force under William the Silent.
1572 – Eighty Years' War: Three thousand Spanish soldiers wade through fifteen miles of water in one night to effect the relief of Goes.
1740 – France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction, and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.
1781 – The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.
1803 – The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase.
1818 – The Convention of 1818 is signed between the United States and the United Kingdom, which settles the Canada–United States border on the 49th parallel for most of its length.
1827 – In the Battle of Navarino, a combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet is defeated by British, French and Russian naval forces in the last significant battle fought with wooden sailing ships.
1883 – Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
1904 – Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
1935 – The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends.
1941 – World War II: Thousands of civilians in German-occupied Serbia are murdered in the Kragujevac massacre.
1944 – World War II: The Soviet Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade.
1944 – Liquefied natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland and then explodes, leveling 30 blocks and killing 130 people.
1944 – American general Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he comes ashore during the Battle of Leyte.
1947 – The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
1951 – The "Johnny Bright incident" occurs during a football game between the Drake Bulldogs and Oklahoma A&M Aggies.
1952 – The Governor of Kenya declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising.
1961 – The Soviet Union performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine.
1962 – China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, igniting the Sino-Indian War.
1973 – "Saturday Night Massacre": United States President Richard Nixon fires U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Robert Bork.
1973 – The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction.
1976 – The ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing the Mississippi River. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.
1981 – Two police officers and an armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground.
1982 – During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.
1986 – Aeroflot Flight 6502 crashes while landing at Kuibyshev Airport (now Kuromoch International Airport) in Kuibyshev (now present-day Samara, Russia), killing 70 people.[3]
1991 – A 6.8 Mw earthquake strikes the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people.
2003 – The Sloan Great Wall, once the largest cosmic structure known to humanity, is discovered by students at Princeton University.
2011 – Libyan Civil War: Rebel forces capture Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and his son Mutassim in his hometown of Sirte and kill him shortly thereafter, ending the first Libyan civil war.
2017 – Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) declare victory in the Raqqa campaign.
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Published at 4:35am on Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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