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OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure will persist over the area through Wednesday, with temperatures gradually warming back above normal. Another cold front will cross the area Thursday into Friday, bringing our next chance for rain. Typical cool and dry fall weather will return for next weekend.
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Local and State News
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [October 11, 2021]
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Local Weather
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Wednesday Night
Franklin area
Today
Patchy frost before 10am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Calm winds.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-70s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Areas of frost before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-60s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s.
Otto area
Today
Patchy frost before 10am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the lower 40s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 70s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Nantahala area
Today
Areas of frost before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around 40. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Calm winds.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
A Frost Advisory is in effect until 9am this morning. A copy is posted below for your convenience.
Frost Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
254 AM EDT Mon Oct 18 2021
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING...
* WHAT...Temperatures falling into the lower to middle 30s will result in areas of frost formation.
* WHERE...The mountains of western North Carolina and Rabun County in northeast Georgia.
* WHEN...Until 9 AM EDT this morning.
* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if left uncovered.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Isolated spots, particularly in sheltered valleys, may see temperatures briefly fall to the freezing mark.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Finalize steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sun Oct 18 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 middle range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the middle-to-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 (3.8 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (4.0 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for October 18th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 83°F in Franklin in 1984
Lowest Temperature 23°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1943
Greatest Rainfall 7.00 inches in Franklin in 1879
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
Higher prices and product shortages: Supply chain disruptions continue
• Fire crews make big gains against Southern California blaze [ABC News]
• New Mexico judge denies lab workers’ claim in vaccine fight [Courthouse News]
• Oil prices hit highest levels in years [Al Jazeera]
FDA panel backs booster shot for Johson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - October 17th, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode October 17th, 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 11, 2021]
• Evidence for Biological Age Acceleration and Telomere Shortening in COVID-19 Survivors [US National Library of Medicine]
• Vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 transmission to household contacts during dominance of Delta variant (B.1.617.2), August-September 2021, the Netherlands [MedRxiv (PDF)]
• Valneva Reports Positive Phase 3 Results for Inactivated, Adjuvanted COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate VLA2001 [Valneva]
• Effectiveness of vaccination in preventing severe SARS CoV-2 infection in South India-a hospital based cross sectional study [MedRxiv (PDF)/a>]
• Fauci says unvaccinated create danger of fifth COVID-19 wave [The Hill]
• Comment on the continued social deteoration in the USA [Reddit Comment]
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On This Day
October 18th is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 74 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)
33 – Heartbroken by the deaths of her sons Nero and Drusus, and banished to the island of Pandateria by Tiberius, Agrippina the Elder dies of self-inflected starvation.
320 – Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philosopher, observes an eclipse of the Sun and writes a commentary on The Great Astronomer (Almagest).
614 – King Chlothar II promulgates the Edict of Paris (Edictum Chlotacharii), a sort of Frankish Magna Carta that defends the rights of the Frankish nobles while it excludes Jews from all civil employment in the Frankish Kingdom.
629 – Dagobert I is crowned King of the Franks.
1009 – The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock.
1016 – The Danes defeat the English in the Battle of Assandun.
1081 – The Normans defeat the Byzantine Empire in the Battle of Dyrrhachium.
1356 – Basel earthquake, the most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps, destroys the town of Basel, Switzerland.
1540 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroy the fortified town of Mabila in present-day Alabama, killing Tuskaloosa.
1561 – In Japan the fourth Battle of Kawanakajima is fought between the forces of Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen, resulting in a draw.
1565 – Ships belonging to the Matsura clan of Japan fail to capture the Portuguese trading carrack in the Battle of Fukuda Bay, the first recorded naval battle between Japan and the West.
1599 – Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the Army of Andrew Báthory in the Battle of Șelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.
1648 – Boston shoemakers form first American labor organization.
1748 – Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.
1775 – African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).
1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.
1797 – Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria
1851 – Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is first published as The Whale by Richard Bentley of London.
1860 – The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.
1867 – United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
1898 – The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
1900 – Count Bernhard von Bülow becomes chancellor of Germany.
1912 – First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
1914 – The Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement is founded in Germany.
1921 – The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
1922 – The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
1929 – The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
1944 – World War II: Soviet Union begins the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi Germany.
1944 – World War II: The state funeral of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel takes place in Ulm, Germany.
1945 – The USSR's nuclear program receives plans for the United States plutonium bomb from Klaus Fuchs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
1945 – A group of the Venezuelan Armed Forces, led by Mario Vargas, Marcos Pérez Jiménez and Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, stages a coup d'état against president Isaías Medina Angarita, who is overthrown by the end of the day.
1945 – Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón marries actress Eva Duarte.
1954 – Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.
1963 – Félicette, a black and white female Parisian stray cat, becomes the first cat launched into space.
1967 – The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
1977 – German Autumn: a set of events revolving around the kidnapping of Hanns Martin Schleyer and the hijacking of a Lufthansa flight by the Red Army Faction (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide.
1979 – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.
1991 – The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
2003 – Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
2007 – Karachi bombing: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto kills 139 and wounds 450 more. Bhutto herself is uninjured.
2019 – NASA Astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch take part in the first all-female spacewalk when they venture out of the International Space Station to replace a power controller.
2019 – Riots in Chile's capital Santiago escalate into open battles, with attacks reported at nearly all of the city's 164 Metro stations. President Sebastián Piñera later announces a 15-day state of emergency in the capital.
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Published at 4:20am on Sunday, October 18, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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