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OUTLOOK
High pressure will weaken across the region today with temperatures returning to normal. A weak front will drift in from the northwest tonight and stall. Low pressure developing along the front is expected to move across the Carolinas on Thursday and Thursday night, bringing precipitation that could be wintry across the mountains and foothills. Cold high pressure will build back in from the west Friday and Saturday. Active weather returns during the early part of next week.
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Local Weather
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Friday Night
Franklin Area Forecast
Today
Partly sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Thursday
A slight chance of rain and snow showers before noon, then rain showers likely. Increasing clouds, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Thursday Night
A chance of rain and snow showers before 10pm, then a chance of snow showers and sleet between 10pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 15. Calm winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the northwest around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 40.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 20.
Highlands Plateau Forecast
Today
Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Thursday
Showers likely, mainly after 4pm. Increasing clouds, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning becoming light and variable before noon. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A chance of rain and snow showers before 9pm, then a chance of snow showers and sleet between 9pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 16. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the early evening becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 30s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 20s.
Otto Area Forecast
Today
Partly sunny, with highs near 50. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Thursday
A slight chance of rain and snow showers before noon, then rain showers likely. Increasing clouds, with highs in the upper 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Thursday Night
A chance of rain showers, snow showers, and sleet before 11pm, then a slight chance of snow showers and sleet between 11pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 17. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 8 mph. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Friday
Sunny, with highs near 40.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 20s.
Nantahala Area Forecast
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 6 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Light winds out of the northwest.
Thursday
A slight chance of rain and snow showers before noon, then rain showers likely. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Light and variable winds. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Thursday Night
A chance of rain and snow showers before 9pm, then a chance of snow showers and sleet between 9pm and 10pm, then a chance of snow showers after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 16. Calm winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph before midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 30s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 20s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected for today.
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Almanac
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
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (0.3 out of 12) today with Juniper being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (1.2 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for January 5th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 74°F in Franklin in 1955
lowest Temperature -6°F in Highlands in 1920
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 4.28 inches in Highlands in 1949
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 2.5 inches in Nantahalas in 1940
Record weather events for December in Macon County
Highest Temperature 78°F in Franklin on Dec 31, 1951
Lowest Temperature -12°F in Highlands on Dec 30, 1917
Greatest Rainfall 6.00 inches in Highlands on Dec 14, 1901
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 12.0 inches in Franklin on Dec 21, 1876
All-time record weather events for Macon County
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on Jul 29, 1952
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on Jul 29, 1879
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Mar 13, 1993
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Local and State News
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [November 15, 2021]
• NC trooper hit by brother during Rutherford Co. traffic stop dies at hospital [WSPA-TV Spartanburg]
• NC's COVID case positivity rate nearly 30%; local hospitals near capacity [WRAL-TV Raleigh]
• NWS Reports Snowfall Totals for the Snow of January 3rd, 2021 [mACON mEDIA]
Franklin Town Council - January 2022 Regular Meeting
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National and World News Roundup
• The 1918 flu is even more relevant in 2022 thanks to omicron [CHRON]
• A record 4.5 million Americans quit their jobs in November [CNN]
• Majority condemns Jan. 6 attack, says Trump at least partially to blame [The Hill]
• Washington to reveal new name on Feb. 2; won't be RedWolves [ABC News]
• KFC to launch plant-based fried chicken made with Beyond Meat nationwide [CNBC]
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - January 4th, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode January 4th, 2021
Material That Does Not Fit Anywhere Else
Faith in Humanity Restored
When your New Years gig is canceled but you still have a fox and a baby to play for.
• Is “resistance journalism” about practices or power? [Nieman Lab]
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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: [November 18, 2021]
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
Globally, as of 6:18pm CET, 4 January 2022, there have been 290,959,019 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5,446,753 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 3 January 2022, a total of 8,693,832,171 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 6:18pm CET, 4 January 2022, there have been 54,910,550 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 819,656 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 23 December 2021, a total of 485,274,895 vaccine doses have been administered.
Dr John Campbell: US hits a million cases
• Insurance executive says death rates among working-age people up 40 percent [WFYI-TV Indianapolis]
• NC's COVID case positivity rate nearly 30%; local hospitals near capacity [WRAL-TV Raleigh]
• Commentary: To live with COVID-19, we must plan for a permanent pandemic [CNA: CHannel News Asia]
• CDC Recommends Pfizer Booster at 5 Months, Additional Primary Dose for Certain Immunocompromised Children [Centrers for Disease Control and Prevention]
• Early signals of significantly increased vaccine breakthrough, decreased hospitalization rates, and less severe disease in patients with COVID-19 caused by the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Houston, Texas [MedRxiv (PDF)]
• Benefits of Monoclonal Antibody Treatment [Bloomberg Video]
• Fluvastatin mitigates SARS-CoV-2 infection in human lung cells [iScience]
• Monitoring COVID-19 Variants
[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
[Outbreak.info]
• CDC Releases Emergency Guidance for Healthcare Facilities to Prepare for Potential Omicron Surge [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
• COVID-19 case rates by county in 2021 [AXIOS]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Wall Street Bets mourns loss of crypto meme-famous Bogdanoff twins who died of Covid [Business Insider]
• Len Sassaman and Satoshi: a Cypherpunk History [Medium]
• John Deere’s self-driving tractor lets farmers leave the cab — and the field [The Verge]
• The metaverse isn’t what you think it is, because we don’t know what it is [OODA Loop]
• Effect of Standardized Grape Powder Consumption on the Gut Microbiome of Healthy Subjects: A Pilot Study [Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute]
• Ford is doubling F-150 Lightning production to 150,000 vehicles a year [engadget]
• In 1953, a Telephone-Company Executive Predicts the Rise of Modern Smartphones and Video Calls [Open Culture]
• Two stars’ close encounter may explain a cosmic flare that has barely faded [ScienceNews]
• 400,000+ Sound Recordings Made Before 1923 Have Entered the Public Domain [Open Culture]
Tech Podcasts Starship 2021: A Year of Progress | SpaceX Boca Chica
A Bitcoin Discussion With Michael Saylor
FULL INTERVIEW: Elon Musk Sits Down With The Babylon Bee
The Colorado River Is Dying - And It Could Crash The Economy | Answers With Joe
• Booknotes+ Podcast: James Golden, "Rush on the Radio" [C-SPAN]
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On This Day
January 5th is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 360 days remain until the end of the year (361 in leap years).
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France.
1675 – Battle of Colmar: The French army beats Brandenburg.
1757 – Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
1781 – American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
1875 – The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
1895 – Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
1900 – Irish nationalist leader John Edward Redmond calls for revolt against British rule.
1911 – Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
1912 – The sixth All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.
1913 – First Balkan War: The Battle of Lemnos begins; Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
1914 – The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.
1919 – The German Workers' Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded in Munich.
1925 – Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
1933 – Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
1941 – Amy Johnson, a 37-year-old pilot and the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia, disappears after bailing out of her plane over the River Thames, and is presumed dead.
1944 – The Daily Mail becomes the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic.
1945 – The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland.
1949 – In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
1950 – In the Sverdlovsk air disaster, all 19 of those on board are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur.
1953 – The play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett receives its première in Paris.
1957 – In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.
1967 – Cultural Revolution: The Shanghai People's Commune is established following the seizure of power from local city officials by revolutionaries.
1968 – Alexander Dubček comes to power in Czechoslovakia, effectively beginning the "Prague Spring".
1969 – The Venera 5 space probe is launched at 06:28:08 UTC[24] from Baikonur.
1970 – The 7.1 Mw Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 10,000 and 15,000 people are known to have been killed and about another 26,000 are injured.
1975 – The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people.
1976 – The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.
1976 – The Troubles: Gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians after stopping their minibus at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK, allegedly as retaliation for a string of attacks on Catholic civilians in the area by Loyalists, particularly the killing of six Catholics the night before.
1991 – Georgian forces enter Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, Georgia, opening the 1991–92 South Ossetia War.
1991 – Somali Civil War: The United States Embassy to Somalia in Mogadishu is evacuated by helicopter airlift days after the outbreak of violence in Mogadishu.
1993 – The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.
2005 – The dwarf planet Eris is discovered by Palomar Observatory-based astronomers, later motivating the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to define the term planet for the first time.
2014 – A launch of the communication satellite GSAT-14 aboard the GSLV MK.II D5 marks the first successful flight of an Indian cryogenic engine.
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, January 5, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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