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OUTLOOK
Dry and cool Canadian high pressure remains over the area today. A low pressure system develops off the Southeast coast Friday and moves up the Atlantic coast Saturday as an arctic cold front crosses the area from the northwest. High pressure returns behind the low and remains over the area into early next week. A cold front will approach from the west by the middle of the week.
There will be a Skate Park design meeting with Brian Siedlecki President of Pillar Design Studios.
Siedlecki will be showing 3D models and talking about each design element of the new skate park at the Town of Franklins action sports park at Sunny Side.
All are invited Thursday, January 27th at 5:30PM in the Franklin Town Council Chambers.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Sunny, with highs in the lower 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Calm winds.
Friday
A chance of rain showers after 2pm, mixing with snow after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 10. Wind chill values as low as zero. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs near 30. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 14.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows in the upper 20s. Light and variable winds.
Friday
A 40 percent chance of snow showers, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 10. Wind chill values as low as -4. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower teens.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows in the upper 20s. Calm winds.
Friday
A chance of rain showers after 2pm, mixing with snow after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower teens. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs near 30. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 16.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30. Calm winds.
Friday
A slight chance of rain and snow showers between 1pm and 2pm, then a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 40. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Friday Night
A 40 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 14. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 16.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is expected today.
Light to moderate snow accumulations are possible Friday into early Saturday, especially across the higher elevations. Cold temperatures and windy conditions could lead to below zero wind chill values late Friday night into Saturday night. Slippery roads and black ice conditions may develop following the storm through the late weekend.
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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 range (1.3 out of 12) today with Juniper being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (0.1 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for January 27th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 72°F in Franklin in 1974
Lowest Temperature -11°F in Highlands in 1986
Greatest Rainfall 2.29 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1967
Greatest Snowfall 4.5 inches in Highlands in 1897
Record weather events for January in Macon County
Highest Temperature 78°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Jan 28, 1999
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 4.30 inches in Nantahala on Jan 23, 1971
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 14.0 inches in Franklin on Jan 21, 1877
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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Macon Calendar
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Local and State News
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [November 15, 2021]
• Get free at-home COVID-19 tests [COVIDtests.gov]
Here are links to updated school calendars for the rest of the 2022-2023 school year. the documents are in PDF format from Macon Media's Google Drive: Franklin District: [PDF]
Highlands School: [PDF]
Nantahala School: [PDF]
• Jackson County Chamber of Commerce to Offer Free Wifi in downtown Sylva:
• It’s official: Boom Supersonic coming to Piedmont Triad International Airport [WSPA-TV (Spartanburg, SC)]
• Mountain healthcare facilities continue feeling impacts of rising COVID hospitalizations [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Another jail death: Buncombe County Detention Center detainee dies hours after booking [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• End In Sight For Long-Running Haywood Landfill Debacle [Smoky Mountain News]
• Thinking Money for Kids exhibition coming to Macon County Public Library [Macon Media]
• NCDOT Using Improved Way to Communicate with Private Traveling Apps [Macon Media]
Franklin Town Council - January 2022 Regular Meeting
Asheville Citizen-Times COVID-19 Tracker [Asheville Citizen-Times]
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National and World News Roundup
• Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire [Courthouse News Service]
• How Biden will choose the next Supreme Court nominee [SCOTUSblog]
• Biden’s First Supreme Court Vacancy: A Look at Potential Candidates to Replace Breyer [The Wall Street Journal]
Blinken addresses Russia-Ukraine crisis | full video
• Congress races to strike Russia sanctions deal as tensions mount [The Hill]
WATCH: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds news conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuK15b72bc0 Meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
• End in sight for long-running Haywood landfill debacle [Smoky Mountain News]
• Ukraine conflict: US and allies won't budge over fears of Russian invasion | DW News [Deutsche Welle Video]
• Brink of war? Ukraine prepares for invasion [ABC News Video]
Global National: Jan. 26, 2022 | Supply chain misinformation follows Ottawa-bound “Freedom Convoy”
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - January 26th, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode January 26th, 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: [November 18, 2021]
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
Globally, as of 5:55pm CET, 21 January 2022, there have been 340,543,962 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5,570,163 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 19 January 2022, a total of 9,571,502,663 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:55pm CET, 21 January 2022, there have been 68,199,861 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 852,334 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 14 January 2022, a total of 511,548,471 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Myocarditis Risk 17 Times Higher for Unvaccinated Patients Ages 12-30 Who Get COVID-19 Than COVID-Vaccinated Patients [Epic Research]
Dr John Campbell: Study confirms omicron reinfections
• There's one population that gets overlooked by an 'everyone will get COVID' mentality [NPR]
What to know before your child gets their COVID vaccine | Feat. Dr. Bonnie Maldonado
Coronavirus: COVID-19 deaths and vaccine misinformation is ‘killing people,’ doctor says
• Report: Here are the 12 people most responsible for spreading COVID misinformation [Nautilis]
• Spotify Is Removing Neil Young Songs After He Complains of ‘Misinformation’ [New York Times]
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials (fix starting position) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPCW6kFOCO8 • COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations by COVID-19 Vaccination Status and Previous COVID-19 Diagnosis — California and New York, May–November 2021 [CDC: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)]
• How effective is a mask in preventing COVID-19 infection? [Wiley Online Library]
• Omicron Deaths in U.S. Exceed Delta’s Peak as Covid-19 Optimism Rises in Europe [Wall Street Journal]
• Nervous system consequences of COVID-19 [Science]
Man who needs heart transplant refuses to get COVID-19 vaccine
• COVID-19: endemic doesn’t mean harmless [Nature]
• Insights on the mutational landscape of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant [US National Library of Science]
• The Promise of Disease Detection Dogs in Pandemic Response: Lessons Learned From COVID-19 [Cambridge University]
• Detection of the Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant of SARS-CoV-2 in aircraft wastewater [Science Direct]
• Multisystem Involvement in Post-Acute Sequelae of Coronavirus Disease 19 [Annal of Neurology]
• FDA Takes Actions to Expand Use of Treatment for Outpatients with Mild-to-Moderate COVID-19 [Food and Drug Administration]
• SARS-CoV-2 Viral Genes Compromise Survival and Functions of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Cardiomyocytes via Reducing Cellular ATP Level [BioRxiv (PDF)]
• Monitoring COVID-19
[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
• Obsidian is a Notion Alternative for Hardcore Markdown Users for Creating Knowledge Graph of Notes [It's FOSS]
• AI Is Already Making Moral Choices for Us. Now What? [Nautilis]
• AI can predict signs of a heart attack within a year — from a routine eye test[Study Finds]
• U.S. warns that computer chip shortage could shut down factories [PBS]
• Major Bug Grants Root for All Major Linux Distributions [HACKADAY]
• Tongan Eruption Ripples Around the Globe [NOAASatellites via Youtbe]
• FLoC Is OUT, Topics Takes Its Place [TWiT Tech Podcast Network]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Level1 News January 26 2022: Nobody Expects The Microsoft Acquisition!
ULA's Big Slider, Russia's Big Spacewalk & Other News - Deep Space Updates: January 26th
Cordkillers 393 - At Worst: Great
Soldier of Heaven – Mountain Warfare in WW1 – Sabaton History 108 [Official]
How one British laboratory protects the world's chocolate
5 cool things you can do with your router's USB port!
Bill Gates’s Heroes in the Field: Kakenya Ntaiya
Brian Keating and Lee Cronin on Life in the Universe, Assembly Theory, and the Meaning of Time
NEWS: MSFT up $10B, Neil Young vs. Rogan (Spotify: Platform or Publisher), Case Study: Scratchpad
Elon Musk... and Asperger's Syndrome.
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On This Day
January 27th is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 338 days remain until the end of the year (339 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)
98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent.
945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to become monks by Constantine VII, who becomes sole emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
1186 – Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, marries Constance of Sicily.
1302 – Dante Alighieri is condemned in absentia and exiled from Florence.
1343 – Pope Clement VI issues the papal bull Unigenitus to justify the power of the pope and the use of indulgences. Nearly 200 years later, Martin Luther would protest this.
1606 – Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.
1695 – Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan and Caliph of Islam in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his abdication in 1703.
1759 – Spanish forces defeat indigenous Huilliches of southern Chile in the battle of Río Bueno.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1785 – The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
1820 – A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovers the Antarctic continent, approaching the Antarctic coast.
1825 – The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears".
1868 – Boshin War: The Battle of Toba–Fushimi begins, between forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and pro-Imperial factions; it will end in defeat for the shogunate, and is a pivotal point in the Meiji Restoration.
1869 – Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
1874 – Modest Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov premieres in Mariinsky Theatre in St.Petersburg
1880 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
1916 – World War I: The British government passes the Military Service Act that introduces conscription in the United Kingdom.
1918 – Beginning of the Finnish Civil War.
1924 – Three days after his death Lenin's body is carried into a specially erected mausoleum.
1927 – Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
1939 – First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
1943 – World War II: The Eighth Air Force sorties ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-boat construction yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. This was the first American bombing attack on Germany.
1944 – World War II: The 900-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted.
1945 – World War II: The Soviet 322nd Rifle Division liberates the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
1951 – Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with Operation Ranger.
1961 – The Soviet submarine S-80 sinks when its snorkel malfunctions, flooding the boat.
1965 – South Vietnamese Prime Minister Trần Văn Hương is removed by the military junta of Nguyễn Khánh.
1967 – Apollo program: Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
1967 – Cold War: The Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting the usage of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.
1973 – The Paris Peace Accords officially ends the Vietnam War. Colonel William Nolde is killed in action becoming the conflict's last recorded American combat casualty.
1980 – Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape hostilities in Iran in the culmination of the Canadian Caper.
1983 – The pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85 km) between the Japanese islands of Honshū and Hokkaidō, breaks through.
1996 – In a military coup, Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane.
1996 – Germany first observes the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
2002 – An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos, Nigeria, kills at least 1,100 people and displaces over 20,000 others.
2003 – The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress.
2010 – The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras.
2010 – Apple announces the iPad.
2011 – Arab Spring: The Yemeni Revolution begins as over 16,000 protestors demonstrate in Sana'a.
2013 – Two hundred and forty-two people die in a nightclub fire in the Brazilian city of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul.
2014 – Rojava conflict: The Kobanî Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.
2017 – A naming ceremony for the chemical element tennessine takes place in the United States.
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Published at 5:15am on Thursday, January 27, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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