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OUTLOOK
Low pressure will move off the coast of the Carolinas today and then off to the northeast tonight. Weak high pressure will move back into the region for the middle of the week. A weak cold front should move through on Thursday with no effect, followed by more high pressure to finish out the week. Another cold front and low pressure could affect our area over the weekend.
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General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A slight chance of rain between 7am and 9am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 40. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the north around 5 mph.
Tuesday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30.
Nantahala Area
Today
Partly sunny, 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.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Calm winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph after midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Clear, with lows in the upper 20s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Other than possible black ice on area roadways this morning, hazardous weather is not expected today.
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Almanac
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. due to smoke from several fires in the southeast.
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (1.7 out of 12) today with Juniper and Elm being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (2.5 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for February 6th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 69°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1957
Lowest Temperature -12°F in Highlands in 1895
Greatest Rainfall 2.30 inches in Franklin in 1873
Greatest Snowfall 6.5 inches in Nantahala in 1936
Record weather events for January in Macon County
Highest Temperature 79°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 02-28-1996
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 02-13-1899
Greatest Rainfall 6.37 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Highlands on 02-14-1912
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
• The Highlands Playhouse renames production company and launches 84th season [Plateau Daily News]
• National Weather Service Releases 48-Hour Rainfall Totals for Region [Macon Media]
• Enhancing Mental Health with Alternative Treatments (Color, Music, & Nutrition) [Macon Media]
• Navigating ARPA funding challenging for nonprofits [Carolina Public Press]
• North Carolina Supreme Court strikes down new voting maps [WRAl-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• NC political maps unconstitutionally gerrymandered, Supreme Court rules [Raleigh News and Observer]
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
• Sweden returns to cold war tactics to battle fake news [The Guardian]
• Conflicts to Watch in 2022 [Council on Foreign Relations]
• Russia will be able to overrun Ukraine in two days and an invasion would kill 50,000 civilians, warns US intelligence - and Putin is planning a nuclear exercise to warn off the West [Daily Mail]
• Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony Viewership Falls Hard From 2018 Kick-Off In Early Numbers; NBCU Says Peacock Had Best Weekday Ever – Update [Deadline]
• Beijing Olympics: Coca-Cola quiet on Uyghur genocide after criticizing Georgia election law [Fox Business]
• Douglas County schools to close Thursday as teachers call ‘sick out’ to protest school board majority [Colorado Public Radio]
• https://globalnews.ca/news/8597478/ottawa-trucker-convoy-risk-of-violence/ [Global News (Canada)]
• Memphis BLM founder Pamela Moses sentenced to 6 years for illegally voting [New York Post]
Global National: Feb. 6, 2022 | Ottawa declares state of emergency amid trucker convoy protest
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - February 6th, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode February 6th, 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 5:30pm CET, 4 February 2022, there have been 386,548,962 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5,705,754 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 2 February 2022, a total of 10,040,768,270 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:30pm CET, 4 February 2022, there have been 75,087,972 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 888,113 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 28 January 2022, a total of 523,213,327 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: Are omicron vaccines needed
• The 1918 flu didn't end in 1918. Here's what its third year can teach us. [Washington Post via Yahoo! News]
• Northeast Ohio hospitals place hundreds of workers on leave for refusing COVID-19 vaccine [Akron Beacon Journal]
• The Remarkable Evolutionary Plasticity of Coronaviruses by Mutation and Recombination: Insights for the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Future Evolutionary Paths of SARS-CoV-2 [MDPI (click full artivel or Download PDF)]
• TWiV 861: Rough draft of Omicron origins [This Week in Virology]
• TWiV 862: COVID-19 clinical update #100 with Dr. Daniel Griffin [This Week in Virology]
• TWiV 863: Does this challenge study pass the smell test? [This Week in Virology]
• Omicron has meant even more adjustments for kids. Here’s how parents can help. [National Geographic]
• 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
• What Is Digital Decay & Data Degredation? [Make Use OfE]
• Liquid Water Confirmed Beneath Martian South Polar Cap [SciTechDaily]
• FBI used Google location data to investigate Seattle arson following BLM protest [Engadget]
• How mindfulness-based training can give elite athletes a mental edge [ScienceNews]
• The hedge fund that lost 53% in January betting against GameStop bought $1.3 billion of Facebook stock in the 4th quarter [Business Insider]
• Searching for Susy Thunder [The Verge]
• Sudden death: Proposed EKG screening for student athletes spurs medical debate [ScienceNews]
• The ‘Bitcoin Family’ immigrates to Portugal for its 0% tax on cryptocurrencies [CNBC]
• Detroit to receive US first public wireless EV-charging road system [The Hill: Changing America]
• A newly launched meme coin wants to buy a Tesla for the 19-year-old tracking Elon Musk's private jet 'if Elon won't' [Business Insider]
• The 9 Smallest Linux Distros That Are Minimal and Super Lightweight [Make Use Of]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Anything from educational, entertainment, history and technology
Was The Universe Born From Nothing?
How a CS student tracks Elon’s Private Jet with Python // The Code Report
Slackware 15, ProtonDB, Peppermint OS, Raspberry Pi, Tiny Core, Trisquel | This Week in Linux 184
Amazing Launch Footage, Wayward Boats & Buzzing The Launch Tower - Deep Space Updates - Feb 6th 2022
How did SpaceX lose to Blue Origin on a NASA space station contract? Was this handled fairly?
Study Claims Exploding Comet Destroyed a Native American Culture...But Did It?
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On This Day
February 7th is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 327 days remain until the end of the year (328 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)
457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor.
987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II.
1301 – Edward of Caernarvon (later king Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales.
1313 – King Thihathu founds the Pinya Kingdom as the de jure successor state of the Pagan Kingdom.
1497 – In Florence, Italy, supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn cosmetics, art, and books, in a "Bonfire of the vanities".
1756 – Guaraní War: The leader of the Guaraní rebels, Sepé Tiaraju, is killed in a skirmish with Spanish and Portuguese troops.
1783 – American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
1795 – The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
1807 – Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon finds Bennigsen's Russian forces taking a stand at Eylau. After bitter fighting, the French take the town, but the Russians resume the battle the next day.
1812 – The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.
1813 – In the action of 7 February 1813 near the Îles de Los, the frigates Aréthuse and Amelia batter each other, but neither can gain the upper hand.
1819 – Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar.
1842 – Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
1854 – A law is approved to found the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Lectures started October 16, 1855.
1863 – HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
1894 – The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
1898 – Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
1900 – Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
1900 – A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
1904 – A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland;[10] it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
1940 – The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
1943 – World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allied forces in the Guadalcanal Campaign.
1944 – World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle.
1951 – Korean War: More than 700 suspected communist sympathizers are massacred by South Korean forces.
1962 – The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
1974 – Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1979 – Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.
1984 – Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission: Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).
1986 – Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.
1990 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power.
1991 – Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
1991 – The Troubles: The Provisional IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street in London, the headquarters of the British government.
1992 – The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union.
1995 – Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.
1999 – Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
2001 – Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-98, carrying the Destiny laboratory module to the International Space Station.
2009 – Bushfires in Victoria leave 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.
2012 – President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of the Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military.
2013 – The U.S. state of Mississippi officially certifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was formally ratified by Mississippi in 1995.
2014 – Scientists announce that the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, date back to more than 800,000 years ago, making them the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa.[
2016 – North Korea launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 into outer space violating multiple UN treaties and prompting condemnation from around the world.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, February 7, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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