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OUTLOOK
High pressure will control our weather through Friday. A cold front will approach from the northwest Saturday and is expected to move slowly across the region Saturday night and Sunday. Expect dry and cool high pressure to again control our weather during the first half of next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Light winds out of the southwest increasing to 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the south 3 to 5 mph.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
A slight chance of rain before 1am, then a slight chance of rain and snow between 1am and 4am, then a slight chance of snow after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Northwest wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 40s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 17.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night
A slight chance of rain before 11pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow between 11pm and 2am, then a slight chance of snow after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 30s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 17.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Light winds out of the southwest increasing tot 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 5 mph.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Saturday Night
A slight chance of rain before 2am, then a slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 40s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 18.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
A 20 percent chance of rain after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the west 3 to 6 mph.
Saturday Night
A slight chance of rain before midnight, then a slight chance of rain and snow between midnight and 3am, then a slight chance of snow after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 30s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 20.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
A strong cold front is expected to move across the region Saturday night and Sunday morning. Much cooler air will move in behind the front. If precipitation falls behind the front, light rain could change to light snow, with a light accumulation possible mainly early Sunday morning across the mountains and along and north of Interstate 40 across the foothills and northwest Piedmont. The best chances for snow accumulation will be near the Tennessee border early Sunday.
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Almanac
Air quality is in the lower range of yellow for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the lower upper range of yellow due to smoke from several fires in the southeast.
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (5.1 out of 12) today with Juniper, Elm, and Alder being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (4.2 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for February 11th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 71°F Franklin in 1965
Lowest Temperature 6°F in Highlands in in 1936
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.47 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2018
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 7.0 inches in Highlands in 1985
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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Macon Calendar
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Local and State News
• NC Department of Health and Human Services releases updated COVID-19 guidelines on schools, masks [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Haywood EMC celebrates installation of new fast EV charging stations [Haywood EMC]
• Wildlife Service to release red wolves in eastern N.C. [Smoky Mountain News]
• Trooper was going 70mph at impact in double fatal wreck, report says [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Ex-NC deputy says he was following orders. Wake jury says he’s guilty of 12 felonies. [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
NBC News Exclusive: One-On-One with President Biden
News Wrap: Inflation rises to highest level in 40 years
• Suspect in Las Vegas crash said ghost of NASCAR driver told him to drive wrong way [KVVU-TV (Las Vegas, NV)]
• U.S. truckers planning protest convoy, perhaps starting in L.A. for Super Bowl, DHS warns [CBS News]
• California ports, key to U.S. supply chain, among world's least efficient [Reuters]
• Senators: CIA has secret program that collects American data [AP News]
• New York Times is free to publish Project Veritas documents, appeals court rules [Reuters]
Biologists take drastic measures to save Florida manatees at risk of starvation
• Conflicts to Watch in 2022 [Council on Foreign Relations]
Global National: Feb. 10, 2022 | Ottawa police limited as trucker protesters, disruption spreads out
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - February 10th, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode February 10th, 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 5:13pm CET, 10 February 2022, there have been 402,044,502 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5,770,023 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 7 February 2022, a total of 10,095,615,243 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:13pm CET, 10 February 2022, there have been 76,448,067 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 902,189 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 4 February 2022, a total of 527,784,089 vaccine doses have been administered.
• What life is like for the littlest, sickest COVID patients [Today]
• From obscurity to a Nobel Prize nomination: Houston scientists acclaimed for their patent-free COVID-19 vaccine [The Texas Tribune]
• U.S. truckers planning protest convoy, perhaps starting in L.A. for Super Bowl, DHS warns [CBS News]
• New Omicron variant nearly 100% dominant in South Africa [Business Tech]
• Omicron adopts a different strategy from Delta and other variants to adapt to host [Nature]
• States are beginning to lift mask mandates. CDC data suggest it's too early. [NBC News]
• Mayor Adams: no exceptions on COVID vaccination deadline as 4K NYC workers risk losing jobs [New York Daily News]
• Monitoring COVID-19
• COVID-19 Vaccine FAQs Part I [Reddit]
• COVID-19 Vaccine FAQs Part II [Reddit]
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• 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
• Twitter 2FA text service was secretly helping governments locate people, obtain call logs [9TO5MAC]
Rocket startup’s launch debut ends in ocean crash
Rocket Launch Doomed After Payload Fairing Won't Open
• Astra stock drops 26% after NASA mission fails mid-launch [CNBC]
• Sting sells back catalogue to Universal Music in deal worth up to $300m [The Guardian]
• New algorithm bill could force Facebook to change how the news feed works [The Verge]
• France’s privacy watchdog latest to find Google Analytics breaches GDPR [TechCrunch]
• Heads Up: SK Telecom Joins Forces With Joby Aviation To Launch Flying Taxis In South Korea [Forbes]
• AMD’s $35 billion Xilinx deal has gone through [The Verge]
• The 5 Best Free Calling Apps for Making Free Phone Calls [Make Use OfE]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
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On This Day
February 11th is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 323 days remain until the end of the year (324 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)
660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the
Roman empire, on the eve of his coming of age clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
951 – Guo Wei, a court official, leads a military coup and declares himself emperor of the new Later Zhou.
1534 – Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
1584 РA naval expedition led by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa founds Nombre de Jes̼s, the first of two short-lived Spanish settlements in the Strait of Magellan.
1586 – Sir Francis Drake with an English force captures and occupies the Spanish colonial port of Cartagena de Indias for two months, obtaining a ransom and booty.
1659 – The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
1794 – First session of United States Senate opens to the public.
1808 – Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
1812 – Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry is accused of "gerrymandering" for the first time.
1823 – Carnival tragedy of 1823: About 110 boys are killed during a stampede at the Convent of the Minori Osservanti in Valletta, Malta.
1826 – University College London is founded as University of London.
1840 РGaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du r̩giment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
1843 – Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata receives its first performance in Milan, Italy.
1855 – Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia.
1856 – The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is deposed.
1858 – Bernadette Soubirous's first vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary occurs in Lourdes, France.
1861 – American Civil War: The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
1873 – King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates, forming the First Spanish Republic.
1889 – Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
1903 – Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
1906 – Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
1919 – Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
1929 – Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
1937 – The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.
1938 – BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel ÄŒapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
1942 – World War II: Second day of the Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.
1953 – Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower denies all appeals for clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
1953 – Israeli-Soviet relations are severed.
1959 – The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
1970 – Japan launches Ohsumi, becoming the fourth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
1971 – Cold War: the Seabed Arms Control Treaty opened for signature outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
1978 – Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 crashes at the Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada with 42 deaths and seven survivors.
1979 – The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
1990 – Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
1990 – Buster Douglas, a 42:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title.
1997 – Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
1999 – Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.
2001 – A Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.
2008 РRebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President Jos̩ Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
2011 – Arab Spring: The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 17 days of protests.
2013 – The Vatican confirmed that Pope Benedict XVI would resign the papacy as a result of his advanced age.
2014 – A military transport plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people.
2015 – A university student was murdered as she resisted an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women.
2016 – A man shoots six people dead at an education center in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia.
2017 – North Korea test fires a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan.
2018 – Saratov Airlines Flight 703 crashes near Moscow, Russia with 71 deaths and no survivors.
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, February 11, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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