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OUTLOOK
A cold front will cross the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia tonight and settle southeast of the region on Sunday while ushering in much colder air. Dry high pressure will return Monday through Wednesday of next week. A low pressure system and associated cold front will bring moisture back into the area from the west late week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 17. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 40s.
Monday Night
Clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 17. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 40.
Monday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 20s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 18. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s.
Monday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 20s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A slight chance of rain and snow between 10pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 19. WInds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 40s.
Monday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 20s.
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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 tonight through Sunday morning. Much cooler air will move in quickly behind the passing front, and precipitation may change over from rain to snow as the temperature falls. Light snow accumulations will be possible over the North Carolina mountains and along and near the Interstate 40 corridor through midday Sunday before the precipitation briefly ends. Additional snow showers could redevelop and affect mainly the North Carolina mountains Sunday night. The best chance of accumulating snowfall will be at the higher peaks and near the Tennessee border, but light accumulations east of the mountains are possible as well.
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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 (4.9 out of 12) today with Juniper, Elm, and Alder being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (3.5 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for February 12th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 72°F Franklin in 1961
Lowest Temperature 0°F in Highlands in in 1899
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.90 inches in Highlands in 1900
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 11.0 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
• Lowering of U.S. and NC Flags to Half-Staff in Honor of Polly Watson Fire Chief James Radford [SOURCE]
• Saving our lifesavers: Donaldson pleads for help [Smoky Mountain News]
• Redistricting a hot topic as WNC congressional hopefuls take the stage at forum [WLOS-TV (Asheville)]
• Clear trends emerge in partisan voter registration [Smoky Mountain News]
• Green in brief: Final steps of Pisgah-Nantahala forest planning underway [Mountain Xpress]
• NC lawmakers, voting groups have one week to submit new election maps. Where things stand [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
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
• New intel suggests Russia is prepared to launch an attack before the Olympics end, sources say [CNN]
US says Russian attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv could begin in days - BBC News
• Ukraine conflict exposes dangers of a new Cold War [Courthouse News Service]
• WATCH: Wild video shows apparent road rage chase along busy highway in Guilford County [WGHP-TV (High Point, NC)]
• Sarah Palin Case Goes to Jury in Dueling Tales of N.Y. Times Hit Job, Honest Mistake [Bloomberg via Microsoft News]
• Russia's drone army contains heaps of Western electronics. Can the U.S. cut them off? [Yahoo! News]
• Conflicts to Watch in 2022 [Council on Foreign Relations]
Global National: Feb. 11, 2022 | Ottawa police limited as trucker protesters, disruption spreads out
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - February 11th, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode February 11th, 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.
TWiV 865: COVID-19 clinical update #101 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #101, Daniel Griffin discusses children and COVID, human challenge study results, effectiveness of mask use, Omicron boost in macaques, mucosal vaccine candidate, long-term cardiovascular outcomes, and global vaccine perceptions. Show notes at [Microbe TV]
• There Is Nothing Normal about One Million People Dead from COVID [Scientific American]
• Heart-disease risk soars after COVID — even with a mild case [Nature]
• Supreme Court won't block vaccine mandate for NYC teachers [NBC News]
• 1 in 3 Adults With COVID Develops Other Health Issues Later: Study [US News and World Report]
• Monitoring COVID-19
• COVID-19 Vaccine FAQs Part I [Reddit]
• COVID-19 Vaccine FAQs Part II [Reddit]
• title [SOURCE]
[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
• SpaceX Starlink satellite's flaming re-entry caught on camera after geomagnetic storm [Europe News Next]
• Tesla owners cannot make their cars fart at pedestrians, says U.S. gov't [Input]
• 10 Practical Uses for a USB Flash Drive You Didn't Know About [Make Use Of]
• Online activists are doxxing Ottawa’s anti-vax protesters [MIT Technology Review]
• Twitter user numbers fall short as it reports $221m annual loss [Sky News]
• The largest and ‘most accurate’ virtual representation of the universe has been created [Metro]
• BEATING THE CLOCK! [SOURCE]
• CIA mass surveillance program captured data from 'some' American citizens [9TO5MAC]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Anything from educational, entertainment, history and technology
(Daily Tech News) MoviePass: The Sequel - DTNS 4211
Elon Musk keeps it real!! (And makes an ultimatum!) 2022 Starship update analysis.
Alpha Jets Fly Over the Full Starship Stack, With Cockpit Audio | SpaceX Boca Chica
Elon Musk answers all your questions on SpaceX Starship (Full Mars Q&A)
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2022 Recap
Is This the Death of Print?
Astra LV0008 - Telescope Tracked To Meco
Motorola XTS2500 Military Version - AES256 Encryption, SHTF Survival Radio - P25 XTS 2500 Review
Living Off the Land
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On This Day
February 12th is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 322 days remain until the end of the year (323 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)
1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sophie performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen–Geist Spital in Vienna.
1429 РEnglish forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orl̩ans in the Battle of the Herrings.
1502 – Isabella I issues an edict outlawing Islam in the Crown of Castile, forcing virtually all her Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity.
1502 – Vasco da Gama with 15 ships and 800 men sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal on his second voyage to India.
1541 – Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia.
1593 – Japanese invasion of Korea: Approximately 3,000 Joseon defenders led by general Kwon Yul successfully repel more than 30,000 Japanese forces in the Siege of Haengju.
1689 – The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.
1733 – Georgia Day: Englishman James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, by settling at Savannah.
1771 – Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden.
1817 – An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops at the Battle of Chacabuco.
1818 – Bernardo O'Higgins formally approves the Chilean Declaration of Independence near Concepción, Chile.
1825 – The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government by the Treaty of Indian Springs, and migrate west.
1832 – Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands.
1855 – Michigan State University is established.
1889 – AntonÃn Dvořák's JakobÃn is premiered at National Theater in Prague
1894 – Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
1909 – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
1909 – New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SS Penguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
1912 – The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
1915 – In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
1921 – Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia.
1924 – George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
1935 – USS Macon, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.
1946 – World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
1946 – African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil.
1947 – The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
1947 – Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
1961 – The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus.
1963 – Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
1965 – Malcolm X visits Smethwick in Birmingham following the racially-charged 1964 United Kingdom general election.
1968 – Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre.
1974 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.
1983 – One hundred women protest in Lahore, Pakistan against military dictator Zia-ul-Haq's proposed Law of Evidence. The women were tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up. The women were successful in repealing the law.
1988 – Cold War: The 1988 Black Sea bumping incident: The U.S. missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG-48) is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy in the Soviet territorial waters, while Yorktown claims innocent passage.
1990 – Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia.
1992 – The current Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect.
1993 – Two-year-old James Bulger is abducted from New Strand Shopping Centre by two ten-year-old boys, who later torture and murder him.
1994 – Four thieves break into the National Gallery of Norway and steal Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream.
1999 – United States President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.
2001 – NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
2002 – The trial of Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević, the former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, begins at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands. He dies four years later before its conclusion.
2002 – An Iran Airtour Tupolev Tu-154 crashes in the mountains outside Khorramabad, Iran while descending for a landing at Khorramabad Airport, killing 119.
2004 – The city of San Francisco begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom.
2009 – Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, killing all on board and one on the ground.
2016 – Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their split in 1054.
2019 – The country known as the Republic of Macedonia renames itself the Republic of North Macedonia in accordance with the Prespa agreement, settling a long-standing naming dispute with Greece.
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, February 12, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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