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Low pressure will move northeast across Tennessee and Kentucky bringing occasional rain mainly to the mountains through Wednesday. A front will become stationary over the Appalachians Tuesday night through Thursday night. The next big low pressure moves northeast along the front Thursday and Friday bringing more rain chances. The front is forecast to cross our area Friday with dry and cooler conditions prevailing at least into Saturday. Another low could move up from the Gulf on Sunday with more precipitation with some snow possible for the mountains.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thusday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 7am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the southeast increasing and shifting to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers likely, mainly after 4am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Showers likely, mainly before 2pm, then a slight chance of rain after 3pm. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A slight chance of rain between 2am and 3am, then a chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 8am. Patchy fog before 2pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers likely, mainly after 4am. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Showers likely, mainly before 3pm, then a slight chance of rain after 4pm. Patchy fog before noon. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A slight chance of rain between 2am and 3am, then a slight chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Thursday
A chance of showers before 3pm, then a slight chance of rain between 3pm and 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 60. Chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 7am. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers likely, mainly after 4am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Showers, mainly before 2pm, then a slight chance of rain after 3pm. Patchy fog before 11am. Highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A slight chance of rain between 2am and 3am, then a chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 7am. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers, mainly after 2am. Patchy fog after 1am. Low around 56. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Wednesday
Showers before 1pm, then a slight chance of rain between 1pm and 4pm. Patchy fog before 11am. Highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A slight chance of rain between 1am and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday
A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 50.
Thursday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
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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-high range (6.8 out of 12) today with Juniper, Elm, and Alder being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (1.7out of 12).
Record Weather Events for February 22nd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 74°F in Franklin in 2018
Lowest Temperature -2°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1963
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.88 inches in Highlands in 1974
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 5.0 inches in Nantahala in 1960
Record weather events for February 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
• WARNING: NO TRAILERS OVER 30 FEET: NCDOT, Highway Patrol offer no solution on reoccurring Cullasaja Gorge issue [The Highlander]
• Mandates ease as COVID trends move in positive direction; officials staying cautious [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC Republicans seek dismissal of research assistants over 'tainted' redraw process [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• 15 arrested in "Operation Ice Mtn." [Clay County Progress]
• Cawthorn, Robinson among NC GOP officials to speak at conservative CPAC convention [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
Ukraine Crisis: Families Divided as Violence Escalates
• Shelling Hits Residential Areas in Eastern Ukraine [Voice of America]
BREAKING: Tanks & armoured personnel carriers near Donetsk - Reuters witness
Putin orders Russian troops into Ukraine's separatist regions as the West levies sanctions
• United Nations Security Council Holds Emergency Meeting On Russia-Ukraine Conflict [CBS Miami via Youtube]
• Putin Signs Decrees Recognizing Ukraine Separatist Regions [Bloomberg Quicktake via Youtube]
Time to stop talking to Putin: Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg
• Russian Terminator tanks move within two miles of Ukrainian border as war fears grow [UK Mirror]
• Medina Spirit's 2021 Kentucky Derby win has been nullified and horse trainer Bob Baffert has been suspended [CNN]
• Group of protesting truckers begin trip to DC area this week [WTOP-AM (Washington, DC)]
• China sanctions US defence firms Raytheon, Lockheed over Taiwan [Al Jazeera]
• Colorado voting machine saga [Courthouse News Service]
• Conflicts to Watch in 2022 [Council on Foreign Relations]
Meet The Press Broadcast (Full) - February 20th, 2021
Global National: Feb. 21, 2022 | Putin orders "peacekeeping troops" in Ukraine breakaway regions
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - February 21st, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode February 21st, 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 5:20pm CET, 18 February 2022, there have been 418,650,474 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5,856,224 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 15 February 2022, a total of 10,279,668,555 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:20pm CET, 18 February 2022, there have been 77,521,589 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 921,984 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 11 February 2022, a total of 531,617,327 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Many restaurants face "extinction" amid COVID, inflation and staffing shortages [CBS News]
• Fox News Contributor Admits to Creating Fake Story About Canadian Woman Being ‘Trampled’ to Death [The Daily Beast]
• How Covid changed medicine for the future [The Guardian]
• Fox's Neil Cavuto said a second case of Covid-19 nearly killed him [CNN]
• Clinical severity of Omicron sub-lineage BA.2 compared to BA.1 in South Africa [MedRxiv (PDF)]
• How long can I keep using the same N95 respirator mask? Here’s what Bay Area experts say [San Fransisco Chronicle]
• Iran returns donated vaccines because they were made in US [AP News]
• Canada parliament backs Trudeau on emergency powers [BBC News]
• Multistate Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) Variant Infections Among Persons in a Social Network Attending a Convention — New York City, November 18–December 20, 2021 [Mobidity and Mortality Weekly Report]
• Erdogan's visits to Africa set stage to boost trade, investments [Yeni Şafak]
• The Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection in Persons With Naturally Acquired Immunity With and Without Subsequent Receipt of a Single Dose of BNT162b2 [Annals of Internal Medicine]
• ‘Today we rejoined the world’: hugs, tears and Vegemite as Australia reopens international borders [The Guardian]
• Covid-19 NZ: Jacinda Ardern says mandates will wind down after Omicron peak [Stuff]
• Monitoring COVID-19
• COVID-19 Vaccine FAQs Part I [Reddit]
• COVID-19 Vaccine FAQs Part II [Reddit]
[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]
• Variant: 21L (Omicron) also known as BA.2[CoVariants]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• The US Copyright Office says an AI can’t copyright its art [The Verge]
• Elon Musk’s brain chip company Neuralink responds to monkey abuse allegations [WJW-TV (Cleveland, OH)]
• Trump’s New Social Media App Shows Errors on Launch Day [Microsoft News]
• What is the Metaverse, Exactly, and How Will it Change Digital and Social Connection? [Social Media Today]
• Fossils reveal what may be the oldest known case of the dino sniffles [ScienceNews]
• The Parallel Economy Fund [Gabn't]
• The Bewildering Architecture of Indoor Cities [Stewart Hicks via Youtube]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Anything from educational, entertainment, history, current events and technology
Level1 News February 22 2022: U Wot, Metamate?
Starlink Group 4-8 Launch
• SpaceX inserts Starlink into higher orbit on Group 4-8 mission [NASA Spaceflight]
Cordkillers 397 - Foreverphilia (w/ Merrill Barr)
Advice for young people: Become a hacker | Nicole Perlroth and Lex Fridman
Why European Astronauts Have To Hitch A Ride to Space
Norman Naimark: Genocide, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Absolute Power | Lex Fridman Podcast #248 (December 2021}
Me, myself and AI - DeepMind: The Podcast (Season 2, Episode 7)
New Booster Methane Transfer Tube Design Spotted | SpaceX Boca Chica
Play PS2 Games in your Browser
Reptile World Serpentarium and Airboat Ride - Ft. Adam the Woo
WeatherBrains 840
Special Guest: Mars Helicopter Team Lead - Intrepid Museum LIVE w/ NSF (02-17-2022)
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On This Day
February 22nd is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 312 days remain until the end of the year (313 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)
1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14-20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdinand of Majorca and the forces of Matilda of Hainaut, ends in victory for Ferdinand.
1371 – Robert II becomes King of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty.
1495 – King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne.
1632 – Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, the dedicatee, receives the first printed copy of Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems .
1651 – St. Peter's Flood: A storm surge floods the Frisian coast, drowning 15,000 people.
1744 – War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon causes several Royal Navy captains to be court-martialed, and the Articles of War to be amended.
1797 – The last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard, Wales.
1819 – By the Adams–Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.
1847 – Mexican–American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexican troops.
1848 – The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins.
1856 – The United States Republican Party opens its first national convention in Pittsburgh.
1862 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.
1872 – The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
1879 – In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
1881 – Cleopatra's Needle, a 3,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian obelisk is erected in Central Park, New York.
1889 – President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
1899 – Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
1901 – San Francisco: Pacific mail steamer sinks in Golden Gate harbor; 128 passengers killed.
1904 – The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
1909 – The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USS Connecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
1921 – After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia.
1942 – World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.
1943 – World War II: Members of the White Rose resistance, Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, and Christoph Probst are executed in Nazi Germany.
1944 – World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.
1944 – World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Krivoi Rog.
1946 – The "Long Telegram", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow.
1957 – Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột.
1958 – Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
1959 – Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
1972 – The Official Irish Republican Army detonates a car bomb at Aldershot barracks, killing seven and injuring nineteen others.
1973 – Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices.
1974 – The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh.
1974 – Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon, but is killed by police.
1980 – Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4–3.
1983 – The notorious Broadway flop Moose Murders opens and closes on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.
1986 – Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
1994 – Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.
1995 – The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
1997 – In Roslin, Midlothian, British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.
2002 – Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.
2005 – The 6.4 Mw Zarand earthquake shakes the Kerman Province of Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 612 people dead and 1,411 injured.
2006 – At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.
2011 – New Zealand's second deadliest earthquake strikes Christchurch, killing 185 people. v2011 – Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people march in protest against the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces during previous protests.
2012 – A train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 51 people and injures 700 others.
2014 – President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine is impeached by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by a vote of 328–0, fulfilling a major goal of the Euromaidan rebellion.
2015 – A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River, killing 70 people.
2018 – A man throws a grenade at the U.S embassy in Podgorica, Montenegro. He dies at the scene from a second explosion, with no one else hurt.
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, February 22, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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