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OUTLOOK
Mild high pressure continues today, before increasing moisture and better dynamics allow for rainfall and a few thunderstorms on Monday. A stationary front becomes established across the Carolinas, leading to at least a chance of rain each day through Friday.
Severe Weather Possible Monday Afternoon and Monday Night
Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected Monday afternoon into Monday night. A few of these storms may become severe, and will be capable of producing damaging winds, small hail, and frequent cloud-to-ground lightning.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the southeast increasing to 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low to mid 50s. Calm winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph after midnight.
Monday
A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the afternoon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 11pm, then a chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Showers, mainly after 11pm. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain is 80%. Highlands Plateau
Today
Isolated showers after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 51. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday
A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the afternoon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable by noon.
Tuesday Night
Showers, mainly after 10pm. The rain could be heavy at times. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low to mid 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the afternoon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11pm and 1am, then a chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows inb the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night Showers, mainly after 10pm. The rain could be heavy at times. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs neain the upper 60s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
A chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Highs near 70. Winds out of teh southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then showers likely. Lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds.
Tuesday Night
Showers, mainly after 11pm. The rain could be heavy at times. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain is 80%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected Monday afternoon into Monday night. A few of these storms may become severe, and will be capable of producing damaging winds, small hail, and frequent cloud-to-ground lightning.
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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 middle range of yellow due to smoke from several fires in the area.
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (10.2 out of 12) today with Alder, Juniper, and Elm being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.3 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 6th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 75°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1961
Lowest Temperature 1°F in Highlands in 1901
Greatest One-Day Rain 5.19 inches in Nantahala in 1963
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 5.5 inches in Highlands in 1969
Record weather events for March in Macon County
Highest Temperature 86°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on March 15, 1967
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Highlands on March 7, 1899
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.43 inches in Highlands on March 29, 1898
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on March 13, 1993
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
• Judge blocks voters' Constitutional challenge against Rep. Cawthorn's candidacy [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Filing Closes for 2022 Primary, Candidate List [Macon Media]
• Candidate filing closes, stage set for NC legislative primary battles [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Once ‘like a gated community,’ Coach K has improved access to Duke basketball [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Candidate filing period ends with some surprises [Smoky Mountain News]
• Otto Fire department establishes a fundraiser to assist the family of an injured firefighter (Cheif Rholetter) on [GoFundMe]
Franklin Town Council - January 2022 Regular Meeting
Asheville Citizen-Times COVID-19 Tracker [Asheville Citizen-Times]
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Special Section: Russia Invades Ukraine (Day 11)
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
(additional long form videos are in the Science and Technology podcast section)
Day Eleven/b> ISW Graphic
War in Ukraine: A week that shook the world | DW News
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 5 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF Download]
• Ukraine still has 'significant majority' of its military aircraft -U.S. official [SOURCE]
The Failed Logistics of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
• USA and NATO did not listen. Russia ends America's supremacy [Pravda]
See moment that made Clarissa Ward stop reporting and help
• Ukraine's army is using a nimble 'game-changing' drone called The Punisher that has completed scores of successful missions against the Russians, say reports [Business Insider]
Ukraine conflict: Russia continues shelling after ceasefire agreement fails (BBC News)
• US European Command leads international efforts to donate weapons to Ukraine to fight the Russians [Star and Stripes]
• War in Ukraine: Thousands of pro-Russia Serbs march in Belgrade [BBC News]
ABC News Live: Latest on the war in Ukraine
Additional News Sources
• Russia Launches invasion of Ukraine [BBC Liveblog]
https://www.kyivpost.com/
https://ukranews.com/en/news
https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cx1m7zg0gzdt/ukraine
https://www.aljazeera.com/where/ukraine/
https://www.ukrinform.net/
https://www.cgtn.com/europe
NΞMICO NΞTWORK
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNNFS1bhD94Qc5vSARGOo6w
EarthCam Live: Kyiv, Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cyQPN5xQtU
Russian Invasion Of Ukraine | LIVE | Situation Room | INDB | Russian Military Advancing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq8iFW7BRNA
Al Jazeera English | Live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-upyPouRrB8
DW News livestream | Headline news from around the world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9KZGs1MtP4
LIVE MULTI-CAM: EXPLOSIONS NEAR KIEV - UKRAINE/RUSSIA/DONETSK/LUHANSK + TWITTER FEEDS/NEWS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncfpk4OFkXE
Putin announces 'special operation' in Donbass | SPECIAL COVERAGE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0I5eglJMRI
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National and World News Roundup
• China’s Robust Growth Target Points to More Stimulus Ahead [Wall Street Journal]
• Trump’s praise of Putin, ‘America First’ view tested by war [AP News]
• How the Manhattan D.A.’s Investigation Into Donald Trump Unraveled [New York TimesE]
• White House weighs three-way deal to get fighter jets to Ukraine [Politco via Yahoo! News]
• Turning on fellow Three Percenter, witness says Capitol rioter had guns, zip ties and plan [Courthouse News Service]
• Capitol rioter from Idaho gets 4 years for attacking police with pipe [NBC News]
• Conflicts to Watch in 2022 [Council on Foreign Relations]
Global National: March 5, 2022 | Ukraine, Russia blame each other as partial ceasefire collapses
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 4th, 2022
PBS NewsHour Full Episode March 5th, 2022
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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 5:18pm CET, 4 March 2022, there have been 440,807,756 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5,978,096 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 27 February 2022, a total of 10,585,766,316 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:18pm CET, 4 March 2022, there have been 78,428,884 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 947,625 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 25 February 2022, a total of 537,567,013 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Vaccine and Antibody Treatment Effectiveness Blunted by All Three Omicron Subvariants [Columbia University Irving Medical Center]
• Impulse dispersion of aerosols during playing wind instruments [PLOS ONE]
• ‘Bot holiday’: Covid disinformation down as social media pivot to Ukraine [The Guardian]
• 5 ways we'll know COVID has become endemic: ANALYSIS [ABC News]
• For some patients, cardiovascular problems persist long after COVID [National Public Radio]
• Hybrid Immunity Kept Omicron Deaths Low in Countries Where Millions Aren’t Fully Vaccinated [Wall Street Journal]
• 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
• Elon Musk Chooses His Side Between Russia and Ukraine [The Street]
• World’s largest green hydrogen project unveiled in Texas, with plan to produce clean rocket fuel for Elon Musk [Recharge News]
• Wind turbines can breathe new life into our warming seas [The Conversation]
• Twitter bans accounts that promoted #IStandWithPutin for 'coordinated inauthentic behavior' [The Hill]
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Lamplight TV]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Anything from educational, entertainment, history, current events and technology
5 FANTASTIC Google Maps Features You Want To Know About
SpaceX Starship Updates, GOES T, Three Crew Dragons, The Owl's Night Continues & JWST Update
How to monitor Ham Radio frequencies in the Russian-Ukraine war
The Real Reason The War Changes Everything For Tesla
TEN 376: Auto Industry Responds to Ukraine, TSLA GigaBerlin Approval, Rivian Price Hike
How this Tiny Motor is More POWERFUL than Your Car
Ukraine Crisis - America's newest spy plane is being put to use
Jerry Cans: The True Secret Weapon of WWII
Roblox Pressured Us to Delete Our Video. So We Dug Deeper.
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Shocking new claims shed light on doomed MH370 flight
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On This Day
March 6th is the 65th day of the year (66th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 300 days remain until the end of the year. It is the first day of March. It is also the first day of meteorological spring in Northern Hemisphere.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor.
632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
845 – The 42 Martyrs of Amorium are killed after refusing to convert to Islam.
961 – Byzantine conquest of Chandax by Nikephoros Phokas, end of the Emirate of Crete.
1204 РThe Siege of Ch̢teau Gaillard ends in a French victory over King John of England, who loses control of Normandy to King Philip II Augustus.
1323 – Treaty of Paris of 1323 is signed.
1454 – Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of the Prussian Confederation pledge allegiance to King Casimir IV of Poland who agrees to commit his forces in aiding the Confederation's struggle for independence from the Teutonic Knights.
1521 – Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Guam.
1665 – The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg, publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, the world's longest-running scientific journal.
1788 – The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
1820 – The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, brings Maine into the Union as a free state, and makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free.
1834 – York, Upper Canada, is incorporated as Toronto.
1836 – Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo: After a thirteen-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured.
1857 – The Supreme Court of the United States rules 7–2 in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case that the Constitution does not confer citizenship on black people.
1869 – Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
1882 – The Serbian kingdom is re-founded.
1899 – Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
1901 – Anarchist assassin tries to kill German Emperor Wilhelm II.
1912 – Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
1930 – International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern.
1933 – Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.
1943 – Norman Rockwell published Freedom from Want in The Saturday Evening Post with a matching essay by Carlos Bulosan as part of the Four Freedoms series.
1943 – World War II: Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel launches the Battle of Medenine in an attempt to slow down the British Eight Army. It fails, and he leaves Africa three days later.
1943 – World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, ends with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion, the bulk of the garrison of the town of Grevena, leading to its liberation a fortnight later.
1944 – World War II: Soviet Air Forces bomb an evacuated town of Narva in German-occupied Estonia, destroying the entire historical Swedish-era town.
1945 – World War II: Cologne is captured by American troops. On the same day, Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of the war, begins.
1946 – Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
1951 – Cold War: The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
1953 – Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1957 – Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
1964 – Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali.
1964 – Constantine II becomes the last King of Greece.
1965 – Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
1967 – Cold War: Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.
1968 – Three rebels are executed by Rhodesia, the first executions since UDI, prompting international condemnation.
1970 – An explosion at the Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three.
1975 – For the first time the Zapruder film of the assassination of John F. Kennedy is shown in motion to a national TV audience by Robert J. Groden and Dick Gregory.
1975 – Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.
1984 – In the United Kingdom, a walkout at Cortonwood Colliery in Brampton Bierlow signals the start of a strike that lasted almost a year and involved the majority of the country's miners.
1987 – The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds, killing 193.
1988 – Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in Operation Flavius.
1992 – The Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.
2003 РAir Alg̩rie Flight 6289 crashes at the Aguenar РHadj Bey Akhamok Airport in Tamanrasset, Algeria, killing 102 out of the 103 people on board.[
2008 – A suicide bomber kills 68 people (including first responders) in Baghdad on the same day that a gunman kills eight students in Jerusalem.
2018 – Forbes names Jeff Bezos as the world's richest person, for the first time, at $112 billion net worth.
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Published at 5:30am on Sunday, March 06, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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