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OUTLOOK
Dry, mild high pressure is expected to spread over the area through today. A low pressure system with plenty of moisture is expected to arrive Tuesday. A strong cold front will cross the area late Wednesday, ushering in below normal temperatures for the end of the week.
Increased Fire Danger Continues Today
A dry air mass will be over the southern Appalachians today causing afternoon relative humidity values to drop into the 20s across much of the region. In addition, winds will be coming out of the south and southwest ranging from 5 to 15 mph with higher gusts possible. This will result in increased potential for fire growth and spread. PLease reconsider any plans to conduct outdoor burning.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the early morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday Rain, mainly between 1pm and 3pm, then showers after 3pm. Highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds early increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then showers likely. Lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Wednesday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9pm and 3am, then a chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Chance of rain is 70%.
Highs lands Plateau
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60. WInds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the south in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 5 mph.
Tuesday
Rain, mainly between 1pm and 3pm, then showers after 3pm. Highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Tuesday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 11pm, then showers likely. Lows around 50. Winds out of the southwest around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9pm and 4am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Chance of rain is 70%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Light winds out of the southeast becoming south 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the south in the early evening around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Rain, mainly between 1pm and 3pm, then showers after 3pm. Highs in the lower 60s. Light winds out of the southeast in the morning increasing to 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Tuesday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, then a chance of showers after 3am. Lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Wednesday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9pm and 3am, then a chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the early m,orning, then increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Tuesday
Rain, mainly between 1pm and 3pm, then showers after 3pm. Highs near 60. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 11pm, then showers likely. Lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Wednesday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Wednesday Night
Showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then showers likely. Lows around 50. Chance of rain is 80%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
A dry air mass will be over the southern Appalachians today causing afternoon relative humidity values to drop into the 20s across much of the region. In addition, winds will be coming out of the south and southwest ranging from 5 to 15 mph with higher gusts possible. This will result in increased potential for fire growth and spread. PLease reconsider any plans to conduct outdoor burning.
Widespread rain, with embedded thunderstorms is expected across the area Tuesday into Wednesday. Locally heavy rainfall and isolated flooding may occur, especially near the southern Blue Ridge Escarpment. A few strong to severe storms may be possible, as well.
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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 lower range of yellow.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (10.5 out of 12) today with Maple, Oak, and Elm being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (5.1 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for April 4th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 85°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1963
Lowest Temperature 15°F in Highlands in 1936
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.36 inches in Highlands in 1957
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 9.5 inches in Franklin in 1987
Record weather events for March in Macon County
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of April Data available from 1873 to 2018 Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on 04-26-1986
Lowest Temperature 13°F in Highlands on 04-01-1987
Greatest Rainfall 7.00 inches in Highlands on 04-07-1895
Greatest Snowfall 9.5 inches in Franklin on 04-04-1987
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
• 'Ensley Strong': Community gathers to mourn 2 young brothers who died in shooting accident [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Federal funding for uninsured vaccinations ends next week [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)E]
• NC Rep. Madison Cawthorn doubles down on salacious comments about Congress members [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Great Smokies reopens trails, roads, campsites following wildfire [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Thomas Divide fire cools as Sevier County flames [Smoky Mountain News]
• Photos and video of the 2022 Vietnam Veterans Day Observance in Franklin, NC [Macon Media]
Macon County Commissioners - March 2022 Special Meeting
The Macon County Board of Commissioners held a special called meeting on March 24th, 2022, to provide match funding to be used by local Internet providers in NC GREAT broadband grant submittals. Commissioners voted 5-0 to each application $50,000 in matching funds from their pot of money ($6.9 million) from the American Rescue Plan Act. Frontier Communications and Balsam West each will receive $50,000 for their applications and $100,000 for the two applications being submitted by Altice USA (known locally as Morris Broadband/Optimum). If the providers are not awarded GREAT funding, the funds will revert back to Macon County.
WNC Broadband Meeting
Kevin Corbin (NC Senate 50th District) and Karl Gillespie (NC House 120th District) hosted an event (MOnday, March 21st) at Holly Springs Baptist Church to discuss expanding access to broadband in western North Carolina. Among those represented, were the Division of Broadband and Digital Equity, members of the NC House (Karl Gillespie (120th), Mike Clampitt (NC-119th), and Mark Pless (118th) that serve the counties in the NC Senate 50th District represented by Senator Corbin. Local elected officials and staff members from the counties and the Eastern Band of the Cherokee and the Town of Franklin and Highlands were also present, as well as Southwestern Community College, Morris Broadband, Frontier Communications, Balsam West, and other regional internet providers. There were also members of the public and regional news media outlets present. This is the video of the full event.
• Interactive map: average date of last spring freeze across the United States [Climate.gov]
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Special Section: Russo-Ukrainian War Updates
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
(Longer videos are in the Russo-Ukraine Videos section)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 3 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF]
• Ukraine Invasion Update 21 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for the Invasion Update 21]
Kyiv region: Are Russian troops retreating or preparing for another attack? | DW News
1/ Ukrainian Theater of War, Day 37: Today’s update focuses on each of the Strategic Fronts in the UTW. BLUF, Ukraine has defeated Russian forces along the Kyiv-Chernihiv & Sumy Fronts. East Ukraine is now the focal point of operations. #Ukraine #UkraineWar #RussiaUkraineWar pic.twitter.com/lvv5ofr8bT
— Jomini of the West (@JominiW) April 2, 2022
Day 37: Speaking About the Dream! | Operator Starsky
• Streets of Kyiv suburb ‘littered’ with bodies, 280 buried in mass grave (Graphic Content) [New York Post]
• Is Russia’s Invasion a Case of Coercive Diplomacy Gone Wrong? [War on the Rocks]
• Zelensky, entering new stage of war, faces political test [Washington Post]
• Satellite image shows trench at a mass grave site in Bucha [DW]
• Russia hits key Ukrainian oil facilities in Odesa and Kremenchuk [Al Jazeera]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets
• Russia scrambles UN Security Council over Bucha war crimes accusations [Russia Today]
• 'Putin knows': Trump asks to leak dirt on Biden’s son [Pravda ]
• Russia’s Aerospace Forces eliminate 51 Ukrainian military targets overnight — top brass [TASS Russian News Agency]
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National and World News Roundup
Washington Today (4/1/2022): March jobs report: Payrolls rise by 431,000/ unemployment rate 3.6%
• N.Korea condemns S.Korea's remarks on military ability, warns of destructive action [Reuters via Yahoo! News]
• Global Conflict Tracker: Conflict in Ukraine [Council on Foreign Relations]
• California mass shooting: 6 dead, 12 injured in Sacramento [Courthouse News Service]
• A Watergate prosecutor says the 457-minute gap in Trump's White House call logs could mean that his alleged crimes are 'incalculably worse' than Nixon's [Yahoo! News]
Full interview: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on “Face the Nation” (04-03-2022)
Meet The Press Broadcast (Full) - 04-03-2022)
Global National: April 3, 2022 | Worldwide condemnation over execution of civilians in Ukraine
PBS NewsHour Full Episode April 3rd, 2022
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COVID-19 News and Updates
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 4:59pm CEST, 1 April 2022, there have been 486,761,597 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,142,735 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 27 March 2022, a total of 11,054,362,790 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 4:59pm CEST, 1 April 2022, there have been 79,342,899 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 972,830 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 25 March 2022, a total of 544,622,140 vaccine doses have been administered.
• TWiV 883: COVID-19 clinical update #108 with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• The pandemic threatens their lives, even though they don’t have covid [Washington Post]
• “This Shouldn’t Happen”: Inside the Virus-Hunting Nonprofit at the Center of the Lab-Leak Controversy [Vanity FairE]
• Tomorrow's COVID safety guidelines will be different from today's – but that doesn't mean yesterday's were wrong [The ConversationE]
• China Finds New Virus Subtype as Daily Cases Exceed 13,000 [Bloomberg]
• Number of COVID patients in US hospitals reaches record low [AP News]
• Deep Dive #3: How COVID reshaped cancer care [AXIOS]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Web3 Vs. Metaverse: Everything You Need to Know [Quill Audits]
• Watch this beautiful, high-resolution simulation of how stars are born [SceinceNews]
• Nelson: Calgary doctor pushes AI boundaries in heart disease [Calgary Herald]
• Droughts are cutting into California’s hydropower. Here’s what that means for clean energy. [MIT Technology Review]
• The Last Cell Tower in Mariupol [Wired]
• Koch Group founders, Roblox, and more back Apple in 'Fortnite' antitrust case [Apple Insider]
• Virtual reality can induce mild and transient symptoms of depersonalization and derealization, study finds [PsyPost]
• Alabama police collecting data on private security cameras [AP News]
• 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
Synapse Collapse | LINUX Unplugged 452
Why Don’t We Have Solar Powered Cars?
Furthest Star Found Using Hubble Space Telescope & Helpful Galaxy - Deep Space Updates March 31st.
Urban Roadside Stealth Camping | Steve Wallis
Wyze Camera Flaw Wasn't Disclosed... And That's a Big Problem
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Devastating images out of Ukrainian town of Bucha draw global outrage
Kyiv region: Are Russian troops retreating or preparing for another attack? | Ukraine latest
Surviving Russian atrocities in a destroyed Ukrainian village
Horrific scene in Bucha, Ukraine, as mayor says mass graves have been discovered
UN chief urges independent probe of civilian deaths in Ukraine’s Bucha
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On This Day
April 4 is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 271 days remain until the end of the year.
On the Roman calendar, this was known as the day before the nones of April (Latin: Prid. Non. Apr.).
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines.
1268 – A five-year Byzantine–Venetian peace treaty is concluded between Venetian envoys and Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.
1423 – Death of the Venetian Doge Tommaso Mocenigo, under whose rule victories were achieved against the Kingdom of Hungary and against the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Gallipoli (1416).
1581 – Francis Drake is knighted by Queen Elizabeth I for completing a circumnavigation of the world.
1609 – Moriscos are expelled from the Kingdom of Valencia.
1660 – Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of Great Britain promises, among other things, a general pardon to all royalists for crimes committed during the English Civil War and the Interregnum.
1796 – Georges Cuvier delivers the first paleontological lecture.
1814 – Napoleon abdicates for the first time and names his son Napoleon II as Emperor of the French.
1818 – The United States Congress, affirming the Second Continental Congress, adopts the flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (20 at that time).
1841 – William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia, becoming the first President of the United States to die in office, and setting the record for the briefest administration. Vice President John Tyler succeeds Harrison as President.
1865 – American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.
1866 – Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Dmitry Karakozov in the city of Saint Petersburg.
1887 – Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
1905 – In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
1913 – First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
1925 – The Schutzstaffel (SS) is founded under Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party in Germany.
1933 – U.S. Navy airship USS Akron is wrecked off the New Jersey coast due to severe weather.
1944 – World War II: First bombardment of oil refineries in Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians.
1945 – World War II: United States Army troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.
1945 – World War II: United States Army troops capture Kassel.
1945 – World War II: Soviet Red Army troops liberate Hungary from German occupation and occupy the country themselves.
1949 – Cold War: Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
1958 – The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.
1960 – France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.
1964 – The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
1967 – Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church.
1968 – Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
1968 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
1969 – Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
1973 – The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City are officially dedicated.
1973 – A Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, dubbed the Hanoi Taxi, makes the last flight of Operation Homecoming.
1975 – Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1975 – Vietnam War: A United States Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy transporting orphans, crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, killing 172 people.
1979 – Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
1981 – Iran–Iraq War: The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force mounts an attack on H-3 Airbase and destroys about 50 Iraqi aircraft.
1983 – Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space.
1984 – President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
1988 – Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
1990 – The current flag of Hong Kong is adopted for post-colonial Hong Kong during the Third Session of the Seventh National People's Congress.
1991 – Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
1991 – Forty-one people are taken hostage inside a Good Guys! Electronics store in Sacramento, California. 3 of the hostage takers and 3 hostages are killed
1994 – Three people are killed when KLM Cityhopper Flight 433 crashes at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
1996 – Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
2002 – The MPLA government of Angola and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
2009 – France announces its return to full participation of its military forces within NATO.
2010 – A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hits south of the Mexico-USA border, killing two and damaging buildings across the two countries.
2013 – More than 70 people are killed in a building collapse in Thane, India.
2017 – Syria conducts an air strike on Khan Shaykhun using chemical weapons, killing 89 civilians.[8]
2020 – China holds a national day of mourning for martyrs who died in the fight against the novel coronavirus disease outbreak.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, April 04, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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