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OUTLOOK
A deep upper level trough will be moving east of our region today while being replaced from the west with an upper level ridge. A rapid warming trend will occur today, with temperatures then running above normal for most of the week. Unsettled weather will develop by Thursday, with chances for showers and storms.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Patchy freezing fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs `in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds early increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Calm winds.
Monday
Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. South southwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers between 10am and 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 54.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of teh southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of teh southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with highs near 70.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Patchy freezing fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 7 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s. Light winds out of the south.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds early increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers around noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before midmorning. Patchy freezing fog early in the morning. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the west 3 to 6 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the south 3 to 5 mph.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the south wind 3 to 5 mph.
Tuesday
A 20 percent chance of showers before 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Most of the county will not see hazardous weather conditions, but locations above 3500 feet or in the Nantahala Community could see some minor accumulation of snow depending on elevation. Be careful if you're planning to drive through these areas.
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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 upper range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (9.9 out of 12) today with Oak, Juniper, and Birch being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.7 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for April 10th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 86°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2001
Lowest Temperature 18°F in Highlands in 1985
Greatest Rainfall 4.10 inches in Franklin in 1877
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
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
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Local and State News
• NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson backs Ted Budd's U.S. Senate bid [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• 2022 National Day of Prayer service to be held May 5 at Lake Junaluska [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
Trump Rally in Selma, NC
• Trump's staying power in NC politics at stake in rally bolstering hardline Republicans [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Madison Cawthorn says Trump backers would send Anthony Fauci to jail and impeach Biden [Raleigh News and Observer]
• 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 9 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF]
• Ukraine Invasion Update #22 (04-08-2022) [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF]
Odesa prepares for possible Russian attack, fears prompt curfew | DW News
Russia's New Priorities: Izyum/Slovansk; Kyiv Cleanup (FNN Live)
1/ Ukrainian Theater of War, Day 41: The past 24 hours saw Russian forces continue retreat from the Sumy oblast, although a small portion maintains a token Russian force. Redeployment of units from Kyiv & Sumy to Izium continues. #UkraineWar #RussianUkrainianWar #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/jqxPf9AAmD
— Jomini of the West (@JominiW) April 6, 2022
Day 43: Short Update | Operator Starsky
Ukraine's Zelenskyy seeks peace despite atrocities | AP News
• Spurred by Putin, Russians Turn on One Another Over the War [Yahoo! News]
• More flee as Ukraine warns of stepped-up Russian attacks [Courthouse News Service]
• title [SOURCE]
• How an All-Volunteer Ukrainian Battalion Freed Nova Basan and Three Other Ukrainian Towns [Yahoo! News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets
Ukraine War: Full interview with Putin's spokesman | Sky News
• Boris Johnson promises more weapons during surprise Ukraine visit [Russia Today]
• Kramatorsk railway station attack: Ukraine's Tochka-U rocket kills at least 30 [Pravda ]
• Russian developers launch service for channels transfer from YouTube to VKontakte [TASS Russian News Agency]
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National and World News Roundup
• The independent-state-legislature theory for congressional maps and liability for cities under the ADA [SCOTUSblog]
• Newly formed board to review Civil Rights-era cold cases faces time crunch [Courthouse News Service]
• China Is Accelerating Its Nuclear Buildup Over Rising Fears of U.S. Conflict [Wall Street Journal]
• Navy Offers $25,000 to All Recruits to Ship Out Quickly [Yahoo! News]
• VFW Posts Are Dying. They Need Hesitant 9/11 Vets to Fill the Void. [Military.com]
Global National: April 9, 2022 | Ukraine prepares for "hard battle" in the east
PBS NewsHour Full Episode April 9th, 2022
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Here is a section on COVID-19. It includes 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 7:01pm CEST, 8 April 2022, there have been 494,587,638 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,170,283 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 5 April 2022, a total of 11,250,782,214 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 7:01pm CEST, 8 April 2022, there have been 79,544,396 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 976,516 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 1 April 2022, a total of 546,128,894 vaccine doses have been administered.
• COVID vaccine program prevented millions of US deaths, study finds [ABC News]
• At least 53 people have tested positive for the coronavirus after attending an A-list Washington dinner. [New York Times]
• Mumbai fully vaccinates 100% adult population against Covid-19, first major city to achieve feat [The Indian Express]
• Mayo Clinic expert warns of new COVID wave [KARE-TV (Minneapolis, MN)]
• How Russia’s Ukraine invasion doomed the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine [Washington Post]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• TWiV 887: Bonfire of the monocytes [Microbe TV]
• Twitter reverses change that turned embeds of deleted tweets into blank boxes [Engadget]
• Intel Comments On Alder Lake's Warping and Bending Issues, Mods Void Warranty [Tom's Hardware]
• Should cars drive like humans or robots? Tesla forces the question [CNBC]
• Statement on NY Budget and First-in-U.S. School Bus Electrification Commitment [eSchool Bus 4 Kids]
• Accounts deceivable: Email scam costliest type of cybercrime [AP News]
• Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story [IEEE Spectrum]
• 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
Has Putin Doomed The International Space Station? | Real Engineering
Why 3 Countries Deliberately Crashed Spacecraft into the Same Area on the Moon | Astrum
Ax-1 Mission | Approach and Docking (Live on April 9th at 5:30am)
ALL THE DETAILS on Earendel: a star 12.9 billion light years away seen by the Hubble Space Telescope
Unreal Engine 5, EndeavourOS, Unsnap to Flatpaks, Linux Mint, elementaryOS and more Linux news!
Starship may NEVER launch from Boca Chica! Environmental groups claim victory over SpaceX.
Ship 24's Payload Bay Stacked in the High Bay | SpaceX Boca Chica
Watch CNBC's full interview with MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor at Bitcoin 2022
The Difference Between Generation X and Millennials | TMI
SpaceX Starbase Extension Denied, Starship Updates, Crew Dragon Axiom-1, Amazon Project Kuiper
Roger Penrose: Black Holes, Art and Science, and the Beginning and End of Time. | The Origins Podcast
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Ukraine's Zelenskyy seeks peace despite atrocities | AP News
Ukraine War: Full interview with Putin's spokesman | Sky News
Rape, torture, murder in Ukraine – Does Putin feel no remorse over his invasion? | Conflict Zone
These suspicious Twitter accounts are pretending to be journalists in Ukraine • FRANCE 24 English
Ukraine War: The weapons the West has pledged to Ukraine
Inside Ukraine's Chernobyl site after Russian occupation - BBC News
Russia withdraws from Chernihiv, residents wait for aid | Al Jazeera
Ukraine War: 'God forbid the Russians come' | Sky News
Boris Johnson tours Kyiv with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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On This Day
April 10 is the 100th day of the year (101st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 265 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople. Three years later, he would be deposed due to alleged heresy.
837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles).
1407 – Deshin Shekpa, 5th Karmapa Lama visits the Ming dynasty capital at Nanjing. He is awarded the title "Great Treasure Prince of Dharma".
1500 – Ludovico Sforza is captured by Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French.
1545 – The settlement of Villa Imperial de Carlos V (now the city of Potosí) in Bolivia is founded after the discovery of huge silver deposits in the area.
1606 – The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
1710 – The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, comes into force in Great Britain.
1717 – Robert Walpole resigns from the British government, commencing the Whig Split which lasts until 1720.
1741 – War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia gains control of Silesia at the Battle of Mollwitz.
1809 – Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when forces of the Austrian Empire invade Bavaria.
1815 – The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth's climate for the next two years.
1816 – The Federal government of the United States approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States.
1821 – Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Ottoman government from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.
1826 – The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of Missolonghi begin leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
1858 – After the original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonnes (32,000 lb) bell for the Palace of Westminster, had cracked during testing, it is recast into the current 13.76 tonnes (30,300 lb) bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
1864 – Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico.
1865 – American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
1866 – The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
1868 – At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
1872 – The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
1875 – India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
1887 – On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
1900 – British suffer a sharp defeat by the Boers south of Brandfort. 600 British troops are killed and wounded and 800 taken prisoner.
1912 – RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
1916 – The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
1919 – Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
1925 – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons.
1938 – The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
1939 – Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.'s "Big Book", is first published.
1941 – World War II: The Axis powers establish the Independent State of Croatia.
1944 – Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.
1963 – One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea.
1968 – The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.
1970 – Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
1971 – Ping-pong diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a week-long visit.
1972 – Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are accidentally discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
1972 – Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
1973 – Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel, Switzerland, killing 108 people.
1979 – Red River Valley tornado outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.
1988 – The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan.
1991 – Italian ferry MS Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy, killing 140.
1991 – A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites.
1998 – The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland.
2009 – President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
2010 – Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing 96 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczyński, his wife, and dozens of other senior officials and dignitaries.
2016 – The Paravur temple accident in which a devastating fire caused by the explosion of firecrackers stored for Vishu, kills more than one hundred people out of the thousands gathered for seventh day of Bhadrakali worship.
2016 – An earthquake of 6.6 magnitude strikes 39 km west-southwest of Ashkasham, shakes up India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan.
2019 – Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announce the first ever image of a black hole, which was located in the centre of the M87 galaxy.
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Published at 5:00am on Sunday, April 10, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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