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OUTLOOK
Warm weather will continue today despite a mostly cloudy morning. A cold front will approach from the west tonight before crossing the region Thursday, bringing chances for showers and storms. A brief lull in precipitation will be in store behind the cold front Friday. Expect more chances for showers and storms by late in the weekend.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds early increasing to come out of the south 5 to 15 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Showers, mainly after 5am. Lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Thursday
Showers likely, mainly before noon. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers before 10pm. Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Light winds out of the northwest.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. WInds out of the south 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
Showers likely, mainly after 5am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Thursday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between noon and 1pm, then a chance of showers after 1pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers before 10pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Showers, mainly after 5am. Lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Thursday
Showers likely, mainly before noon. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the south round 5 mph in the morning increasing and shifting to come out of the west in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers before 10pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 70.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Isolated showers before midmorning. Cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 5am. Increasing clouds, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, then a chance of showers. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph early becoming light and variable by midmorning. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 70.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight in Macon County.
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Almanac
Air quality is in the extreme upper range of greenrange of yellow 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 (11.1 out of 12) today with Oak, Juniper, and Birch being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.0 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for April 13th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 87°F in Franklin in 2001
Lowest Temperature 22°F in Franklin in 1973
Greatest Rainfall 2.73 inches in Highlands in 1997
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (there has been no recorded snowfall on this date)
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
• 46% of NC voters feel law enforcement agencies should receive more funding, WRAL Poll shows [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• 5 of 6 Democratic candidates for NC 11 face off in McDowell County debate [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Downtown Sylva to test social district [Smoky Mountain News]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners - April 2022 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
Safety Video on Fatal Evergreen Packaging Fire Released
Simultaneous Tragedy: Fire at Evergreen Packaging
Background News Stories
• Two contractors die in fire at Canton paper mill [Smoky Mountain News]
• FINAL REPORT: Evergreen Packaging Paper Mill [U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board | CSB [PDF Download]]
• Two contractors fined in fatal 2020 Evergreen Packaging fire [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• 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 12 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF]
• Ukraine Invasion Update #22 (04-08-2022) [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF]
The battle for Mariupol: Allies call for investigation after allegation of chemical weapons use
Mariupol is Falling; Russian Footage (FNN Live) | !merch !discord !website - FUNKER530 - Veteran Community and Combat Footage
JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (April 10th)
1/ Surmising a revised Russian OPLAN. Here are my thoughts on what Russia’s revised operational plan may look like. I have constructed this off what I consider the most logical operational approach that can yield positive results. #UkraineRussianWar #UkraineUnderAttack #strategy pic.twitter.com/UTPYCbRL0u
— Jomini of the West (@JominiW) April 11, 2022
Chem Weapons, Medvedchuk, Mriya | Operator Starsky
• Ukraine secret service says it has arrested top Putin ally [ Reuters via Yahoo! News]
• Ukrainians Use Drones, Facial-Recognition Software as They Investigate Alleged War Crimes [Wall Street Journal]
• Ukraine: Russia-backed separatist stirs fears of chemical weapons [Al Jazeera]
• Putin vows Russia won't be isolated in meeting with Lukashenko [DW News]
• Ukraine: The critical fight for 'heart of this war' Mariupol [BBC News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• PReports outline US strategy to arm Ukraine [Russia Today]
• For what purposes Zelensky may need Medvedchuk: versions [Pravda ]
• US claims about alleged use of chemical weapons by Russia baseless — embassy [TASS Russian News Agency]
The Ukraine War From Russia's Perspective
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National and World News Roundup
Brooklyn Subway Shooting Press Conference | Washington Post
• Police Search for Gunman in Attack on Brooklyn Subway That Injured 23, Including 10 Shot [New York Times]
• 29 hurt in Brooklyn subway shooting; Frank R. James identified as person of interest [WABC-TV (New York, NY)]
• U.S. Inflation Accelerated to 8.5% in March, Hitting Four-Decade High [Wall Street Journal]
• US to soften stance on high-ethanol gas, usually banned in summer months [Courthouse News Service]
• House GOP, Banding Together, Kills Bid to Honor Pioneering Black Judge [Yahoo! News]
New York City subway shooting leaves several people injured - full coverage | CBS News
Global National: April 12, 2022 | Another mass grave in Bucha, claims Russia using chemical warfare
PBS NewsHour Full Episode April 12th, 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 8:20pm CEST, 11 April 2022, there have been 497,057,239 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,179,104 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 8:20pm CEST, 11 April 2022, there have been 79,622,283 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 977,980 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 1 April 2022, a total of 546,128,894 vaccine doses have been administered.
• 'Pandemic, Inc.' author says financial predators made more than $1 billion off COVID [National Public Radio]
• No home isolation for mild Covid-19 cases, China’s chief epidemiologist says [South China Morning post]
• Officials closely track rising COVID levels in Northeastern states [CIDRAP]
• UN: COVID plunged 77 million into poverty before Ukraine war [AP News]
• 3 DC area universities partially reinstate mask mandates due to rise in Covid-19 cases [CNN]
Shanghai Residents Call Out During Covid-19 Lockdown
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Elon Musk is sued by shareholders over delay in disclosing Twitter stake [Reuters]
• Serious injuries at Amazon warehouses rose 15% in the year since Amazon pledged to become 'Earth's Safest Place to Work' [Business Insider]
• More than 57 billion tons of soil have eroded in the U.S. Midwest [ScienceNews]
• CNN+ struggles to lure viewers in its early days, drawing fewer than 10,000 daily users[CNBC]
• Uber Slammed Over Pricing Surge After Brooklyn Subway Shooting [Newsweek]
• 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
Level1 News April 13 2022: Boot Scoot N Boogie Your Way Back To The Office
Degrees of Experience - DTNS 4252
Turning Human Waste into Renewable Energy?
LIVE YouTuber building new Linux distribution during weekend!
Essential Home Returns - Unlimited Google Photos, Dirty Pipe, Vivo X Fold, Google Lens Multisearch
First Private Mission to ISS & Amazon's Record Breaking Launch Deal: Deep Space Updates, April 12th
99 Years Later... We Solved It
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Putin defends war in Ukraine as 'noble'
Biden on Ukraine: 'Yes I called it genocide'
Ukraine investigates claim of chemical waepons use | DW News
Ukrainian residents recall Bucha terror under Russian soldiers - BBC News
Putin says Russia ‘had no other choice’ in Ukraine
Russia's brutal new tactic leaves death 'to lie in wait' for returning Ukrainian citizens
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On This Day
April 13 is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 262 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)
1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.
1612 – Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojirō at Funajima island.
1613 – Samuel Argall, having captured Pocahontas in Passapatanzy, Virginia, sets off with her to Jamestown with the intention of exchanging her for English prisoners held by her father.
1699 – The Sikh religion was formalised as the Khalsa – the brotherhood of Warrior-Saints – by Guru Gobind Singh in northern India, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar.
1742 – George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world premiere in Dublin, Ireland.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey.
1829 – The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 gives Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom the right to vote and to sit in Parliament.
1849 – Lajos Kossuth presents the Hungarian Declaration of Independence in a closed session of the National Assembly.
1861 – American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
1865 – American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
1870 – The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
1873 – The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
1909 – The 31 March Incident leads to the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
1919 – Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops lead by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer killed approx 379-1000 unarmed demonstrators including men and women in Amritsar, India; and approximately 1,500 injured.
1941 – A pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.
1943 – World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.
1943 – The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
1944 – Relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established.
1945 – World War II: German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen, Germany.
1945 – World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna.
1948 – In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital, and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah. This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre.
1953 – CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
1958 – American pianist Van Cliburn is awarded first prize at the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
1960 – The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
1964 – At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American male to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
1970 – An oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "Odyssey") while en route to the Moon.
1972 – The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
1972 – Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.
1975 – An attack by the Phalangist resistance kills 26 militia members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.
1976 – The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
1976 – Forty workers die in an explosion at the Lapua ammunition factory, the deadliest accidental disaster in modern history in Finland.
1996 – Two women and four children are killed after Israeli helicopter fired rockets at an ambulance in Mansouri, Lebanon.
1997 – Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
2017 – The US drops the largest ever non-nuclear weapon on Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.
2019 - World's largest plane by wingspan at 117m (385 ft), the Stratolaunch, built as a flying launch pad for satellites, takes its first flight from Mojave, California
2020 - Bernie Sanders endorses former rival Joe Biden for president
2021 - NY Governor Andrew Cuomo says “I believe the worst is over if we continue to be smart,” about the COVID-19 pandemic in New York as death toll passes 10,000
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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