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OUTLOOK
A cold front will pass the area today, bringing scattered showers across the region, and a few thunderstorms for the Piedmont. Mild high pressure builds in behind the front for Friday. Expect more chances for showers and storms over the weekend, as a front stalls over the region. Cooler high pressure returns early next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Scattered showers, mainly before 2pm. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with highs near 70. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm by midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
A 20 percent chance of rain after 3am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Calm winds.
Saturday
A chance of rain before 9am, then a chance of showers after 9am. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Scattered showers, mainly before 3pm. Patchy fog between 8am and 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southeast in the afternoon.
Friday Night
A 20 percent chance of rain after 3am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph.
Saturday
A chance of rain before 9am, then a chance of showers after 9am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Scattered showers, mainly before 2pm. Patchy fog in the midmorning hours. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs near 70. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the north in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
A 20 percent chance of rain after 3am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Saturday
A chance of rain before 8am, then a chance of showers after 8am. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers likely, mainly before 9am. Patchy fog between 9am and noon. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs near 70. Light and variable winds.
Friday Night
A 20 percent chance of rain after 3am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Calm winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mphbefore midnight.
Saturday
A chance of rain before 7am, then a chance of showers after 7am. Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Chance of rain is 40%.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 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 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 high range (9.4 out of 12) today with Oak, Juniper, and Birch being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (9.1 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for April 14th
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
• Shooting case will test limits of qualified immunity [Smoky Mountain News]
• Former NC congressman, chief of staff to Trump removed from state voter rolls [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Continuing COVID impacts: SAT, ACT tests not required for admission to UNC schools [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• 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 13 [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]
• Mass graves and destruction in Bucha and Hostomel [DW News]
• War in Europe gives the UK new momentum for a role on the world stage [France 24]
• Kremlin crackdown silences war protests, from benign to bold [Yahoo! News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Russian warship ‘seriously damaged’ by explosion – military [Russia Today]
• Biden's merits to Americans and the world: McCarthyism, apartheid, mafia clans [Pravda ]
• Russia blacklists 87 Canadian senators — Foreign Ministry [TASS Russian News Agency]
The Ukraine War From Russia's Perspective
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National and World News Roundup
• Suspect in Brooklyn subway train shooting called in the tip that led to his arrest, sources say [CNN]
• Amid scandal, Mark Meadows purged from North Carolina voter rolls [Raleigh News and Observer]
• U.S. and Ukrainian Groups Pierce Putin's Propaganda Bubble [New York Times via Yahoo! News]
• With 5 new nominees, Biden marks 90 appointments to federal bench [Courthouse News Service]
rooklyn subway shooting suspect arrested in New York City | full coverage | CBS News
Global National: April 13, 2022| Bank of Canada moves to fight inflation with key interest rate hike
PBS NewsHour Full Episode April 13th, 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 7:34pm CEST, 13 April 2022, there have been 499,119,316 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,185,242 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 7:34pm CEST, 13 April 2022, there have been 79,688,115 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 978,545 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 1 April 2022, a total of 546,128,894 vaccine doses have been administered.
• TWiV 888: Molnupiravir with Richard Plemper [Microbe TV]
• U.S. life expectancy fell by 2 yrs in 2020, sharpest drop among high-income peers [Reuters]
• CDC tacks 2 more weeks onto mask mandate for public transit [Courthouse News]
• Vaccines have halved Italy's COVID-19 death toll, study shows [Reuters]
• As pandemic-era remote work becomes permanent, Manhattan’s economy faces an uncertain future. [New York Times]
• Covid outbreaks in New York and DC infect senior officials as omicron BA.2 variant sweeps the U.S. [CNBC]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Thinking about creating in the Metaverse? Facebook will take nearly half your revenue [CRN Australia]
• Blue-Collar Workers Make the Leap to Tech Jobs, No College Degree Necessary [Wall Street Journal]
• House-flipping algorithms are coming to your neighborhood [MIT Technology Review]
• Ethereum dev imprisoned for helping North Korea evade sanctions [Bleeping Computer]
• Analysts Warn Anti-Satellite Weapons Have Evolved Beyond Missiles [Wired]
• 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
Why Falcon 9 is Better than Even SpaceX Thought
Unboxing Raleigh: What It's Like Living in Raleigh, NORTH CAROLINA
TWiV 888: Molnupiravir with Richard Plemper
An Interstellar Asteroid on Earth and the Coming Age of Interstellar Geology
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Russian warship Moskva explodes on Ukraine coast
This Ninth-Grader Made A Video Diary In Mariupol
How a makeshift urban warfare manual has helped Ukrainian fighters
U.S. to send more weapons to Ukraine as Russian troops regroup
Finland and Sweden: Debate on NATO membership | DW News
How is the war in Ukraine creating a global food emergency? | The Stream
Cluster bomb evidence found in Ukraine railway attack - BBC News
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On This Day
April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 261 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)
43 BC – Battle of Forum Gallorum between the forces of Mark Antony, and legions loyal to the Roman Senate under the overall command of consul Gaius Pansa.
69 – Vitellius, commander of the Rhine armies, defeats Emperor Otho in the Battle of Bedriacum to take power over Rome.
193 - Lucius Septimius Severus crowned Emperor of Rome
966 – After his marriage to the Christian Doubravka of Bohemia, the pagan ruler of the Polans, Mieszko I, converts to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.
972 – Co-Emperor Otto II, a son of Otto I (the Great), marries the Byzantine princess Theophanu. She is crowned empress by Pope John XIII at Rome.
1294 – Temür, grandson of Kublai, is elected Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan dynasty with the reigning titles Oljeitu and Chengzong.
1471 – In England, the Yorkists under Edward IV defeat the Lancastrians under the Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Barnet; the Earl is killed and Edward IV resumes the throne.
1561 – A celestial phenomenon is reported over Nuremberg, described as an aerial battle.
1639 – Imperial forces are defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Chemnitz. The Swedish victory prolongs the Thirty Years' War and allows them to advance into Bohemia.
1775 – The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
1816 – Bussa, a slave in British-ruled Barbados, leads a slave rebellion. For this, he is remembered as the first national hero of Barbados.
1841 - 1st detective story published, Edgar Allan Poe's "Murders in Rue Morgue"
1849 – Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader.
1860 - 1st Pony Express rider arrives in San Francisco from St Joseph, Missouri
1865 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; Lincoln lives till the following day.
1865 – U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell.
1881 – The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
1890 – The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
1894 – The first ever commercial motion picture house opens in New York City, United States, using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
1900 – The world's fair Exposition Universelle opens in Paris.
1906 – The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
1908 – Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1 m) high downstream.
1909 – A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
1912 – The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
1928 – The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
1929 – The inaugural Monaco Grand Prix takes place in the Principality of Monaco. The race was won by William Grover-Williams driving a Bugatti Type 35.
1931 – The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
1935 – The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, swept across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
1940 – World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway in preparation for a larger force to arrive two days later.
1941 – World War II: German and Italian forces attack Tobruk in Libya.
1944 – Bombay explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20 million pounds.
1945 – Razing of Friesoythe: The 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division deliberately destroyed the German town of Friesoythe on the orders of Major General Christopher Vokes.
1958 – The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.
1967 – Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrows President of Togo Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new president, a title he would hold for the next 38 years.
1978 – Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
1981 – STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia completes its first test flight.
1986 – The heaviest hailstones ever recorded (1 kilogram (2.2 lb)) fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92.
1988 – The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
1988 – In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
1991 – The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President after its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
1994 – In a U.S. friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two United States Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two United States Army helicopters, killing 26 people.
1999 – NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees. Yugoslav officials say 75 people were killed.
1999 – A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
2002 – Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
2003 – The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
2003 – U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the MS Achille Lauro in 1985.
2005 – The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.
2006 – Twin blasts triggered by crude bombs during Asr prayer in Jama Masjid, Delhi injure 13 people.
2010 – Nearly 2,700 are killed in a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
2014 – Twin bomb blasts in Abuja, Nigeria, kill at least 75 people and injures 141 others.
2014 – Two hundred seventy-six schoolgirls are abducted by Boko Haram in Chibok, Nigeria.
2015 - Archaeologists announce they have found at Lomekwi in Kenya 3.3 million-year old stone tools, the oldest ever discovered and which pre-date the earliest humans
2016 – In Japan, the foreshock of Kumamoto earthquakes occurs.
2020 - Parts of Europe begin to ease lockdown restrictions after 5-6 weeks with some shops opening in Austria and parts of Italy
2020 - IMF warns the global economy expected to contract by 3% in 2020 due to COVID-19 "Great Lockdown", steepest downturn since the Great Depression
2020 - US President Donald Trump freezes funding for the World Health Organization pending a review, for mistakes in handling the COVID-19 pandemic and for being "China-centric", prompting international criticism
2021 - US President Biden says "It's time to end America's longest war" confirming his decision to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan by Sept 11
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, April 14, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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