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Good chances for showers and maybe a little thunder Saturday afternoon, with another chance Sunday night to Monday morning. This will be followed by dryer and cooler conditions Monday night through Wednesday, with temperatures warming again late in the week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers, mainly before noon. Patchy fog between 7am and noon. Highs near 70. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Patchy fog between midnight and 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph.
Sunday
Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Showers likely, mainly after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.
Monday
Showers, mainly before 1pm. Highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers, mainly before noon. Patchy fog before 1pm. Highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 10pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Showers, mainly after midnight. The rain could be heavy at times. Lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Monday
Showers, mainly before 1pm. The rain could be heavy at times. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers, mainly before noon. Patchy fog before 11am. Highs near 70. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Patchy fog before 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. WInds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Showers, mainly after 1am. Lows around 50. WInds out of the east around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Monday
Showers, mainly before noon. Highs in the lower 60s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Monday Night
Patchy frost after 5am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers, mainly before 9am. Patchy fog before 11am. Highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. WInds out of the southeast around 5 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the west in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Calm winds.
Sunday Night
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Lows around 50. Calm winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph before midnight. Chance of rain is 80%.
Monday
Showers, mainly before noon. Highs in the upper 60s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s.
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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 lower range 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 medium range (6.8 out of 12) today with Oak, Sweetgum, and Poplar being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.5 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for April 16th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 86°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2006
Lowest Temperature 19°F in Highlands in 2014
Greatest Rainfall 4.31 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1956
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
• GSMNP proposes parkwide parking fees [Smoky Mountain News]
• Blue Cross execs got million-dollar bonuses as premiums continue to rise [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Coach K’s farewell address to Duke included tears and a surprise that left him smiling [Raleigh News and Observer]
• 60 patients relocated as crews respond to two-story fire at Pardee Hospital [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• A federal jury awarded Darryl Howard $6 million. The city of Durham will not pay him. [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners - April 2022 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• 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 15 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF]
• Ukraine Invasion Update #23 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF]
The Price of War - Can Russia afford a long conflict?
Russian Warship; Ukraine Footage (04-16-2022) | Funker530
Russia says it will scale up attacks on Kyiv in response to cross-border strikes | DW News
• Russia blocks The Moscow Times’ news website after unfavorable coverage [Al Arabiya News]
JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (April 16th)
1/ Ukrainian Theater of War, Day 47-51: The past 120 hrs. have seen Russian forces attempt to break through the Donets River Line & Severodonetsk Salient. In Mariupol Russian forces have made multiple gains, Ukrainian defenses still hold SW & central Mariupol. #UkraineRussianWar pic.twitter.com/y77ALf7bqJ
— Jomini of the West (@JominiW) April 16, 2022
"Unboxing" of Russian "Orlan" (04-14-2022) | Operator Starsky
• On the road with Ukraine's territorial defense force[DW News]
• More than 900 civilian bodies found in Kyiv region, police say [France 24]
• Russian warship: Moskva sinks in Black Sea [BBC News]
• Ukraine war: 'Historically significant' defence of Ukraine is 'tormenting' Russian troops, says Zelenskyy [Sky News]
• Kyiv Rocked by Explosions as Russia Steps Up Attacks [Wall Street Journal]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Ukraine preparing another rocket attack on civilians, Russia warns [Russia Today]
• About 2,000 foreign mercenaries arrive in Ukraine [Pravda ]
• Russian Guards destroy group of Ukrainian nationalists, military equipment [TASS Russian News Agency]
The Ukraine War From Russia's Perspective
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National and World News Roundup
• Economic toll in Texas worsens as trucks remain stopped at Mexico border [Washington Post via Yahoo! News]
• Biden administration announces it will resume onshore oil and gas lease sales with higher royalty rate [CNN]
• China conducts military drills around Taiwan in response to U.S. [Reuters]
• Will Trump practice ‘the art of withdrawal’ ahead of 2024 presidential primaries? [The hill]
Ukrainians, Russians protest the war, Tensions rise in Israel, Jackie Robinson day | ABC News Prime
Global National: April 15, 2022 | Russia pledges more strikes on Kyiv after hitting missile factory
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - April 15th, 2022
PBS NewsHour Full Episode April 15th, 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 8:36pm CEST, 14 April 2022, there have been 500,186,525 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,190,349 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 14 April 2022, a total of 11,294,502,059 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 8:36pm CEST, 14 April 2022, there have been 79,716,960 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 979,321 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 8 April 2022, a total of 549,330,665 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Are new Omicron subvariants a threat? Here's how scientists are keeping watch [Nature]
• Psychiatric disorders may up risk for COVID-19 reinfection [CIDRAP]
• Masks mandatory in all Ottawa public schools effective immediately, OCDSB says [CTV News]
• Have We Already Ruined Our Next COVID Summer? [The Atlantic]
• Food Blogger Details Life in Makeshift Covid Hospital in Shanghai [Radii China]
• It’s not over: COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in US [AP News]
• Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from unvaccinated asymptomatic and symptomatic household members with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection: an antibody-surveillance study [CMAJ Open]
• Depression and stress regarding future career among university students during COVID-19 pandemic [PLOS One]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Buyout firm Thoma Bravo approaches Twitter with acquisition interest [Reuters]
• Will Elon Musk Go Full Future-of-Civilization on Twitter? [The Atlantic]
• Man who paid $2.9m for NFT of Jack Dorsey’s first tweet set to lose almost $2.9m [The Guardian]
• Robot made of magnetic slime could grab objects inside your body [New Scientist]
CNN]
• DuckDuckGo Removes Pirate Sites and YouTube-DL from Its Search Results [Torrent Freak]
• 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
L1 Diagnostic: Mail-in Your Weirdly Broken PC Edition!
Twitter's Poison Pill Strategy - DTNS 4255
Michael Saylor: Bitcoin, Inflation, and the Future of Money | Lex Fridman Podcast #276
What if Earth became a Rogue Planet? | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Under the radar: Covering your online tracks • FRANCE 24 English
How close is wireless power technology? | Science without the Gobbledygook
Elon offers to take $TWTR private at $43B + Autonomous car drives away from police | This Week in Startups E1435
Battle for Survival ⚔️ How did Alexios Komnenos save the Byzantine Empire? | History Marche
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> The Price of War - Can Russia afford a long conflict?
How Ukraine's weapons shape the war with Russia | DW News
Russia's flagship warship the Moskva has sunk – BBC News
What are current Russian military options in Ukraine?
Russia claims to have carried out strike on Kyiv missile plant following warship sinking | ITV News
False claims that the Moskva Russian warship sank... before it sank. • FRANCE 24 English
Ukraine War: Turkey limiting access to strait
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On This Day
April 16 is the 106th day of the year (107th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 259 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)
69 – Defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum, Otho commits suicide.
73 – Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the First Jewish–Roman War.
1346 – Stefan Dušan, "the Mighty", is crowned Emperor of the Serbs at Skopje, his empire occupying much of the Balkans.
1520 – The Revolt of the Comuneros begins in Spain against the rule of Charles V.
1582 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
1746 – The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland. After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants.
1780 – Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster.
1799 – French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor: Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre.
1818 – The United States Senate ratifies the Rush–Bagot Treaty, limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain.
1838 – The French Army captures Veracruz in the Pastry War.
1847 – Shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand Wars.
1853 – The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane.
1858 – The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is dissolved.
1862 – American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia.
1862 – American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.
1863 – American Civil War: During the Vicksburg Campaign, gunboats commanded by acting Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter run downriver past Confederate artillery batteries at Vicksburg.
1878 – The Senate of the Grand Duchy of Finland issued a declaration establishing a city of Kotka on the southern part islands from the old Kymi parish.
1881 – In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
1908 – Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
1910 – The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
1912 – Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
1917 – Russian Revolution: Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
1919 – Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
1919 – Polish–Lithuanian War: The Polish Army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania.
1922 – The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
1925 – During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
1941 – World War II: The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships.
1941 – World War II: The Nazi-affiliated Ustaše is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis powers after Operation 25 is effected.
1942 – King George VI awarded the George Cross to the people of Malta in appreciation of their heroism.[8]
1943 – Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
1944 – World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
1945 – World War II: The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights.
1945 – The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz).
1945 – More than 7,000 die when the German transport ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine.
1947 – An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
1947 – Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
1948 – The Organization of European Economic Co-operation is formed.
1961 – In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
1963 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
1972 – Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1990 – "Doctor Death", Jack Kevorkian, participates in his first assisted suicide.
1996 – Israel strikes a civilian house in Nabatieh Fawka, Lebanon, killing nine people, including seven children.
2001 – India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
2003 – The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union.
2003 – Michael Jordan plays his final game with the National Basketball Association.
2007 – Virginia Tech shooting: Seung-Hui Cho guns down 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide.
2008 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the Baze v. Rees decision that execution by lethal injection does not violate the Eighth Amendment ban against cruel and unusual punishment.
2012 – The trial for Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, begins in Oslo, Norway.
2012 – The Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, it was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize.
2013 – A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others.
2013 – The 2013 Baga massacre is started when Boko Haram militants engage government soldiers in Baga.
2014 – The South Korean ferry MV Sewol capsizes and sinks near Jindo Island, killing 304 passengers and crew and leading to widespread criticism of the South Korean government, media, and shipping authorities.
2016 – Ecuador's worst earthquake in nearly 40 years kills 676 and injures 6,274.
2018 – The New York Times and the New Yorker win the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for breaking news of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal.
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, April 16, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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