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OUTLOOK
Afternoon temperatures will remain well above normal through the weekend. Scattered mainly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms are expected on Saturday. A cold front approaching the area Sunday and Monday will bring better chances for showers and storms, with cooler weather on Tuesday. The weather is expected to remain active through late next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 90. Light winds out of the southeast early in the morning increasing and shifting to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Light winds out of the south.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Sunday
A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 60%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 7 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the south around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 40%.
Sunday
A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 10am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs near 90. Light winds out of the south early in the morning increasing and shifting to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Light south wind.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%.
Sunday
A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 10am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain is 60%. Sunday Night Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light winds out of the south early in the morning increasing and shifting to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the south 3 to 5 mph.
Saturday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers between 1am and 4am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Sunday
A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain is 70%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Air Quality Alert
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 7 AM EDT SATURDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET...
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality in Raleigh NC has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Ground Level Ozone above 4000 feet for Avery, Mitchell, Yancey, Madison, Buncombe, Henderson, Haywood, Jackson, Swain, Graham, Macon, Transylvania, Caldwell, Burke, McDowell, Rutherford, and Polk Counties, from 7 AM Friday to 7 AM EDT Saturday.
An Air Quality Action Day means that Ground Level Ozone concentrations within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. For additional information, please visit the North Carolina Division of Air Quality Web site at https://xapps.ncdenr.org/aq/ForecastCenterEnvista.
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Almanac
24 Hour Smoke Forecast
Below is the High Resolution Rapid Refresh from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction for our area. It runs from 12am EDT today to 6pm EDT this evening.
Air quality is in the upper range of yellow for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the lower range of orange.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (8.1 out of 12) today with Hickory, Birch, and Oak being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (7.6 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for May 20th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 92°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1996
Lowest Temperature 28°F in Highlands in 1894
Greatest Rainfall 4.07 inches in Highlands in 1959
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Record weather events for May in Macon County
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of May Data available from 1873 to 2018 Highest Temperature 92°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 05-20-1996
Lowest Temperature 23°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 05-02-1963
Greatest Rainfall 5.97 inches in Highlands on 05-30-2018
Greatest Snowfall 2.5 inches in Highlands on 05-07-1992
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)
Friday, May 20th
Questions about Mental Health? with NAMI Appalachian South
3:00 - 5:00 p.m. in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room
NAMI Appalachian South (National Alliance on Mental Illness) representatives will be showing films and answering questions about mental health and local resources.
Please visit our Mental Wellness display of books, films, and information about local mental health resources.
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Local and State News
• 'Live with less:' NC economist says 50-50 chance of recession in 2022 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Rep. Madison Cawthorn targets some Republicans after failed reelection bid [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Trump to hold July rally in Greensboro [WTVD-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• When the levee breaks: A perfect storm steers WNC toward a judicial crisis [Smoky Mountain News]
• Cawthorn to run again? What's next for primaried WNC congressman, TV pundit? Lobbyist? [Asheville Citizen-Times]
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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, May 19 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF]
Is NATO running out of weapons to supply Ukraine? (no) | Perun
• Romania's Constanta port becomes hub for Ukraine's grain [DW News]
JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (May 11th)
1/ Ukrainian TVD, Day 77-79. The past 72 hrs has seen the Ukrainian military press the advantages made by their limited Kharkiv counteroffensive to push Russian forces into the Belgorod Oblast. Russian offensive action along the Siverskyi Donets Line has achieved little success. pic.twitter.com/4eMsKr7IPq
— Jomini of the West (@JominiW) May 14, 2022
• Bellingcat | Sunday on 60 Minutes
• More Ukrainian troops surrender, cracks show in Ukraine defenses and West’s resolve [Courthouse News Service]
• Senate Passes $40 Billion Aid Package for Ukraine [Wall Street Journal]
• Ukrainian widow confronts Russian soldier accused of killing her husband [BBC News]
• Timeline: Week 12 of Russia’s war in Ukraine [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine river ambush shows again Russian military is ‘not up to scratch’ [France 24]
• Ukraine's Zelenskiy says Donbas region has been completely destroyed [Reuters via Yahoo! News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Russia will not export food to detriment of own market – top official [Russia Today]
• Ukraine-Russia conflict questions neutrality and credibility of Western media [Pravda ]
• Slovenia must reduce its embassy diplomatic staff by 4 people — Russian Foreign Ministry [TASS Russian News Agency]
The Ukraine War From Russia's Perspective
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National and World News Roundup
• Stock Markets Finish Volatile Session Lower as S&P 500 Extends Decline [Wall Street Journal]
• China Insists Party Elites Shed Overseas Assets, Eyeing Western Sanctions on Russia [Wall Street Journal]
• Gas stations in Washington reprogram pumps to prepare for $10-a-gallon fuel [UK Daily Mail]
• Mesa County DA finds human error behind election audit used to prop up fraud claims [Courthouse News Service]
• Republican Panic Grows After Mastriano Wins [New York Times via Yahoo! News]
• Blackouts possible this summer due to heat and extreme weather, officials warn [CNN]
• As Buffalo mourns following deadly shooting, the Bills step up to help community heal [CBS News]
• Israeli military ID's gun that may have killed journalist [ABC News]
• Gusty winds fan wildfires in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado [AP News]
Roe v Wade Opinion Leak (Read the Draft Opinion for Yourself)
Read the leaked your at Google Drive or below:
Biden takes action after US baby formula shortage -- but is it enough? | DW News
Biden Set to Meet South Korea's Yoon, Japan's Kishida | Bloomberg Markets and Finance
Global National: May 19, 2022 | What Alberta's Jason Kenney resignation means for federal politics
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - May 19th, 2022
PBS NewsHour Full Episode May 19th, 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 7:28pm CEST, 19 May 2022, there have been 520,912,257 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,272,408 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 15 May 2022, a total of 11,660,363,722 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 7:28pm CEST, 19 May 2022, there have been 82,027,053 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 993,438 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 6 May 2022, a total of 570,102,931 vaccine doses have been administered.
• SARS-CoV-2 RNA Can Persist in Stool Months After Respiratory Tract Clears Virus [JAMA Network]
• Omicron Infections, Without Vaccinations, Provide Little Immunity [Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News]
• Scent dogs in detection of COVID-19: triple-blinded randomised trial and operational real-life screening in airport setting [British Medical Journal - Global Health]
• Long COVID occurrence in COVID-19 survivors [Nature: Scientific Reports]
• NY COVID Hospitalizations at 3-Month High, Rise 25% in 10 Days as Fifth Wave Intensifies [WNBC-TV (New York City, NY)]
• Almost as contagious as measles: Coronavirus spins out worrisome new mutations [San Fransisco Chronicle]
• 2 years into COVID-19, some remain in complete isolation [ABC News]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Report: Elon Musk exposed himself to SpaceX flight attendant, according to documents [CHRON (Houston, TX)]
• Bavarian Nordic to Manufacture First Freeze-dried Doses of Smallpox Vaccine Upon Exercise of Contract Option by the U.S. Government [Bavarian Nordic]
• Francis Collins Urges Gene Therapy Community to Scale Efforts to Tackle Rare Diseases [Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News]
• Twitter will hide tweets that share false info during a crisis [The Verge]
• Mercedes-Benz G-Class Electric to get Sila’s high silicon anode chemistry in batteries [FInancial Express: Drives ]
• TikTokers Are Accused of Starting Forest Fires For Views [Vice News]
• U.S. DOJ will no longer prosecute ethical hackers under CFAA [Bleeping Computer/a>]
• Vangelis, Greek composer renowned for 'Chariots of Fire' score, dies at 79 [France 24]
• Vangelis: Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner composer dies at 79 [BBC News]
• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]
• 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
Boeing Starliner Launches to the International Space Station on Atlas V | Boeing
Atlas V Launches Starliner's Orbital Flight Test 2 (OFT-2) | NASA Spaceflight
How Kim Il-sung Won North Korea | Asianometry
Man unknowingly buys former plantation house where his ancestors were enslaved | 60 Minutes
Putting Your Face On A Refrigerator - DTNS 4279 | Daily Tech News
‘Authenticity Will Be the Key:’ Youtuber Logan Paul on the Era of Influence
Full Moon Lunar Eclipse over the Los Angeles Skyline | 4K Timelapse (May 15th 2022)
Vangelis, Greek composer renowned for 'Chariots of Fire' score, dies at 79 | FRANCE 24 English
WATCH: Congressional Hearing on UFOs! - LIVE
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> 1700 Ukrainian soldiers reported to have surrendered | DW News
US Sec of State Blinken accuses Russia of weaponizing food | FRANCE 24 English
Ukraine’s youth orchestra exiled in Slovenia | BBC News
How rape has become a weapon of war | ABC News
How does Poland view the war in Ukraine? | The Bottom Line
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On This Day
May 20 is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 225 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church.
491 – Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed Augusta is able to choose her successor for the Byzantine throne, after Zeno (late emperor) dies of dysentery.
685 – The Battle of Dun Nechtain is fought between a Pictish army under King Bridei III and the invading Northumbrians under King Ecgfrith, who are decisively defeated.
794 – While visiting the royal Mercian court at Sutton Walls with a view to marrying princess Ælfthryth, King Æthelberht II of East Anglia is taken captive and beheaded.
1217 – The Second Battle of Lincoln is fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke.
1293 – King Sancho IV of Castile creates the Estudio de Escuelas de Generales in Alcalá de Henares.
1449 – The Battle of Alfarrobeira is fought, establishing the House of Braganza as a principal royal family of Portugal.
1497 – John Cabot sets sail from Bristol, England, on his ship Matthew looking for a route to the west (other documents give a May 2 date).
1498 – Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama discovers the sea route to India when he arrives at Kozhikode (previously known as Calicut), India.
1520 – Hernando Cortes defeats Panfilo de Narvaez, sent by Spain to punish him for insubordination.
1521 – Ignatius of Loyola is seriously wounded in the Battle of Pampeluna.
1570 – Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas.
1609 – Shakespeare's sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe.
1631 – The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years' War.
1645 – Yangzhou massacre: The ten day massacre of 800,000 residents of the city of Yangzhou, part of the Transition from Ming to Qing.
1741 – The Battle of Cartagena de Indias ends in a Spanish victory and the British begin withdrawal towards Jamaica with substantial losses.
1775 – The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is allegedly signed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
1802 – By the Law of 20 May 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte reinstates slavery in the French colonies, revoking its abolition in the French Revolution.
1813 – Napoleon Bonaparte leads his French troops into the Battle of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany, against the combined armies of Russia and Prussia. The battle ends the next day with a French victory.
1840 – York Minster is badly damaged by fire.
1861 – American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state. Meanwhile, the State of North Carolina secedes from the Union.
1862 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84 million acres of public land to settlers.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church: In the Virginia Bermuda Hundred campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
1875 – Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
1882 – The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed.
1883 – Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
1891 – History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
1902 – Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
1927 – Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
1932 – Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.
1940 – The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
1941 – World War II: Battle of Crete: German paratroops invade Crete.
1948 – Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek wins the 1948 Republic of China presidential election and is sworn in as the first President of the Republic of China at Nanjing.
1949 – In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
1956 – In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
1964 – Discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation by Robert Woodrow Wilson and Arno Penzias.
1965 – 121 people are killed when Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705 crashes at Cairo International Airport.
1967 – The Popular Movement of the Revolution political party is established in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1969 – The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends.
1971 – In the Chuknagar massacre, Pakistani forces massacre thousands, mostly Bengali Hindus.
1980 – In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects, by 60% of the vote, a government proposal to move towards independence from Canada.
1983 – First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by a team of French scientists including Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Jean-Claude Chermann, and Luc Montagnier.
1983 – Church Street bombing: A car bomb planted by Umkhonto we Sizwe explodes on Church Street in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, killing 19 people and injuring 217 others.
1985 – Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba.
1989 – The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre.
1990 – The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.
1990 – Hubble Space Telescope sends its 1st photographs from space
1996 – Civil rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of gays and lesbians.
2002 – The independence of East Timor is recognized by Portugal, formally ending 23 years of Indonesian rule and three years of provisional UN administration (Portugal itself is the former colonizer of East Timor until 1976).
2011 – Mamata Banerjee is sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal, the first woman to hold this post.
2012 – At least 27 people are killed and 50 others injured when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes northern Italy.
2013 – An EF5 tornado strikes the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing 24 people and injuring 377 others.
2015 - Journal Nature publishes findings of the oldest human-made tools from Kenya’s Turkana basin - 3.3 million years, 1st found to pre-date the Homo genus
2016 – The government of Singapore authorised the controversial execution of convicted murderer Kho Jabing for the murder of a Chinese construction worker despite the international pleas for clemency, notably from Amnesty International and the United Nations.
2017 - US President Donald Trump begins his 1st foreign trip arriving in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2018 - President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela wins a second term in an election marked by boycotts and accusations of vote rigging
2019 – The International System of Units (SI): The base units are redefined, making the international prototype of the kilogram obsolete.
2020 – WHO reports most new cases in a single day - 106,000 worldwide of COVID-19
2020 – Cyclone Amphan comes ashore in West Bengal, East India and Bangladesh, with winds of 185 km per hour (115 mph) killing at least 84 people
2021 – Israel and Hamas agree to a bilateral ceasefire in Gaza after nearly two weeks of fighting, amid international diplomatic efforts
2021 – One of Sri Lanka's worst ecological disasters as cargo ship MS X-Press Pearl, carrying toxic chemicals, catches fire off the country's coast and begins spilling debris
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Published at 3:00am on Friday, May 20, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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