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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

News and Weather Briefing for Tuesday, May 24, 2022



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Almanac
Macon Calendar
Local and StateNews
Russo-UKrainian War Updates
National News Roundup
COVID-19 News and Updates
Science and Technology
Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
On This Day
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OUTLOOK

A stationary front and low pressures bringing much needed rain will remain roughly west to east across our region through today then lift north as a warm front tonight and Wednesday. Cool high pressure over New England will give our area below normal high temperatures today. A cold front is expected to cross our region from the west on Thursday night bringing an end to the rain. Dry high pressure prevails for the weekend.

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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Thursday Night





Franklin Area

Today

A slight chance of showers between 2pm and 5pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%.

Tonight

A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday

A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 50%.

Thursday

Showers. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.

Thursday Night

Showers, mainly before 1am. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 80%.


Highlands Plateau

Today

A slight chance of showers between 1pm and 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of rain is 30%.

Tonight

A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog between midnight and 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday

A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then showers likely between 9pm and midnight, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.

Thursday

Showers. The rain could be heavy at times. Highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Chance of rain is 80%.

Thursday Night

Showers, mainly before 2am. The rain could be heavy at times. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 90%.


Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 30%.

Tonight

A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday

A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 1am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.

Thursday

Showers. Highs near 70. Chance of rain is 80%.

Thursday Night

Showers, mainly before 1am. Lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Chance of rain is 80%.


Nantahala Area

Today

A slight chance of showers between 2pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the west. Chance of rain is 20%.

Tonight

A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the south. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday

A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 50%.

Thursday

Showers. Highs in the upper 60s. Chance of rain is 80%.

Thursday Night

Showers, mainly before 1am. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain is 80%.







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Hazards and Tropical Weather

Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.


TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK




Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Tue May 24 2022


For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.



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Almanac

24 Hour Smoke Forecast

There are no expected smoke fields to be crossing Macon County today, so no map was produced.











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 low range (0.8 out of 12) today with Hickory, Birch, and Oak being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (5.9 out of 12).



Record Weather Events for May 24th

Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)

Highest Temperature 90°F in Franklin in 1953
Lowest Temperature 31°F in Highlands in 1931
Greatest Rainfall 2.20 inches in Franklin in 1880
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 and Saturday, May 27th and 28th 26th Annual Swain County Heritage Festival [Facebook Event Page]





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Local and State News

• "Hoochie Hut" strip club sign raising eyebrows, concerns in Waynesville [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• Whipsawed by erratic weather, mountain forest ecosystems under stress [Carolina Public Press]

• NC Medicaid expansion gets serious attention from Senate GOP [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• Mobile mental health clinic brings relief to rural counties in eastern North Carolina [WHQR-FM (Wilimington, NC)]

• Madison Cawthorn Under House Investigation For Alleged Improper Relationship With Staffer, Crypto Dealings [Forbes]

• Macon County schools STEM programs going strong this spring [Macon County News and Shopping Guide]


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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 23 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF]

Quad Summit: Biden Stresses IPEF Importance Amid Russia-Ukraine War


Russia UKraine Analysis Playlist | Perun



Can Russia's rebounding currency help stop a recession? | DW Business Special






JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (May 14th)





• Pentagon says more high-tech weapons going to Ukraine [AP News]

• ‘Criminal adventure’: Ukraine war fuels Russia’s brain drain [Al Jazeera]

• In Ukraine, demining teams remove remnants of attacks [DW News]

• ‘Never have I been so ashamed’: Russian envoy criticizes war [AP News]

• Ukraine war: Russia's blockade will increase starvation and global instability, UN organisation warns [Sky News]

• Ukraine’s Forces Sink Russian River Crossings, Inflicting Heavy Damage [Wall Street Journal]

• In pictures: Russian forces left the Kyiv area – but the war remains [France 24]

• Ukraine war: Melitopol residents resist Russian occupation [BBC News]


News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective

• NATO member will send Ukraine anti-ship missiles [Russia Today]

• Moscow to take patronage over Donetsk and Luhansk [Pravda ]

• UNHRC discredited itself long before developments around Ukraine, says Lavrov [TASS Russian News Agency]

The Ukraine War From Russia's Perspective




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National and World News Roundup

Ontario racing to restore electricity for thousands after deadly, powerful storm



• White House weighing waiving smog rules on gasoline to lower pump price - sources [Reuters]

• Supreme Court makes it more difficult for prisoners to argue they had ineffective counsel [CNN]

• Monkeypox likely spread by sex at 2 raves in Europe, expert says [WSPA-TV (Spartanburg, SC)]

• Erdogan says Turkey to launch military operations on its southern borders [Microsoft News]

• Announcing trade pact to counteract China, Biden says recession is avoidable [Courthouse News Service]

• Cheney and Pence take the fight to Trump, from Georgia to Wyoming [Yahoo! News]

• Biden Exploring Release of Diesel Fuel Reserves Amid High Prices [Wall Street Journal]

• 1st increase in births reported in 7 years, CDC finds [ABC News]

Roe v Wade Opinion Leak (Read the Draft Opinion for Yourself)

Read the leaked your at Google Drive or below:



Doctor says monkeypox epidemic should be contained soon | CBS News



Biden faces criticism abroad as baby formula shortage, inflation create issues ahead of US midterms | Global National



Global National: May 23, 2022 | BC First Nation marks 1 year since discovery of unmarked graves



NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - May 23rd, 2022


PBS NewsHour Full Episode May 23rd, 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 8:11pm CEST, 23 May 2022, there have been 522,783,196 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,276,210 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 17 May 2022, a total of 12,186,798,032 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 8:11pm CEST, 23 May 2022, there have been 82,117,634 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 993,691 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 13 May 2022, a total of 572,739,524 vaccine doses have been administered.

• The rise of preprints: How COVID-19 has transformed the way we publish and report on scientific research. [University Affairs]

• Fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose provides stronger immunity boost than third dose, shows UK study [National Institute for Health and Care Research]

The Point: U.S. beaten by COVID?



• Will the Coronavirus Pandemic Ever End? [New Yorker]

• Covid can cause ongoing damage to heart, lungs and kidneys, study finds [The Guardian]

• Don’t let latest COVID surge overshadow progress, says Hanage [The Harvard Gazette]

• Pfizer covid shot 80 percent effective in young kids, early data shows [Washington Post]

• The effectiveness of various gargle formulations and salt water against SARS-CoV-2 [Nature: Scientific Reports]

• mRNA based vaccines provide broad protection against different SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern [Emerging MIcrobes and Infections]




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Science and Technology News Roundup

• Senators Urge FTC to Probe ID.me Over Selfie Data [Krebs on Security]

• Lonestar plans to put datacenters in the Moon's lava tubes [The Register]

• New search engine for the dark-net to safely search onions [Tor Search]

• Lonestar plans to put datacenters in the Moon's lava tubes [xxx]

• Facial recognition company Clearview AI fined £7.5m for illegally using images of Brits scraped from online [Sky News]

• Ford ordered to pay $7 million in fatal W.Va. crash involving 2014 Mustang [Auto News]

• Linux Kernel 5.18 Released with Graphics Driver Changes and New Hardware Support [It's Foss News]

• Jupiter's massive gravity kicked strange Ceres into the asteroid belt [Space.com]

• New thermal management technology for electronic devices reduces bulk while improving cooling [Eureka Alert]

• Florida's Not Allowed to Stop Social Media Companies From Banning Politicians [Gizmodo]

• 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

How This Man Just Caused a $45 BILLION Crash [Terra Luna]



Level1 News May 24 2022: /b/ all you can /b/



Is Human Extinction Inevitable? - DTNS 4281 | Daily Tech News Show



Should the U.S. Government Release UAP Data to the Public? w/ Jacob Haqq-Misra



Booster QD Ready for Static Fire Testing | Starship Boca Chica



Sending Humans to the Outer Solar System with Dr. Jonathan Jiang



How Russia Became an Empire - Great Northern War | Kings and Generals



Battle of Callinicum, 531 AD ⚔️ Belisarius intercepts the Persians in Syria ⚔️ | HistoryMarche






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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)

--> Ukraine rules out cease-fire as Donbas attacks intensify | DW News



Russian soldier jailed for life for killing civilian in first Ukraine war crimes trial | BBC News



Russia did not capture an American Admiral in Azovstal steel plant | FRANCE 24 English



Ukraine's president pleads to World Economic Forum for help



Ukraine, Russia engaged in battle in Donbas region



Russia seeks to capture Ukraine-controlled regions | Ukrainians prepare to defend Donbas | WION







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On This Day

May 24 is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 221 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)





919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom.
1086 - Abbott Dauferio/Desiderius becomes Pope Victor III
1153 - Malcolm IV becomes King of Scots
1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.
1276 РMagnus Ladul̴s is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral.
1487 – The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign.
1567 – Erik XIV of Sweden and his guards murder five incarcerated Swedish nobles.
1595 – Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.
1607 – One hundred-five English settlers under the leadership of Captain Christopher Newport established the colony called Jamestown at the mouth of the James River on the Virginia coast, the first permanent English colony in America.
1621 – The Protestant Union is formally dissolved.
1626 – Peter Minuit buys Manhattan.
1667 – The French Royal Army crosses the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution opposing France to the Spanish Empire and the Triple Alliance.
1683 – The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum.
1689 – The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics.
1738 – John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
1798 – The Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins.
1813 – South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").
1822 РBattle of Pichincha: Antonio Jos̩ de Sucre secures the independence of the Presidency of Quito.
1832 – The First Kingdom of Greece is declared in the London Conference.
1844 – Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from a committee room in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland, to inaugurate a commercial telegraph line between Baltimore and Washington D.C.
1856 – John Brown and his men kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.
1861 – American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
1873 – Patrick Francis Healy becomes the first black president of a predominantly white university in the United States.
1883 – The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
1900 – Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
1915 – World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
1930 – Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).
1935 – The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 at Crosley Field.
1940 – Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
1940 – Acting on the orders of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, NKVD agent Iosif Grigulevich orchestrates an unsuccessful assassination attempt on exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán, Mexico.
1941 – World War II: In the Battle of the Atlantic, the German Battleship Bismarck sinks then-pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, killing all but three crewmen.
1944 РB̦rse Berlin building burns down after being hit in an air raid during World War II.
1948 – Arab–Israeli War: Egypt captures the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai, but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later.
1956 – The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
1958 – United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
1960 – Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt.
1961 – American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus.
1962 – Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
1967 – Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel.
1967 РBelle de Jour, directed by Luis Bu̱uel, is released.
1976 – The Judgment of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.
1981 – Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera, his wife, and his presidential committee die in an aircraft accident while travelling from Quito to Zapotillo minutes after the president gave a famous speech regarding the 24 de mayo anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha.
1982 – Liberation of Khorramshahr: Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran–Iraq War.
1988 – Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted.
1991 – Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
1992 – The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests.
1992 – The ethnic cleansing in Kozarac, Bosnia and Herzegovina begins when Serbian militia and police forces enter the town.
1993 – Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia.
1993 РRoman Catholic Cardinal Juan Jes̼s Posadas Ocampo and five other people are assassinated in a shootout at Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport in Mexico.
1994 – Four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993; each one is sentenced to 240 years in prison.
1995 – While attempting to return to Leeds Bradford Airport in the United Kingdom, Knight Air Flight 816 crashes in Harewood, North Yorkshire, killing all 12 people on board.
1999 – The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
2000 – Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
2002 – Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
2004 - North Korea bans mobile phones.
2010 - Andrew Wakefield, doctor at the center of MMR vaccination scare, struck off the UK medical register after being found guilty of serious professional misconduct
2014 – A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, injuring 324 people.
2014 – At least three people are killed in a shooting at Brussels' Jewish Museum of Belgium.
2018 - US President Donald Trump cancels summit with North and South Korea because of hostile statements from North Korea
2018 - US President Donald Trump posthumously pardons boxer Jack Johnson for racially orientated criminal conviction - transporting a white woman across state lines
2019 – Twenty-two students die in a fire in Surat (India).
2019 – Under pressure over her handling of Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as Leader of the Conservative Party, effective as of June 7.
2020 - The New York Times prints front page with nearly 1,000 names of people who have died from COVID-19, as the US toll nears 100,000
2021 - India's official COVID-19 death toll passes 300,000 (303,720), the third country to do so, with experts saying it is a vast undercount





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Published at 2:15am on Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins


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