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Saturday, September 24, 2022

News and Weather Briefing for Saturday, September 24, 2022



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The Passing of Queen Elizabeth II
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GENERAL OUTLOOK

Drier conditions and cooler temperatures will persist through Saturday. Temperatures warm a few degrees ahead of the next cold front which arrives late Sunday. Expect gradual cooling going into late in the upcoming week as Canadian high pressure settles over the eastern part of the nation.



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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Monday Night





Franklin Area

Today

Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Light and variable winds.

Tonight

Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds.

Sunday

A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, then a chance of showers after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday Night

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 7pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Light winds out of the northwest.

Monday

Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.

Monday Night

Clear, with lows in the mid 40s.


Highlands Plateau

Today

Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph.

Sunday

A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the west 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday Night

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 7pm. Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.

Monday

Sunny, with highs in thew mid-to-upper 60s.

Monday Night

Clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s.


Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds becoming south around 5 mph.

Tonight

Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds.

Sunday

A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, then a chance of showers after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday Night

A 20 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Light winds out of the northwest.

Monday

Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.

Monday Night

Clear, with lows in the mid 40s.


Nantahala Area

Today

Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Light winds out of the southwest.

Tonight

Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light winds out of the south.

Sunday

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday Night

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 7pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 50s. Light winds out of the northwest.

Monday

Sunny, with highs near 70.

Monday Night

Clear, with lows in the mid 40s.




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Hazards and Tropical Weather

Hazardous weather is not expected fortoday or tonight,





TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK




Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sat Sep 24 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Post-Tropical Cyclone Fiona, currently approaching eastern Nova Scotia, on Tropical Storm Gaston, located near the central Azores, on recently upgraded Tropical Storm Ian, located over the central Caribbean Sea, and on Tropical Storm Hermine, located over the far eastern Atlantic.

1. Central Tropical Atlantic:
Showers and thunderstorms remain disorganized in association with a broad area of low pressure located several hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. Despite unfavorable upper-level winds, some slow development of this system is possible over the next several days while it drifts northwestward or northward over the central tropical Atlantic.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent.



Tropical Storm Ian Discussion Number 4
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092022
1100 PM EDT Fri Sep 23 2022

The system remains sheared from the northeast, with the low-level circulation evident a bit to the east of the deep convection. Unfortunately, we didn't have the benefit of a reconnaissance aircraft this evening to sample the winds, but satellite estimates did increase a bit. TAFB and SAB provided Dvorak classifications of T2.0/30 kt and T3.0/45 kt, respectively, while the objective UW-CIMSS ADT and SATCON estimates are at tropical storm intensity. Based on a blend of these data, the depression is upgraded to Tropical Storm Ian with 35-kt winds.

Ian's center appears to have been moving more slowly this evening, and the initial motion estimate is west-northwestward, or 285/10 kt. The track guidance is in good agreement that Ian should turn westward during the next 12-24 hours while located to the south of a small mid-level anticyclone centered just north of Hispaniola. After 24 hours, Ian is expected to begin recurving around the western side of this high, turning northwestward over the northwestern Caribbean Sea, and then northward while crossing Cuba into the Gulf of Mexico and toward Florida. The track models agree on this general scenario, and the guidance envelope is flanked by the major global models, with the ECMWF taking a route over South Florida and the GFS farther west, remaining over the eastern Gulf of Mexico by day 5. The new NHC forecast lies between these two scenarios and is not much different from the previous forecast. The GFS and ECMWF ensembles both show a similar amount of spread as the deterministic guidance, but both ensemble means are close to the multi-model consensus aids, which helps to give more credence to the position of the official forecast.

The moderate deep-layer shear affecting Ian is forecast to decrease during the next 6 to 12 hours, and the cyclone will be moving over the very warm waters of the central and northwestern Caribbean Sea, where sea surface temperatures are between 29 and 31 degrees Celsius. Intensification is expected to be gradual during the next 36 hours while Ian gets better organized in a lower-shear environment, but after that time, conditions will be conducive for faster strengthening. In fact, the NHC intensity forecast explicitly calls for rapid intensification (RI) between days 2 and 3 while Ian is moving over the northwestern Caribbean Sea toward western Cuba. It's worth nothing too that the RI indices from SHIPS are showing a 2-in-3 chance of a 65-kt increase in winds during the next 3 days, and if that transpires, Ian could be stronger than what's shown in the official forecast. The storm is not expected to be over Cuba long enough to cause much weakening, and the forecast still shows Ian as a major hurricane over the eastern Gulf of Mexico while approaching the west coast of Florida.

Key Messages:

1. Ian is expected to produce heavy rainfall and instances of flash flooding and possible mudslides in areas of higher terrain, particularly over Jamaica and Cuba.

2. Hurricane conditions are possible in the Cayman Islands by early Monday, with tropical storm conditions possible by late Sunday. Tropical storm conditions are possible in Jamaica on Sunday.

3. Early next week, Ian is forecast to move near or over western Cuba as a strengthening hurricane and then approach the Florida peninsula at or near major hurricane strength, with the potential for significant impacts from storm surge, hurricane-force winds, and heavy rainfall. While it is too soon to determine the exact magnitude and location of these impacts, residents in Cuba, the Florida Keys, and the Florida peninsula should ensure they have their hurricane plan in place and closely monitor forecast updates through the weekend.

FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS

INIT 24/0300Z 14.8N 72.0W 35 KT 40 MPH
12H 24/1200Z 14.7N 73.9W 40 KT 45 MPH
24H 25/0000Z 15.1N 76.3W 45 KT 50 MPH
36H 25/1200Z 16.1N 78.4W 50 KT 60 MPH
48H 26/0000Z 17.6N 80.1W 60 KT 70 MPH
60H 26/1200Z 19.3N 81.5W 75 KT 85 MPH...NEAR GRAND CAYMAN
72H 27/0000Z 21.2N 82.4W 90 KT 105 MPH
96H 28/0000Z 24.9N 83.0W 100 KT 115 MPH
120H 29/0000Z 28.0N 82.0W 95 KT 110 MPH...OVER FLORIDA

TROPICAL TIDBITS

Tropical Tidbits is a website run by Macon Media's favorite no-nonsense tropical forecaster, Levi Cowan. He does not post material just to get clicks or to sensationalize the storms he covers to "make them more exciting." He is reliable and sober, unlike The Weather Channel crowd of Drama Queen Meteorologists.

Levi typically posts videos late in the afternoon or early before midnight on Youtube. [Youtube Channel]

[Friday / Sept 23] Fiona nearing Canada; TD9 Expected to Threaten Western Caribbean and Southeast U.S.



What's Up in the Tropics with Mark Sudduth - September 23, 2022: Very Important Evening Update Covering Fiona and 98L





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Almanac

24 Hour Smoke Forecast

A smoke fieldmap was not provided for today. -->















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 medium-high range 7.2 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (6.9 out of 12).



Record Weather Events for September 24th

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

Highest Temperature 89°F in Highlands in 1931
Lowest Temperature 29°F in Franklin in 1963
Greatest Rainfall 4.27 inches in Franklin in 1965

Highest Temperature 98°F in Franklin on 09-04-1975
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Franklin on 09-30-1967
Greatest Rainfall 11.87 inches in Highlands on 09-27-1964
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1873

Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of September Data available from 1870 to 2018

Highest Temperature 108°F Belhaven, Beaufort County 09-25-1921
Lowest Temperature 23°F Marion, McDowell County 09-28-2000
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 21.00 in Wilmington, New Hanover County 09-17-2018

Monthly Averages

Warmest Weather Station 75.4°F Morehead City, Carteret County
Coldest Weather Station 55.0°F Mount Mitchell, Yancey County
Wettest Weather Station 8.93 in Southport, Brunswick County
Driest Weather Station 2.94 in Marshall, Madison County




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Macon Calendar
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Local and State News


• Friday Football Frenzy: All your scores & highlights, 09-23-22 [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• Trump endorses Sandy Smith for eastern NC congressional seat [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• Photos: Former President Trump rallies supporters for candidates in NC [Raleigh News and Observer]

• Smathers Sues HCA For 'Egregious' Medical Negligence During Son's Birth [Smoky Mountain News]

• Town turns pink for the Walk for Hope [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]

• Macon County Board of Commissioners - September 2022 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]

• Franklin Town Council - September 2022 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]

• Franklin Town Council - Special Called Meeting for August 30, 2022 [Macon Media]


State Budget Details

• NC Budget Table of Contents [Google Drive (PDF)]

• NC House Bill 103: 2022 Appropriations Act [Google Drive (PDF)]

• Joint Conference Committee Report on the Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2022 [Google Drive (PDF)]

• House Bill 103 Information and Voting History [NC General Assembly Website]

• Raises for state employees, preparations for recession, in proposed state budget [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

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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, September 23 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for September 23rd]

Russia’s war strategy: How staged referendums factor into play | Global News



• The Making of Modern Ukraine: A Free Online Course from Yale Professor Timothy Snyder [Open Culture]

Timothy Snyder: The Making of Modern Ukraine. Class 6: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania



• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 212 [Al Jazeera]




JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (UTVD Operational Update: ZSU Counter Offensive in Kharkiv, 10-12 Sep 22.)







• Putin seeks to 'make Ukraine run out of bullets before Russia runs out of soldiers' [DW News]

• UN experts conclude war crimes committed in Ukraine conflict [Al Jazeera]

• What could happen if Putin used nuclear weapons in Ukraine? [France 24]

• Russia’s EU Neighbors Won’t Welcome Conscripts Fleeing Mobilization for Ukraine War [Wall Street Journal]

• Ukraine 'referendums': Soldiers go door-to-door for votes in polls [BBC News]


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

• Donbass referendums will change security reality – Moscow [Russia Today]

• Russia vs. the West standoff: Caribbean Crisis II, Nuclear Armageddon or Negotiations? [Pravda ]

• First day of referendums held in Donbass and liberated territories [TASS Russian News Agency]

Sep 7, 2022 | Eastern Economic Forum plenary session | kremlin



The Ukraine War From Russia's Perspective




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National and World News Roundup

Republicans and Democrats present competing visions for the country | CNBC Television



• War, Inflation Knock World Economy Off Balance [Wall Street Journal]

• Arizona judge: State can enforce near-total abortion ban [AP News]

• A 3,000-year-old canoe has been discovered in a Wisconsin lake: "Truly incredible" [CBS News]

• Riggleman: White House switchboard called a Capitol rioter on January 6 [CBS News]

• Trump denounces New York attorney general during rally following fraud lawsuit against him [The Hill]

FULL VIDEO: Former President Trump speaks at NC campaign rally for Ted Budd in Wilmington | WNCN-TV (Goldsboro, NC)




Mahsa Amini: Iranian government imposes Internet blackout to curb dissent | Global News



Brooks and Tumulty on Putin's war in Ukraine and the state of Republican politics | PBS Newshour



Global National: Sept. 23, 2022 | Maritimers brace for hurricane Fiona’s landfall in Canada



Nightly News Full Broadcast (September 23rd)


PBS NewsHour full episode, September 23, 2022



• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]



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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:






• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]

Globally, as of 5:39pm CEST, 23 September 2022, there have been 611,421,786 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,512,438 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 20 September 2022, a total of 12,640,866,343 vaccine doses have been administered.

In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:39pm CEST, 23 September 2022, there have been 94,618,978 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,044,127 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 16 September 2022, a total of 604,511,670 vaccine doses have been administered.

• Long-term neurologic outcomes of COVID-19 [Nature]

• SARS-CoV-2 infection drives an inflammatory response in human adipose tissue through infection of adipocytes and macrophages [Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science)]

• Long covid—an update for primary care [The British Medical Journal]

• Risk of myocarditis and pericarditis following BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccination [Vaccine (The Japanese Society for Vaccinology)]

• Nearly 225,000 Americans have died of COVID-19 since the start of 2022 despite viral declines, data shows [ABC News]

• Scientists Find a New Coronavirus in Bats That Is Resistant to Current Vaccines [Time Magazine]




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Science and Technology News Roundup

• Mozilla claims Apple, Google and Microsoft force users to use default web browsers [TechRadar]

• Musk says activating Starlink, in response to Blinken on internet freedom in Iran [Reuters]

• US allows tech firms to boost internet access in Iran [AP News]

• Belgium To Shut Nuclear Reactor On Friday Amid Energy Crunch [Oil Price]

• First single-crystal organometallic perovskite optical fibers [PHYS.ORG]

• Apple Music Takes Over Pepsi as Presenter of Super Bowl Halftime Show [Bloomberg]

• This Week in Enterprise Tech 512: Smart Money Makes the World Go Around [TWIT TV]

• General Atomics tested the Avenger MQ-20A drone, controlled by artificial intelligence [GaGadget]

• The Next Silicon Valley Will Be in the US Heartland [Wired]


Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Space, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics

Kepler: The Man Who Dreamed The Universe (part 1) | ParallaxNick



Myth Factor Authentication - DTNS 4361 | Daily Tech News Show



Post-Science Civilizations | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur



Will SLS beat the hurricane? // TMRO LIVE SHOW



Uber Data Breach Shows Problems with 2FA | Hak 5 ThreatWire



Solving Whole Home Audio | Jupiter Broadcasting Self-Hosted 80



This Week in Enterprise Tech 512 - Smart Money Makes the World Go Around | TWIT TV



SpaceX Falcon 9 Recovered After Record 14th Flight | NASA Spaceflight






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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)

--> The race to get out of Russia | ABC News



What impact will Russia's sham referendum have? | DW News



Russia defends Ukraine war as US, others condemn alleged abuses | Al Jazeera



Ukraine's stunning counter-offensive: Commanders explain Kyiv's military success | FRANCE 24



How many troops can Russia really mobilize? | Binkov's Battlegrounds







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On This Day

September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 98 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)



787 – Second Council of Nicaea: The council assembles at the church of Hagia Sophia.

1568 РSpanish naval forces defeat an English fleet, under the command of John Hawkins, at the Battle of San Juan de Ul̼a near Veracruz.

1645 – The Battle of Rowton Heath in England is a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles.

1674 – Second Tantrik Coronation of Shivaji.

1745 – Jacobite rising of 1745: Bonnie Prince Charles beats British government army in the Battle of Prestonpans.

1789 – The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.

1830 – A revolutionary committee of notables forms the Provisional Government of Belgium.

1841 – The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom.

1846 – Mexican–American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.

1852 – The first powered, passenger-carrying airship, the Giffard dirigible, travels 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes.

1853 – Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of New Caledonia in the name of France.

1869 – Black Friday (1869): Gold prices plummet after United States President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.

1877 – The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.

1890 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.

1906 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.

1906 – Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.

1911 – His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.

1929 – Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.

1932 – Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).

1935 – Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.

1946 – Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.

1946 – The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.

1948 – The Honda Motor Company is founded.

1950 – The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.

1957 – President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.

1959 – TAI Flight 307 crashes during takeoff from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, killing 55 people.

1960 – USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.

1972 – Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India.

1973 – Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.

1975 – Southwest Face expedition members become the first persons to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces, instead of using a ridge route.

1993 – The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.

1996 – Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.

2005 – Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas.

2007 – Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.

2008 – Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa.

2009 – The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.

2009 – Airlink Flight 8911 crashes near Durban International Airport in Durban, South Africa, killing the captain and injuring the rest of the crew.

2013 – A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing at least 327 people.

2014 – The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.

2015 – At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.


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Published at 2:45am on Saturday, September 24, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins


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