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Friday, June 2, 2023

News and Weather Briefing for Friday, June 02, 2023



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Science and Technology
On This Day
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GENERAL OUTLOOK

Weak high pressure remains over the area through Friday. A weak cold front drops south across the area Saturday night. High pressure returns for early next week. Another cold front will arrive from the north in the middle of next week. Temperatures will be near normal to just above normal.





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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Saturday Night





Franklin Area

Today

A slight chance of showers between 3pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 20%.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds.

Saturday

Sunny, with highs in thje mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of then northeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the northeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.

Sunday

A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain is 30%.

Sunday Night

A chance of thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Highlands Plateau

Today

A slight chance of showers between 3pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the northeast around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday

A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night

A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10ph.

Sunday

A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain is 30%.

Sunday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Chance of rain is 30%.


Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

A slight chance of showers in the mid-afternoon, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the evening increasing to come out of the north around 5 mph before midnight. Chance of rain is 20%.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds.

Saturday

Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning ijncreasing to come out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northeast 3 to 5 mph.

Sunday

A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 30%.

Sunday Night

A chance of thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Chance of rain is 30%.


Nantahala Area

Today

Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the north around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Light winds out of the southeast.

Saturday

Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northeast 3 to 5 mph.

Sunday

A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain is 30%.

Sunday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Chance of rain is 30%.


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Hazards and Tropical Weather



Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.





Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.

Space Weather

Goodbye Solar Snooze Big Flares are Back | Space Weather News 18 May 2023




Back to Top • The Atlantic hurricane season has begun: What we know and what we don’t [ARS TECHNICA]

Hurricane Season 2023: What to Watch For As We Keep Tabs on El Nino | hurricanetrack



TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

• The official hurricane season for the Atlantic basin is from June 1 to November 30, but tropical cyclone activity sometimes occurs before and after these dates, respectively. The peak of the Atlantic hurricane season is September 10, with most activity occurring between mid-August and mid-October.




Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Fri Jun 2 2023

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

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Two, located over the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.





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Almanac









PM2.5 AQI is 51 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 51 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW)


Fire and Smoke Map






Local Air Monitor

Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (6.3 out of 12) today with Oak, Poplar, Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (6.7 out of 12).



Record Weather Events for June 2nd

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

Highest Temperature 92°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2011
Lowest Temperature 32°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1966
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.72 inches in Highlands in 1897
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since record-keeping began in 1871)

Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of June Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 99°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-30-2012
Lowest Temperature 32°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-02-1966
Greatest Rainfall 7.63 inches in Highlands on 06-16-1949
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in Macon County)

Record Weather Events for June 2nd in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 103°F in Tarboro, Edgecombe County in 1918
Lowest Temperature 24°F in Jefferson, Ashe County in 1932
Greatest One-Day Rain 5.00 inches in Fayetteville, Cumberland County in 1915
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)

(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Gladys)

--> Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of June Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 107°F in Carthage, Moore County on 06-23-1981
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Jefferson, Ashe County on 06-17-1917
Greatest Rainfall 12.41 inches in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 06-30-1962
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in the state)




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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)

FRIDAY and SATURDAY, JUNE 16 and 17

ST. FRANCIS CHURCH WOMEN’S GUILD ANNUAL GOOD STUFF SALE

ST. FRANCIS CHURCH WOMEN’S GUILD SETS ANNUAL GOOD STUFF SALE FOR JUNE 16 & 17
FRANKLIN -- The Women’s Guild of St. Francis Church will hold its annual Good Stuff Sale Noon to 3 p.m. on Friday, June 16, and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 17, at the church, 299 Maple St. in Franklin. The event supports the Guild’s ministry activities. Guests can expect great prices on household and decorative objects, kitchen items, linens, books, personal accessories, toys, tools, exercise equipment, furniture, craft supplies and yard tools including indoor and outdoor plants. Everyone is welcome.

CONTACT: Becky Peeling, APR, Women’s Guild President, bapeeling12@gmail.com or (561) 801-3301
WHAT: Good Stuff Sale
WHEN: Noon to 3 p.m. Friday, June 16, and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 17, 2023
WHERE: St. Francis Church, 299 Maple St., Franklin
WHO: St. Francis Women’s Guild
WHY: Raise money for ministry projects






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Local and State News



• Sources: NC's Mandy Cohen is Biden's pick to lead CDC [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• ‘This is even worse.’ NC GOP slammed for racist ‘pimp’ tweet about Rev. William Barber [Raleigh News and Observer]

• 'We tackled him,' witness says of bank robbery suspect caught after high-speed chase [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• Smathers: ‘We Will Fight’ Pactiv’s Tax Break Request [Smoky Mountain News]

• New law removes pistol permit requirements in N.C. [Macon County News and Shopping Guide]

• Angel Medical Center President's Column for May 2023 [Macon Media]



Macon Media is still experiencing transportation issues and was unable to get to the courthouse to cover this months meeting. Here is the county-sponsored video of the meeting:

Macon County Commissioners Meeting 3-14-23



• HB259 NC House Bill Budget Substitute [PDF Download (640 pages)]



Proposed State Budget for 2023-2025 [Download PDF]



• Macon County Board of Commissioners March 2023 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]



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National and World News Roundup

• Debt ceiling bill passes in the House, advances to the Senate days ahead of default deadline [CNBC]

Senate passes debt ceiling bill, send to Biden's desk | LiveNOW from FOX



• Biden falls at US Air Force Academy graduation ceremony: 'I got sandbagged!' [ABC News]

• Senate votes to strike down White House student loan forgiveness plan [Courthouse News Service]

• New details of Jeffrey Epstein’s death and the frantic aftermath revealed in records obtained by AP [AP News]

Why Did America Abandon Route 66? (Full Episode) | VICE



• In blow to unions, Supreme Court rules company can pursue strike damage claim [NBC News]

• Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. Teamsters [US Supreme Court (PDF)]

• The morning read for Thursday, June 1 [SCOTUSblog]

• City Jails No Longer Announcing Deaths Behind Bars, Angering Watchdogs [The City (New York City, NY)]

• Oath Keepers member who sped to Capitol on a golf cart gets more than four years in prison By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybr [CNN]



Washington Today (6-1-23): Senate looks to move quickly on debt limit bill to avoid default | C-SPAN



Global National: June 1, 2023 | Nova Scotians hope troops, rainfall help amid wildfire terror



NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - June 01


PBS NewsHour full episode, (June 01, 2023)




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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:



Based on current COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning for the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19, declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, to expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023. Macon County Public Health will stop publishing weekly COVID updates but will continue to monitor local case levels and trends. In the event that case counts increase significantly, MCPH will notify the public and resume weekly COVID updates.




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

In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 6:07pm CEST, 31 May 2023, there have been 103,436,829 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,127,152 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 5 May 2023, a total of 668,168,096 vaccine doses have been administered.

Globally, as of 6:07pm CEST, 31 May 2023, there have been 767,364,883 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,938,353 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 29 May 2023, a total of 13,356,281,548 vaccine doses have been administered.


• Recovery and symptom trajectories up to two years after SARS-CoV-2 infection: population based, longitudinal cohort study [ The British Medical Journal]

• Passive swab versus grab sampling for detection of SARS-CoV-2 markers in wastewater [ Science Direct]

• CAMH study confirms ongoing brain inflammation associated with long COVID [ CAMH: The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health ]

Ep 132 Osterholm Update: Looking in the Windows | Osterholm Update



• TWiV 1010: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]

• TWiV 1011: Aquatic viruses [Microbe TV]




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Science and Technology News Roundup

• The Sky This Week from May 26 to June 2: Mars buzzes the Beehive [Astronomy Magazine]

• Kali Linux 2023.2 Release Adds a New Hyper-V Image and PipeWire to XFCE Variant [It's FOSS News]

• Reddit looks set to kill third-party clients with multimillion dollar fees [ARS TECHNICA]

• Boeing finds two serious problems with Starliner just weeks before launch [SOURCE]

• Twitter head of trust and safety Ella Irwin has resigned / She took over from Yoel Roth in November following his resignation [The Verge]

• Geometric constraints on human brain function [Nature]

• Z-Library returns, aims to avoid seizures by giving each user a secret URL [ARS TECHNICA]


Evergreen Links

• Red Dead Online player bids farewell to Google Stadia save by releasing horse they named after their departed daughter [Games Radar]

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 69 - Twilight of the Æsir



Hardcore History: Addendum EP26 Dig This! | Dan Carlin



• Neal Stephenson’s Lamina1 drops white paper on building the open metaverse [Venture Beat] [PDF of White paper]

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


How Do We Know What We Know? Philosophy of Science | Fraser Cain



• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Cinetimes]




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

SpaceX Ax-2 Crew Dragon splashdown | SciNews



The Level1 Show June 2 2023: Moon Buccee's | Level1 Techs



There's No Moore's Law for Autonomous Cars - DTNS 4532 | Daily Tech News Show



Too Many People are Going Outside | Wendover Productions



KDE Plasma 6, COSMIC Desktop, CodeWeavers, Lutris, Arch Linux & More Linux News | This Week in Linux



Why Cocaine Is So Incredibly Dangerous | Institute of Human Anatomy



Head-first through 6ft Giant Water Balloon | The Slow Mo Guys



SUV Tent Walmart Camping | Steve Wallis



Civilization: Is the West History? | Episode 2: Science | BBC Select





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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)



• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 01 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for June 1st]

• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 464 [Al Jazeera]

• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 463: Russia holds 27,000 Ukrainian civilians captive [Euromaiden Press]


• Invasion Day 462 – Summary [Military Land]

• US cuts data sharing with Russia under New START nuclear deal [Al Jazeera]

• Europe is united against Russia: Moldovan President [TVP Worlkd]

• Ukraine updates: Kyiv downs Russian missiles in early attack [DW News]

• 'We can't trust them': Anti-Russia sentiment grows in Finland (video) [France 24]

NATO divided on Ukrainian membership as Zelenskyy renews call | Al Jazeera



A Display of European Unity in Moldova | World Today | TVP World



NATO: The door to Ukrainian membership remains open | DW News



Three people including a child killed in fresh aerial assault on Kyiv | FRANCE 24 English



Will South Africa ignore Putin’s arrest warrant for the BRICS summit? | BBC Newsnight



What is in the Pentagon Leaks? | Kings and Generals




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

June 1 - This attack was launched from inside Russia | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor



• US retaliates against Russia over nuclear treaty [Russia Today]

• Daria Aslamova reporting from Bakhmut: Special military operation to last for five years [Pravda]

• Putin confident of Russia’s triumph in Ukraine [TASS Russian News Agency]





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On This Day

June 2 is the 153rd day of the year (154th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 212 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)





455 – Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks.
1098 – First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later.
1608 – London: Virginia gets new charter, extending borders from "sea to sea".
1615 РThe first R̩collet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.
1676 – Franco-Dutch War: France ensured the supremacy of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war with its victory in the Battle of Palermo.
1692 – Bridget Bishop is the first person to be tried for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts; she was found guilty and later hanged.
1763 – Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
1774 – Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
1780 – Gordon Riots anti Catholic riots in London resulting in an estimated 300-700 deaths.
1793 РFrench Revolution: Fran̤ois Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror.
1805 – Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptures Diamond Rock, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, from the British.
1835 – P. T. Barnum and his circus start their first tour of the United States.
1848 – The Slavic congress in Prague begins.
1862 - Robert E. Lee takes command of Confederate armies of North Virginia during the American Civil War
1863 - Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves
1864 - Battle of Cold Harbour, Day 2
1866 – The Fenians defeat Canadian forces at Ridgeway and Fort Erie, but the raids end soon after.
1896 – Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
1909 – Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
1910 – Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
1916 - Battle of Verdun: German troops, under Lt Rackow, launch attack on Fort Vaux with flamethrowers, forcing French defenders inside. The fort changes hand 16 times during the entire Battle of Verdun.
1917 - Canadian ace Billy Bishop undertakes a solo mission behind enemy lines, shooting down three aircraft as they were about to take off and several more on the ground, for which he is awarded the Victoria Cross
1919 – Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities.
1924 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
1941 – World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the villages of Kondomari and Alikianos.
1944 - Herzogenbusch concentration camp near Vught, Netherlands, is disbanded by Allied forces, one of two SS-run camps outside Germany
1946 – Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After the referendum, King Umberto II of Italy is exiled.
1953 – The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey becomes the first British coronation and one of the first major international events to be televised.
1955 – The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between the two countries, discontinued since 1948.
1962 – During the FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.
1964 – The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is formed.
1966 – Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world.
1967 – Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States.
1967 – Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran are brutally suppressed, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June.
1979 – Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
1983 – After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.
1989 - 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, protecting students demonstrating for democracy
1990 – The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12.
1997 – In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later.
2002 - Crime drama "The Wire" created by David Simon and starring Idris Elba and Dominic West debuts on HBO
2003 – Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
2004 - Ken Jennings begins his 74-game winning streak on the syndicated game show Jeopardy!
2012 – Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
2014 – Telangana officially becomes the 29th state of India, formed from ten districts of northwestern Andhra Pradesh.





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Published at 5:00am on Friday, June 02, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins


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Macon County Board of Elections 03-11-2014 The Macon County Board of Elections holds a special meeting to hear a challenge brought by Charles "Scoon" Nichols to the candidacy of Macon County Commissioner Ron Haven regarding his eligibility to file as a candidate in the District II County Commissioner race. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9lNBy-faAA ********************* Jair Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the US ahead of Lula’s inauguration https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/30/americas/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-us-lula-inauguration-intl-latam Dang. He pulled a Trump and snuck out of town and can't be civil during the transfer of power. What a toddler move. ******************** Fierce Kitty, Glorious Kitty, Little Ball of Fur. Honourable Kitty, Warrior Kitty, Qapla' Qapla' Qapla' -->
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