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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A few thunderstorms are expected today and Monday as well. A cold front passing Tuesday may bring a risk of severe weather, but also will bring milder and less humid conditions for Wednesday through Friday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 5am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 7 mph.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9am, then a chance of showers between 9am and 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10ph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10ph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Winds out of the west 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 4am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. West southwest wind around 10 mph.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9am, then a chance of showers between 9am and 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Windy. Chance of rain is 40%.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 70. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Monday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 4am. Mostly clear, with lows around 70. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10ph.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10am, then a chance of showers by midmorning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 59.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Patchy fog between 1am and 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 70. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming light and variable before midnight.
Monday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light winds out of the southwest early in the morning increasing and shifting to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10ph.
Tuesday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 11am and 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Today
Isolated thunderstorms today may produce dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning, gusty winds, and locally heavy rainfall. Monday
A few thunderstorms developing Monday may pose a risk of localized damaging wind gusts, and/or hail the size of a quarter or larger.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
A 1,2,3-Punch of Solar Storms Speed to Earth | Space Weather News 04 August 2023
Back to Top • The Atlantic hurricane season has begun: What we know and what we don’t [ARS TECHNICA]
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 Sun Aug 13 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected in the next 7 days.
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]
[Thursday] Bret on Final Approach to Lesser Antilles; TD4 Forms (06-22-2023)
Atlantic Remains in Check For Now (August 12th, 2023) | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 45 (GOOD/CODE GREEN) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 45 (GOOD/CODE GREEN)
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (7.4 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (7.6 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for August 13th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 94°F in Highlands in 1925
Lowest Temperature 42°F in Highlands in 1931
Greatest One-Day Rain 9.68 inches in Highlands in 1940
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 August Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 99°F in Franklin on 08-09-1980
Lowest Temperature 40°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 08-29-1968
Greatest Rainfall 9.68 inches in Highlands on 08-13-1940
Greatest Snowfall snowfall has not been recorded during August in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for August 13th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 103°F in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County in 1912
Lowest Temperature 37°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1930
Greatest One-Day Rain 9.68 inches in Highlands, Macon County in 1930
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of August Data available from 1940
Highest Temperature 110°F in Fayetteville, Cumberland County on 08-21-1983
Lowest Temperature 31°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 08-23-1930
Greatest Rainfall 12.43 inches in Morehead City, Carteret County on 08-12-1955
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during August in the state)
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Saturdays in August from 11am to 1pm
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
8/12/23—Melinda Pennington and Diane Chermer—Blues ain’t got no clues! Enjoy the music of two of the Shifty Sisters Group who are taking the time to bring forward some of their originals that we don’t always hear with the Group.
8/19/23—Charley Simmons—Award-winning finger-style guitarist of Utah and 2 other states. You’ll be amazed at the sounds this guy gets out of a guitar! The late Chet Atkins has given this guy his blessings. 8/26/23—Zip Robertson—A Singer/Songwriter who’s journeyed from Ky to FL and up to Western NC bringing us lucky listeners acoustic music to touch our hearts. Welcome Zip!
Frog Quarters is open 9a to 2p, Wednesdays thru Saturdays—beside the River Bridge. We are the Non-Profit supporting the Greenway with monies from sales from our Coffee and Gift Shop, Memberships and Donations. As always, thank you for your support!
Mountain Findings
432 Spruce Street (physical)
Highlands, North Carolina 28741
Web: MountainFindings.org
Mountain Findings (a thrift store) is open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm until October 2023.
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National News Briefing 4 dead, at least 3 hospitalized after home explosion in Plum | KDKA-TV (Pittsburgh, PA)
BIG House Explosion in Plum, Pennsylvania - Aug. 12, 2023 | Disaster Compilations
• Maui Blaze Kills at Least 89, Highest Wildfire Death Toll in Over 100 Years [Wall Street Journal ]
• How Amazon is racing to catch Microsoft and Google in generative A.I. with custom AWS chips [CNBC]
• Illegal raids contribute to death of newspaper co-owner [Marion County Record]
• Special counsel appointed as prosecutors move to bring Hunter Biden case to trial [Courthouse News Service]
• Georgia prosecutor will present witness testimony to grand jury as another Trump indictment appears imminent [Politico]
International News Headlines
Retired general explains why the Kerch bridge is so important to Russia | CNN
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 536 [AL Jazeera]
• China vows 'forceful' response over Taiwan VP's US visit [France 24]
• Will China-Philippines tensions make other South China Sea claimants more likely to speak up? [South China Morning Post]
• Iran protests: Teen girl Sonia Sharifi 'abducted' and 'tortured' by Iranian forces for second time [Sky News]
• Indian Muslims in Haryana face calls for economic boycott after violence [Al Jazeera]
• Niger: Concern mounts over well-being of Mohamed Bazoum [Africa News]
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, 8/11/23
Brooks and Capehart on the appointment of a special counsel in the Hunter Biden case | PBS NewsHour
Washington Today (8-11-23): AG Garland appoints special counsel in Hunter Biden investigation | C-SPAN
Global National: Aug. 12, 2023 | How Maui was caught off guard by catastrophic wildfires
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - August 12
PBS NewsHour full episode, (August 12, 2023)
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On This Day
August 13 is the 225th day of the year (226th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 140 days remain until the end of the year.
It is the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. It is also known as the "Glorious Twelfth" in the United Kingdom, as it marks the traditional start of the grouse shooting season.
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)
29 BC – Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.
• [2045th Anniversary of Octavian’s 3 Triumphs (written in 2016) | Latin Language Blog]
523 – John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas.
554 – Emperor Justinian I rewards Liberius for his service in the Pragmatic Sanction, granting him extensive estates in Italy.
582 – Maurice becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
900 – Count Reginar I of Hainault rises against Zwentibold of Lotharingia and slays him near present-day Susteren.
1099 – Raniero is elected as Pope Paschal II.
1516 – The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognizes Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, recognizes Francis's claim to Milan.
1521 – After an extended siege, forces led by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés capture Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc and conquer the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.
• [Wikipedia: Fall of Tenochtitlan]
• [Fall of Tenochtitlan (1521) - Spanish-Aztec War | Kings and Generals]
• [The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds (Part 1 of 2) | The Fall of Civilizations Podcast]
• [The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds (Part 2 of 2) | The Fall of Civilizations Podcast]
1532 – Union of Brittany and France: The Duchy of Brittany is absorbed into the Kingdom of France.
1536 – Buddhist monks from Kyoto, Japan's Enryaku-ji temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout in what will be known as the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: Twenty-seventh day of the seventh month of the fifth year of the Tenbun (天文) era).
• [Kyoto Dream Trips Blog]
• [Kyoroku-Tenbun Rebellion (享禄・天文の乱)]
• [When Buddhist Monks Turned Temple Burning Arsonists in Medieval Japan]
1553 – Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland as a heretic.
1624 – The French king Louis XIII appoints Cardinal Richelieu as prime minister.
1645 – Sweden and Denmark sign Peace of Brömsebro.
1650 – Colonel George Monck of the English Army forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, which will later become the Coldstream Guards.
1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim: English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
• [Wikipedia: Penobscot Expedition]
• ["The Penobscot Expedition and The Revolution" | Maine Public Television]
• [Penobscot: The Battle No One Ever Heard Of | Maine Public Television]
1792 – King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
1806 – Battle of Mišar during the Serbian Revolution begins. The battle ends two days later with a Serbian victory over the Ottomans.
1814 – The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Netherlands, is signed in London, England.
1868 – The 8.5–9.0 Mw Arica earthquake struck southern Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing 25,000+ deaths and a destructive basin wide tsunami that affected Hawaii and New Zealand.
1889 – William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
1898 – Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
1898 – Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
1905 – Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
1906 – The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
1913 – First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
1918 – Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
1918 – Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
1920 – Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Warsaw (1920)]
• [Battle of Warsaw - Turning Point of Polish-Soviet War I The Great War]
• [The Battle of Warsaw, 1920: One Hundred Years Ago by Norman Davies]
• [Miracle On The Vistula: The 1920 Battle Of Warsaw | In Your Pocket City Guides]
1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.
1942 – Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.
1944 – World War II: German troops begin the pillage and razing of Anogeia in Crete that would continue until September 5.
• [Wikipedia: Razing of Anogeia]
1954 – Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
1960 – The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
1961 – Cold War: East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West, and construction of the Berlin Wall is started. The day is known as Barbed Wire Sunday.
• [Wikipedia: Barbed Wire SundayT]
• [Episode #2: The Berlin Wall - Part 1: The Rise; The Barbed Wire Sunday Revolution - August 1961 | Rebels and Revolutions]
• [The Berlin Wall: A Sunday outing that was not to be (video)]
1964 – Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom.
1967 – Two young women became the first fatal victims of grizzly bear attacks in the 57-year history of Montana's Glacier National Park in separate incidents.
1968 – Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
1969 – The Apollo 11 astronauts enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York City. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.
• [The Apollo 11 Ticker Tape Parade: August 13, 1969]
• [Apollo 11 Astronauts National Home Coming Parade (video)]
• [Millions Welcome Home Apollo 11 Astronauts - ABC News - August 13, 1969]
1977 – Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
1978 – One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
1990 – A mainland Chinese fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5202 is hit by a Taiwanese naval vessel and sinks in a repatriation operation of mainland Chinese immigrants, resulting in 21 deaths. This is the second tragedy less than a month after Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident.
2004 – One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
2008 – Russo-Georgian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
• [Gori: 'The Russians are coming' | France 24 video]
• [Feature History - Russo-Georgian War | Feature History]
• [Wikipedia: Russo-Georgian War]
2015 – At least 76 people are killed and 212 others are wounded in a truck bombing in Baghdad, Iraq.
2020 – Israel–United Arab Emirates relations are formally established.
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, August 12, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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