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GENERAL OUTLOOK
High pressure builds into the area today, keeping conditions dry with seasonable temperatures. The hot upper ridge over the southern Great Plains will then expand across the Southeast during the first half of next week, resulting in climbing temperatures and continued dry conditions. A weak, dry cold front may push in from the northeast midweek.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Today
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs i the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 90. Light and variable winds.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 90s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the east around 5 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southeast in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
Sunday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph shifting to come out of the north after midnight.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows around 60. Light and variable winds.
Sunday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 90.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s. Light south wind.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expectyed today.
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 Sat Aug 19 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Eastern Tropical Atlantic (AL98):
Showers and thunderstorms continue to show signs of organization in association with a broad area of low pressure located several hundred miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands. Environmental conditions appear generally favorable for further development of this system, and a short-lived tropical depression is likely to form this weekend while it moves west-northwestward or northwestward at about 10 mph across the eastern tropical Atlantic. By early next week, upper-level winds over the system are forecast to increase, and further development is not expected.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...70 percent.
2. Central Tropical Atlantic (AL99):
An area of low pressure located roughly halfway between the Cabo Verde Islands and the Lesser Antilles is producing limited showers and thunderstorms to the east of its center. Environmental conditions are forecast to become increasingly unfavorable for further development of this system during the next day or two while it moves west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph across the central tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent.
3. East-Southeast of the Lesser Antilles:
A tropical wave located a few hundred miles to the east-southeast of the Lesser Antilles is producing some disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Some gradual development of this system is possible this weekend and during the early and middle parts of next week while it moves westward to west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph, across the Lesser Antilles and over the eastern and central Caribbean Sea.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent.
4. Western Gulf of Mexico:
An area of disturbed weather located near the northwestern and central Bahamas is expected to move into the Gulf of Mexico by early next week, where a broad area of low pressure is expected to form. Some slow development of this system is possible thereafter, and a tropical depression could form as it moves westward and approaches the western Gulf of Mexico coastline by the middle of next week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...50 percent..
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] Hurricane Hilary to Impact Southwest US this Weekend; Multiple Storms May Form in Atlantic (08-18-2023)
Hurricane Hilary Not Our Only Concern Going Into the Weekend (August 18th, 2023) | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 53 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 53 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW)
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (8.4 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (8.3 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for August 19th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 95°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1999
Lowest Temperature 48°F in Highlands in 1919
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.19 inches in Highlands in 1935
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 19th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 106°F in Chapel Hill, Orange County in 1988
Lowest Temperature 41°F in Jefferson, Ashe County in 1943
Greatest One-Day Rain 5.18 inches in Chapel Hill, Orange County in 1898
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
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Saturdays in August from 11am to 1pm
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
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!
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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 President Biden Remarks on Trilateral Summit | C-SPAN
• At Camp David, Biden hails ‘new era of partnership’ between U.S., South Korea and Japan [Politico]
San Diego County under Tropical Storm Warning as Hilary approaches | KFMB-TV (Sandiego, CA)
• These parts of California could get a year’s rain in a few days thanks to Hurricane Hilary [Los Angeles Times]
• Nasdaq falls a fourth day in a row, notches longest weekly losing streak since December: Liveblog updates [CNBC]
• A shortened video distorts Hawaii governor’s comments about the state buying land in Lahaina [Poynter]
• James L. Buckley, 1923-2023 [Wall Street Journal]
• At Camp David, Biden hails ‘new era of partnership’ between U.S., South Korea and Japan [Politico]
International News Headlines
Why India Is Building A Tunnel In The World's Highest Mountain Range | Risky Business | Insider News | Insider News
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 18, 2023 [Institute for the Study of War]
• China launches military drills around Taiwan as 'stern warning' after US visit [France 24]
• Yoon, Biden, Kishida commit to immediately consult in event of common threat [Yonhap News Agency]
• Brazil arrests senior military police over January 8 riots [DW News News]
• Russia’s Lavrov says West needs continual reminder of risks of nuclear war [Al Jazeera]
• Niger: at least 28 civilians killed in western violence, according to local sources [Africa News]
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, 8/18/23
Brooks and Marcus on Trump's Georgia indictment and upcoming GOP debate | PBS NewsHour
Washington Today (8-17-23): DHS Sec Mayorkas says new ICE & CISA headquarters to be built in DC
Global National: Aug. 18, 2023 | Thousands in BC, NWT under growing wildfire emergency
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - August 19
PBS NewsHour full episode, (August 18, 2023)
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On This Day
August 19th is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 134 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)
295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War.
• [VENUS - THE MOTHER OF ROME]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges]
• [Wikipedia: Third Samnite War]
43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.
• [Wikipedia Article]
947 – Abu Yazid, a Kharijite rebel leader, is defeated and killed in the Hodna Mountains in modern-day Algeria by Fatimid forces.
1153 – Baldwin III of Jerusalem takes control of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from his mother Melisende, and also captures Ascalon.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Ascalon]
• [Wikipedia: Kingdom of Jerusalem]
• [First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon 1099 AD] (BazBattles)
1458 – Pope Pius II is elected the 211th Pope.
1504 – In Ireland, the Hiberno-Norman de Burghs (Burkes) and Anglo-Norman Fitzgeralds fight in the Battle of Knockdoe.
1561 – Mary, Queen of Scots, aged 18, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.
1612 – The "Samlesbury witches", three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused of practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in British history.
• [Samlesbury witches]
• [Dark Age Britain's War With Witchcraft | A Century Of Murder | Timeline]
• [The Pendle Witches | Samlesbury Hall | Lancashire Witches | Pendle Hill] (Dramatization)
1666 – Second Anglo-Dutch War: Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire".
1692 – Salem witch trials: In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
• [Wikipedia: Salem witch trials]
• [What really happened during the Salem Witch Trials - Brian A. Pavlac]
• [alem Witch Trial Full Documentary The Geographic Channel]
1745 – Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45".
1745 – Ottoman–Persian War: In the Battle of Kars, the Ottoman army is routed by Persian forces led by Nader Shah.
1759 – Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
1772 – Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
1782 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Blue Licks]
• [Blue Licks Battle]
• [Blue Licks Battle]
1812 – War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning the nickname "Old Ironsides".
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [Wikipedia: USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere]
• [USS Constitution Museum]
1813 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's Second Triumvirate.
1839 – The French government announces that Louis Daguerre's photographic process is a gift "free to the world".
1848 – California Gold Rush: The New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California (although the rush started in January).
1854 – The First Sioux War begins when United States Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and in return are massacred.
• [Wikipedia: First Sioux War]
• [Sioux Wars | 3 Minute History]
• [History of the Indian Wars | Full Documentary]
1861 – First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
1862 – American Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.
1909 – The Indianapolis Motor Speedway opens for automobile racing. Wilfred Bourque and his mechanic are killed during the first day's events.
1920 – The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka.
1927 – Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.
1934 – The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
• [Wikipedia: Soap Box Derby]
• [Official website]
• [Newsreel of the 1936 Derby]
1934 – The German referendum of 1934 approves Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer by a vote of 89.93% for and 10.07% against.
• [Wikipedia: 1934 German referendum]
• [German Referendum - 1934 | Today In History]
• [Why Did The German People Choose Hitler? | Hitler's Propaganda Machine | Timeline]
1936 – The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
1940 – First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
1941 – Germany and Romania sign the Tiraspol Agreement, rendering the region of Transnistria under control of the latter.
1942 – World War II: Operation Jubilee: The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. The operation was intended to develop and try new amphibious landing tactics for the coming full invasion in Normandy.
• [Dieppe Raid]
• [The Dieppe Raid | Narrated by Alex Trebek]
• [Dieppe 1942 - Slaughter on the Shingle]
1944 – World War II: Liberation of Paris: Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
1945 – August Revolution: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.
1953 – Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
1955 – In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
• [Wikipedia: Hurricane Diane]
• [Hurricane Diane Flood of 1955 - PHMC Author Presentation]
• [Hurricane Diane (Scranton, PA): WGBI-TV Footage Can 23] (Silent Film)
1960 – Cold War: In Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Francis Gary Powers]
• [What Really Happened when Gary Powers was Shot Down] (Vintage Space)
• [Newsreel of Trial]
• [Gary Powers' U-2 is Shot Down Over the Soviet Union - Animated]
1960 – Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.
• [Wikipedia: Korabl-Sputnik 2]
• [Italian newsreel about Belka and Strelka (Sputnik 5 - Korabl-Sputnik 2)] (subtitles available)
• [Belka and Strelka – the Soviet space dogs]
1964 – Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, is launched. Two months later, it would enable live coverage of the 1964 Summer Olympics.
• [NASA Page for Satellite]
• [Wikipedia]
• [Gunter's Space Page]
1965 – Japanese prime minister Eisaku Satō becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa Prefecture.
1978 – In Iran, Cinema Rex fire caused more than 400 deaths.
1980 – Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people.
1980 – Otłoczyn railway accident: In Poland's worst post-war railway accident, 67 people lose their lives and a further 62 are injured.
1981 – Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra.
• [Wikipedia: Gulf of Sidra incident (1981)]
• [1981 Gulf of Sidra incident radio records [F-14 vs Su-22]]
• [WAVY Archive: 1981 USS Nimitz - Libyan Air Craft Incident]
1987 – Hungerford massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then commits suicide.
1989 – Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist prime minister in 42 years.
1989 – Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events that began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
1991 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Ukraine.
• [Wikipedia: 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt]
• [The Last Ditch Attempt to Save the USSR - August Coup of 1991 (Short Animated Documentary)]
• [The Week That Shook The World: The Soviet Coup — ABC News (1991)]
• [Wikipedia: Dissolution of the Soviet Union]
1991 – Crown Heights riot begins.
1999 – In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.
2002 – Khankala Mi-26 crash: A Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.
2003 – A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.
2003 – Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing: A suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem, planned by Hamas, kills 23 Israelis, seven of them children.
2005 – The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.
2009 – A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others.
2010 – Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.
2013 – The Dhamara Ghat train accident kills at least 37 people in the Indian state of Bihar.
2017 – Tens of thousands of farmed non-native Atlantic salmon are accidentally released into the wild in Washington waters in the 2017 Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break.
• [Wikipedia: Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break]
• ['Environmental Nightmare' After Thousands Of Atlantic Salmon Escape Fish Farm]
• [Washinton State Dept of Natural Resources]
• [Frankenfish A Farmed Atlantic Salmon Story by Annie Crawley]
2020 Apple becomes the 1st US company to be valued at $2 trillion, just 2 years after it reached $1 trillion valuation
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, August 19, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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