Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Moisture will continue over our area with off and on rain chances through the weekend as low pressure systems move across the Eastern states. Drier conditions will return early next week as cool high pressure builds into the region.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 3pm. Patchy fog before noon, then patchy fog after 3pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers likely. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before noon. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Windy.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
A chance of showers before 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers. Patchy fog. Lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before noon. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the west 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 50. Windy.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Blustery.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs near 60. Light winds out of the southeast early in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers likely. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the south 10 to 15 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Windy.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30.
Nantahala Area
Today
A chance of showers before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers likely. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Sunday
A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before noon. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 50s. Winds out of the west 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. West wind 3 to 7 mph.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 50. Windy.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing.
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Hazards
The National Weather Service has issued a special weather statement regarding the development of patchy dense fog in the region this morning that includes Macon County: Patchy dense fog has developed and will continue to spread across parts of the North Carolina mountains and foothills as well as the I-85 corridor in the South Carolina Upstate. Fog will remain in place through daybreak, and should break up slowly thereafter. Visibility in the affected areas may decrease suddenly and over short distances. Motorists traveling in these areas should use extra caution. Slow down, increase following distance, and turn on your low-beam headlights.
Record Weather Events for December 2nd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 71°F in Franklin in 1970
Lowest Temperature 8°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1960
Greatest Rainfall 3.14 inches in Highlands in 2015
Greatest Snowfall 4.0 inches in Highlands in 1896
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of December Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 78°F in Franklin on 12-31-1951
Lowest Temperature -12°F in Highlands on 12-30-1917
Greatest Rainfall 6.25 inches in Highlands on 12-28-2018
Greatest Snowfall 12.0 inches in Franklin on 12-21-1876
Record Weather Events for December 2nd in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 82°F in Wilmington, New Hanover County in 1982
Lowest Temperature -1°F in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1960
Greatest Rainfall 4.20 inches in Brevard, Transylvania County in 2015
Greatest Snowfall 12.0 inches in Monroe, Union County in 1896 />
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of December Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 87°F in Edenton, Chowan County on 12-03-1922
Lowest Temperature -21°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 12-30-1917
Greatest Rainfall 7.80 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 12-29-2018
Greatest Snowfall 25.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 12-09-2017
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News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---
• Agenda for the December 2023 Meeting of the Franklin Town Council [Macon Media]
• Medicaid expands, governor picks new state auditor [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• xNC Medicaid expansion takes effect. How to check eligibility and get health care coverage [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Hendersonville cyberattack follows trend of hacker targets, security officials say [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• 2 wildfires grow near U.S. 80 in Pisgah National Forest; rain and humidity helping abate [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Medicaid expansion is here; Pisgah Legal offers free advice on gaining access [Smoky Mountain News]
• On the Edge: Children sleep in offices as foster care falls short [BPR]
• Agenda for the December 2023 Meeting of the Franklin Town Council [Macon Media]
---NATIONAL---
• Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on the Supreme Court, Is Dead at 93 [New York Times]
• Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies at 93 [SCOTUSblog]
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O' Connor dies at 93 | ABC News
U.S. House Votes to Expel George Santos | C-SPAN
Senate Democrats authorize subpoenas in Supreme Court ethics probe | PBS News Hour
• Rep. George Santos expelled from Congress in historic vote [AXIOS]
• Santos is out and a special election looms. How it will work. [Politico]
Doctor Anthony Fauci on why he left the US government | BBC News
• Fed Chair Powell calls talk of cutting rates ‘premature’ and says more hikes could happen [CNBC]
• Supreme Court to consider hearing Jan. 6 cases that could affect Trump prosecution [NBC News]
International News Headlines
King Charles delivers address at opening ceremony of COP28 Summit in UAE | Sky News
#OSCEMC2023 Closing statement by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Bujar Osmani | The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
• Malta secures OSCE chair as Russia relents on veto [DW News]
• US-centric world ending – Kremlin [Russia Today]
Cobre Panamá: Panama orders controversial copper mine's closure xxx [BBC News]
• Stories of horror: Investigating a massacre in Sudan's Darfur region [France 24]
• Guinea-Bissau: Army Detains suspects Amid Security Forces Clashes [Africa News]
• Japan would play major supportive role in Taiwan crisis [Taiwan News]
• Xi Jinping tells coastguard to enforce law, ‘resolutely defend’ territorial sovereignty, while on East China Sea visit [South China Morning Post]
Washington Today (12-1-23): House votes to expel Rep. Santos (R-NY), 311-114, 2 present | C-SPAN Radio
Advancing Digital Transformation and Digital Public Infrastructure: The Role of the Private Sector | Center for Strategic & International Studies
Global National: Dec. 1, 2023: Fighting resumes in Israel-Hamas conflict
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - December 1, 2023
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Dec 01 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (December 01, 2023)
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COVID inquiry: Hancock defends allowing patients to be discharged into care homes | Sky News
• COVID-19 increasing again, especially in Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, CDC says [CBS News (via Yahoo Life)]
• Boris Johnson’s legacy will be shaped by Covid inquiry appearance [The Guardian (UK)]
• Anthony Fauci will testify before Congress on COVID origins and the US pandemic response [AP News]
• TWiV 1066: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1065: Cat coronavirus gains function in Cyprus [Microbe TV]
Science and Technology More Hubble Trouble (plus India's Future Plans) | This Week In Spaceflight
• The Sky This Week from December 1 to 8: Mercury stands east of the Sun [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 01 - December 09 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Volcanic Eruption That Lowered The Earth's Temperature | Naked Science
• Return to office is ‘dead,’ Stanford economist says. Here’s why [CNBC]
• Walmart drops ads on X as Elon Musk fallout grows [CNBC]
• Meta's apps are still promoting child predation content, report finds [engadget]
• How Googlers cracked an SF rival's tech model with a single word [SF GATE]
• Renewables helping China to halve power prices compared to US, Europe [pv magazine]
• ‘The Gospel’: how Israel uses AI to select bombing targets in Gaza [The Guardian (UK)]
• Robots Made from Human Cells Can Move on Their Own and Heal Wounds [Scientific American]
---SCIENCE VIDEOS--- OpenAI at a crossroads: Can AI threaten humanity? | The Take | Al Jazeera English
The Level1 Show December 1 2023: Bat Voyeur Makes Lengthy Discovery | Level1 Techs
Remotely Possible - DTNS 4656 | Daily Tech News Show
How do neanderthal genes affect your health? (With Geneticist Laurits Skov) | Stefan Milo
Expedition70 - Progress 86 Cargo Ship Launch from Baikonur | NASA Video
Linuxfx 11.4.3 Updates The Entire OS Base (KDE & important packages) & Also Adds Full AI Support | 9 to 5 Linux
The First Nuclear Missile Launched From Submarines - And How It Lead To Polaris | Scott Manley
The Coming Psychological Black Death | WhatIfAltHist
Special Section: The Hamas-Israel War of 2023
• Iran Updates (Refocused on the Israel-Hamas War), December 01, 2023 [Institute for the Understanding of War]
• Israel-Hamas War Day 57: IDF calls on southern Gazans to evacuate [Jerusalem Post]
•Israel-Hamas war live: Israeli bombing of Gaza intensifies after truce ends [Al Jazeera]
How do Israel and Hamas actually communicate? | DW News
The 'ruthless and cunning' leader of Hamas in Gaza | CBC News: The National
'Israel here to stay': Palestinian leaders seek 'complete liberation' of what they deem 'their land' | France 24
• US sends ‘bunker buster’ bombs to Israel for war on Gaza, report says [Al Jazeera]
• Zelenskyy calls for overhaul of Ukraine’s mobilization system [TVP World]
• 🔴 Liveblog: Israel continues massive bombardment of Gaza for second day after truce ends [France 24]
• Renewed Gaza fighting flares on second day after Israel-Hamas truce collapses [Al Arabiya News]
• Over 109 Palestinians killed since ceasefire ended – Gaza [Russia Today]
• Despite dangers, Asia’s migrant workers return to Israel, risk it all as Gaza war grinds on [South China Morning Post]
ukraine • Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 01, 2023 [Institute for the Understanding of War]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 645: Ukraine confirms downing of Russian aircraft with US-supplied Patriot air defense system [Euromaidan Press]
DIY Exploding Drones Are Changing The Game In Ukraine War | Insider News
Ukraine bombs Putin’s 4000 mile Chinese weapons rail tunnel: The Frontline with Jerome Starkey | The Sun
• Russia boosts size of armed forces by 170,000 troops [Al Jazeera]
• (video) The area of Avdiivka strewn with corpses of Russian soldiers [TVP World ]
• Ukraine updates: Kyiv hits Russian railway deep in Siberia [DW News]
• Russian POWs Describe ‘Nightmare’ of Combat in Ukraine [Wall Street Journal]
Pro-Russian News Sources
Col Macgregor: The Russians Are Finding Women Dead On The Battlefield | Douglas Macgregor Straight Calls
• Russia seizes the initiative: Has the Ukraine conflict entered its endgame? [Russia Today]
• Where did US strategists go wrong when they started proxy war with Russia? [Pravda]
• World Bank grants $1.2 bln loan to Ukraine [TASS]
----------UKRAINE VIDEOS------------ 🔴 (discretion) Ceasefire in Gaza, Russia Gains Ground | Combat Footage Show
Ukraine War Update NEWS (20231201a): Pt 1 - Overnight & Other News | ATP Geopolitics
Day 645: Ukraïnian Map | Ukraine News TV
U.S. and NATO support for Ukraine | Steven Moore | RVP World
Russian general blown up by landmine & Putin pays tribute to Kissinger | Ukraine: The Latest | The Telegraph 9UK)
Are Russian gains in Ukraine worth the costs so far? | Binkov's Battlegrounds
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On This Day
December 2 is the 336th day of the year (337th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 29 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)
1244 – Pope Innocent IV arrives at Lyon for the First Council of Lyon.
1409 – The University of Leipzig opens.
1697 – St Paul's Cathedral, rebuilt to the design of Sir Christopher Wren following the Great Fire of London, is consecrated.
1763 – Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.
1766 – Swedish parliament approves the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and implements it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech.
1804 – At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French.
1805 – War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Austerlitz: French troops under Napoleon decisively defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force.
1823 – Monroe Doctrine: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James Monroe proclaims American neutrality in future European conflicts, and warns European powers not to interfere in the Americas.
1845 – Manifest destiny: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James K. Polk proposes that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
1848 – Franz Joseph I becomes Emperor of Austria.
1851 РFrench President Louis-Napol̩on Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.
1852 РLouis-Napol̩on Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French as Napoleon III.
1859 – Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16 raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
1865 – Alabama ratifies the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina, then Georgia; U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.
1867 – At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
1899 – Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
1908 – Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.
1917 – World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
1927 – Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.
1930 – Great Depression: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Herbert Hoover proposes a $150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.
1939 – New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens.
1942 – World War II: During the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
1943 – World War II: A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including the American SS John Harvey, which is carrying a stockpile of World War I-era mustard gas.
1947 – Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
1949 – Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.
1950 – Korean War: Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River ends, with a decisive Chinese victory; UN forces were completely expelled from North Korea.
1954 – Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".
1954 – The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.
1956 – The Granma reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente Province. Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution.
1957 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 relating to the Kashmir conflict is adopted.
1961 – In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
1962 – Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war's progress.
1970 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.
1971 – Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm al-Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.
1975 – Laotian Civil War: The Pathet Lao seizes the Laotian capital of Vientiane, forces the abdication of King Sisavang Vatthana, and proclaims the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
1976 – Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba, replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.
1980 – Salvadoran Civil War: Four American missionaries are raped and murdered by a death squad.
1982 – At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.
1988 – Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.
1989 – The Peace Agreement of Hat Yai is signed and ratified by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and the governments of Malaysia and Thailand, ending the over two-decade-long communist insurgency in Malaysia.
1991 – Canada and Poland become the first nations to recognize the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union.
1993 – Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in MedellÃn.
1993 – Space Shuttle program: STS-61: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
1999 – The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive following the Good Friday Agreement.
2001 – Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
2015 – San Bernardino attack: Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik kill 14 people and wound 22 at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California.
2016 – Thirty-six people die in a fire at a converted Oakland, California, warehouse serving as an artist collective.
2020 – The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs removes cannabis from the list of most dangerous drugs of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.
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Published at 5:30am on Saturday, December 02, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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