Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure will continue today before moving off the Carolina coast tonight, with warmer temperatures expected through the early weekend. Expect rain ahead of an approaching cold front from Saturday through Sunday, with thunderstorms more likely on Sunday. As the rain ends Sunday night, colder air behind the front may produce some light snow in the North Carolina Mountains.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds by morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the south 3 to 8 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Showers, mainly after 8pm. Lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 90%.
Sunday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 3pm, then showers likely. Highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Sunday Night
A chance of rain showers, mixing with snow after midnight, then gradually ending. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Chance of rain is 50%.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
A 50 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 10pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of rain is 90%.
Sunday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Highs in the lower 50s. Chance of rain is 100%.
Sunday Night
A chance of rain showers, mixing with snow after 9pm, then gradually ending. The rain could be heavy at times. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Chance of rain is 50%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the south around 6 mph.
Saturday
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 10pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Sunday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then showers likely. Highs near 60. Chance of rain is 100%.
Sunday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 5 mph.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the south 3 to 8 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Lows around 50. Winds out of the south 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Sunday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then showers likely. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Sunday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight for most areas of Macon County. Locations that received snow will need to take extra precautions when on the roadway this morning due to black ice. Avoid driving during freezing temperatures, if possible.
Record Weather Events for December 8th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 76°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1956
Lowest Temperature 7°F in Franklin in 2006
Greatest Rainfall 3.46 inches in Highlands in 1924
Greatest Snowfall 2.5 inches in Highlands in 1963
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 8th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 84°F in Jefferson, Ashe County in 1943
Lowest Temperature -6°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2006
Greatest Rainfall 4.20 inches in Brevard, Transylvania County in 1924
Greatest Snowfall 10.0 inches in Black Mountain, Buncombe County in 2017
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---
Veternarian Clinic Donates Oxygen Masks for Dogs and Cats | Franklin VFD
• Canton community shows resilience post storm and mill closure at annual parade [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• (video) Governor's Crime Commission hears about Denver program for gun safety [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC Wildlife officials push testing as they look to control the spread of 'zombie' deer [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• State lawmakers shroud open-records requirements [Mountain Xpress]
• ‘The dean’ of NC House Democrats won’t run again. Here’s who he wants to replace him. [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Franklin Town Council (Dec 2023) [Macon Media]
---NATIONAL---
https://youtu.be/lwpCKesZjNo?t=31 National Menorah Lighting: Washington D.C., USA | Chabad.org
University presidents face backlash for testimony in antisemitism hearing | CBS Evening News
• Penn Donor Threatens to Rescind $100 Million Donation Unless President Is Ousted [Wall Street Journal]
• Universities Face Congressional Inquiry and Angry Donors Over Handling of Antisemitism [New York Times]
• Elon Musk's SpaceX Valued at $175 Billion or More in Tender Offer [Bloomberg]
• Hunter Biden charged with dodging taxes in new federal indictment [Courthouse NEws Service]
• UNLV gunman had list of targets at the university and 150 rounds of ammunition, police say [AP News]
• Trump's 'dictator' remark puts 2024 campaign right where Biden wants it [Yahoo News (via Politico)]
International News Headlines
Anduril - The Startup Reshaping Geopolitics | Jim Coogan
Why China is Running out of Time to Invade Taiwan | Warographics
• China warns UN members not to attend panel on human rights: report [Radio Free Asia]
• Armenia and Azerbaijan to work towards peace deal [BBC News]
• Venezuela-Guyana crisis: South America urges peace [DW News]
• U.S. conducts joint flight operations with Guyana amid Venezuela’s territorial claims [TVP World]
• Putin declares goal to reshape global order, funds major military surge [Euromaidan Press]
• Former Sierra Leonean president called in for questioning over Nov. 26 failed coup [Africa News]
• Taiwan reaffirms sovereignty following US-China phone call [Taiwan News]
• China military official warns of ‘erroneous ideological trends’ spreading in PLA [South China Morning Post]
U.S. Senate Republicans block Ukraine, Israel aid bill over border dispute | ANC
Washington Today (12-7-23): House Intel Committee passes FISA Section 702 reauthorization | C-SPAN Radio
Global National: Dec. 7, 2023 | Food prices to rise at slower rate in Canada next year, report says
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - December 7, 2023
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Dec 07 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (December 07, 2023)
---COVID--- How the pandemic made it difficult for Americans to separate politics from public health | PBS News Hour
• You should still get the COVID-19 vaccine. The Nobel Prize winner who helped discover it explains why. [Boston Globe]
• SARS-CoV-2 Infection is Associated with an Increase in New Diagnoses of Schizophrenia Spectrum and Psychotic Disorder: A Study Using the US National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) [medRxiv]
• SARS-CoV-2 convalescence and hybrid immunity elicits mucosal immune responses [The Lancet: eBioMedicine]
• TWiV 1062: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1063: Childhood paralysis with Kevin Messacar [Microbe TV]
Science and Technology Starship | Second Flight Test | SpaceX
• 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]
Matters Microbial #19: You are what you(r microbes) eat | Microbe TV
The Unintended Consequences of Artificial Intelligence | John Michael Godier
• DNA nanobots can exponentially self-replicate [NewScientist]
• Bard gets its biggest upgrade yet with Gemini [Google: The Keyword Blog]
• Kali Linux 2023.4 Release Adds Raspberry Pi 5 Support With GNOME 45 [It's FOSS News]
• Salesforce Signals the Golden Age of Cushy Tech Jobs Is Over [Bloomberg]
• China space authorities name Elon Musk’s SpaceX an ‘unprecedented challenge’ [South China Morning post]
• White House threatens to veto anti-EV bill just passed by US House [ARS TECHNICA]
• Meta Joins Google In Turning Its Back On The Open Web, And Embracing Unconstitutional Mandates That Pretend To ‘Protect The Children’ [techdirt]
---SCIENCE VIDEOS--- The Level1 Show December 8 2023: Once You P(o)op You Just Can't Stop | Level1 Techs
Bigger Spool of Thread? - DTNS 4655 | Daily Tech News Show
Selecting Crew For A Spaceship | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Is Gemini AI Better Than Chat GPT? | TWiT TV
Coder 547: The Slow and the Infuriating | Jupiter Broadcasting
Whonix for Ethical Hacking and Online Anonymity | Nielsen Networking
The Challenges of Embedded Linux - Chris Simmonds - NDC TechTown 2023 | 9gPAGly0epU
17 Hacker Tools in 7 Minutes - ALL Hak5 Gear | Hak5
The High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O'Neill (Free with Ads) | YouTube Movies & TV
Moon rush: the launch of a lunar economy | FT Film
OpenAI at a crossroads: Can AI threaten humanity? | The Take | Al Jazeera English
The Coming Psychological Black Death | WhatIfAltHist
Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) in 5 Hours - Full Course - Learn OSINT! | The Cyber Mentor
Special Section: The Hamas-Israel War of 2023
• Iran Updates (Refocused on the Israel-Hamas War), December 07, 2023 [Institute for the Understanding of War]
• Liveblog [Jerusalem Post]
• Israel-Hamas war live: Israeli jets pound Gaza; UN to meet on ceasefire [Al Jazeera]
🔴 (discretion) IDF Jump-Outs, School Tunnels, Accuracy and Precision | Combat Footage Show | Combat Footage Show
Israel Gaza War - LIVE Gaza Camera Skyline Video Coverage | Agenda=Free TV
• IDF Says It Located One Of Largest Weapons Stockpiles Near Clinic And School In Gaza [NewsX]
• 🔴 Liveblog: Dozens killed in new strikes in Gaza as Israel presses on with offensive [France 24]
• Bodycam footage shows Hamas terrorists crawling with RPG before being killed [YNET News]
• Israel presses on with offensive on Hamas in and around Gaza’s biggest cities [Al Arabiya]
• Israel’s Netanyahu threatens to devastate Beirut if Hezbollah enters war [South China Morning Post]
• Israel can’t defeat Hamas in battle, so what’s next? [https://www.rt.com/news/588481-idf-israel-war-gaza/]
ukraine • Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 07, 2023 [Institute for the Understanding of War]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 652: New aid for Ukraine drops to lowest level since January 2022, analysis shows [Euromaidan Press]
Russia extends Wall Street Journal reporter's detention | Fox News
• U.S. can’t promise more funds for Ukraine in current political situation: official [TVP World]
• Ukraine updates: Kremlin hopes US Congress will block aid [DW News]
• Four Russian soldiers charged with war crimes for torturing US citizen in Ukraine [BBC News]
• (video) The Debate: Ukraine on its own? Support wavers as Kyiv faces battlefield stalemate [France 24]
• Biden Tied Ukraine Aid to Border Security, and It Backfired on Him [New York Times]
Pro-Russian News Sources
(this channel may have been removed) Col Macgregor: The Russians Are Finding Women Dead On The Battlefield | Douglas Macgregor Straight Calls
• Gas pipeline catches fire in eastern Crimea [Russia Today]
• Putin announces upcoming revolution in world economy See more at https://english.pravda.ru/news/world/158372-putin_revolution/ [Pravda]
• US failure to provide aid to Kiev to be Christmas present for Russia — Cameron [TASS]
----------UKRAINE VIDEOS------------ 🔴 (discretion) IDF Jump-Outs, School Tunnels, Accuracy and Precision | Combat Footage Show | Combat Footage Show
Ukraine Conflict (20231207): Full Frontline Update | ATP Geopolitics
Day 651: Ukraïnian Map | Ukraine News TV
Putin's One-Man Show | Eastern Express | TVP World
Russia’s planned naval base creates fears in Georgia | BBC Newsnight
Putin holds talks with Iranian counterpart as military cooperation increases | DW News | DW News
Ukraine on its own? Support wavers as Kyiv faces battlefield stalemate | FRANCE 24 English
The Shadow Fleet Fueling Russia’s War | Bloomberg Investigates
The Ukrainian sniper | Day 652 ft @ricktheukrainian and @RomanTrokhymets | Operator Starsky 🇺🇦
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On This Day
December 8th is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 23 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)
395 – Later Yan is defeated by its former vassal Northern Wei at the Battle of Canhe Slope.
757 – Du Fu returns to Chang'an as a member of Emperor Xuanzong's court, after having escaped the city during the An Lushan Rebellion.
877 РLouis the Stammerer (son of Charles the Bald) is crowned king of the West Frankish Kingdom at Compi̬gne.
1432 – The first battle between the forces of Å vitrigaila and Sigismund KÄ™stutaitis is fought near the town of Oszmiana (Ashmyany), launching the most active phase of the Lithuanian Civil War.
1504 – Ahmad ibn Abi Jum'ah writes his Oran fatwa, arguing for the relaxation of Islamic law requirements for the forcibly converted Muslims in Spain.
1660 – A woman (either Margaret Hughes or Anne Marshall) appears on an English public stage for the first time, in the role of Desdemona in a production of Shakespeare's play Othello.
1851 – Conservative Santiago-based government troops defeat rebels at the Battle of Loncomilla, signaling the end of the 1851 Chilean Revolution.
1854 – In his Apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus, Pope Pius IX proclaims the dogmatic definition of Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Blessed Virgin Mary was conceived free of Original Sin.
1864 – Pope Pius IX promulgates the encyclical Quanta cura and its appendix, the Syllabus of Errors, outlining the authority of the Catholic Church and condemning various liberal ideas.
1907 – King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
1912 – Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
1914 – World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
1941 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy", after which the U.S. declares war on Japan.
1941 – World War II: Japanese forces simultaneously invade Shanghai International Settlement, Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies. (See December 7 for the concurrent attack on Pearl Harbor in the Western Hemisphere.)
1943 – World War II: The German 117th Jäger Division destroys the monastery of Mega Spilaio in Greece and executes 22 monks and visitors as part of reprisals that culminated a few days later with the Massacre of Kalavryta.
1953 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.
1955 – The Flag of Europe is adopted by Council of Europe.
1962 – Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.
1963 – Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707, is struck by lightning and crashes near Elkton, Maryland, killing all 81 people on board.
1966 – The Greek ship SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.
1969 – Olympic Airways Flight 954 strikes a mountain outside of Keratea, Greece, killing 90 people in the worst crash of a Douglas DC-6 in history.
1971 – Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launches an attack on West Pakistan's port city of Karachi.
1972 – United Airlines Flight 553, a Boeing 737, crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 45. This is the first-ever loss of a Boeing 737.
1974 – A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.
1980 – John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota in New York City.
1985 – The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union in South Asia, is established.
1987 – Cold War: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the White House.
1987 – An Israeli army tank transporter kills four Palestinian refugees and injures seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the Israel–Gaza Strip border, which has been cited as one of the events which sparked the First Intifada.
1988 – A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing 5 people and injuring 50 others.
1990 – The Galileo spacecraft flies past Earth for the first time.
1991 – The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.
1992 – The Galileo spacecraft flies past Earth for the second time.
1998 – Eighty-one people are killed by armed groups in Algeria.
2004 – The Cusco Declaration is signed in Cusco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.
2004 – Columbus nightclub shooting: Nathan Gale opens fire at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio, killing former Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell and 3 others before being shot dead by a police officer.[3]
2009 – Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 127 people and injure 448 others.
2010 – With the second launch of the Falcon 9 and the first launch of the Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first private company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft.
2010 – The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km.
2013 – Riots break out in Singapore after a fatal accident in Little India.
2013 – Metallica performs a show in Antarctica, making them the first band to perform on all seven continents.
2019 – First confirmed case of COVID-19 in China
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, December 08, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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