Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Northwest flow moisture into the North Carolina mountains will dry up through the morning hours. Dry high pressure will then build in from the west today and linger over the area through Tuesday. A dry backdoor cold front will arrive from the north on Wednesday, with reinforcing high pressure returning through late week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the lower 20s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the north.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 50.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30.
Nantahala Area
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 50.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing.
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Hazards
Other than the potential for black ice to have formed on area roads, hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Record Weather Events for December 11th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 73°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2007
lowest Temperature 2°F in Highlands in 1917
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.90 inches in Highlands in 1983
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 7.2 inches in Franklin in 1876
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 11th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 81°F in Dobbins Heights, Richmond County in 2007
Lowest Temperature -4°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1917
Greatest Rainfall 3.00 inches at the Marion, Mcdowell County in 1894
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Wilson, Wilson County in 1958
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---
Greenville Christmas Parade (Full parade) | WYFF-TV (Greenville, SC)
• Red Kettle Campaign lasts just a few weeks, but funds raised have lasting impact for many lives [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• No-bid contracts in state budget reveal divide between lawmakers and education officials [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Macon County Public Health Awarded Reaccreditation Designation [Macon Media]
• During town hall, Congressman Edwards lobbies for reallocating IRS hiring funds to aid Israel [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Some NC lawmakers decide to run again, others bow out [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Women of Appalachia: Songs of Slavery and Emancipation at John C. Campbell Folk School [BPR]
• Franklin Town Council (Dec 2023) [Macon Media]
---NATIONAL---
https://youtu.be/lwpCKesZjNo?t=31 How New York Built The USA | Economics Explained
Let's talk about St. Paul and a unique debt story.... | Beau of the Fifth Column
• Tennessee tornadoes leave at least 6 dead, dozens hurt and more than 35,000 without power [CNN]
• Jerome Powell’s Inflation Fight Is Succeeding, Raising Questions About Rate Cuts [Wall Street Journal]
• Macy’s receives $5.8 billion buyout offer, sources say [CNBC]
• The Guns Were Said to Be Destroyed. Instead, They Were Reborn. [New York Times]
• US labor market shows no signs of weakness, adding nearly 200,000 new jobs [Courthouse News Service]
• Real-Life Grinch Breaks Into Toys for Tots Warehouse, Drives Off With Truck-Load Full of Christmas Gifts [Lost Coast Outpost]
International News Headlines
2023 Nobel Prize award ceremony | Nobel Prize
A Nobel Peace Prize winner in prison - Narges Mohammadi's fight for freedom in Iran| DW Documentary
Venezuela, Guyana & The Essequibo Crisis - Posturing or a new Special Military Operation? | Perun
Russian Invasion of Donbas 2014-2022 | Kings and Generals
• Drug lords go on killing spree to hunt down corrupt officers who stole shipment in Mexico’s Tijuana [AP News]
• Why Wagner is winning hearts in the Central African Republic [BBC News]
• Germany: Thousands rally in Berlin against antisemitism [DW News]
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, Dec. 8, 2023
2024 Campaign Trail - Friday, December 8th | C-SPAN
Washington Today (12-8-23): U.S. vetoes U.N. resolution calling for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war | C-SPAN Radio
Global National: Dec. 10, 2023 | WHO unanimously calls for immediate medical access to Gaza
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - December 10, 2023
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Dec 10 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (December 10, 2023)
---COVID--- How the pandemic made it difficult for Americans to separate politics from public health | PBS News Hour
The Massive Cyberattack You Never Heard About | Bloomberg Originals
'Mystery China virus' possibly another form of Covid | news.com.au
• Why COVID-19 deaths among vaccinated show that boosters matter [American Medical Association]
• US COVID activity jumps as JN.1 expands, brisk flu and RSV levels continue [CIDRAP]
• 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 SpaceX Finally Dropped the Big Starship Reveal! | Marcus House
• The Sky This Week from December 8 to 15: The Geminids’ time to shine [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 01 - December 09 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• With moon mining and tourism on the horizon, are we in a new geological epoch? Researchers say yes [Courthouse News Service]
• ChatGPT-created letters of recommendation are nearly indistinguishable from human-authored letters, study finds [PsyPost]
• Once They Were Pets. Now Giant Goldfish Are Menacing the Great Lakes. [New York Times]
• Manipulation of Gut Microbiota With Flaxseed Could Reduce Breast Cancer Risk [American Society for Microbiology]
• Wild birds lead people to honey – and learn from them [UCLA Newsroom]
• Researchers made VR goggles for mice to study how their brains respond to swooping predators [engadget]
---SCIENCE VIDEOS--- The Level1 Show December 8 2023: Once You P(o)op You Just Can't Stop | Level1 Techs
You Deserve a Secure Product - DTNS 4661 | Daily Tech News Show
Linux Saloon 93 | Application Appetizer Snaps Edition | Linux Saloon
Lee Cronin: Controversial Nature Paper on Evolution of Life and Universe | Lex Fridman Podcast #404
MOND Theory of Gravity Possibly Proven Wrong...By a MOND Scientist | Antov Petrov
Elon Hints at the Next Generation of Starship! - SpaceX Weekly Update #92 | LabPadre Space
What if Humans Are NOT Earth's First Civilization? | Silurian Hypothesis | PBS Space Time
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 10, 2023 [Institute for the Understanding of War]
• Israel-Hamas War Day 66: Four more fallen IDF soldiers named [Jerusalem Post]
• Israel-Hamas war live: Gaza death toll nears 18,000 amid Israeli attacks [Al Jazeera]
Battle for North Gaza - Israel Hamas War | Kings and Generals
Israel Gaza War - LIVE Gaza Camera Skyline Video Coverage | Agenda=Free TV
How Gaza Could Trigger a Bigger US-Iran War | RealLifeLore
Yemen Announces a Blockade of Shipping to Israel | How Will Navies Respond & Global Shipping React? | What is Going on With Shipping?
• Israel-Hamas war: Ceasefire in Gaza chances shrinking, Qatar says [BBC World News]
• 🔴 Liveblog: More than 100 Israeli soldiers killed since start of Gaza operation [France 24]
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ukraine • Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 10, 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]
Russian Invasion of Donbas 2014-2022 | Kings and Generals
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• Putin makes rare foreign trip to Gulf states [BBC News]
• Germany's Scholz talks Ukraine and budget at SPD conference [DW News]
• U.K. to step up enforcement of Russian sanctions [TVP World]
• Ukraine says it shot down eight Russian missiles bound for Kyiv [France 24]
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
• Half of Americans think Ukraine is getting too much money – poll [Russia Today]
• Do American boots have the guts to attack Moscow? The answer is obvious [Pravda]
• Western puppet masters to eventually kick Kiev regime to curb — Russian intel chief [TASS]
----------UKRAINE VIDEOS------------ 🔴 (discretion) IDF Jump-Outs, School Tunnels, Accuracy and Precision | Combat Footage Show | Combat Footage Show
Ukraine Conflict (20231210): Full Frontline Update | ATP Geopolitics
Day 651: Ukraïnian Map | Ukraine News TV
Countering the russian propaganda | Day 653 ft @dr.gerdes | Operator Starsky
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On This Day
December 11th is the 345th day of the year (346th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 20 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)
220 – Emperor Xian of Han is forced to abdicate the throne by Cao Cao's son Cao Pi, ending the Han dynasty.
361 – Julian enters Constantinople as sole Emperor of the Roman Empire.
861 – Assassination of the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil by the Turkish guard, who raise al-Muntasir to the throne. Start of the "Anarchy at Samarra".
969 – Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas is assassinated by his wife Theophano and her lover, the later Emperor John I Tzimiskes.
1041 – Michael V, adoptive son of Empress Zoë of Byzantium, is proclaimed emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.
1282 – Battle of Orewin Bridge: Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, in mid-Wales.
1602 РA surprise attack by forces under the command of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva. (Commemorated annually by the F̻te de l'Escalade.)
1640 – The Root and Branch petition, signed by 15,000 Londoners calling for the abolition of the episcopacy, is presented to the Long Parliament.
1675 – Antonio de Vea expedition enters San Rafael Lake in western Patagonia.
1688 – Glorious Revolution: James II of England, while trying to flee to France, throws the Great Seal of the Realm into the River Thames.
1792 – French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
1815 – The U.S. Senate creates a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee on Finance.
1816 – Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state.
1868 – Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.
1899 РSecond Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronj̩ inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.
1901 – Guglielmo Marconi transmits the first transatlantic radio signal from Poldhu, Cornwall, England to Saint John's, Newfoundland.
1905 – A workers' uprising occurs in Kyiv, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.
1907 – The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
1917 – World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
1920 – Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for a recent IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians report being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.
1925 – Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.
1927 – Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.
1931 – Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.
1934 – Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.
1936 – Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.
1937 – Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
1941 – World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, following the Americans' declaration of war on the Empire of Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States, in turn, declares war on them.
1941 – World War II: Poland declares war on the Empire of Japan.
1941 – World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy suffers its first loss of surface vessels during the Battle of Wake Island.
1946 – The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.
1948 – Arab–Israeli War: The United Nations passes General Assembly Resolution 194, creating a Conciliation Commission to mediate the conflict.
1958 – French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gain self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), respectively, and joining the French Community.
1960 – French forces crack down in a violent clash with protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French President Charles de Gaulle.
1962 – Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, is the last person to be executed in Canada.
1964 – Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
1972 – Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and final Apollo mission to land on the Moon.
1978 – The Lufthansa heist is committed by a group led by Lucchese family associate Jimmy Burke. It was the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil, at that time.
1980 – The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund) is enacted by the U.S. Congress.
1981 – El Mozote massacre: Armed forces in El Salvador kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.
1990 – Demonstrations by students and workers across Albania begin, which eventually trigger the fall of communism in Albania.
1993 – A block of the Highland Towers condominium complex collapses following a landslide caused by heavy rain and water flowing from a construction site at Ampang district in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 48 of its residents die, including one who died in hospital after being rescued alive, leaving only two survivors.
1994 – First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya.
1994 – A bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, en route from Manila, Philippines, to Tokyo, Japan, killing one. The captain is able to land the plane safely.
1997 – The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.
1998 – Thai Airways Flight 261 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101. The pilot flying the Airbus A310-200 is thought to have suffered spatial disorientation.
1999 РSATA Air A̤ores Flight 530M crashes into Pico da Esperan̤a on Ṣo Jorge Island in the Azores, killing 35.
2001 – China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
2005 – The Buncefield Oil Depot catches fire in Hemel Hempstead, England.
2005 – Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese in Cronulla, New South Wales; these are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla.
2006 – The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran, by then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; nations such as Israel and the United States express concern.
2006 – Felipe Calderón, the President of Mexico, launches a military-led offensive to put down the drug cartel violence in the state of Michoacán. This effort is often regarded as the first event in the Mexican Drug War.
2007 – Insurgency in the Maghreb: Two car bombs explode in Algiers, Algeria, one near the Supreme Constitutional Court and the other near the offices of the United Nations.
2008 – Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
2012 – At least 125 people are killed and up to 200 injured in bombings in the Alawite village of Aqrab, Syria.
2017 – New York City attempted bombing: A pipe bomb partially detonates in the New York City Subway, in the Times Square–42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal. Four people are injured, including the perpetrator.
2019 – The results of the 2019 Bougainvillean independence referendum are announced. The results are overwhelmingly one-sided. Over 98% of voters vote for Bougainville's independence.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, December 11, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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