Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Seasonable temperatures are expected today and tomorrow as shower and thunderstorm activity increases ahead of an approaching cold front. Hot and humid conditions Sunday before the front, which will usher in drier and cooler conditions Monday and Tuesday. The summer heat returns Wednesday and beyond.
• Drought, dry conditions impacting 99 North Carolina counties [Macon Media]
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 10pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 70. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between noon and 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 10pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A chance of showers before 11am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 11am and 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph early in the morning decreasing to calm by midmorning. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds increasing to come out of the north around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain is 60%.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Sunny, with highs in the upper 70s.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 80s. Light winds out of the south. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 11pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 70. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 11am and 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Monday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 81. Winds out of the south 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 8pm. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 2pm and 4pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 4pm. High near 83. Light north northwest wind. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Monday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly clear, with lows around 60.
Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (1.5 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Dock being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (2.4 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for June 29th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 97°F in Highlands in 1936
Lowest Temperature 44°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1968
Greatest One-Day Rain 7.40 inches in Highlands in 1915
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 June Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 101°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-30-2012
Lowest Temperature 32°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-02-1966
Greatest Rainfall 7.63 inches in Highlands on 06-16-1949
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for June 29th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 107°F in Dobbins Heights, Richmond County in 2012
Lowest Temperature 38°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1954
Greatest One-Day Rain 7.90 inches in Cedar Island, Carteret County in 1962
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of June Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 107°F in Carthage, Moore County on 06-23-1981
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Jefferson, Ashe County on 06-17-1917
Greatest Rainfall 12.41 inches in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 06-30-1962
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in the state)
Macon Calendar
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Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
June 2024 Schedule
6/29/24—George James—With a collection of around 800 songs, George does covers of folk, country and oldies. Come with your requests to hear George. If he doesn’t have a song, chances are he knows another by your artist!
For other Music and News follow us on Facebook at Friends of the Greenway, Inc. and Instagram at friends_of_the_greenway_inc. To find out more about the Greenway and our organization, our website is: littletennessee.org.
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 & 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.
News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---
President Biden holds campaign rally in Raleigh after Trump debate | WNCN-TV (Goldsboro, NC(
Fact-checking Trump, Biden debate claims about immigration, foreign policy, Social Security | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• NC Senate passes CPACE funding program to make clean energy upgrades more accessible [WRAL-TV 9Raleigh, NC)]
• North Carolina Republicans move to fund childcare, approve teacher pay raises [WLOS-TV 9Asheville, NC)]
• ‘Scary’ fireball traveling at 32,000 mph vanishes over North Carolina lake, NASA says [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Summer hikes in Asheville: stunning Blue Ridge Parkway excursions with a view [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Jackson County to provide all students with free meals next year [BPR News]
• Haywood’s inaugural Pride festival kicks off [Smoky Mountain News]
---NATIONAL---
CNN Presidential Debate: President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump
Fact-checking Trump, Biden debate claims about immigration, foreign policy, Social Security | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
Donald Trump opens Virginia rally bashing Biden debate performance | WTVR-TV (Richmond, VA)
"When you get knocked down you get back up!" | C-SPAN
Trump speaks at first rally after debate | The Hill
Biden speaks at first campaign event after debate | The Hill
• The Media Establishment Lays on the Horn: Joe Must Go [Politico]
• Divided Supreme Court rules in major homelessness case that outdoor sleeping bans are OK [xxx]
• Justices uphold laws targeting homelessness with criminal penalties [SCOTUSblog]
• NYC libraries to get budget funding back — and reopen on Sundays [Gothamist]
• Colorado oil and gas wells can’t fund their own cleanup. Taxpayers may foot the bill [The Guardian (UK)]
• Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, charge Trump faces [AP News]
• Justices rule for Jan. 6 defendant [SCOTUSblog]
International News Headlines
• Was there a massacre after Kenya's anti-tax protests? [BBC News]
• Iran elections: Initial results indicate likely runoff [DW News]
• 'Conspiracy of silence': Why Brexit has been largely absent from UK election campaign [France 24]
• Russia, Western nations joust on Pyongyang-Moscow arms cooperation in UNSC meeting [Yonhap News Agency]
• Taiwan reports over 100 cybersecurity incidents in May [Taiwan News]
• NEET-UG paper leak case: CBI nabs journalist in Jharkhand, carries out searches in Gujarat [Hindustan Times]
---PRO-RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLETS---
• Zelensky preparing ‘plan to end war’ [Russia Today]
• Putin announces production of ground-based missile systems to counter US threat [Pravda]
• Ukrainian drone attack kills five people in Russia’s borderline Kursk Region [TASS: Russian News Agency]
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, June 28, 2024
Dali Departs Baltimore | Ship Slated to Offload in Norfolk and Conduct Repairs | NTSB Update | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (6-28-24): Post-presidential debate rallies: Donald Trump in VA, Joe Biden in NC | C-SPAN
Global National: June 28, 2024 | Biden hopes to turn page after “disastrous” debate
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - June 28, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | June 28, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - June 28, 2024
PBS NewsHour full episode, (June 28, 2024)
On This Day
June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 185 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)
226 – Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei.
512 A solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland.
1072 - Former Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes blinded by rivals and exiled
1149 – Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.
1194 – Sverre is crowned King of Norway, leading to his excommunication by the Catholic Church and civil war.
1444 – Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll.
1457 - The Dutch city of Dordrecht is devastated by fire
1534 – Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island.
1613 – The Globe Theatre in London, built by William Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, burns to the ground during a performance of "Henry VIII".
• [The Globe theatre fire of 1613: when Shakespeare’s playhouse burned down]
• [Wikipedia: Globe Theater/a>]
• [HistoryPod Video]
1644 – Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.
1659 – At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy.
1786 – Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
1807 – Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.
1850 – Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
1864 – At least 99 people, mostly German and Polish immigrants, are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster after a train fails to stop for an open drawbridge and plunges into the Rivière Richelieu near St-Hilaire, Quebec.
1874 – Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
1880 – France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
1881 – In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
1888 – George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
1889 – Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
1915 – The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
1916 – British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
1922 – France grants 1 km2 at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".
1927 – The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii. 1931 - Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical on Nun abbiamo bisogno (We do not need fascism and Mussolini)
• [Wikipedia: Non abbiamo bisogno]
• [Vatican Website: English Translation]
• [Book Talk: The Pope and Mussolini]
1945 – The Soviet Union annexes the Czechoslovak province of Carpathian Ruthenia.
1950 – Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
1956 – The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
• [Highway Hearing 1956 Federal Aid-Highway Act] (Propaganda Film by Dow Chemical)
• [National Interstate Defense and Highways Act of 1956] (another film praising the Act)
• [How The Interstate Connected And Divided America - The Lightbulb Moment]
• [Divided Highways - PBS - 1997]
• [Wikipedia: ederal Aid Highway Act of 1956]
• [Wikipedia: Interstate Highway System]
1972 – The United States Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v. Georgia that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
• [Wikipedia: Furman v. Georgia - Wikipedia]
• [JUSTIA: Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972)]
• [Furman v. Georgia Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained ]
1974 – Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan Peron is terminally ill.
1974 – Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.
1975 – Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer.
1976 – The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
1976 – The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin.
1987 – Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, was bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England.
1995 – Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
1995 – The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.
2002 – Naval clashes (Second Battle of Yeongpyeong) between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
• [AP Video]
• [Wikipedia: Northern Limit Line]
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Yeongpyeong (2002)]
• [15th anniversary ceremony of Second Battle of Yeonpyeong]
• [Northern Limit Line] (Korean w English subtitle dramatization)
• [VIKI: Northern Limit Line] (dramatization of events on Korean Movie Site 99 cents to watch)
2002 - US Vice President Dick Cheney, serves as Acting President for two and a half hours, while President George W. Bush undergoes a colonoscopy procedure.
2006 – Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
• [Wikipedia: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld]
• [Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. 557 (2006)]
• [Hamdan v. Rumsfeld Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained]
2007 – Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.
• [Steve Jobs debuts the iPhone]
• [Steve Jobs iPhone 2007 Presentation (HD)]
• [iPhone New York Launch]
• [The Struggle of the Original iPhone - The Untold Story]
2012 – A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.
• [Wikipedia: June 2012 North American derecho]
• [NWS Charleston WV: Derecho Event of June 29th, 2012]
• [WRC-TV Coverage ] (Part 6 of 16--videos will play in order)
• [Derecho Storm in Charleston, WV on June 29th, 2012]
• [June 2012 North American Derecho - GoPro chest-mount PoV]
2014 – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declared its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq.
• [Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]
• [Profile: Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)]
• [The Evolution of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant]
• [Vice News: Bulldozing the Border Between Iraq and Syria: The Islamic State]
2020 - US Supreme Court rules 5-4 that abortion restrictions in Louisiana unconstitutional, striking down a 2014 state law
2020 - Golden State Killer and former police officer Joseph DeAngelo Jr pleads guilty to 12 murders and dozens of rapes
• [‘Golden State Killer’ Joseph DeAngelo to Hear Victim Impact Statements]
• [Golden State killer faces victim impact statements in court]
• [Unmasking the Golden State Killer: dark investigation into Joseph DeAngelo | 60 Minutes Australia]
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, June 29, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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