Weather Briefing for Saturday, October 19, 2024

GENERAL OUTLOOK

Dry high pressure persists through the forecast period. A gradual warming trend through the weekend and into the beginning of the week, with above normal temperatures by the middle of the week.

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NEWS UPDATES

A groundbreaking ceremony took place yesterday morning in the Panther Pit at Franklin High School to symbolically mark the beginning of construction of the new Franklin High School. Videos and photos will be published Monday.

On the second day of early voting in Macon County, 1,600 voters cast ballots (1,608 yesterday), no data was provided by the Board of Elections regarding locations as they were the first day (1,277 in Franklin and 331 in Highlands). Early voting will continue through Saturday, Nov 3rd at 3pm.

The total number of voters having voted so far in Macon County is 3,208. As of October 12th,  2024, there were 29,309 registered voters in Macon County.

• Early Voting Locations in Macon and Jackson Counties for 2024 [Macon Media]

• Residents in Western North Carolina Can Apply for Help Buying Food Following Hurricane Helene [Macon Media]

• Friday Football Frenzy: Oct. 18, 2024, scores and highlights [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg visits I-40 wreckage in wake of Tropical Storm Helene [Asheville Citizen-Times]

• GOP officials can't purge 225,000 voters in NC, Trump-appointed judge rules [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

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GENERAL FORECAST

(since this is a quick forecast intended to cover the whole county, bear in mind that higher elevations may experience cooler temperatures than this and the lower elevations may experience higher temperatures than those in the forecast)

.TODAY...Areas of fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the east around 5 mph in the morning, becoming light and variable. 

.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Light and variable winds early in the evening increasing to come out of the northeast around 5 mph after midnight. 

.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph. 

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northeast around 5 mph. 

.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs around 70. 

.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER

Hazardous is not expected today or tonight.

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Published at 3:40am on Saturday, October 19, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins