OUTLOOK
Continued threat of scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms late this afternoon into tonight as a relatively dry cold front passes through with much cooler and drier air behind it to wrap up the work week. Unsettled weather may return this weekend as better moisture pushes in Friday night.
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National Weather Map for Today
Local COVID-19 Numbers for 04-14-202; Macon Public Health Reports Another Death [LINK General forecast through Saturday Night
Franklin area
Today
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Patchy frost after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Friday
Patchy frost before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Light and variable winds.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Calm winds.
Saturday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly between 7am and 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 60s.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Highlands area
Today
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradual clearing during the afternoon, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm by midmorning.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Calm winds.
Saturday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly between 7am and 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 50s.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Otto area
Today
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Patchy frost after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday
Patchy frost before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Light and variable winds.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Calm winds.
Saturday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly between 7am and 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s.
Nantahala area
Today
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Patchy frost between 4am and 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Friday
Patchy frost before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Calm winds.
Saturday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly between 7am and 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s.
HAZARDS
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the middle range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today also being in the middle range of green.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (8.8 out of 12) today with Oak, Juniper, and Birch being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (11.1 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on April 15th
Highest Temperature 86°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2006
Lowest Temperature 20°F in Highlands in 1943
Greatest Rainfall 2.98 inches in Highlands in 1987
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872
April Weather Extremes for Macon County
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on April 26, 1986
Lowest Temperature 13°F in Highlands on April 1, 1987
Greatest One-Day Rain 7.00 inches in Highlands on April 7, 1895
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 9.5 inches in Franklin on April 4, 1987
On This Day
April 12th is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 262 days remain until the end of the year. Historical Events
69 - Battle at Bedriacum, North-Italy
769 – The Lateran Council condemned the Council of Hieria and anathematized its iconoclastic rulings.
1071 – Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscard.
1205 - Battle at Adrianople: Bulgaria beats Emp Boudouin of Constantinople
1250 - Pope Innocent IV refuses Jews of Cordova, Spain their request to build a synagogue
1250 - Kublai is acclaimed the Great Khan by a Mongol Great Council
1395 – Timur defeats Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde at the Battle of the Terek River. The Golden Horde capital city, Sarai, is razed to the ground and Timur installs a puppet ruler on the throne.
1450 – Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English forces, ending English domination in Northern France.
1632 – Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
1642 – Irish Confederate Wars: A Confederate Irish militia is routed in the Battle of Kilrush when it attempts to halt the progress of a Royalist Army.
1715 – The Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.
1736 – Foundation of the Kingdom of Corsica.
1738 – Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel receives its premiere performance in London, England.
1755 – Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
1817 – Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc founded the American School for the Deaf, the first American school for deaf students, in Hartford, Connecticut.
1861 – President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 Volunteers to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.
1865 – President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes President upon Lincoln's death.
1877 - Boston-Somerville installs the world's 1st telephone in Massachusetts
1892 – The General Electric Company is formed.
1896 – Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
1900 – Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
1912 – The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,224 passengers and crew on board survive.
1920 – Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
1922 – U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal.
1923 – Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
1936 – First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
1941 – In the Belfast Blitz, two-hundred bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack Belfast, killing around one thousand people.
1942 – The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.
1945 – Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated.
1947 – Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
1952 – First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
1955 – McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
1960 – At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
1969 – The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.
1970 – During the Cambodian Civil War, massacre of the Vietnamese minority results in 800 bodies flowing down the Mekong river into South Vietnam.
1986 – The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a discotheque bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen.
1989 – Hillsborough disaster: A human crush occurs at Hillsborough Stadium, home of Sheffield Wednesday, in the FA Cup Semi-final, resulting in the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans.
1989 – Upon Hu Yaobang's death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in China.
1994 – Marrakesh Agreement relating to foundation of World Trade Organization is adopted.
2002 – Air China Flight 129 crashes on approach to Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, killing 129 people.
2013 – Two bombs explode near the finish line at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, killing three people and injuring 264 others.
2013 – A wave of bombings across Iraq kills at least 75 people.
2014 – In the worst massacre of the South Sudanese Civil War, at least 200 civilians were gunned down after seeking refuge in houses of worship as well as hospitals.
2019 – The cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris in France is seriously damaged by a large fire.
2020 - South Korea is 1st country to hold a general election under COVID-19, President Moon Jae-in's ruling Democratic party wins in a landslide
2020 - Revised death count for New York taking into account assumed COVID-19 deaths makes the city's per-capita death rate higher than Italy at 10,367 at this date
2020 - US's deadliest day during COVID-19 pandemic with 2,752 deaths reported
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Published at 3:49am on Wednesday, April 15, 2021
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