Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Generally dry and mild temperatures are expected through late next week, as a result of dry high pressure centered north of the region. Our best chance of rain will be with a low pressure system skirting by to our south Sunday and Monday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Areas of fog before midmorning. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the lower 60s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Saturday
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 6 mph.
Sunday
Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 50s.
Sunday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Mostly cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.
Saturday
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of snow showers after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Windy.
Sunday Night
A chance of snow showers before 11pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 11pm and 3am, then a chance of rain showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Mostly cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Saturday
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the east around 5 mph.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 50.
Sunday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Nantahala Area (Winter Storm Warning in Effect Until noon)
Today
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 7 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
Sunday
Partly sunny, with highs near 50.
Sunday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
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Record Weather Events for February 2nd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 75°F in Franklin in 1989
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Highlands in 1917
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.93 inches in Franklin 1983
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 6.2 inches in Highlands in 1936
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of February Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 79°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-28-1996
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 02-13-1899
Greatest Rainfall 6.37 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Highlands on 02-14-1912
Record Weather Events for February 2nd in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 87°F in Siler City, Chatham County in 1982
Lowest Temperature -10°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1980
Greatest Rainfall 5.52 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 1983
Greatest Snowfall 8.5 inches in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1976
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of February Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 88°F in New Bern, Craven County on 02-28-1962
Lowest Temperature -20°F in Brevard, Transylvania County on 02-17-1958
Greatest Rainfall 8.83 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 24.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 02-12-1985
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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)
February 2024 Schedule
2-3-24---Sonia Brooks—Come hear and even sing along with a gal who loves folk and popular music of the past decades. She loves to entertain and make sure that the songs are preserved and shared with all age groups.
2-10-24---Barry Roma—This guy has all the Classic love songs under his belt—Sinatra, Elvis, Johnny Mathis and much more. Travel down Memory Lane with Barry Roma. Barry’s baritone voice brings those love songs alive and gets us all in the mood for Valentine’s Day.
2-17-24---Paul Linser and Charlie Simmons—Two award-winning finger-style pickers that we’re always happy to have at Frog Quarters. You’ll hear covers and originals from Charlie and Paul as they keep us all entertained for MidDay Music.
2-24-24---Jim Austin’s Classic Country Band---Enjoy hearing Jim’s Band as they play the big sound of real, classic country—songs that you don’t hear on the radio anymore. Jim and the fellas are always a popular group with the crowd at Frog Quarters.
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
---NATIONAL---
Senate hearing LIVE: Mark Zuckerberg, social media CEOs testify | Associated Press
Washington Today (2-1-24): Pres. Biden sanctions Israeli West Bank settlers attacking Palestinians | C-SPAN Radio
Global National: Feb. 1, 2024 | China sought to influence 2 Canadian elections, CSIS briefing says
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb 1, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | Feb 1, 2024
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Feb 1 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (February 1, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
• The Sky This Week from January 26 to February 2: Mars and Mercury meet [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 26 - February 4 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show February 2 2024: Puff Patris | Level1 Techs
Explaining The Kids Online Safety Act - DTNS 4697 | Daily Tech News Show
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On This Day
February 2nd is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 332 days remain until the end of the year (333 in leap years).
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum), a collection of "Roman law".
880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King Louis III of France is defeated by the Norse Great Heathen Army at Lüneburg Heath in Saxony.
962 – Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
1032 – Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes king of Burgundy.
1141 – The Battle of Lincoln, at which Stephen, King of England is defeated and captured by the allies of Empress Matilda.
1207 – Terra Mariana, eventually comprising present-day Latvia and Estonia, is established.
1438 – Nine leaders of the Transylvanian peasant revolt are executed at Torda.
1461 – Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross results in the death of Owen Tudor.
1536 – Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1645 – Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Inverlochy.
1653 – New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
1709 – Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring Daniel Defoe's adventure book Robinson Crusoe.
1814 – The last of the River Thames frost fairs comes to an end.
1848 – Mexican–American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
1850 – Brigham Young declares war on Timpanogos in the Battle at Fort Utah.
1868 – Pro-Imperial forces capture Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burn it to the ground.
1870 – The Seven Brothers (Seitsemän veljestä), a novel by Finnish author Aleksis Kivi, is published first time in several thin booklets.
1876 – The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
1887 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed.
1899 – The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
1900 – Six cities, Boston, Detroit, Milwaukee, Baltimore, Chicago and St. Louis, agree to form baseball's American League.
1901 – Funeral of Queen Victoria.
1909 – The Paris Film Congress opens, an attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
1913 – Grand Central Terminal opens in New York City.
1920 – The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
1922 – Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
1925 – Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
1934 – The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
1935 – Leonarde Keeler administers polygraph tests to two murder suspects, the first time polygraph evidence was admitted in U.S. courts.
1942 – The Osvald Group is responsible for the first, active event of anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling.
1943 – World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end when Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last organized German troops in the city.
1959 – Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.
1966 – Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
1971 – Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
1971 – The international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands is signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran.
1972 – The British embassy in Dublin is burned three days after Bloody Sunday.
1980 – Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
1982 – Hama massacre: The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama.
1987 – After the 1986 People Power Revolution, the Philippines enacts a new constitution.
1989 – Soviet–Afghan War: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul.
1990 – Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
1998 – Cebu Pacific Flight 387 crashes into to Mount Sumagaya in the Philippines, killing all 104 people on board.
2000 – First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
2004 – Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
2005 – The Government of Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act. This legislation would become law on July 20, 2005, legalizing same-sex marriage.
2007 – Police officer Filippo Raciti is killed when a clash breaks out in the Sicily derby between Catania and Palermo, in the Serie A, the top flight of Italian football. This event led to major changes in stadium regulations in Italy.
2012 – The ferry MV Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papua New Guinea near the Finschhafen District, with an estimated 146–165 dead.
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, February 02, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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