Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Dry and warm high pressure moves off the Carolina coast as a
front approaches from the west then stalls over our region for the
weekend. This front will result in periodic thunderstorms and
showers starting today and lingering through the weekend. A general
summertime pattern sets up early next week, which will likely
support scattered thunderstorm development each afternoon.
SPRING FROG FAIR SAT MAY 4th
Stroll FROG FAIR, listen to live music and enjoy homemade goodies.
10AM—George James—Covers of Classic Folk, Country, Pop
11AM---Generations--Dave Stewart, Michelle LiBasci & Rachel Bellavance with Jazz from 4 Generations
12Noon—Lady & the Tramps Dulcimer Group—Sally DeLawter, John Hawk, Phil Myers & David
1PM---Dirty Dave Patterson—Rock & Outlaw Music
2PM---Jim Austin’s Classic Country Band—Jim, Jerry Bradley, Gary Gibson & Ron Darby—Country Hits of the Past
3PM---Paradise 56 Trio—Bryan Loy, Gary Gibson, Cindy Whitmore—Acoustic Vocal trio with Great Harmony
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 3am, then a chance of showers between 3am and 5am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Patchy fog before noon. Highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 70%.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Sunday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain is 50%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. Winds out of the south 3 to 7 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then a chance of showers between 11pm and 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Patchy fog before noon. Highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 11pm and 4am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.
Sunday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Sunday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8pm. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then a chance of showers between 11pm and 3am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the south 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Patchy fog before noon. Highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 11pm and 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Highs near 79. Chance of rain is 80%.
Sunday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the south 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a chance of showers between midnight and 4am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the south 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Patchy fog before noon. Highs near 70. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.
Sunday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Sunday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Chance of rain is 40%.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Back to Top Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (7.3 out of 12) today with Maple, Birch, and Oak being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (0.7 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for May 3rd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 86°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2012
Lowest Temperature 27°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1961
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.40 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1997
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 May Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 92°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 05-20-1996
Lowest Temperature 23°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 05-02-1963
Greatest Rainfall 5.97 inches in Highlands on 05-30-2018
Greatest Snowfall 2.5 inches in Highlands on 05-07-1992
Record Weather Events for May 3rd in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 99°F in Tarboro, Edgecombe County in 1948
Lowest Temperature 19°F in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 1981
Greatest Rainfall 3.68 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 1972
Greatest Snowfall 1.0 inches in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1971
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Gladys)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of May Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 107°F in Aurora, Beaufort Countyy on 05-26-2011
Lowest Temperature 14°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 05-09-2020
Greatest Rainfall 8.51 inches in Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County on 05-20-1942
Greatest Snowfall 15.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 05-07-1992
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
May 2024 Schedule
5-4-24—FROG FAIR SPRING ‘24 (On the Outside of Frogs)
10AM—George James—Covers of Classic Folk, Country, Pop
11AM---Generations--Dave Stewart, Michelle LiBasci & Rachel Bellavance with Jazz from 4 Generations
12Noon—Lady & the Tramps Dulcimer Group—Sally DeLawter, John Hawk, Phil Myers & David
1P---Dirty Dave Patterson—Rock & Outlaw Music
2P---Jim Austin’s Classic Country Band—Jim, Jerry Bradley, Gary Gibson & Ron Darby—Country Hits of the Past
3P---Paradise 56 Trio—Bryan Loy, Gary Gibson, Cindy Whitmore—Acoustic Vocal trio with Great Harmony
5-11-24---George James & Sheila Krause—Sheila joins George on Vocals.
5-18-24---Jim Austin’s Classic Country Band (see above)
5-25-24---Barry Roma—Franklin’s Favorite Crooner bringing you love songs of the past
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---
• Organizer of viral fundraiser for UNC frat 'rager' creating board to plan party, give to charities [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC Senate approves GOP bill requiring sheriffs to cooperate with ICE [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Balancing act: Robinson, Stein offer competing visions of the future in North Carolina [Smoky Mountain News]
---NATIONAL---
Exposing the NSA’s Mass Surveillance of Americans | CYBERWAR | VICE News
Biden says "there's the right to protest," but condemns violence on college campuses | full video | CBS News
Cleanup begins of dismantled UCLA encampment | KTTV-TV (Los Angeles, CA)
• UCLA struggles to recover after 200 arrested, pro-Palestinian camp torn down [Los Angeles Times]
• Locks, Chains, Diversions: How Columbia Students Seized Hamilton Hall [New York Times]
• Nearly 2,200 people have been arrested during pro-Palestinian protests on US college campuses [AP News]
• US jobs report for April will likely point to a slower but still-strong pace of hiring [ABC News]
• Trump Media pushes House to probe 8 firms over short-selling of DJT shares [CNBC]
• Shake-down allegations and another contempt hearing highlight 10th day of Trump’s trial [Politico]
Washington Today (5-1-24): Senate starts FAA bill; House passes bill on college campus antisemitism | C-SPAN
Global National: May 2, 2024 | Police recordings offer new insight into Highway 401 wrong-way chase
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - May 02, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | May 02, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - May 02, NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (May 02, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
America and China fight for mineral monopoly | Caspain Report
• The Sky This Week from May 3 to 10: The Eta Aquariids’ time to shine [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 26 – May 5 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show May 3 2024: Thermonating All The Peasants! | Level1 Techs
VAT: Values Affect Tech - DTNS 4761 | Daily Tech News Show
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On This Day
May 3 is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 242 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)
752 – Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, assumes the throne.
1481 – The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties.
1491 – Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I.
1568 – Angered by the brutal onslaught of Spanish troops at Fort Caroline, a French force has burned the San Mateo fort and massacred hundreds of Spaniards.
1616 – Treaty of Loudun ends a French civil war.
1715 – A total solar eclipse is visible across northern Europe and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within four minutes accuracy.
1791 – The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1802 – Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city after Congress abolishes the Board of Commissioners, the District's founding government. The "City of Washington" is given a mayor-council form of government.
1808 – Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia.
1808 – Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are executed near Príncipe Pío hill.
1815 – Neapolitan War: Joachim Murat, King of Naples, is defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Tolentino, the decisive engagement of the war.
1830 – The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel.
1837 – The University of Athens is founded in Athens, Greece.
1848 – The boar-crested Anglo-Saxon Benty Grange helmet is discovered in a barrow on the Benty Grange farm in Derbyshire.
1849 – The May Uprising in Dresden begins: The last of the German revolutions of 1848–49.
1855 – American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.
1901 – The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
1913 – Raja Harishchandra, the first full-length Indian feature film, is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.
1920 – A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
1921 – Ireland is partitioned under British law by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, creating Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
1921 – West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
1928 – The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
1939 – The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
1942 – World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
1945 – World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay.
1947 – New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
1948 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Shelley v. Kraemer that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable.
1951 – London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain.
1951 – The United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begin their closed door hearings into the relief of Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman.
1952 – Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.
1952 – The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
1957 – Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.
1963 – The police force in Birmingham, Alabama switches tactics and responds with violent force to stop the "Birmingham campaign" protesters. Images of the violent suppression are transmitted worldwide, bringing new-found attention to the civil rights movement.
1971 – Erich Honecker becomes First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, remaining in power until 1989.
1978 – The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
1979 – Margaret Thatcher wins the United Kingdom general election. The following day, she becomes the first female British Prime Minister.
1986 – Twenty-one people are killed and forty-one are injured after a bomb explodes on Air Lanka Flight 512 at Colombo airport in Sri Lanka.
1987 – A crash by Bobby Allison at the Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama fencing at the start-finish line would lead NASCAR to develop the restrictor plate for the following season both at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega.
1999 – The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 +/- 20 mph (484 +/- 32 km/h).
1999 – Infiltration of Pakistani soldiers on Indian side results in the Kargil War.
2000 – The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
2001 – The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947.
2006 – Armavia Flight 967 crashes into the Black Sea near Sochi International Airport in Sochi, Russia, killing 113 people.
2007 – The three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappears in Praia da Luz, Portugal, starting "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history".
2015 – Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, which was held in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting.
2016 – Eighty-eight thousand people are evacuated from their homes in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada as a wildfire rips through the community, destroying approximately 2,400 homes and buildings.
2018 - Kilauea volcano on Big Island, Hawaii begins erupting forcing the evacuation of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and residential areas
2020 - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says China responsible for the spread and severity of COVID-19 and should be held accountable
2020 - Brazilian confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 100,000 with the death toll at 7,025, the 9th country to do so
2021 - German police announce operation and arrests into 'Boystown' world's largest child abuse image website with 400,000 members worldwide
2021 - Former U.S. Senator and astronaut Bill Nelson, becomes Administrator of NASA
2021 - Democratic Republic of the Congo announces the end of the latest Ebola outbreak after three months with a death toll of six
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, May 03, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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