Outlook
Broad high pressure will persist over the region through at least the early part of next week. This will limit daily shower and thunderstorm activity and aid in promoting near-record heat.
THREE DAY GFS FORECAST
This animated image shows a forecast of precipitation, air pressure and thickness level (cold-air damming) for three days in six-hour increments.
Green, Yellow, and Red indicate rain. Orange and Purple Indicate Freezing Rain or other freezing precipitation. Blue indicates snow.
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Weather Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
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WEATHER FORECAST MAPS
Forecast maps for 7 am, 1 pm, and 7 pm.
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FRANKLIN AREA FORECAST
Today
Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy through mid morning, then clearing, with a high near 90. Calm winds increasing to come out of the northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low in the lower 60s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Sunday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high in the lower 90s. Calm winds early increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph.
Memorial Day
Sunny, with a high near 90.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low in the low-to-mid 60s.
OTTO AREA FORECAST
Today
Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy through mid morning, then clearing, with a high near 90. Calm winds increasing to come out of the west around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Areas of fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low in the low-to-mid 60s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Sunday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high in the lower 90s. Winds out of the west 3 to 8 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with a low in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 6 mph.
Memorial Day
Sunny, with a high in the lower 90s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low in the mid-60s.
HIGHLANDS PLATEAU FORECAST
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 80. Light winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 8 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with a high in the low-to-mid 80s. Winds out of the west around 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with a low in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Memorial Day
Sunny, with a high near 80.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 65.
NANTAHALA AREA FORECAST
Today
Sunny, with a high in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Sunday
Sunny, with a high in the mid-80s. Light winds out of the west increasing to come out of the 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Memorial Day
Mostly sunny, with a high in the mid-80s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low in the mid-60s.
Macon Media Almanac for May 25, 2019
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin in 1953
Lowest Temperature 34°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1951
Greatest Rainfall 3.39 inches in Highlands in 1948
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snow has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of May
Data available from 1873 to 2018
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
Published at 3:30am on May 25, 2019
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