Outlook
Dry and warm, summerlike conditions are expected through the middle of the week, as upper-level high pressure builds across the region. Increasing humidity is expected to allow afternoon showers and thunderstorms to gradually return through the week.
Local News
In a gathering at the Macon County Republican Party Headquarters in Franklin Saturday afternoon Jim Davis announced is retiring at the end of his present term and Kevin Corbin announced that he will be running for the seat Davis is leaving open in the 2020 election cycle.
Jim Davis was first elected to the 50th District in the North Carolina Senate in 2010 and Kevin Corbin was first elected to the 120th NC House District in 2014. Both served on the Macon County Board of Commissioners prior to their election to state office and Corbin was on the Macon County Board of Education before he was a county commissioner.
Macon Media will attempt to publish a video of the entire event sometime Monday or Tuesday. Due to technical problems, this may not occur until later because the video editing computer is down and an old laptop is processing the video and it takes much longer to process video.
THREE DAY GFS FORECAST
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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 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 90. Calm winds.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Calm winds.
Monday
Sunny, with a high in the lower 90s. Calm winds.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with a low in the mid-60s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after in the afternoon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low in the mid-60s.
OTTO AREA FORECAST
Today
Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high in the upper 80s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Clear, with a low in the lower 60s. Calm winds.
Monday
Sunny, with a high near 90. Calm winds.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with a low in the mid-60s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the afternoon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low in the mid-60s.
HIGHLANDS PLATEAU FORECAST
Today
Sunny, with a high in the upper 70s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming light and variable before midnight.
Monday
Sunny, with a high near 80. Light and variable winds.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with a low in the lower 60s. Winds out of the east 3 to 6 mph.
Tuesday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the afternoon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.
NANTAHALA AREA FORECAST
Today
Patchy fog in the morning. Otherwise, sunny, with a high in the mid-80s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Calm winds.
Monday
Sunny, with a high in the upper 80s. Calm winds.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with a low in the low-mid 60s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Sunny, with a high in the mid-to-upper 80s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low in the lower 60s.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK Things are starting to heat up
(video from Levi Cowan of Tropical Tidbits and Mark Sudduth of HurricaneTrack.com have been added to this segment below the tropical outlook and will remain as long as they cover this storm)
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sun Sep 8 2019
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Post-Tropical Cyclone Dorian, located over Atlantic Canada, and on Tropical Storm Gabrielle, located over the central Atlantic Ocean.
1. A broad area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms several hundred miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands. Some slow development of this system is possible during the next several days while the low moves westward across the central tropical Atlantic Ocean.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent.
2. Disorganized showers and thunderstorms located a few hundred miles northeast of the northern Leeward Islands are associated with a trough of low pressure. Strong upper-level winds are expected to prevent the development of this system during the next few days while it moves west-northwestward to the north of the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico. By mid week, environmental conditions could become more conducive for development when the disturbance reaches the southwestern Atlantic Ocean.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of September
Data available from 1872 to 2018
Highest Temperature 98°F in Franklin on 09-04-1975
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Franklin on 09-30-1967
Greatest Rainfall 11.87 inches in Highlands on 09-27-1964
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1873
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of September
Data available from 1870 to 2018
Highest Temperature 109°F Weldon, Halifax County 09-07-1954
Lowest Temperature 23°F Marion, McDowell County 09-28-2000
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 19.30 in Southport, Brunswick County 09-16-1999
Monthly Averages
Warmest Weather Station 75.4°F Morehead City, Carteret County
Coldest Weather Station 55.0°F Mount Mitchell, Yancey County
Wettest Weather Station 8.93 in Southport, Brunswick County
Driest Weather Station 2.94 in Marshall, Madison County
Published at 4:10am on September 8, 2019
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