Outlook
A weak cold front will exit to the southeast of the forecast area early today. Warm high pressure will return quickly behind the front this afternoon through Wednesday. Another weak and relatively dry and cold front will push into the area on Thursday. Overall, warm and dry conditions will continue through the week and into the weekend.
State Legislative Calendar
The legislative calendar for today has been posted online. [LINK]
DAILY PHOTO
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Employees of Drake Enterprises were out installing seasonal decorations at their locations on Stewart Street, Phillips Street, and Palmer Street yesterday morning.
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.
**Note** A Tropical Weather Outlook section has been added to the daily weather briefing for the Atlantic Hurricane Season, and since those tend to run long when there is activity, that section has been added between the daily forecasts for the four regions of the county and the almanac section so people can get to their daily forecasts with minimal interference.
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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
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high in the mid-80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low in the mid-50s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with a high in the mid-80s. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Calm winds.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.
OTTO AREA FORECAST
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high in the mid-80s. Winds out of the north 3 to 5 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with a high in the mid-80s. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Calm winds.
Thursday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high in the mid-80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low in the lower 60s.
HIGHLANDS PLATEAU FORECAST
Today
Patchy fog in the morning. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high in the low-to-mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with a low in the mid-50s. Calm winds increasing to come out of the east around 5 mph after midnight.
Wednesday
Sunny, with a high in the mid-70s. Winds out of the northeast around 5 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low in the upper 50s. Light and variable winds increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph after midnight.
Thursday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high in the mid-70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.
NANTAHALA AREA FORECAST
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 55. Light and variable wind.
Wednesday
Sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Calm wind.
Thursday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming west northwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(video from Levi Cowan of Tropical Tidbits and Mark Sudduth of HurricaneTrack.com will be added to this segment below the tropical outlook if tropical activity threatens the Florida or Gulf coast or could potentially impact us in the mountains)
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Tue Sep 24 2019
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Jerry, located a few hundred miles southwest of Bermuda, on Tropical Depression Karen, located over the northeastern Caribbean Sea, and on Tropical Storm Lorenzo located over the eastern tropical Atlantic.
1. A weak area of low pressure centered near the north coast of the Yucatan peninsula is producing a small area of disorganized cloudiness and showers. Some slow development of the low is possible while it moves slowly westward across the southwestern Gulf of Mexico during the next few days before it reaches the northeast coast of Mexico late Friday or Saturday.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 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 4:30am on September 24, 2019
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