OUTLOOK
A vigorous cold front is expected to move through the area tonight, and could produce isolated strong to severe convection along with significant rainfall. The active pattern continues this weekend as a new cold front slides through the area Sunday with another round of rain.
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National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Saturday Night
Franklin area
Today
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Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 3pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the upper 60s. Light winds out of the southeast early increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three-quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 3am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Lows in the mid-50s. Winds out of he south 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between three-quarters and one inch possible.
Friday
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am, then a slight chance of showers between 7am and 2pm. Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Light and variable winds early increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 3am. Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Light and variable winds.
Saturday
Showers likely before 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 4pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 9pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9pm and 4am, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Highlands area
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Today
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog in the afternoon. Highs near 60. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between three-quarters and one inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then showers and thunderstorms, mainly between midnight and 5am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Patchy fog before 10pm, then patchy fog after 2am. Steady temperatures in the upper 50s. Winds out of the south 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Friday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am, then a slight chance of showers between 7am and 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 3am. Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Saturday
Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Saturday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Otto area
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Today
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 3pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between three-quarters and one inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 5am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Lows in the mid-50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between three-quarters and one inch possible.
Friday
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am, then a slight chance of showers between 7am and 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 3am. Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Saturday
Showers likely before 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 2pm and 5pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Saturday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 5am, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Nantahala area
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Today
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 3pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid-60s. Calm winds early increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between three-quarters and one inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 5am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers between 10am and noon. Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 3am. Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Light and variable winds. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 3pm, then showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between midnight and 3am, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
HAZARDS
Showers and thunderstorms will move into the area from west to east this afternoon through Friday morning. Areas in far Western North Carolina and parts of Northeast Georgia will see some storms Thursday afternoon and evening, with storms initiating or entering other areas early Friday morning. Strength of storms will be in decline by daybreak on Friday. Some of these storms may reach severe limits with the primary threat of strong straight- line winds.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the upper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today also being in the upper range of green.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (7.3out of 12) today with Maple, Juniper, and Oak being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be lower, in the medium range (6.5 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on March 25th
Highest Temperature 84°F in Highlands in 1929
Lowest Temperature 14°F in Franklin in 1956
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.14 inches in Highlands in 1901
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 5.5 inches in Highlands in 1971
March Weather Extremes for Macon County
Highest Temperature 86°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on March 15, 1967
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Highlands on March 7, 1899
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.43 inches in Highlands on March 29, 1898
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on March 13, 1993
On This Day
Historical Events
31 – 1st Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus
421 – Friday at 12 PM - city of Venice founded
708 – Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to visit Constantinople until 1967.
717 – Theodosius III resigns the throne to the Byzantine Empire to enter the clergy.
919 – Romanos Lekapenos seizes the Boukoleon Palace in Constantinople and becomes regent of the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII.
1000 – Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah assassinates the eunuch chief minister Barjawan and assumes control of the government.
1199 – Richard I, Lion Heart, King o f England, is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France, leads to his death on April 6
1150 – Tichborne family of Hampshire England start tradition of giving gallon of flour to residents to keep deathbed promise
1306 – Robert the Bruce crowned Robert I, King of Scots, having killed his rival John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch
1436 – Florentine cathedral Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore with then the largest dome in the world by Filippo Brunelleschi, consecrated by Pope Eugene IV (begun 1296)
1409 – The Council of Pisa convenes, in an attempt to heal the Western Schism.
1576 – Jerome Savage takes out a sub-lease to start the Newington Butts Theatre outside London.
1584 – Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.
1634 – Under charter granted to Lord Baltimore and led by his brother Leonard Calvert first settlers found Catholic colony of Maryland
1655 – Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
1609 – Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Company to find a passage to Asia
1669 – Mount Etna in Sicily erupts, destroying Nicolosi, killing 20,000
1708 – A French fleet anchors nears Fife Ness as part of the planned French invasion of Britain.
1776 – Continental Congress authorizes a medal for George Washington
1802 – The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.
1807 – The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world.
1807 – British Parliament abolishes slave trade throughout the British Empire; penalty of £120 per slave introduced for ship captains
1807 – George Canning becomes British Foreign Secretary
1811 – Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism. (br />1813 – 1st US flag flown in battle on the Pacific by the frigate Essex
1817 – Tsar Alexander I recommends formation of Society of Israeli Christians
1821 – Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The war had actually begun on 23 February 1821 (Julian calendar).
1845 – New Zealand Legislative Council pass the first Militia Act constituting the New Zealand Army.
1846 – German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt arrives in Sydney to a hero's welcome after completing his exploration of Australia's Northern Territory
1851 – Yosemite Valley discovery made public by Major James D. Savage and Captain John Boling after being shown by Indian guides in California
1863 – 1st US Army Medal of Honor awarded to six army soldiers by US Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in Washington
1863 – Skirmish at Brentwood, Tennessee
1864 – Battle of Paducah, Kentucky (Forrest's raid)
1865 – Battle of Bluff Spring, Florida
1865 – Battle of Petersburg: In an unsuccessful counter attack, Confederate forces attack Fort Stedman
1865 – Battle of Mobile, Alabama (Spanish Fort, Fort Morgan, Fort Blakely)
1865 – SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire & sinks, killing 400
1865 – In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
1894 – Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
1895 – Italian troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1898 –Writer O. Henry sentenced to 5 years in prison for embezzling $854 from a bank reportedly to pay for his sick wife's medical bills. Goes on to write many classics while in jail including "Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking".
1911 – In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
1911 – Andrey Yushchinsky is murdered in Kiev, leading to the Beilis affair.
1917 – The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
1918 – The Belarusian People's Republic is established.
1924 – On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
1919 – Woodrow Wilson's dream of a League of Nations becomes a reality after the League Covenant is adopted at the Paris Peace Conference
1931 – The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
1941 – The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact.
1942 – 1st 700 Jews from Polish Lvov district reach the Bełżec Concentration camp
1943 – 97% of all Dutch physicians strike against Nazi registration
1943 – Jimmy Durante & Garry Moore premiere on radio
1944 – Germany troop executes 335 residents of Rome
1945 – US 1st army breaks out bridgehead near Remagen, Germany after crossing the Rhine
1945 – US 4th Armored div arrives at Hanau & Aschaffenburg
1945 – US Northern Tractor Flotilla departs Ulithi to Okinawa
1947 – An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
1948 – The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
1949 – More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
1957 – United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.
1957 – The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
1960 – 1st guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut)
1965 – 25,000 civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
1966 – US Supreme court rules "poll tax" unconstitutional
1971 – The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.
1975 – Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by a mentally ill nephew.
1979 – The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
1988 – The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
1995 – WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.
1996 – The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).
2006 – Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
2006 – Protesters demanding a new election in Belarus, following the rigged 2006 Belarusian presidential election, clash with riot police. Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin is among several protesters arrested.
2012 – Peter Cruddas, treasurer of Britain's Conservative Party, resigns after being caught on film selling access to British Prime Minister David Cameron
2018 – North Korean leader Kim Jong un begins surprise trip to Beijing by train to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping
2019 – First rocket fired from Gaza since 2014 toward Tel Aviv prompts Israeli return air strikes on Gaza
2020 – Spain's death toll from COVID-19 overtakes China's at 3,434 to become then second worldwide behind Italy with 7,503 deaths with a worldwide toll of 20,836
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