OUTLOOK
A weak stationary front aligned roughly from Atlanta to Columbia this evening will move northward as a warm front on Sunday. A stronger cold front will arrive from the northwest on Monday. Slightly cooler and drier air should follow the front from Tuesday into Wednesday as high pressure builds down from the north. Deeper moisture will likely return Wednesday night through Thursday before strong and dry high pressure sets up over the area from Friday into next weekend.
Weather Alert
Relative humidities will be near 30% this afternoon and the winds will be gusting above 20 mph in most locations at times, so please be extra vigilant if you decide to engage in burning outdoors today.
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Local News Update
(National News is published after the Macon Calendar section)
PRESS RELEASE (05-05-2021)
MACON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH
Macon County Public Health Will Being Pre-Registering Children Age 12 to 15 for the COVID-19 Vaccination
With the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisory panel set to authorize the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use in those aged 12 to 15, Macon County’s Vaccine Call Center will begin to pre-register children, should their parents wish for them to be vaccinated once the vaccine has been approved. No Pfizer clinics are currently planned, though the public and those who pre-register will be notified once appointments become available for the Pfizer vaccine with Macon County Public Health.
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is approved under a FDA Emergency Use Authorization, and has been shown to be safe and effective at preventing severe illness from COVID-19, and vaccine clinical trials for the age 12 to 15 group had no symptomatic infections after being fully vaccinated.
Side effects in this age group were similar to that of the age 16 to 25 group which included fever, pain at the injection site, and cold like symptoms lasting no longer than 72 hours after the injection.
Vaccinating children is key to increasing immunity within our community, and allowing students to return to a normal school life. Once fully-vaccinated, students will be able to stay in in-person classroom settings regardless of exposure, and those with no symptoms will be allowed to attend classes.
Parents that want their child to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, must call Macon County’s Vaccine Call Center at 828-524-1500 to pre-register. Any adult who wishes to receive the vaccine, may also call the Vaccine Call Center to register and schedule an appointment. The Macon County Vaccine Call Center is open Monday – Friday, from 8:00am to 5:00pm.
• The Franklin Town Council Regular Meeting for May 2021 [LINK]
Proponents of Public Skatepark Adress the Town Council During Public Comment
Weather-related Video
Storm Chasing During the 2020 Pandemic
The 2020 storm chasing season was a train wreck of uncertainty due to the pandemic, mishaps, and dismal, uncooperative weather. Events featured include:
March 28 - Illinois Moderate Risk and tornado warned supercells
April 12 - Mississippi Moderate Risk tornado outbreak and Brooksville, EF2
May 17 - Decatur, Illinois localized tornado event and chase mishap
May 23 - Northern Illinois tornadic supercells and Coleta, EF1
July 15 - Central Illinois tornadoes and Waverly, EF0 close encounter
Sources stats for cited stats: NOAA Storm Prediction Center and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Tuesday Night
Franklin area
Franklin area
Today
INCREASED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON
Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Light winds out of the southeast early increasing and shifting to come out of the southwest 10 to 15 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the east after midnight. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Monday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A chance of showers before 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, then a chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%.
Tuesday
A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with highs near 70.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s.
Highlands area
Today
INCREASED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Monday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-60s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Partly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 40%.
Tuesday
A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s.
Otto area
Today
INCREASED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Light winds out of the southeast early increasing tomcome out of the southwest 10 to 15 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Monday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%.
Tuesday
A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with highs near 70.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s.
Nantahala area
Today
INCREASED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 15 mph shifting to come out of the south before midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. Winds out of the west 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Light winds out of the northwest. Chance of rain is 30%.
Tuesday
A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of rain after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s.
HAZARDS
Hazardous weather is not expected today. The relative humidity is expected to be near 30% this afternoon and the wind will be gusting above 20 mph, so outdoor burning is not recommended.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the extereme upper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the upper range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
(There are no significant sources of smoke in the region as of 3am on 04-22-2021.)
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (8.3 out of 12) today with Birch, Maple, and Hickory being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (6.0 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on May 8th
Highest Temperature 89°F in Franklin in 1962
Lowest Temperature 28°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station s in 1947
Greatest Rainfall 1.46 inches in Highlands in 1969
Greatest Snowfall 2.5 inches in Highlands in 1992
May Weather Extremes for Macon County
Highest Temperature 92°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 05-20-1966
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
Macon Calendar
Mother's Day Monster Hunt
2020 was a difficult year for non-profits serving Macon County -- in a year where their services have been needed more than ever, fundraising was more challenging than ever. In an effort to help the non-profits that go above and beyond to help those most in need in our community, Servpro of Nantahala is teaming with other local businesses to host a Mother's Day Monster Madness fundraising event. The drive-thru event will be held at Parker Meadows Recreation Complex where vehicles will drive-thru and encounter aliens, dinosaurs, zombies, and other monsters roaming about. From the car, monster hunters can use their nerf guns to hunt the monsters trolling Parker Meadows. A restocking station being haunted by the Russ Hawkins Edward Jones team will ensure hunters have all the nerf ammo needed to finish the hunt. Cost for the monster hunt is $10 per vehicle with additional nerf bullets available for purchase at the beginning of the event for $1 a bag. Come support non-profits in Macon County while giving mom a break on Mother's Day.
Facebook Event Link: https://fb.me/e/2knBJEYaw
National News Update
SpaceX Starlink L27 Mission Successful []
--> On This Day
May 9th is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 236 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
328 - Athanasius is elected Patriarch bishop of Alexandria
1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy.
1090 - Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated in Lincoln, England
1386 – England and Portugal formally ratify their alliance with the signing of the Treaty of Windsor, making it the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world which is still in force.
1450 – 'Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) is assassinated.
1502 - Christopher Columbus leaves Spain on his 4th and final trip to the New World
1540 – Hernando de Alarcón sets sail on an expedition to the Gulf of California.
1662 – The figure who later became Mr. Punch makes his first recorded appearance in England.
1671 – Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
1726 – Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
1864 – Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
1865 – American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
1865 – American Civil War: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining foreign nations to intern or expel Confederate ships.
1873 – Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
1877 – Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
1901 – Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
1911 – The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
1915 – World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
1918 – World War I: Germany repels Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
1920 – Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreshchatyk.
1926 – Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
1927 – Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
1936 – Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
1941 – World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
1942 – The Holocaust in Ukraine: The SS executes 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv (Khmelnytska oblast. The Zoludek Ghetto (in Belarus) is destroyed and all its inhabitants executed or deported.
1945 - World War II: Hermann Goering is captured by the United States Army
1945 – World War II: The final German Instrument of Surrender is signed at the Soviet headquarters in Berlin-Karlshorst.
1946 – King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
1948 – Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.
1950 – Robert Schuman presents the "Schuman Declaration", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.
1955 – Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
1960 – The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.
1961 – FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow gives his Wasteland Speech.
1969 – Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.
1974 – Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
1979 – Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000-strong Jewish community of Iran.
1980 – In Florida, Liberian freighter MV Summit Venture collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a 1,400-ft. section of the southbound span collapse. Thirty-five people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fall 150 ft. into the water and die.
1980 – In Norco, California, five masked gunmen hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase.
1987 – LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board.
1988 – New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
1992 – Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
1992 – Westray Mine disaster kills 26 workers in Nova Scotia, Canada.
2001 – In Ghana, 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of tear gas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee.
2002 – The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agree to have 13 suspected terrorists among them deported to several different countries.
2015 – Russia stages its biggest ever military parade in Moscow's Red Square to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Victory Day.
2016 - Boris Johnson resigns as Mayor of London, succeeded by Sadiq Khan
2017 - US President Donald Trump dismisses FBI Director James Comey
2017 - Moon Jae-in elected President of South Korea after a snap election to replace Park Geun-hye
2018 – The historic defeat for Barisan Nasional, the governing coalition of Malaysia since the country's independence in 1957 in 2018 Malaysian general election.
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