OUTLOOK
A couple of upper level disturbances will cross the area through tonight, resulting in a chance of showers and increased cloud cover over the mountains. Then drier high pressure will build into the region from the north Friday and continue through the weekend, with a slow warming trend. Expect warmer weather next week with a gradual increase in rain chances by midweek.
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Local News Update
(National News is published after the Macon Calendar section)
PRESS RELEASE (05-13-2021) MACON PUBLIC HEALTH
Macon County Reports Additional Death Related to COVID-19
Macon County Public Health received notification that a Macon County resident diagnosed with COVID-19 has passed away. To protect the family ́s privacy, no further information will be released about this individual. This death brings Macon County to thirty-eight (38) deaths related to COVID-19.
“This family is in our thoughts and prayers as they mourn the loss of their loved one,” said Health Director, Kathy McGaha. McGaha continued, “Macon County residents can help protect themselves and our community by receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Macon County’s has Appointments available for the lifesaving vaccine for all who are age 18 and over, and are pre-registering those between 12 and 17 for future clinics. The more individuals who get this vaccine, the more likely that we will stop seeing COVID-19 deaths.”
The entire state of North Carolina requires masks to be worn when social distancing cannot be maintained.
Older adults and people of any age who have serious underlying medical conditions might be at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19; however, anyone of any age can become infected with this illness. Therefore, we ask that community members strictly follow the governor’s orders and continue to practice social distancing, as well as safe hygiene measures such as hand washing and frequently cleaning touched objects and surfaces. The public can monitor the different phases of re-opening and learn more about the restrictions at https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/guidance. If you believe that you may have COVID-19, please call the Health Department at 828-349-2517. The call center is open Monday through Friday from 8:00am – 5:00pm, until further notice. To register and schedule an appointment to receive the vaccine, please call 828-524-1500. The vaccine call center is open from 8:00am – 4:00pm Monday through Friday, until further notice.
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Sunday Night
Franklin area
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Calm wind.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Calm winds.
Sunday
Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Highlands area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light and variable winds. New rain amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Calm winds.
Saturday
Increasing clouds, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Calm winds.
Sunday
Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Otto area
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Calm winds.
Saturday
Increasing clouds, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Calm winds.
Sunday
Partly sunny, with highs near 70.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s.
Nantahala area
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. TonightPartly cloudy, with lows around 40. Calm winds.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm wind.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Calm winds.
Sunday
Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
HAZARDS
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
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 (7.2 out of 12) today with Birch, Hickory, and Maple being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-range range (7.6 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on May 14th
Highest Temperature 90°F in Franklin in 1956
Lowest Temperature 28°F in Highlands in 1910
Greatest Rainfall 2.99 inches in Franklin in 1976
Greatest Snowfall (No snowfall recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
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
On This Day
May 13th is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 232 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
649 - Theodore I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1027 - Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks
1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade.
1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the effective ruler of England.
1483 - Coronation of Charles VIII of France ("Charles the Affable")
1509 – Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Republic of Venice.
1607 – Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.
1608 – The Protestant Union, a coalition of Protestant German states, is founded to defend the rights, land and safety of each member against the Catholic Church and Catholic German states.
1610 – Henry IV of France is assassinated by Catholic zealot François Ravaillac, and Louis XIII ascends the throne.
1643 – Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
1702 - Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Warsaw
1747 – War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
1796 – Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation.
1800 – The 6th United States Congress recesses, and the process of moving the U.S. Government from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., begins the following day.
1804 – William Clark and 42 men depart from Camp Dubois to join Meriwether Lewis at St. Charles, Missouri, marking the beginning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition's historic journey up the Missouri River.
1811 – Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor.
1836 – The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
1868 – Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
1870 – The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
1878 – The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
1879 – The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
1913 – Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
1918 – Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the Two-minute silence.
1931 – Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
1935 – The Constitution of the Philippines is ratified by a popular vote.
1939 – Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
1940 – World War II: Rotterdam, Netherlands is bombed by the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany despite a ceasefire, killing about 900 people and destroying the historic city center.
1943 – World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland.
1948 – Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
1951 – Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
1955 – Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
1961 – Civil rights movement: A white mob twice attacks a Freedom Riders bus near Anniston, Alabama, before fire-bombing the bus and attacking the civil rights protesters who flee the burning vehicle.
1970 – Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of the Red Army Faction.
1973 – Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
1977 – A Dan-Air Boeing 707 leased to IAS Cargo Airlines crashes on approach to Lusaka International Airport (now Kenneth Kaunda International Airport) in Lusaka, Zambia, killing six people.
1980 – Salvadoran Civil War: the Sumpul River massacre occurs in Chalatenango, El Salvador.
1988 – Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.
2004 – The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.
2004 – Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815 crashes into the Amazon rainforest during approach to Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus, Brazil, killing 33 people.
2008 – Battle of Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester City Centre between Zenit supporters and Rangers supporters and the Greater Manchester Police, 39 policemen injured, one police-dog injured and 39 arrested.
2010 – Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on the STS-132 mission to deliver the first shuttle-launched Russian ISS component — Rassvet. This was originally slated to be the final launch of Atlantis, before Congress approved STS-135.
2012 – Agni Air Flight CHT crashes in Nepal after a failed go-around, killing 15 people.
2019 – Wikipedia confirms China has banned all versions of its site
2019 – San Francisco is the first city to vote to ban use of facial recognition
2019 – Huge protests closes schools in Kashmir after the rape of a three-year-old girl
2020 – Former pandemic agency head Rick Bright testifies to a US House Committee "without better planning, 2020 could be the darkest winter in modern history"
2020 - Global death toll from COVID-19 passes 300,000 with 4.4 million confirmed infections
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Published at 4:00am on Friday, May 14, 2021
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