OUTLOOK
A warming trend will continue through the week with a gradual increase in daily shower chances through Tuesday. Sprawling Bermuda high pressure will aid in the onset of summerlike conditions by the end of the week.
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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 Wednesday Night
Franklin area
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s.
Highlands area
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Patchy fog in the morning. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the south 3 to 6 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph.
Tuesday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Calm winds early increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Otto area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light winds out of the northeast.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s.
Nantahala area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Calm winds early increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph by noon.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds early increasing to come out of the west around 6 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s.
HAZARDS
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the lower range of yellow for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the lower range of yellow.
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 range (6.7 out of 12) today with Birch, Hickory, and Maple being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (6.7 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on May 17th
Highest Temperature 89°F in Franklin in 1960
Lowest Temperature 29°F in Highlands in 1984
Greatest Rainfall 1.25 inches in Highlands in 2003
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 17th is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 228 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
218 - 7th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
352 - Liberius begins his reign as Catholic Pope replacing Julius I
884 - St Adrian III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1395 – Battle of Rovine: The Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army.
1521 - Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason
1525 - Battle at Zabern: duke of Lutherans beats rebels
1527 - Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explore Florida with 600 men - by 1536 only 4 survive
1536 – George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford and four other men are executed for treason.
1536 – Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's marriage is annulled.
1544 - Scot Earl Matthew Lennox signs secret treaty with Henry VIII
1590 – Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland.
1642 – Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve (1612–1676) founds the Ville Marie de Montréal.
1673 – Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River.
1742 - Battle of Chotusitz: Prussia led by Frederick the Great defeats Austria
1744 - rench army takes Austrian Netherlands
1756 – Seven Years' War formally begins when Great Britain declares war on France
1775 - American Revolutionary War: the Continental Congress bans trade with Canada
1787 - English slave ship Sisters, en route from Africa to Cuba, capsizes killing hundreds
1792 – The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
1805 – Muhammad Ali becomes Wāli of Egypt.
1809 – Emperor Napoleon I orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire.
1814 – Occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austrian.
1814 – The Constitution of Norway is signed and Crown Prince Christian Frederick of Denmark is elected King of Norway by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly.
1859 – Members of the Melbourne Football Club codified the first rules of Australian rules football.
1863 – Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
1865 – The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
1871 - Native American fighter General William T. Sherman escapes from the Comanches in an ambulance
1875 – Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
1876 - 7th US Cavalry under General George Armstrong Custer leaves Fort Lincoln
1881 - Frederick Douglass appointed recorder of deeds for Washington, D.C.
1897 - The first successful submarine that can run submerged for any considerable distance and combines electric and gasoline engines is launched in the USA by its designer John Philip Holland
1900 – Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
1900 – The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
1902 – Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
1914 – The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
1915 – The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
1926 - Chiang Kai-shek is made supreme warlord in Canton
1933 – Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling — the national-socialist party of Norway.
1937 – Spanish Civil War: The Largo Caballero government resigns in the wake of the Barcelona May Days, leading Juan Negrín to form a government, without the anarcho-syndicalist CNT, in its stead.
1939 – The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City.
1940 – World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium.
1943 – World War II: Dambuster Raids commence by No. 617 Squadron RAF.
1943 - World War II: The United States Army contracts with the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School to develop the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer).
1954 – The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, outlawing racial segregation in public schools.
1967 – Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt.
1969 – Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure.
1973 – Watergate scandal: Televised hearings begin in the United States Senate.
1974 – The Troubles: Thirty-three civilians are killed and 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) detonates four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Republic of Ireland.
1974 – Police in Los Angeles raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall.
1977 – Nolan Bushnell opened the first Chuck E. Cheese's in San Jose, California.
1980 – General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea seizes control of the government and declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations.
1980 – On the eve of presidential elections, Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path attacks a polling location in Chuschi (a town in Ayacucho), starting the Internal conflict in Peru.
1983 – The U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world's largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2 million pounds [1.9 kt]), in response to the Appalachian Observer's Freedom of Information Act request.
1983 – Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
1984 – Prince Charles calls a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London, a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend", sparking controversies on the proper role of the Royal Family and the course of modern architecture.
1987 – Iran–Iraq War: An Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet fires two missiles into the U.S. Navy warship USS Stark, killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew.
1990 – The General Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) eliminates homosexuality from the list of psychiatric diseases.
1992 – Three days of popular protests against the government of Prime Minister of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon begin in Bangkok, leading to a military crackdown that results in 52 officially confirmed deaths, hundreds of injuries, many disappearances, and more than 3,500 arrests.
1993 - Intel's new Pentium processor is unveiled
1994 – Malawi holds its first multi-party elections.
1995 – Shawn Nelson steals an M60 tank from the California Army National Guard Armory in San Diego and proceeds to go on a rampage.
1997 – Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2000 – Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen
2004 – The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts.
2006 – The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.
2007 – Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized Zone since 1953.
2014 – A plane crash in northern Laos kills 17 people.
2015 - Gun fight between rival biker gangs and police in Waco, Texas leaves 9 dead and 18 injured. 170 later arrested for organised crime.
2018 - Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo spreads to the city of Mbandaka
2020 - Barack Obama criticizes the US government's handling of the pandemic during an online address to graduates, saying officials "aren't even pretending to be in charge"
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Published at 4:00am on Monday, May 17, 2021
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