OUTLOOK
A cold front crossing the area today will usher in somewhat cooler weather that will last into early next week. Scattered showers and thunderstorms may redevelop near the front today, but dry weather is in store for Sunday and Monday.
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Local News Update
(National News is published after the Macon Calendar section)
Cowee Mountain Repair Plans Switching to Stone Change to stone from soil allows crews to speed up massive repair on U.S. 441 [LINK]
Flags Lowered Until Sunset on May 30th to Honor Victims of Shooting in San Jose, California by Order of the President and the Governor [LINK]
The Macon County Art Association in Franklin is pleased to announce that the Vet’s Portrait Project will be held this year. This will be our ninth year for this event. Unfortunately the pandemic precluded the project last year but the artists are ready to go for 2021. This year there are spots for 4-7 veterans as we had applications remaining from 2019. Please announce the call for Macon County Veterans or their family members to apply to have the Veteran’s portrait painted by one of our local artists. Vets or their families may apply at the gallery between Memorial Day and July 4th of this year. There is no cost to apply or for the portraits. The only requirement is that the Veteran or their family member be present to receive the portrait on Veterans Day November 11, 2021. Community members who wish to help support the costs for this program are also welcome. Contact the project chair by email at karen@programservices.org.
The Macon County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday night and the county manager presented his proposed budget. The next budget meeting will take place at 4pm on June 3rd, where Burningtown and Otto VFDs and the school system will present their budget requests to the board.
Download a PDF of the budget message [PDF]
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Monday Night
Franklin area
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-upper 40s. Light and variable winds.
Memorial Day
Sunny, with highs near 80.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s.
Highlands area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the north 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Winds out of the northwest early around 5 mph becoming calm by midmorning.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s. Calm winds.
Memorial Day
Sunny, with highs near 70.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around in the lower 50s.
Otto area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph becoming light and shifting to come out of the north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s. Calm winds.
Memorial Day
Sunny, with highs near 80.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s.
Nantahala area
Today
Isolated showers before 11am, then isolated showers after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Memorial Day
Sunny, with highs in the mid-70s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s.
HAZARDS
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Wed May 28 2020
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the extreme upper range of green 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 (5.8 out of 12) today with Grasses, Mulberry, and Poplar being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range range (6.9 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on May 29th
Highest Temperature 91°F in Highlands in 1941
Lowest Temperature 36°F in Highlands in 1894
Greatest Rainfall 2.21 inches in Nantahala 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
Macon Calendar
The Macon County Art Association (a not for profit member organization) is offering classes in encaustic painting on Specified Fridays from 10AM-12PM at the Uptown Gallery 30 E Main St Franklin NC. Specific class dates are Friday July 9 and 23, August 3 and 27, September 3 and 17, October 29.
For more information contact the instructor, Karen Smith, at karen@programservices.org
On This Day
May 29th is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 216 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
363 – The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city. [VIDEO: The Emperor Julian and the last stand of the old gods (331 - 363)] [Wikipedia]
1108 – Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under the command of Tamim ibn Yusuf defeat a Castile and León alliance under the command of Prince Sancho Alfónsez. [Wikipedia]
1167 – Battle of Monte Porzio: A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel. [Wikipedia]
1176 – Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I. [Wikipedia]
1233 – Mongol–Jin War: The Mongols entered Kaifeng after a successful siege and began looting in the fallen capital of the Jin dynasty. [Wikipedia Overview] [VIDEO: The Mongol Conquest of Song China, 1230s-1279]
1328 – Philip VI is crowned King of France.
1416 – Battle of Gallipoli: The Venetians under Pietro Loredan defeat a much larger Ottoman fleet off Gallipoli. [Wikipedia]
1453 – Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire. [Wikipedia] [VIDEO: Fall Of Constantinople 1453 - Ottoman Wars ]
Byzantium - Last of the Romans (Part 1 of 2)
Byzantium - Last of the Romans (Part 2 of 2)
1658 – Battle of Samugarh: decisive battle in the struggle for the throne during the Mughal war of succession (1658–1659). [Wikipedia]
1660 – English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland. [Charles II and the English Restoration (The Stuarts: Part Three)] [When The British Monarchy Almost Ended | Stuarts: Charles II | Absolute History]
1733 – The right of settlers in New France to enslave natives is upheld at Quebec City.
1780 – American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained. [Waxhaws: Blood in the Backcountry | The Southern Campaign] [Wikipedia]
1790 – Rhode Island becomes the last of North America's original Thirteen Colonies to ratify the Constitution and become one of the United States.
1798 – United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are executed as rebels by the British Army in County Kildare, Ireland. [Wikipedia]
1807 – Mustafa IV became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam. [Wikipedia article]
1848 – Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
1852 – Jenny Lind leaves New York after her two-year American tour.
1861 – The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
1864 – Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time. [Wikipedia]
1867 – The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire. [Wikipedia] [Austrian Empire vs. Austro-Hungarian Empire - EXPLAINED]
1868 – Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated. [Serbia Before World War 1 I THE GREAT WAR Special]
1886 – The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal. [John Pemberton and Coca-Cola] [The Sad Story of John Pemberton, the Man Who Invented Coca-Cola]
1900 – N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil. [Wikipedia]
1903 – In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization. [Wikipedia]
1913 – Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot. [Stravinsky The Rite of Spring // London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle] [BBC Movie About the Riot] [Keeping Score | Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (FULL DOCUMENTARY AND CONCERT)]
1914 – The Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Of the 1,477 people on board, 1,012 died, making it the worst peacetime marine disaster in Canadian history. [Wikipedia] [Disasters of the Century | The Empress of Ireland]
1918 – Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sardarabad]
1919 – Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin [How an Eclipse Proved Einstein Right] [Einstein, Eddington and the 1919 eclipse] [Wikipedia]
1920 – The Louth flood of 1920 was a severe flash flooding in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth which occurred 29 May 1920, resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in Britain during the 20th century. [Wikipedia]
1931 – Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
1932 – World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945. [PBS Documentary: The March of the Bonus Army] [Bonus Army: US military attacks demonstrating American War Veterans]
1935 – First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter airplane.
1945 – First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber. [B-32 Dominator - The Last Air Battle (Days After WW2 Was Already Over)]
1948 – United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is founded.
1950 – The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
1953 – Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday. [Sir Edmund Hillary on climbing Mt. Everest, 1977: CBC Archives | CBC] [Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay climb Everest - 1953 archive video] [BBC: Sir Edmund Hillary - The Race for Everest]
1964 – The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization. [Al Jazeera Documentary] [Wikipedia article]
1964 – Having deposed them in a January coup South Vietnamese leader Nguyen Khanh had rival Generals Tran Van Don and Le Van Kim convicted of "lax morality".
1973 – Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
1982 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.
1982 – Falklands War: British forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green. [Wikipedia] [VIDEO: The Battle for Goose Green] [VIDEO: The Battle Of Goose Green (Short Overview)]
1985 – Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses. [LIVE VIDEO] [Wikipedia article]
1985 – Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
1988 – The U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. [President Reagan's Arrival at Vnukovo II airport in Moscow on May 29, 1988] [Wikipedia article on the Summit]
1989 – Signing of an agreement between Egypt and the United States, allowing the manufacture of parts of the F-16 jet fighter plane in Egypt.
1990 – The Russian parliament elects Boris Yeltsin as president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. [Wikipedia article]
1993 – The Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant is held in war-torn Sarajevo drawing global attention to the plight of its citizens.
1999 – Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
1999 – Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station. [AP VIDEO] [NASA Article] [VIDEO REVIEW OF FLIGHT]
2001 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments. [VIDEO LECTURE] [Text of Decision]
2004 – The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. [Website]
2008 – A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.
2012 – A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people.
2015 – One World Observatory at One World Trade Center opens. [VOA VIDEO]
2019 - US Special Counsel Robert Mueller says charging President Donald Trump with a crime never an option as no legal means to charge a sitting president; and that his report does not exonerate the president [Wikipedia Mueller Report Article] [Robert Mueller press conference on Russia investigation] [PDF VOL 1] [PDF VOL 2] [New York Times Interactive Version]
2019 - British politician Boris Johnson ordered to appear in court over claims he lied to the public during Britain's Brexit campaign
2019 - Israel's Knesset calls a snap election after Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form a governmen
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