OUTLOOK
High pressure off the Atlantic coast weakens as a cold front drops into the area by Friday. Increasing moisture between the high and cold front will allow showers and thunderstorms to develop each day with increasing coverage through Friday night. The front moves east of the area by Saturday and Independence Day. Near seasonal conditions expected early next week.
Weather Alert
...DESNE FOG ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS THIS MORNING...
Areas of dense fog, reducing visibility to 1/4 mile or less, will persist across the valleys of the North Carolina mountains this morning. Motorists traveling along I-40 from the Tennessee border to the greater Asheville area, along I-26, and other roads and highways across the mountains should be prepared for sudden deterioration in visibility. Slow down and use low beam headlights if dense fog is encountered. The fog should improve by around 900 AM.
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Vet's Portrait Project for 2021
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.
NC Dept of Justice Releases May 2021 Highlights [LINK]
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Thursday Night
Franklin area
Today
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Widespread dense fog, mainly before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 3am. Patchy fog before 1am, then patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 8pm. Lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%.
Friday
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Highs in the mid-70s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Friday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 70%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Widespread dense fog, mainly before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers between midnight and 5am. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Widespread dense fog, mainly before midmorning. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 7 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 7pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 7pm. Cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.
Friday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 7am, then showers between 7am and 9am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 9am. Highs near 70. Chance of rain is 90%.
Friday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1am and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Otto area
Today
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Widespread dense fog, mainly before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 4am. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 70%.
Friday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 7am, then showers between 7am and 3pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. High in the mid-70s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Friday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between midnight and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 70%.
Nantahala area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Widespread dense fog, mainly before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers between midnight and 4am. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low in the mid-60s. Light winds out of the southwest. Chance of rain is 80%.
Friday
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Friday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 60%.
HAZARDS
Scattered thunderstorms, mainly across the mountains, northeast Georgia, and the western Upstate, are expected through early this evening. Cloud-to-ground lightning and brief, heavy rainfall are the main threats.
Thursday through Monday...
Showers and thunderstorms are expected to increase in coverage ahead of a cold front Thursday and remain over the area Friday and Saturday as the front slowly crosses the area. Areas of heavy rainfall will be possible, potentially leading to isolated flash flooding.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. A broad area of low pressure, associated with a tropical wave, is located about midway between the west coast of Africa and the Windward Islands. This system is producing a large area of showers and thunderstorms that continues to show some signs of organization. Environmental conditions appear generally favorable for development, and a tropical depression is likely to form during the next few days while the system moves west-northwestward at about 20 mph. Interests in the Windward and Leeward Islands should closely monitor this system as it will likely be moving through that region on Friday.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent.
2. Disorganized showers and thunderstorms continue in association with a tropical wave located a couple of hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles. Significant development of this system is unlikely while it moves quickly westward to west-northwestward at 20 to 25 mph, passing through the Lesser Antilles today and then across the eastern and central Caribbean Sea later this week. Regardless of development, this system could bring locally heavy rainfall to portions of the Lesser Antilles during the next couple of days.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the 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 low-medium range (3.4 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (2.6 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on June 30th
Highest Temperature 99°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2012
Lowest Temperature 44°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1974
Greatest Rainfall 2.30 inches in Highlands in 1971
Greatest Snowfall (No snowfall recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
June Weather Extremes for Macon County
Highest Temperature 99°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-30-2012
Lowest Temperature 32°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-02-1966
Greatest Rainfall 7.63 inches in Highlands on 06-16-1949
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1872
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
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On This Day
June 30th is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 184 days remain until the end of the year. In common years it is always in ISO week 26.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy.
• [Wikipedia: Pope Marcellinus]
350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the usurper Magnentius, in Rome
• [Wikipedia: Nepotianus]
• [Wikipedia: Magnentius]
763 – The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Anchialus (763)]
1294 - Jews are expelled from Berne, Switzerland
1422 – Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan and the Swiss cantons.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Arbedo]
1520 - Spanish conquistadors are expelled from Tenochtitlan following an Aztec revolt against their rule under Hernán Cortés during "La Noche Triste" (the Night of Sadness). Many soldiers drown in the escape, and Aztec emperor Moctezuma II dies in the struggle
• [Wikipedia: La Noche Triste]
• [Kings and Generals: Fall of Tenochtitlan (1521) - Spanish-Aztec War ]
1521 – Spanish forces defeat a combined French and Navarrese army at the Battle of Noáin during the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Noáin]
1548 - Augsburg Interim issued by Charles V becomes law - orders Lutherans to return to Catholic practices with some concessions
• [Wikipedia: Augsburg Interim]
1559 – King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel, comte de Montgomery.
• [Wikipedia: Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis (1559)]
• [This Is the Most Consequential Injury in Sports History]
• [Henry II of France]
1651 – The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising: The Battle of Berestechko ends with a Polish victory.
• [The Battle of Berestechko]
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Berestechko]
• [Khmelnytsky Uprising | 3 Minute History]
1688 – The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution.
• [Wikipedia: Invitation to William]
• [How a Dutchman became the King of England]
1700 - Gelderland goes on Gregorian calendar (tomorrow is July 12th, 1700)
• [The Gregorian Calendar - Ten Lost Days]
• [A Short History of the Modern Calendar]
• [Wikipedia: Adoption of the Gregorian calendar]
1758 – Seven Years' War: Habsburg Austrian forces destroy a Prussian reinforcement and supply convoy in the Battle of Domstadtl, helping to expel Prussian King Frederick the Great from Moravia.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Domstadtl]
• [Seven Years' War | Animated History]
• [LINKTEXT]
1794 – Northwest Indian War: Native American forces under Blue Jacket attack Fort Recovery.
• [Wikipedia: Northwest Indian War]
• [Wikipedia: Fort Recovery]
• [Lecture: Northwest Indian Wars 1785-1795]
1805 – Under An act to divide the Indiana Territory into two separate governments, adopted by the U.S. Congress on January 11, 1805, the Michigan Territory is organized.
1859 – French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Charles Blondin]
1860 – The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place. It is dominated by arguments between Thomas Henry Huxley and Bishop Samuel Wilberforce.
• [Wikipedia article about the debate]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Thomas Henry Huxley]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Samuel Wilberforce]
• [Oxford Debate on Evolution]
• [The Great Debate – Huxley and Wilberforce (Bad Faith #13)]
1864 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
• [Text of Yosemite Grant Act of 1864]
• [Almanac: Yosemite Valley Grant Act]
• [Wikipedia: Yosemite Valley]
1882 – Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
• [Wikipedia: Assassination of James A. Garfield]
• [The Presidential Assassination Nobody Talks About] (language warning)
• [The Surprise Election and Political Assassination of President James A. Garfield (2003)]
1886 – The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
1892 – The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• [Wikipedia: Homestead strike]
• [10 Days That Changed America Homestead Strike]
1905 – Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik.
• [On the electrodynamics of moving bodies; by A. Einstein.] (translated from German)
• [How Special Relativity Fixed Electromagnetism]
• [Special Relativity: Crash Course Physics #42]
In Russia, the "Potemkin" arrives at Odessa, where sailors take the bodies of dead crewman ashore; sailors join civilians in revolutionary actions of the '1905 Revolution'.
1906 – The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act; these laws owe much to the expose journalism of the period (Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle' in particular)
• [Wikipedia: Pure Food and Drug Act]
• [Teddy Roosevelt the Trustbuster - Meatgrinder - Extra History - #5]
• [The Jungle by Upton Sinclair] (free eBook at Project Gutenberg)
1908 – The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
• [Wikipedia: Tunguska Event]
• [Mystery of the Devastating Russian "Tunguska Event" Finally Solved (2013)]
• [Tunguska Event | 100 Wonders | Atlas Obscura]
1912 – The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
• [Wikipedia: Regina Cyclone]
• [Disasters of the Century | Season 3 | Episode 3 | Regina Tornado | Ian Michael Coulson]
1914 - Mahatma Gandhi's 1st arrest after campaigning for Indian rights in South Africa
• [Wikipedia Bio: Mahatma Gandhi]
1916 – World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of the Boar's Head]
• [The Day Sussex Died]
• [Drumhead service to remember the Battle of the Boar's Head (2016)]
1921 – U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.
• [Wikipedia Bio: William Howard Taft]
• [Compilation Newsreel Footage ]
• [William Howard Taft and the Constitution] (National Constitution Center)
1922 – In Washington D.C., U.S. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes and Dominican Ambassador Francisco J. Peynado sign the Hughes–Peynado agreement, which ends the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic.
• [US Dept of State: Dominican Republic, 1916-1924]
1925 - Charles Jenkins is granted the U.S. patent for Transmitting Pictures over Wireless (early television)
1934 – The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
• [Wikipedia: Night of the Long Knives]
• [Night of the Long Knives Documentary]
• [Ernst Röhm - Sturmabteilung & Night of the Long Knives Documentary]
1936 – Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
1936 - Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone with the Wind" published
1937 – The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
1938 - Superman 1st appears in DC Comics' Action Comics Series issue #1
• [Wikipedia: Action Comics 1]
• [PDF Copy]
1943 - General MacArthur begins Operation Cartwheel (island-hopping)
• [Wikipedia: Operation Cartwheel]
• [Documentary: The Men of Operation Cartwheel]
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
• [Newsreel: Fall Of Cherbourg (1944)]
• [Battle of Cherbourg, 22-29 June 1944]
1953 – The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
• [Wikipedia: Chevrolet Corvette (C1)]
• [1953 Chevrolet Corvette C1: Regular Car Reviews]
1956 – A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
• [Wikipedia: 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision]
• [The Crash that Changed the Way we Fly; 1956 Grand Canyon Mid-air]
1956 - Vladimir Lenin's politics testament (1923) published in Moscow
• [Wikipedia: Lenin's Testament]
• [Gutenberg Project: Lenin's Testament]
1959 – A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood.
• [Wikipedia: 1959 Okinawa F-100 crash]
1960 – Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).
1963 – Ciaculli bombing: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police officers and military personnel near Palermo.
1966 – The National Organization for Women, the United States' largest feminist organization, is founded.
1967 - Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. named 1st black astronaut
• [Military Times: Black Military History Month: Maj. Robert Lawrence, the first black astronaut]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Robert Henry Lawrence Jr.]
1968 – Pope Paul VI issues the Credo of the People of God.
• [Wikipedia: Solemni hac liturgia]
• [Online Copy] (Translated from Latin)
1971 – The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
• [Wikipedia: Soyuz 11]
• [The Vintage Space: Only Three People Have Died in Space]
• [Soyuz 11 - Death Of Three Astronauts]
1972 – The first leap second is added to the UTC time system.
1974 – The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins.
• [Wikipedia: Baltimore municipal strike of 1974]
1975 - Muhammad Ali retains his world heavyweight boxing crown by beating Englishman Joe Bugner by unanimous points decision in a re-match in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• [Wikipedia: Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Bugner]
• [Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Bugner (2nd meeting) - 1975(HD)]
• [LINKTEXT]
1977 - Jimmy Carter cans B-1A bomber later "B-1's the B-52"
• [June 1977: Carter Cancels B-1 Bomber; Critics Accuse Him of ‘Unilateral Disarmament’]
• [WaPo: Carter Halts B-1 Bomber Production]
• [LINKTEXT]
1977 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.
• [Big Picture: Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) Nations]
• [Wikipedia: Southeast Asia Treaty Organization]
1985 – Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.
1986 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.
1990 – East Germany and West Germany merge their economies.
1994 – During a test flight of an Airbus A330-300 at Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, the aircraft crashes killing all seven people on board.
1997 – The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to China after the British lease on the New Territories in Hong Kong, established by the Second Convention of Peking, expires
• [Wikipedia: Handover of Hong Kong]
• [Hong Kong Handover Sunset Farewell Ceremony & Parade]
• [Hong Kong handover news coverage - July 1997] (4 hours)
2005 – MTV Canada is rebranded as Razer
2007 – A Jeep Cherokee filled with propane canisters drives into the entrance of Glasgow Airport, Scotland in a failed terrorist attack. This was linked to the 2007 London car bombs that had taken place the day before.
2009 – Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310-300, crashes into the Indian Ocean near Comoros, killing 152 of the 153 people on board. A 14-year-old girl named Bahia Bakari survives the crash.
2013 – Nineteen firefighters die controlling a wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona.
• [ABC News: 19 Firefighters Dead in Yarnell Hill Wildfire]
• [WFSTAR Yarnell Hill Fire] (Accident investigation Video)
• [Wikipedia: Yarnell Hill Fire]
2013 – Protests begin around Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi and the ruling Freedom and Justice Party, leading to their overthrow during the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état.
2014 - US Supreme Court rules that family-owned corporations can reject provision of 'Obamacare' on religious grounds
2015 – A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people on board crashes in a residential area in Medan, Indonesia, resulting in at least 116 deaths.
2019 – Donald Trump becomes the first sitting US President to visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
• [NBC News: Trump meets Kim Jong Un, becomes first sitting U.S. president to step into North Korea]
• [Special Report: Trump meets North Korea's Kim Jong Un in the DMZ]
• [2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit]
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Published at 3:50am on Wednesday, June 30, 2021
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National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Thursday Night
Franklin area
Today
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Widespread dense fog, mainly before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 3am. Patchy fog before 1am, then patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 8pm. Lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%.
Friday
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Highs in the mid-70s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Friday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 70%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Widespread dense fog, mainly before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers between midnight and 5am. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Widespread dense fog, mainly before midmorning. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 7 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 7pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 7pm. Cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.
Friday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 7am, then showers between 7am and 9am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 9am. Highs near 70. Chance of rain is 90%.
Friday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1am and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Otto area
Today
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Widespread dense fog, mainly before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 4am. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 70%.
Friday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 7am, then showers between 7am and 3pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. High in the mid-70s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Friday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between midnight and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 70%.
Nantahala area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Widespread dense fog, mainly before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers between midnight and 4am. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low in the mid-60s. Light winds out of the southwest. Chance of rain is 80%.
Friday
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Friday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 60%.
HAZARDS
Scattered thunderstorms, mainly across the mountains, northeast Georgia, and the western Upstate, are expected through early this evening. Cloud-to-ground lightning and brief, heavy rainfall are the main threats.
Thursday through Monday...
Showers and thunderstorms are expected to increase in coverage ahead of a cold front Thursday and remain over the area Friday and Saturday as the front slowly crosses the area. Areas of heavy rainfall will be possible, potentially leading to isolated flash flooding.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. A broad area of low pressure, associated with a tropical wave, is located about midway between the west coast of Africa and the Windward Islands. This system is producing a large area of showers and thunderstorms that continues to show some signs of organization. Environmental conditions appear generally favorable for development, and a tropical depression is likely to form during the next few days while the system moves west-northwestward at about 20 mph. Interests in the Windward and Leeward Islands should closely monitor this system as it will likely be moving through that region on Friday.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent.
2. Disorganized showers and thunderstorms continue in association with a tropical wave located a couple of hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles. Significant development of this system is unlikely while it moves quickly westward to west-northwestward at 20 to 25 mph, passing through the Lesser Antilles today and then across the eastern and central Caribbean Sea later this week. Regardless of development, this system could bring locally heavy rainfall to portions of the Lesser Antilles during the next couple of days.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the 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 low-medium range (3.4 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (2.6 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on June 30th
Highest Temperature 99°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2012
Lowest Temperature 44°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1974
Greatest Rainfall 2.30 inches in Highlands in 1971
Greatest Snowfall (No snowfall recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
June Weather Extremes for Macon County
Highest Temperature 99°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-30-2012
Lowest Temperature 32°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-02-1966
Greatest Rainfall 7.63 inches in Highlands on 06-16-1949
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1872
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
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On This Day
June 30th is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 184 days remain until the end of the year. In common years it is always in ISO week 26.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy.
• [Wikipedia: Pope Marcellinus]
350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the usurper Magnentius, in Rome
• [Wikipedia: Nepotianus]
• [Wikipedia: Magnentius]
763 – The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Anchialus (763)]
1294 - Jews are expelled from Berne, Switzerland
1422 – Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan and the Swiss cantons.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Arbedo]
1520 - Spanish conquistadors are expelled from Tenochtitlan following an Aztec revolt against their rule under Hernán Cortés during "La Noche Triste" (the Night of Sadness). Many soldiers drown in the escape, and Aztec emperor Moctezuma II dies in the struggle
• [Wikipedia: La Noche Triste]
• [Kings and Generals: Fall of Tenochtitlan (1521) - Spanish-Aztec War ]
1521 – Spanish forces defeat a combined French and Navarrese army at the Battle of Noáin during the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Noáin]
1548 - Augsburg Interim issued by Charles V becomes law - orders Lutherans to return to Catholic practices with some concessions
• [Wikipedia: Augsburg Interim]
1559 – King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel, comte de Montgomery.
• [Wikipedia: Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis (1559)]
• [This Is the Most Consequential Injury in Sports History]
• [Henry II of France]
1651 – The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising: The Battle of Berestechko ends with a Polish victory.
• [The Battle of Berestechko]
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Berestechko]
• [Khmelnytsky Uprising | 3 Minute History]
1688 – The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution.
• [Wikipedia: Invitation to William]
• [How a Dutchman became the King of England]
1700 - Gelderland goes on Gregorian calendar (tomorrow is July 12th, 1700)
• [The Gregorian Calendar - Ten Lost Days]
• [A Short History of the Modern Calendar]
• [Wikipedia: Adoption of the Gregorian calendar]
1758 – Seven Years' War: Habsburg Austrian forces destroy a Prussian reinforcement and supply convoy in the Battle of Domstadtl, helping to expel Prussian King Frederick the Great from Moravia.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Domstadtl]
• [Seven Years' War | Animated History]
• [LINKTEXT]
1794 – Northwest Indian War: Native American forces under Blue Jacket attack Fort Recovery.
• [Wikipedia: Northwest Indian War]
• [Wikipedia: Fort Recovery]
• [Lecture: Northwest Indian Wars 1785-1795]
1805 – Under An act to divide the Indiana Territory into two separate governments, adopted by the U.S. Congress on January 11, 1805, the Michigan Territory is organized.
1859 – French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Charles Blondin]
1860 – The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place. It is dominated by arguments between Thomas Henry Huxley and Bishop Samuel Wilberforce.
• [Wikipedia article about the debate]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Thomas Henry Huxley]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Samuel Wilberforce]
• [Oxford Debate on Evolution]
• [The Great Debate – Huxley and Wilberforce (Bad Faith #13)]
1864 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
• [Text of Yosemite Grant Act of 1864]
• [Almanac: Yosemite Valley Grant Act]
• [Wikipedia: Yosemite Valley]
1882 – Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
• [Wikipedia: Assassination of James A. Garfield]
• [The Presidential Assassination Nobody Talks About] (language warning)
• [The Surprise Election and Political Assassination of President James A. Garfield (2003)]
1886 – The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
1892 – The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• [Wikipedia: Homestead strike]
• [10 Days That Changed America Homestead Strike]
1905 – Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik.
• [On the electrodynamics of moving bodies; by A. Einstein.] (translated from German)
• [How Special Relativity Fixed Electromagnetism]
• [Special Relativity: Crash Course Physics #42]
In Russia, the "Potemkin" arrives at Odessa, where sailors take the bodies of dead crewman ashore; sailors join civilians in revolutionary actions of the '1905 Revolution'.
1906 – The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act; these laws owe much to the expose journalism of the period (Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle' in particular)
• [Wikipedia: Pure Food and Drug Act]
• [Teddy Roosevelt the Trustbuster - Meatgrinder - Extra History - #5]
• [The Jungle by Upton Sinclair] (free eBook at Project Gutenberg)
1908 – The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
• [Wikipedia: Tunguska Event]
• [Mystery of the Devastating Russian "Tunguska Event" Finally Solved (2013)]
• [Tunguska Event | 100 Wonders | Atlas Obscura]
1912 – The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
• [Wikipedia: Regina Cyclone]
• [Disasters of the Century | Season 3 | Episode 3 | Regina Tornado | Ian Michael Coulson]
1914 - Mahatma Gandhi's 1st arrest after campaigning for Indian rights in South Africa
• [Wikipedia Bio: Mahatma Gandhi]
1916 – World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of the Boar's Head]
• [The Day Sussex Died]
• [Drumhead service to remember the Battle of the Boar's Head (2016)]
1921 – U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.
• [Wikipedia Bio: William Howard Taft]
• [Compilation Newsreel Footage ]
• [William Howard Taft and the Constitution] (National Constitution Center)
1922 – In Washington D.C., U.S. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes and Dominican Ambassador Francisco J. Peynado sign the Hughes–Peynado agreement, which ends the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic.
• [US Dept of State: Dominican Republic, 1916-1924]
1925 - Charles Jenkins is granted the U.S. patent for Transmitting Pictures over Wireless (early television)
1934 – The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
• [Wikipedia: Night of the Long Knives]
• [Night of the Long Knives Documentary]
• [Ernst Röhm - Sturmabteilung & Night of the Long Knives Documentary]
1936 – Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
1936 - Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone with the Wind" published
1937 – The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
1938 - Superman 1st appears in DC Comics' Action Comics Series issue #1
• [Wikipedia: Action Comics 1]
• [PDF Copy]
1943 - General MacArthur begins Operation Cartwheel (island-hopping)
• [Wikipedia: Operation Cartwheel]
• [Documentary: The Men of Operation Cartwheel]
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
• [Newsreel: Fall Of Cherbourg (1944)]
• [Battle of Cherbourg, 22-29 June 1944]
1953 – The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
• [Wikipedia: Chevrolet Corvette (C1)]
• [1953 Chevrolet Corvette C1: Regular Car Reviews]
1956 – A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
• [Wikipedia: 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision]
• [The Crash that Changed the Way we Fly; 1956 Grand Canyon Mid-air]
1956 - Vladimir Lenin's politics testament (1923) published in Moscow
• [Wikipedia: Lenin's Testament]
• [Gutenberg Project: Lenin's Testament]
1959 – A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood.
• [Wikipedia: 1959 Okinawa F-100 crash]
1960 – Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).
1963 – Ciaculli bombing: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police officers and military personnel near Palermo.
1966 – The National Organization for Women, the United States' largest feminist organization, is founded.
1967 - Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. named 1st black astronaut
• [Military Times: Black Military History Month: Maj. Robert Lawrence, the first black astronaut]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Robert Henry Lawrence Jr.]
1968 – Pope Paul VI issues the Credo of the People of God.
• [Wikipedia: Solemni hac liturgia]
• [Online Copy] (Translated from Latin)
1971 – The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
• [Wikipedia: Soyuz 11]
• [The Vintage Space: Only Three People Have Died in Space]
• [Soyuz 11 - Death Of Three Astronauts]
1972 – The first leap second is added to the UTC time system.
1974 – The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins.
• [Wikipedia: Baltimore municipal strike of 1974]
1975 - Muhammad Ali retains his world heavyweight boxing crown by beating Englishman Joe Bugner by unanimous points decision in a re-match in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• [Wikipedia: Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Bugner]
• [Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Bugner (2nd meeting) - 1975(HD)]
• [LINKTEXT]
1977 - Jimmy Carter cans B-1A bomber later "B-1's the B-52"
• [June 1977: Carter Cancels B-1 Bomber; Critics Accuse Him of ‘Unilateral Disarmament’]
• [WaPo: Carter Halts B-1 Bomber Production]
• [LINKTEXT]
1977 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.
• [Big Picture: Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) Nations]
• [Wikipedia: Southeast Asia Treaty Organization]
1985 – Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.
1986 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.
1990 – East Germany and West Germany merge their economies.
1994 – During a test flight of an Airbus A330-300 at Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, the aircraft crashes killing all seven people on board.
1997 – The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to China after the British lease on the New Territories in Hong Kong, established by the Second Convention of Peking, expires
• [Wikipedia: Handover of Hong Kong]
• [Hong Kong Handover Sunset Farewell Ceremony & Parade]
• [Hong Kong handover news coverage - July 1997] (4 hours)
2005 – MTV Canada is rebranded as Razer
2007 – A Jeep Cherokee filled with propane canisters drives into the entrance of Glasgow Airport, Scotland in a failed terrorist attack. This was linked to the 2007 London car bombs that had taken place the day before.
2009 – Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310-300, crashes into the Indian Ocean near Comoros, killing 152 of the 153 people on board. A 14-year-old girl named Bahia Bakari survives the crash.
2013 – Nineteen firefighters die controlling a wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona.
• [ABC News: 19 Firefighters Dead in Yarnell Hill Wildfire]
• [WFSTAR Yarnell Hill Fire] (Accident investigation Video)
• [Wikipedia: Yarnell Hill Fire]
2013 – Protests begin around Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi and the ruling Freedom and Justice Party, leading to their overthrow during the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état.
2014 - US Supreme Court rules that family-owned corporations can reject provision of 'Obamacare' on religious grounds
2015 – A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people on board crashes in a residential area in Medan, Indonesia, resulting in at least 116 deaths.
2019 – Donald Trump becomes the first sitting US President to visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
• [NBC News: Trump meets Kim Jong Un, becomes first sitting U.S. president to step into North Korea]
• [Special Report: Trump meets North Korea's Kim Jong Un in the DMZ]
• [2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit]
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Published at 3:50am on Wednesday, June 30, 2021
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