OUTLOOK
Widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening ahead of a cold front, bringing a risk of isolated severe weather to the region. A few storms may redevelop Friday but are not expected to be severe. A lull in activity is expected Saturday, but chances increase Sunday into early next week as warmer and more humid air returns from the south.
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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.
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Saturday Night
Franklin area
Today
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Light winds out of the southwest. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9am, then a slight chance of showers between 9am and 2pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 20%.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s. Calm winds.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Highlands area
Today
chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 10am. Patchy fog on the early-to-midmorning. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 10pm. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s. Calm winds.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s.
Otto area
Today
A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-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 of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 9pm. Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the southwest. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9am, then a slight chance of showers between 9am and 2pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 20%.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Nantahala area
Today
A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Patchy fog in the morning. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-70s. Winds out of the south 3 to 7 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 9pm. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9am, then a slight chance of showers between 9am and 2pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Calm winds increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 20%.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s. Calm winds.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 80.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.
HAZARDS
A weak frontal system moving across the area today and tonight is likely to bring thunderstorms, some of which may produce torrential rainfall. Excessive runoff may lead to minor flooding in flood-prone areas. A few of these storms may also produce severe weather, primarily in the form of damaging winds.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021
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 mid-to-upper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the mid-to-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 range (5.2 out of 12) today with Grasses, Mulberry, and Poplar being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range range (5.6 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on June 3rd
Highest Temperature 93°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1951
Lowest Temperature 37°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1956
Greatest Rainfall 2.44 inches in Highlands in 1967
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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Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
350 – The Roman usurper Julius Nepotianus (aka Nepotianus), of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. [Wikipedia article]
713 – The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, deposed and sent into exile by conspirators of the Opsikion army in Thrace. He is succeeded by Anastasios II, who begins the reorganization of the Byzantine army. [Wikipedoia article] [Philippikos Bardanes: The Spectre of Monothelitism]
1140 – The French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy. [Peter Abelard - A Christian Hero or Heretic? ] [Three Minute Theology - Lily King on Peter Abelard and Ethics] [Peter Abelard: An Introduction to His Thought | Scholasticism]
1326 – The Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark. [Wikipedia article]
1539 – Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain. [Following Hernando de Soto through La Florida] [Hernando de Soto Arrives and Explores Florida]
1608 – Samuel de Champlain lands at Tadoussac, Quebec, in the course of his third voyage to New France, and begins erecting fortifications. [Samuel de Champlain - Explorer | Mini Bio | BIO]
1621 – The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherland. [New Netherland I: Who were the Dutch?] [New Netherland II: Henry Hudson and the North West Passage] [New Netherland III: The Fur Trade and the New Netherland Company 1610-1623] [New Netherland IV: The Dutch West India Company 1621-1626]
1658 – Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France.
1665 – James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft. [VIDEO: The battle of Lowestoft, 1665] [Wikipedia article]
1781 – Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton. [Meet Jack Jouett, the Paul Revere of the South] [The Ballad of Jack Jouette!] [The Midnight Ride of Jack Jouett] [MONTICELLO: Jack Jouett's Ride]
1839 – In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroys 1.2 million kilograms of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War. [History Bytez article] [Wikipedia article]
1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia. [Wikipedia article] [1861-04 Battle of Philippi June 3 1861] [Civil War in Hindsight -031- Philippi Races]
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor: Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia. [Battle of Cold Harbor Overview: Civil War Richmond] [Wikipedia article]
1866 – The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario back into the United States.
1885 – In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police. [Canadian Encyclopedia: Mistahimaskwa (Big Bear)] [Nimosom Mistahimaskwa: Chief Big Bear - The Cree People, Treaty 6 & Human Rights] [Big Bear Miniseries (1998)] [Rudy Wiebe on Big Bear, clip from Extraordinary Canadians]
1889 – The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23 km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon. [Willamette Falls - Where the Future Began]
1916 – The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men. [Wikipedia article] [US Encyclopedia of law]
1935 – One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa. [Wikipedia: On-to-Ottawa Trek] [The On-to-Ottawa Trek] [VIDEO: Canada and Communism During the Great Depression]
1937 – The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson. [The Love Affair That Almost Destroyed Britain | Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters | Timeline] [Edward VIII and the Abdication Crisis: History Matters (Short Animated Documentary)] [Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII: The Marriage that Changed History]
1940 – World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris. [Newsreel Footage] [UPI article]
1940 – World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat. [Wikipedia article] [The National Interest] [Newsreel]
1940 – Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl. [Sending the Jews to Madagascar? - War Against Humanity 011 - July 1940 - April 1941] [Wikipedia article] [Jewish Virtual Library]
1941 – World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground and murders 180 of its inhabitants. [Wikipedia article]
1942 – World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island (Dutch Harbor). [VIDEO: The Bombing of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, & Aleut Evacuation] [Alaska NPS Video]
1943 – In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines attack Latino youths in the five-day Zoot Suit Riots. [How Anti-Mexican Racism in L.A. Caused the Zoot Suit Riots] [Zoot Suits Riot] [Mexican-Americans Risked Their Lives Wearing Zoot Suits] [Wikipedia article]
1950 – Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak. [Annapurna: the first conquest of an 8000 metre peak] [Wikipedia]
1962 – At Paris Orly Airport, Air France Flight 007 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_007] [AJC Archives: Over 100 Atlanta arts patrons die in 1962 Paris plane crash]
1963 – Soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army attack protesting Buddhists in Huế with liquid chemicals from tear-gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalized for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments. [Wikipedia article]
1965 – The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Ed White, a crew member, performs the first American spacewalk. [VIDEO of Launch] [NAA Documentary] [GEMINI 4 - Ed White Spacewalk- Dual Camera, Real Speed, Restored Audio (1965/06/03)]
1969 – Melbourne–Evans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half. [US NAVY VIDEO: The Melbourne-Evans Incident (released 1975)] [Official apology for HMAS Melbourne captain] [Australian Naval Video: The Melbourne - Frank E Evans Collision]
1973 – A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft. [Wikipedia article] [AP Video] [NOVA Video]
1979 – A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000 m3) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded. [Wikipedia]
1980 – An explosive device is detonated at the Statue of Liberty. The FBI suspects Croatian nationalists. [Statue of Liberty Bomb Caused Only Minor Damage to 3 Museum Items; Motive Puzzles Superintendent] [New York Times article on arrest of Croatian Terrorists]
1980 – The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak hits Nebraska, causing five deaths and $300 million (equivalent to $942 million in 2020) worth of damage. [Wikipedia] [1980 Tornado Outbreak: A Look Back]
1982 – The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street; he survives but is left paralysed. [LA Times article]
1984 – Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000. [Wikipedia article] [Sikh Vision Foundation Video] [BBC VIdeo]
1989 – The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation. [ABC News Video] [The Tank Man (full film) | FRONTLINE] [The Tank Man (full film) | FRONTLINE] [Footage shows what really happened in lead-up to Tiananmen Square massacre | Four Corners] [Wikipedia article] [The Gate of Heavenly Peace (1995)]
1991 – Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists. [The Mount Unzen Disaster - A Tribute to Lost Life - 30th Year Anniversary] [Dome collapse and pyroclastic flow at Unzen Volcano] [Photo Volcanica] [Wikipedia article]
1992 – Aboriginal land rights are granted in Australia in Mabo v Queensland (No 2), a case brought by Eddie Mabo. [Wikipedia article] [ABC News (Australia)]
1998 – After suffering a mechanical failure, a high speed train derails at Eschede, Germany, killing 101 people. [Seconds From Disaster Derailment At Eschede (right channel audio only)] [Wikipedia article]
2006 – The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence. [Wikipedia article] [How did Montenegro Become Independent (Again)? | From Kingdom to Republic via 5 Countries!]
2012 – A plane carrying 153 people on board crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board and six people on the ground. [At the scene of plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria with Jim Clancy] [All passengers dead in Nigeria plane crash]
2012 – The pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II takes place on the River Thames. [Wikipedia article] [The Queens Jubilee Loyal Address Diamond Jubilee Parliament 2012] [Boat Pageant Part One] [Boat Pageant Part Two] [Boat Pageant Part Three]
2013 – The trial of United States Army private Chelsea Manning for leaking classified material to WikiLeaks begins in Fort Meade, Maryland. [Bradley Manning: Truth on Trial? - The Listening Post (Full)] [WikiLeaks Statement]
2013 – At least 119 people are killed in a fire at a poultry farm in Jilin Province in northeastern China. [Yahoo! News] [Fire chiefs and poultry plant bosses jailed for 2013 Jilin fire that killed 121]
2015 – An explosion at a gasoline station in Accra, Ghana, killing more than 200 people. [Face2Face Africa article] [Goil Filling Station Explosion in Accra Ghana 04.06.2015]
2017 – London Bridge attack: Eight people are murdered and dozens of civilians are wounded by Islamist terrorists. Three of the attackers are shot dead by the police. [Special Report: London Terror Attack] [Footage from the final moments of the London Bridge attack has been released]
2019 – Khartoum massacre: In Sudan, over 100 people are killed when security forces accompanied by Janjaweed militiamen storm and open fire on a sit-in protest. [Sudan's Livestream Massacre - Documentary - BBC Africa Eye] [Protesters shot as Sudan military tries to clear Khartoum sit-in] [Sudan revolution: June 3rd 2019 marks a turning point | DW News]
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