OUTLOOK
Daily afternoon and evening thunderstorms are expected today through the weekend. With abundant moisture remaining over the region, these storms will pose a threat of localized flash flooding. A cold front settles across the region early Tuesday, promoting a marginal chance of showers on Monday and Tuesday, before high pressure builds in midweek.
Weather Alert
General pulse thunderstorms are expected across the region today, mainly in the afternoon and evening hours. The main impacts with these thunderstorms are cloud-to-ground lightning and locally heavy rainfall.
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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 Sunday Night
Franklin area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog before 10am. Highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 5am, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog before 2am, then patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Light winds out of the northwest. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 9am. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Light and variable winds.
Sunday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between noon and 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-70s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog before 1am, then patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 9am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Sunday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Otto area
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between noon and 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3am, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog before 4am, then areas of fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Winds out of the north 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Sunday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s.
Nantahala area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs in the mid-70s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 9pm. Patchy fog before 1am, then patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the northwest wind 3 to 5 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s.
HAZARDS
Numerous to widespread showers and thunderstorms will develop across the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia today, with the greatest coverage during the afternoon and early evening hours. The thunderstorms will have the potential to produce torrential downpours in affected areas and localized flooding may develop in any locations that see repeated thunderstorms in a short period of time. The thunderstorms will also produce dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning and gusty winds.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Fri Jun 11 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 middle range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the middle 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 (3.9 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Walnut being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range range (5.0 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on June 10th
Highest Temperature 94°F in Franklin in 1947
Lowest Temperature 39°F in Highlands in 1931
Greatest Rainfall 3.72 inches in Highlands in 2013
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
National News Update
National Cathedral Bell Tolling for 600,000 COVID Deaths
As our nation marks 600,000 lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, Washington National Cathedral tolled its mourning bell 600 times -- once for every 1,000 dead -- on Thursday (June 10), starting at 5 pm ET.
We toll this 12-ton bell for every funeral held at the Cathedral. Funerals mourn the loss, but they also celebrate the lives of our loved ones, and point us to the hope of resurrection.
This gesture cannot replace the lives lost, but we hope it will help each American mourn the toll of this pandemic.
Reuters Video of Bell Tolling - Like Tears in the Rain
President Biden speaks on vaccination program and effort to defeat Covid-19 globally — 6/10/21
Level1 News June 11 2021: One Small Step For Squid
On This Day
June 11 is the 162nd day of the year (163rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 203 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)
1184 BC – Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes.
• [Wikipedia article: The Trojan War]
• [Did the Sea Peoples Sack Troy? Dr. Eric Cline | 1177BC | Bronze Age Collapse]
• [Kings and Generals: Did the Trojan War Really Happen?]
• [The Trojan War - History vs. Myth - Extra History - #1]
• [The Trojan War - Battles in the Bronze Age - Extra History - #2]
• [Invicta: Homer's Trojan War - Dawn of War DOCUMENTARY]
173 – Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle of the rain".
• [Wikipedia article]
• [Legendarian: The Marcomannic Wars (166-180 AD) | Total War Cinematic Documentary]
631 – Emperor Taizong of Tang sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang.
786 – A Hasanid Alid uprising in Mecca is crushed by the Abbasids at the Battle of Fakhkh.
• [Wikipedia article]
980 – Vladimir the Great consolidates the Kievan realm from Ukraine to the Baltic Sea. He is proclaimed ruler (knyaz) of all Kievan Rus'.
• [Wikipedia article]
1011 – Lombard Revolt: Greek citizens of Bari rise up against the Lombard rebels led by Melus and deliver the city to Basil Mesardonites, Byzantine governor (catepan) of the Catepanate of Italy.
• [Wikipedia section (Norman Conquest of Italy)]
• [Normans in Italy // Wars of the Lombards & Byzantines (1008-1053)]
1118 – Roger of Salerno, Prince of Antioch, captures Azaz from the Seljuk Turks.
1157 – Albert I of Brandenburg, also called The Bear (Ger: Albrecht der Bär), becomes the founder of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, Germany and the first margrave.
1345 – The megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, is lynched by political prisoners.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
1429 – Hundred Years' War: Start of the Battle of Jargeau.
• [Wikipedia article]
1488 – Battle of Sauchieburn: Fought between rebel Lords and James III of Scotland, resulting in the death of the king.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Sauchieburn (Rebellion Against James III)]
• [Afternoon Lecture Dr Murray Cook Discovering The Battle of Sauchieburn]
• [Bagpipe Version]
1509 – Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Catherine of Aragon]
• [The Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society]
1594 – Philip II recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paved way to the stabilization of the rule of the Principalía (an elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines).
1748 – Denmark adopts the characteristic Nordic Cross flag later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries.
• [General wikipedia article]
1770 – British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
• [National Museum Australia]
1775 – The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
• [Wikipedia article]
1776 – The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
• [Committee of Five]
• [History Brief: The Committee of Five]
1788 – Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
• [History.com article]
1805 – A fire consumes large portions of Detroit in the Michigan Territory.
• [Encyclopedia of Detroit]
1825 – The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.
1837 – The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [Boston History: Broad Street Riot]
1865 – The Naval Battle of the Riachuelo is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (Argentina), between the Paraguayan Navy on one side and the Brazilian Navy on the other. The Brazilian victory was crucial for the later success of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina) in the Paraguayan War.
• [Wikipedia article]
1892 – The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
• [Wikipedia article]
1895 – Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place.
• [Wikipedia article]
1898 – The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
• [China's Hundred Days' Reform and Cixi's coup d'état (1898) | History of China]
• [Wikipedia article]
1901 – The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
1903 – A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
1917 – King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
1919 – Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown.
• [Wikipedia article]
1920 – During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
• [Encyclopedia of Chicago]
1935 – Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [Columbia Magazine Article]
1936 – The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
• [The Guardian Newspaper]
• [Video Text and Slideshow]
1937 – Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
• [History Matters: The Great Purge]
• [Wikipedia article]
1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [Battle of Wuhan/The Wuhan Campaign - detailed animated explain by【ROCBOSS】]
1940 – World War II: The Siege of Malta begins with a series of Italian air raids.
• [British Documentary]
• [Wikipedia article]
• [LINK TEXT]
1942 – World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.
• [Weapons and Warfare article]
• [US Embassy and Consulates in Russia]
1942 – Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance.
1944 – USS Missouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned.
• [Wikipedia article about ship]
1955 – Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.
• [Newsreel]
• [The History Guy]
• [Wikipedia article]
1956 – Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
• [Wikipedia: 1956 anti-Tamil pogrom]
1962 – Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [History Channel Documentary]
• [Be Amazed: Prisoner Who Escaped From Alcatraz Sends Letter To The FBI 50 Years Later]
1963 – American Civil Rights Movement: Governor of Alabama George Wallace defiantly stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register.
• [News Story]
• [Wikipedia: The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door]
• [(US National Archives) Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment]
1963 – Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
• [HistoryPod (Graphic Images)]
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [Video (Graphic)]
1963 – John F. Kennedy addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which would revolutionize American society by guaranteeing equal access to public facilities, ending segregation in education, and guaranteeing federal protection for voting rights.
• [Transcript of Speech]
1964 – World War II veteran Walter Seifert attacks an elementary school in Cologne, Germany, killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made flamethrower and a lance.
• [Wikipedia article]
1968 – Lloyd J. Old identified the first cell surface antigens that could differentiate among different cell types.
• [Nature Obituary]
• [Wikipedia Biography]
1970 – After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first women to do so.
1971 – The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [Golden Gate National Recreation Area: We Hold the Rock]
• [360° Video: The Occupation of Alcatraz that Sparked an American Revolution]
1978 – Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
1981 – A magnitude 6.9 earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
1987 – Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black MPs in Great Britain.
1998 – Compaq Computer pays US$9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.
2001 – Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
• [ABC News Video]
• [President Bush's statement on the McVeigh execution]
• [AP VIDEO with B-Roll]
2002 – Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.
2004 – Cassini–Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe.
• [Mission Website]
2007 – Mudslides in Chittagong, Bangladesh, kill 130 people.
2008 – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to abuses at a Canadian Indian residential school.
2008 – The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched into orbit.
• [Mission Website]
• [What Does The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Do?]
• [A Ten Year Retrospective Lecture]
2010 – The first African FIFA World Cup kicks off in South Africa.
2012 – More than 80 people die in a landslide triggered by two earthquakes in Afghanistan; an entire village is buried.
2013 – Greece's public broadcaster ERT is shut down by then-prime minister Antonis Samaras. It reopened exactly two years later by then-prime minister Alexis Tsipras.
2018 – 3 World Trade Center officially opens.
• [Construction Timelapse]
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