OUTLOOK
The arrival of drier high pressure will also bring slightly cooler temperatures to our region today through Thursday. As the high pressure moves off the Carolina coast on Friday and Saturday, temperatures will rise again to above normal. Tropical moisture is forecast to move north out of the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday and into the first half of next week.
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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
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Light winds out of the northwest early increasing to 5 to 10 mph iby midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 52. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 80s.
Thursday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Winds out of the north 5 mph becoming calm by midorning.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the north wind around 5 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-70s.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-50s.
Otto area
Today
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-50s. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s.
Thursday Night
Clear, with lows in the upper 50s.
Nantahala area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Light winds out of the north.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs near 80.
Thursday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s.
HAZARDS
Scattered thunderstorms will develop across the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia this afternoon and evening. The thunderstorms will develop earliest along and near the Blue Ridge Mountains by midday, then move out over the adjacent foothills, and finally strengthen over the Piedmont by late day. Cloud-to-ground lightning, torrential rainfall, and very gusty winds will be possible with any of these thunderstorms. A few storms will become severe, with damaging wind gusts likely, especially over the western Piedmont of North Carolina and the eastern Upstate of South Carolina late this afternoon.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Tue Jun 15 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on recently upgraded Tropical Storm Bill, located more than 300 miles east-northeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
1. Disorganized showers and thunderstorms continue over the Bay of Campeche in association with a broad low pressure area. Gradual development of this disturbance is possible during the next couple of days while it meanders near the coast of Mexico. The system should begin to move northward by midweek, and a tropical depression is likely to form late in the week when the low moves across the central or northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Regardless of development, heavy rainfall is possible over portions of Central America and southern Mexico during the next several days. Heavy rains could also begin to impact portions of the northern Gulf Coast on Friday. Please consult products from your local meteorological service for more information.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent.
2. A tropical wave located several hundred miles south of the Cabo Verde Islands is producing a large area of cloudiness and disorganized showers. Any development of this system should be slow to occur during the next few days. Thereafter, a combination of dry air aloft and strong upper-level winds will limit chances of formation while the wave moves over the central tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 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 middle 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 (5.1 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Walnut being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range range (4.8 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on June 15th
Highest Temperature 93°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2016
Lowest Temperature 38°F in Highlands in 1933
Greatest Rainfall 5.44 inches in Highlands in 1969
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
NYC to throw ticker tape parade in July to celebrate health care heroes, essential workers [LINK]
Level1 News June 15 2021: From Diamond Hands to Obsidian Hands
On This Day
June 14th is the 165th day of the year (166th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 200 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)
763 BC – Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
• [Wikipedia article]
844 – Louis II is crowned as king of Italy at Rome by pope Sergius II.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
923 – Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [VIDEO: Soissons and the End of the Western Roman Empire]
1184 – The naval Battle of Fimreite is won by the Birkebeiner pretender Sverre Sigurdsson. Sigurdsson takes the Norwegian throne and King Magnus V of Norway is killed.
• [Wikipedia article]
1215 – King John of England puts his seal to Magna Carta.
• [Image of Magna Carta with Royal Seal]
• [Translation of Magna Carta]
• [Wikipedia article]
• [Voices of the Past: he Magna Carta]
• [Intelligence Squared: Magna Carta - Myth and Meaning]
1219 – Northern Crusades: Danish victory at the Battle of Lindanise (modern-day Tallinn) establishes the Danish Duchy of Estonia.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Lyndanisse]
1246 – With the death of Frederick II, Duke of Austria, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [Wikipedia article About the Dynasty]
1300 – The city of Bilbao is founded.
• [Wikipedia article]
1312 – At the Battle of Rozgony, King Charles I of Hungary wins a decisive victory over the family of Palatine Amade Aba.
• [Wikipedia article]
1389 – Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.
• [Kings and Generals Documentary]
• [Wikipedia article]
1410 – In a decisive battle at Onon River, the Mongol forces of Oljei Temur were decimated by the Chinese armies of the Yongle Emperor.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [Wikipedia: Yongle Emperor's campaigns against the Mongols]
1410 – Ottoman Interregnum: Süleyman Çelebi defeats his brother Musa Çelebi outside the Byzantine capital, Constantinople.
• [Wikipedia: Ottoman Interregnum]
1502 – Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Martinique on his fourth voyage.
• [Wikipedia article]
1520 – Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in Exsurge Domine.
1648 – Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• [History of Massachusetts Blog]
• [Wikipedia Bio]
1667 – The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
• [The Strange, Grisly History of the First Blood Transfusion]
1670 – The first stone of Fort Ricasoli is laid down in Malta.
• [Wikipedia]
1752 – Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
• [Benjamin Franklin and the Kite Experiment]
• [he SHOCKING Truth About Ben Franklin and the Kite]
1776 – Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
• [History.com: Delaware declares independence]
• [Fireworks Mark the event (2012 version)]
1800 – The Provisional Army of the United States is dissolved.
• [Wikipedia]
1804 – New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document.
• [How Aaron Burr changed the Constitution]
1808 – Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
• [Wikipedia article]
1836 – Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
1844 – Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
• [PDF of Patent]
• [Wikipedia: Vulcanization]
• [Wikipedia Bio]
1846 – The Oregon Treaty extends the border between the United States and British North America, established by the Treaty of 1818, westward to the Pacific Ocean.
• [Wikipedia: Oregon Treaty]
• [Wikipedia: Treaty of 1818]
1859 – Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" (also called the Pig War, Pig Episode, the Pig and Potato War), between American and British/Canadian settlers.
• [Wikipedia Pig War (1859)]
1864 – American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
• [Wikipedia article]
1864 – Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81 km2) of the Arlington estate (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
• [Arlington: In Eternal Vigil]
• [Burial of Gen. P.X. Kelley at Arlington National Cemetery]
• [Watch Changing of the Guard at Arlington National Cemetery in 4K]
1877 – Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
• [Meet the Past - Henry Ossian Flipper]
• [Presidential Pardon of Henry O. Flipper]
• [Wikipedia Bio]
1878 – Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [Slices of Time: Eadweard Muybridge’s Cinematic Legacy]
• [The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge]
1888 – Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKe8WYiHCao]
• [Kaiser Wilhelm II: The Last German Emperor]
• [Wikipedia Bio]
1896 – The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
• [Wikipedia: 1896 Sanriku earthquake]
1904 – A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
• [Ship Ablaze, The General Slocum]
• [Fearful Visitation, The Steamship Fire of the General Slocum,1904]
• [Wikipedia article]
1916 – United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
• [Wikipedia]
1919 – John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
• [Wikipedia: Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown]
• [Alcock and Brown – The First non-stop Transatlantic Flight]
1920 – Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.
1921 – Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
• [Bessie Coleman - An American Hero]
• [Bessie Coleman, Barnstorming Pioneer]
• [Wikipedia: Bio]
• [The National Aviation Hall of Fame]
1934 – The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
• [Website]
• [Great Smoky Mountains - Staggering Biodiversity in America's most visited National Park]
• [The Walker Sisters: Life and legacy in the Smokies]
1936 – First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [Documentary]
• [Target for Tonight: RAF Vickers Wellington Bombers in a Night Action - 1941]
1937 – A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
1940 – World War II: Operation Ariel begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
• [Wikipedia article]
1944 – World War II: The United States invades Saipan, capital of Japan's South Seas Mandate.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Saipan]
• [Operation Forager: The Battle of Saipan 15 June–9 July 1944 ]
• [The Battle of Saipan: D-Day in the Pacific | Battle 360 (S1, E8) | Full Episode | History ]
• [Periscope Films: Battle of Saipan]
• [Battle of Saipan - Steel and Coral - Extra History - #1]
1944 – In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.
• [Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story – Mini-series, Biography]
• [Wikipedia Bio]
1970 – Charles Manson goes on trial for the Sharon Tate murders.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
1972 – Red Army Faction co-founder Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
1977 – After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections took place in Spain.
1978 – King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
• [AP Video]
• [Wikipedia: Queen Noor of Jordan]
1985 – Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
• [Danae by Rembrandt at the Hermitage]
• [Wikipedia: Danaë (Rembrandt painting)]
1991 – In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, killing over 800 people.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [June 15, 1991: Mt. Pinatubo Eruption Devastates the Philippines]
1992 – The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the United States for trial, without approval from those other countries.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [Legal Information Institute]
• [United States v Alvarez-Machain (1992)]
1994 – Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations.
1996 – The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonates a powerful truck bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, devastating the city centre and injuring 200 people.
• [Terrifying new footage emerges of 1996 Manchester IRA bomb - Daily Mail]
• [Wikipedia: 1996 Manchester Bombing]
2001 – Leaders of the People's Republic of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
• [Website]
• [Wikipedia article]
• [(2018) How much power does the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation wield? | Inside Story]
2007 – The Nokkakivi Amusement Park was opened in Lievestuore, Laukaa, Finland.
2012 – Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk directly over Niagara Falls.
• [Megastunts: Nik Wallenda Takes the First Step in His Tightrope Walk Over Niagara Falls]
2013 – A bomb explodes on a bus in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 25 people and wounding 22 others.
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