OUTLOOK
The remnants of Tropical Storm Claudette will track northeast across the Southeast through today and bring periods of heavy rain showers and thunderstorm across the forecast area. An active cold front brings more showers and storms for Tuesday, before drier weather returns Wednesday through Friday.
Weather Alert
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
332 AM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING...
* Through this evening.
* Bands of heavy rain associated with Tropical Depression Claudette will cross the area. Training cells will likely produce areas of flash flooding. Rainfall totals of 2-4 inches area likely across northeast Georgia, the northern Upstate and the southern Blue Ridge of North Carolina.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Rainfall of more than five inches in similar storms has been associated with an increased risk of landslides and rockslides. If you live on a mountainside or in a cove at the base of a mountain, especially near a stream, be ready to leave in advance of the storm or as quickly as possible should rising water, moving earth, or rocks threaten. Consider postponing travel along mountain roads during periods of 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.
NC Dept of Justice Releases May 2021 Highlights [LINK]
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Tuesday Night
Franklin area
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Patchy fog before noon. Highs near 80. Winds out of the southeast around 6 mph becoming calm by midmorning. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a slight chance of showers before midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 7 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 7 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10pm and 1am, then showers likely after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Light winds out of the west. Chance of rain is 60%.
Tuesday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 3pm, then showers likely. Highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Patchy fog. Highs near 70. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Patchy dense fog before 9pm, then patchy dense fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday
A slight chance of thunderstorms, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8am. Areas of dense fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the southwest 5to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 10pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10pm and 1am, then showers likely after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the west 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.
Tuesday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Highs near 70. Chance of rain is 80%.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s.
Otto area
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Patchy fog before 1pm. High near 80. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a slight chance of showers between 10pm and midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9pm and 1am, then showers likely after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 60%.
Tuesday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 3pm, then showers likely. Highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s.
Nantahala area
Today
Showers likely before 8am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8am and noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11am. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 8 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9pm and 1am, then showers likely after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 7 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.
Tuesday
Showers, mainly before 5pm. Highs in the mid-70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s.
HAZARDS
Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms are forecast to develop this afternoon and evening. Coverage of showers and thunderstorms is expected to increase from the south overnight as moisture from Tropical Storm Claudette overspreads the area. The main threat from any thunderstorms will be from occasional cloud to ground lightning, in addition to the flash flood threat.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Claudette, located inland over central Alabama.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the lower range of yellow 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 low range (0.5 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (3.5 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on June 17th
Highest Temperature 95°F in Highlands in 1933
Lowest Temperature 43°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1965
Greatest Rainfall 2.93 inches in Highlands in 1955
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
On This Day
June 20th is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 194 days remain until the end of the year. In the Northern Hemisphere, the Summer solstice sometimes occurs on this date, while the Winter solstice occurs in the Southern Hemisphere.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory.
• [Battle of the Catalaunian Plains]
• [Kings and Generals: Battle of the Catalaunian Plains]
1180 – First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Uji]
• [Wikipedia: Genpei War]
• [VIDEO PLAYLIST: Genpei War (1180 - 1185)]
• [LECTURE: The Genpei War and the Tale of the Heike, Japan's Greatest War Story]
1620 РThe Battle of H̦chst takes place during the Thirty Years' War.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [The Thirty Years War: Bohemian Rebellion & First Phase (1618-1623)]
1631 – The Sack of Baltimore: The Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates.
• [Sack of Baltimore]
• [The Ballad (Sack) of Baltimore]
• [Futility Closet podcast #269-The Sack of Baltimore]
1652 – Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha is appointed Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
1685 – Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater.
• [Wikipedia: Monmouth Rebellion]
• [James Scott: The Duke Of Monmouth]
1756 – A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
• [Historic UK: The Black Hole of Calcutta]
• [(The Redcoat History Podcast) The Battle of Plassey: Part 1 The black hole of Calcutta]
• [(The redcoat History Podcast) The Battle of Plassey Part 2 - Clive of India and how to capture a fort single-handed]
1782 – The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
• [History.com article]
• [GovInfo.gov: The Great Seal of the United States]
• [Wikipedia article]
1787 – Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
1789 – Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [Daramatization: The Tennis Court Oath - The French Revolution] (French with English Subtitles)
• [La Révolution Française (1989): Part 1 (English Subtitles)]
• [La Révolution Française (1989) Part 2 (English Subtitles)]
1791 - King Louis XVI and the French royal family are caught during an attempt to flee Paris during the French Revolution, severely undermining their credibility
• [21st June 1791: Louis XVI's attempted escape from Paris in the Flight to Varennes]
1819 – The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, United Kingdom. It is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail.
• [Steamship Savannah Segment from "Savannah's Famous Ships"]
• [Wikipedia: SS Savannah]
1837 – Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [Biographics: Queen Victoria - The Misunderstood Monarch]
1840 – Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Samuel Morse]
• [Samuel Morse: The Telegraph]
• [Wikipedia: Electrical telegraph]
1862 – Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
1863 – American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
• [Wikipedia: History of West Virginia]
• [West Virginia: The Road to Statehood]
1877 – Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
1893 – Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [State Bar of Georgia Video]
• [The enduring fascination with accused ax murderer Lizzie Borden]
1895 – The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
• [Video Showing Canal Transit Process]
• [4/7 Webcam 🛳 Kiel Canal at Brunsbuettel Lock in Germany | Nord-Ostsee-Kanal Schleuse Brunsbüttel]
• [Wikipedia: Kiel Canal]
1900 – Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
• [Siege of the International Legations]
• [IT's HISTORY: The Boxer Rebellion]
• [When America, Russia, And Germany Were Allies: The Relief Of Peking (1900)]
• [MOVIE: 55 Days at Peking (1963)]
1900 – Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
• [Wikipedia Bio] 1921 – Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike.
• [Wikipedia article]
1942 – The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [Kazimierz Piechowski Narrates the Escape]
• [Uciekinier -Kazimierz Piechowski -Auschwitz escape story] (English Subtitles)
1943 – The Detroit race riot breaks out and continues for three more days.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [Detroit Historical Society]
1943 – World War II: The Royal Air Force launches Operation Bellicose, the first shuttle bombing raid of the war. Lancaster bombers damage the V-2 rocket production facilities at the Zeppelin Works while en route to an air base in Algeria.
• [Wikipedia article]
1944 – World War II: The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot".
• [Wikipedia article]
• [WW II Battle of the Philippine Sea in Color]
• [HR Naval Museum: Voices from the Battle of the Philippine Sea]
• [Crusade in the Pacific: Battle for the Marianas]
• [Victory At Sea - The Turkey Shoot - Episode 17]
1944 – Continuation War: The Soviet Union demands an unconditional surrender from Finland during the beginning of partially successful Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive. The Finnish government refuses.
1944 – The experimental MW 18014 V-2 rocket reaches an altitude of 176 km, becoming the first man-made object to reach outer space.
• [Video Slideshow (no voice)]
• [Wikipedia Article]
• [The V-2 Rocket: How Nazi Germany Created The World's First Guided Ballistic Missile]
1945 – Cold War: The United States Secretary of State approves the transfer of Wernher von Braun and his team of Nazi rocket scientists to the U.S. under Operation Paperclip.
• [Wikipedia: Operation Paperclip]
• [Operation Paperclip - COLD WAR SPECIAL]
• [WWII History Roundtable (Year 34 Event 9): Operation Paperclip]
1948 – Cold War: The Deutsche Mark is introduced in Western Allied-occupied Germany. The Soviet Military Administration in Germany responded by imposing the Berlin Blockade four days later.
• [History.Info article]
1956 – A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
1959 – A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
1960 – The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
1963 – Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union and the United States sign an agreement to establish the so-called "red telephone" link between Washington and Moscow.
• [Video Slideshow]
• [Wikipedia: Moscow-Washington Hotline]
• [Newsreel]
1972 – Watergate scandal: An 18½-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex.
• [US National Archives: The 18 ½ Minute Gap and Haldeman's Notes]
• [The Nixon Tapes - John Dean Warns RN About Watergate, Part 1 of 2 - ABC News Nightline - 1/21/2000]
• [The Nixon Tapes: 18 1/2 Minute Gap, Part 2 of 2 - ABC News Nightline - 2/2/2000]
1973 – Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in what is known as the Ezeiza massacre. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [Documenta | EZEIZA, # La masacre] (Spanish language, select English closed captioning)
1973 – Aeroméxico Flight 229 crashes on approach to Licenciado Gustavo DÃaz Ordaz International Airport, killing all 27 people on board.
1975 – The film Jaws is released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend of films known as "summer blockbusters".
1979 – ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. The murder is caught on tape and sparks an international outcry against the regime.
• [Wiki[edia Bio: Bill Stewart]
• [Journalist Bill Stewart's Murder By Somoza Guardia - June 20, 1979]
• [Press Conference Following the Killing of Abc Newsman Bill Stewart]
1982 – The International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide opens in Tel Aviv, despite attempts by the Turkish government to cancel it, as it included presentations on the Armenian genocide.
• [Wikipedia article]
1982 – The Argentine Corbeta Uruguay base on Southern Thule surrenders to Royal Marine commandos in the final action of the Falklands War.
1990 – Asteroid Eureka is discovered.
• [Wikipedia: 5261 Eureka]
1990 – The 7.4 Mw Manjil–Rudbar earthquake affects northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 35,000–50,000, and injuring 60,000–105,000.
• [Wikipedia article]
1991 – German Bundestag votes to move seat of government from the former West German capital of Bonn to the present capital Berlin.
1994 – The 1994 Imam Reza shrine bomb explosion in Iran leaves at least 25 dead and 70 to 300 injured.
• [Wikipedia]
• [Documentary: 18. The Imam Reza Shrine Bombing]
2003 – The Wikimedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
• [Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia, on creating the Wikimedia Foundation]
• [Wikipedia article]
• [Wikimedia website]
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Published at 4:50am on Sunday, June 20, 2021
NC Dept of Justice Releases May 2021 Highlights [LINK]
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Tuesday Night
Franklin area
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Patchy fog before noon. Highs near 80. Winds out of the southeast around 6 mph becoming calm by midmorning. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a slight chance of showers before midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 7 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 7 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10pm and 1am, then showers likely after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Light winds out of the west. Chance of rain is 60%.
Tuesday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 3pm, then showers likely. Highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Patchy fog. Highs near 70. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Patchy dense fog before 9pm, then patchy dense fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday
A slight chance of thunderstorms, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8am. Areas of dense fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the southwest 5to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 10pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10pm and 1am, then showers likely after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the west 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.
Tuesday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Highs near 70. Chance of rain is 80%.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s.
Otto area
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Patchy fog before 1pm. High near 80. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a slight chance of showers between 10pm and midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9pm and 1am, then showers likely after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 60%.
Tuesday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 3pm, then showers likely. Highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s.
Nantahala area
Today
Showers likely before 8am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8am and noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11am. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 8 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9pm and 1am, then showers likely after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 7 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.
Tuesday
Showers, mainly before 5pm. Highs in the mid-70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s.
HAZARDS
Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms are forecast to develop this afternoon and evening. Coverage of showers and thunderstorms is expected to increase from the south overnight as moisture from Tropical Storm Claudette overspreads the area. The main threat from any thunderstorms will be from occasional cloud to ground lightning, in addition to the flash flood threat.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Claudette, located inland over central Alabama.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the lower range of yellow 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 low range (0.5 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (3.5 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on June 17th
Highest Temperature 95°F in Highlands in 1933
Lowest Temperature 43°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1965
Greatest Rainfall 2.93 inches in Highlands in 1955
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
On This Day
June 20th is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 194 days remain until the end of the year. In the Northern Hemisphere, the Summer solstice sometimes occurs on this date, while the Winter solstice occurs in the Southern Hemisphere.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory.
• [Battle of the Catalaunian Plains]
• [Kings and Generals: Battle of the Catalaunian Plains]
1180 – First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Uji]
• [Wikipedia: Genpei War]
• [VIDEO PLAYLIST: Genpei War (1180 - 1185)]
• [LECTURE: The Genpei War and the Tale of the Heike, Japan's Greatest War Story]
1620 РThe Battle of H̦chst takes place during the Thirty Years' War.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [The Thirty Years War: Bohemian Rebellion & First Phase (1618-1623)]
1631 – The Sack of Baltimore: The Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates.
• [Sack of Baltimore]
• [The Ballad (Sack) of Baltimore]
• [Futility Closet podcast #269-The Sack of Baltimore]
1652 – Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha is appointed Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
1685 – Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater.
• [Wikipedia: Monmouth Rebellion]
• [James Scott: The Duke Of Monmouth]
1756 – A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
• [Historic UK: The Black Hole of Calcutta]
• [(The Redcoat History Podcast) The Battle of Plassey: Part 1 The black hole of Calcutta]
• [(The redcoat History Podcast) The Battle of Plassey Part 2 - Clive of India and how to capture a fort single-handed]
1782 – The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
• [History.com article]
• [GovInfo.gov: The Great Seal of the United States]
• [Wikipedia article]
1787 – Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
1789 – Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [Daramatization: The Tennis Court Oath - The French Revolution] (French with English Subtitles)
• [La Révolution Française (1989): Part 1 (English Subtitles)]
• [La Révolution Française (1989) Part 2 (English Subtitles)]
1791 - King Louis XVI and the French royal family are caught during an attempt to flee Paris during the French Revolution, severely undermining their credibility
• [21st June 1791: Louis XVI's attempted escape from Paris in the Flight to Varennes]
1819 – The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, United Kingdom. It is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail.
• [Steamship Savannah Segment from "Savannah's Famous Ships"]
• [Wikipedia: SS Savannah]
1837 – Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [Biographics: Queen Victoria - The Misunderstood Monarch]
1840 – Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Samuel Morse]
• [Samuel Morse: The Telegraph]
• [Wikipedia: Electrical telegraph]
1862 – Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
1863 – American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
• [Wikipedia: History of West Virginia]
• [West Virginia: The Road to Statehood]
1877 – Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
1893 – Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [State Bar of Georgia Video]
• [The enduring fascination with accused ax murderer Lizzie Borden]
1895 – The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
• [Video Showing Canal Transit Process]
• [4/7 Webcam 🛳 Kiel Canal at Brunsbuettel Lock in Germany | Nord-Ostsee-Kanal Schleuse Brunsbüttel]
• [Wikipedia: Kiel Canal]
1900 – Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
• [Siege of the International Legations]
• [IT's HISTORY: The Boxer Rebellion]
• [When America, Russia, And Germany Were Allies: The Relief Of Peking (1900)]
• [MOVIE: 55 Days at Peking (1963)]
1900 – Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
• [Wikipedia Bio] 1921 – Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike.
• [Wikipedia article]
1942 – The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [Kazimierz Piechowski Narrates the Escape]
• [Uciekinier -Kazimierz Piechowski -Auschwitz escape story] (English Subtitles)
1943 – The Detroit race riot breaks out and continues for three more days.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [Detroit Historical Society]
1943 – World War II: The Royal Air Force launches Operation Bellicose, the first shuttle bombing raid of the war. Lancaster bombers damage the V-2 rocket production facilities at the Zeppelin Works while en route to an air base in Algeria.
• [Wikipedia article]
1944 – World War II: The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot".
• [Wikipedia article]
• [WW II Battle of the Philippine Sea in Color]
• [HR Naval Museum: Voices from the Battle of the Philippine Sea]
• [Crusade in the Pacific: Battle for the Marianas]
• [Victory At Sea - The Turkey Shoot - Episode 17]
1944 – Continuation War: The Soviet Union demands an unconditional surrender from Finland during the beginning of partially successful Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive. The Finnish government refuses.
1944 – The experimental MW 18014 V-2 rocket reaches an altitude of 176 km, becoming the first man-made object to reach outer space.
• [Video Slideshow (no voice)]
• [Wikipedia Article]
• [The V-2 Rocket: How Nazi Germany Created The World's First Guided Ballistic Missile]
1945 – Cold War: The United States Secretary of State approves the transfer of Wernher von Braun and his team of Nazi rocket scientists to the U.S. under Operation Paperclip.
• [Wikipedia: Operation Paperclip]
• [Operation Paperclip - COLD WAR SPECIAL]
• [WWII History Roundtable (Year 34 Event 9): Operation Paperclip]
1948 – Cold War: The Deutsche Mark is introduced in Western Allied-occupied Germany. The Soviet Military Administration in Germany responded by imposing the Berlin Blockade four days later.
• [History.Info article]
1956 – A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
1959 – A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
1960 – The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
1963 – Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union and the United States sign an agreement to establish the so-called "red telephone" link between Washington and Moscow.
• [Video Slideshow]
• [Wikipedia: Moscow-Washington Hotline]
• [Newsreel]
1972 – Watergate scandal: An 18½-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex.
• [US National Archives: The 18 ½ Minute Gap and Haldeman's Notes]
• [The Nixon Tapes - John Dean Warns RN About Watergate, Part 1 of 2 - ABC News Nightline - 1/21/2000]
• [The Nixon Tapes: 18 1/2 Minute Gap, Part 2 of 2 - ABC News Nightline - 2/2/2000]
1973 – Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in what is known as the Ezeiza massacre. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [Documenta | EZEIZA, # La masacre] (Spanish language, select English closed captioning)
1973 – Aeroméxico Flight 229 crashes on approach to Licenciado Gustavo DÃaz Ordaz International Airport, killing all 27 people on board.
1975 – The film Jaws is released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend of films known as "summer blockbusters".
1979 – ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. The murder is caught on tape and sparks an international outcry against the regime.
• [Wiki[edia Bio: Bill Stewart]
• [Journalist Bill Stewart's Murder By Somoza Guardia - June 20, 1979]
• [Press Conference Following the Killing of Abc Newsman Bill Stewart]
1982 – The International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide opens in Tel Aviv, despite attempts by the Turkish government to cancel it, as it included presentations on the Armenian genocide.
• [Wikipedia article]
1982 – The Argentine Corbeta Uruguay base on Southern Thule surrenders to Royal Marine commandos in the final action of the Falklands War.
1990 – Asteroid Eureka is discovered.
• [Wikipedia: 5261 Eureka]
1990 – The 7.4 Mw Manjil–Rudbar earthquake affects northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 35,000–50,000, and injuring 60,000–105,000.
• [Wikipedia article]
1991 – German Bundestag votes to move seat of government from the former West German capital of Bonn to the present capital Berlin.
1994 – The 1994 Imam Reza shrine bomb explosion in Iran leaves at least 25 dead and 70 to 300 injured.
• [Wikipedia]
• [Documentary: 18. The Imam Reza Shrine Bombing]
2003 – The Wikimedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
• [Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia, on creating the Wikimedia Foundation]
• [Wikipedia article]
• [Wikimedia website]
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