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OUTLOOK
Abundant moisture will wrap around Atlantic high pressure and into our area through Friday, bringing daily shower and thunderstorm chances. A cold front will stall over the area this weekend, and the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred may arrive early next week, possibly resulting in periods of heavy rainfall Saturday through Monday.
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Local News
Franklin Town Council, August 2021
The Franklin Town Council met last night. The public agenda and agenda packet are posted on [MaconMedia.com]
Macon County Board of Education, July 2021
For more information, visit [MaconMedia.com].
Macon County Board of Commissioners, July 2021
Supporting documents can be found at [MaconMedia.com]
Franklin Town Council - July 2021
Supporting documents posted online at [MaconMedia.com]
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Local Weather
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Thursday Night
Franklin area
Today
A slight chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in trhe mid-60s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 3pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 70s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11pm. Patchy fog between midnight and 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Light and vairable winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. High near 80. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm by midmorning. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 1am. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. High in the upper 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a chance of showers between 2am and 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto area
A slight chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 3pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. High in the mid-80s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. High in the lower 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. High in the lower 80s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are in the forecast today. Some of these storms could be strong to possibly severe with damaging winds, cloud to ground lightning, and brief heavy rainfall being the primary threats.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
TROPICAL TIDBITS
Tropical Tidbits is a website run by Macon Media's favorite no-nonsense tropical forecaster, Levi Cowan. He does not post material just to get clicks or to sensationalize the storms he covers to "make them more exciting." He is reliable and sober, unlike The Weather Channel crowd of Drama Queen Meteorologists.
Levi typically posts videos late in the afternoon or early before midnight on Youtube. [Youtube Channel]
[Wednesday / Aug 11] Fred Forms, will Approach Florida this Weekend
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Thu Aug 12 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Fred, located inland over northwestern Haiti.
1. Showers and thunderstorms remain disorganized in association with a tropical wave located about 1500 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. Environmental conditions are expected to gradually become more conducive for development, and a tropical depression could form by early next week while the system moves generally westward at about 20 mph across the tropical Atlantic. This system is expected to reach portions of the Leeward Islands late Saturday or early Sunday.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent.
Tropical Storm Fred Discussion Number 6
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL062021
1100 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
The center of Fred is estimated to be located over extreme eastern Haiti. This position is based on continuity with the previous forecast and a small low-level cyclonic circulation noted in cloud-drift wind vectors that were based on the last few GOES-16 high-resolution visible satellite images. A NOAA reconnaissance aircraft performed a quasi-synoptic surveillance mission this evening and released dropsondes while circumnavigating Hispaniola. Some of the dropsondes measured surface winds of 24-27 kt about 150 nmi north and northwest (in the Windward Passage) of the center, and these data support maintaining an intensity of 30 kt for this advisory. The main convective cloud mass has been displaced to the southeast of the low-level center due to the west-northwesterly vertical wind shear of about 20 kt.
The initial motion estimate is 300/13 kt. The global and regional models remain in surprisingly good agreement on Fred maintaining a steady west-northwestward motion through 48-60 hours as a strong ridge remains entrenched over the western Atlantic during that time period. Thereafter, however, the NHC model guidance diverges significantly, with the now much weaker HWRF model taking Fred more westward, while the GFS and ECMWF models move the cyclone northwestward over the eastern Gulf of Mexico near or just offshore the Florida west coast; the UKMET model lies between these two track extremes. The weaker HWRF track has been discounted given the NHC forecast that Fred will remain vertically coherent and restrengthen after moving back over water. Thus, the new NHC track forecast is essentially just an update of the previous advisory track, and lies close to the NOAA-HCCA corrected-consensus model. NOTE: the aforementioned NOAA WP-3D reconnaissance aircraft has been releasing dropsondes from approximately the 450-mb level and has also been collecting tail-Doppler radar data. These data should have been assimilated into the 0000 UTC model runs, which hopefully will provide better track and intensity model forecasts for the next advisory package.
Fred is forecast remain within a moderate to strong westerly to southwesterly vertical wind shear regime throughout the forecast period by almost all of the global and regional models. As a result, rapid strengthening is not expected after Fred moves back over water. There is one caveat, however, and that is the ECMWF model forecasting the shear to weaken to 5-10 kt during the 36-72 hour period, which could allow for a little more strengthening than what the official forecast is currently indicating. The new NHC intensity prediction is identical to the previous one owing to the expectation that some degree of westerly shear will be affecting Fred throughout the entire forecast period. The official forecast follows a blend of the IVCN and HCCA consensus intensity models.
KEY MESSAGES:
1. Through early Thursday morning, heavy rainfall could lead to flash, urban, and small stream flooding, along with possible rapid river rises and potential mudslides in the Dominican Republic.
2. Tropical storm conditions are possible in northern Haiti, the Turks and Caicos, and the southeastern Bahamas tonight, and in portions of Cuba Thursday.
3. Beginning Friday, heavy rainfall could lead to areal, urban, and small stream flooding, and possible rapid river rises across southern Florida. Heavy rainfall associated with Fred will impact the remainder of Florida and parts of the Southeast this weekend and into next week.
4. There is a risk of tropical storm conditions beginning early Saturday in the Florida Keys and spreading northward along portions of the Florida west coast and the Florida Panhandle through Monday.
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
INIT 12/0300Z 19.5N 72.2W 30 KT 35 MPH...INLAND HISPANIOLA
12H 12/1200Z 20.4N 73.9W 30 KT 35 MPH...OVER WATER
24H 13/0000Z 21.6N 76.1W 30 KT 35 MPH
36H 13/1200Z 22.5N 78.1W 35 KT 40 MPH
48H 14/0000Z 23.5N 79.8W 35 KT 40 MPH
60H 14/1200Z 24.7N 81.2W 40 KT 45 MPH
72H 15/0000Z 26.2N 82.4W 45 KT 50 MPH
96H 16/0000Z 29.2N 84.2W 50 KT 60 MPH
120H 17/0000Z 31.7N 84.7W 35 KT 40 MPH...INLAND
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Almanac
Air Quality
Air quality is in the extreme upper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the extreme upper range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
(There is haze from the wildfires out on the west coast.)
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (5.0 out of 12) today with Grasses, Nettle, and Chenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (7.2 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on August 12th
Highest Temperature 93°F in Franklin in 1983 Lowest Temperature 46°F in Highlands in 1989 Greatest Rainfall 3.10 inches in Highlands in 1919
Greatest Snowfall (No snowfall recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
August Weather Extremes for Macon County
Highest Temperature 99°F in Franklin on 08-09-1980 Lowest Temperature 40°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 08-29-1968 Greatest Rainfall 9.68 inches in Highlands on 08-13-1940
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1873
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of August
Data available from 1870 to 2020
Highest Temperature 110°F Fayetteville, Cumberland County 08-21-1983
Lowest Temperature 31°F Banner Elk, Avery County 08-23-1930
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 13.08 in Idlewild, Ashe County 08-14-1930
Monthly Averages for North Carolina
Warmest Weather Station 79.7°F Wilmington, New Hanover County
Coldest Weather Station 59.6°F Mount Mitchell, Yancey County
Wettest Weather Station 7.74 in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County
Driest Weather Station 3.12 in Lexington, Davidson County
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
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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National News Roundup
NBC Nightly News, August 10th, 2021
PBS NewsHour full episode, August 11th, 2021
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Since it looks like we may be in for a new wave of infections, here is a section on COVID-19. It will include local, regional, state, national, and global items.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [August 11, 2021]
The world is nowhere near the end of the Covid pandemic, says famed epidemiologist Larry Brilliant https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/09/covid-epidemiologist-larry-brilliant-on-delta-variant-vaccinations.html COVID Data Tracker [CDC]
COVID-19 Q and A with A and V Livestream (August 11, 2021)
TWiV 792: Transmission with Jeffrey Shaman (August 11, 2021)
Jeffrey Shaman returns to TWiV to explain how epidemiologists measure SARS-CoV-2 movement among humans, including calculation of the reproductive index, secondary transmission, and what factors affect transmission. Show notes at Andrew Cuomo resigns as governor of New York [https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-792/]
Coronavirus Briefing: NC Gov. Roy Cooper (August 4th, 2021)
PRESS RELEASE (08-04-2021)
GOVERNOR ROY COOPER
Governor Cooper Announces Third COVID-19 Cash Drawing Winner and Highlights HOPE Program for Rental and Utility Assistance
HOPE Program has increased cap on awards and is now accepting landlord referrals
Today, amid higher COVID-19 numbers statewide, Governor Roy Cooper again urged North Carolinians to get vaccinated. He also announced the third winner of North Carolina’s Your Shot at $1 Million Summer Cash Drawing. Winston-Salem resident and incoming Fayetteville State University freshman Audrey Chavous received the $1 million prize as part of the cash drawing that includes North Carolinians 18 and over who have received a COVID-19 vaccine.
“The highly contagious Delta variant makes vaccination all the more important,” said Governor Cooper. “We can’t afford for people to wait any longer. Cases, hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 are up. Simply put, get your shot.”
Kody Kinsley, Chief Deputy Secretary for Health at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS), said he hopes Chavous will inspire other young adults to get vaccinated right away and take advantage of the state’s new $100 Summer Cards for people who get their first dose of the vaccine.
“New cases of COVID-19 are on the rise and most of these cases are among young adults,” said Kinsley. “Vaccination is our way out of this pandemic and putting masks behind us. Our $1 Million Summer Cash drawings might be over, but you can still get a $100 Summer Card through the end of August. Don’t wait to vaccinate.”
In the last couple of weeks, North Carolina has seen a 42% increase in first shots.
“Facts about COVID-19 vaccines are key,” said Chavous, the cash drawing winner. “If you take your time and do the research, you’ll see that it’s backed by science and that the benefits of COVID-19 vaccines far outweigh any short-term side effects or rare risks.”
Governor Cooper was also joined by Laura Hogshead, Director of the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency to update on the progress of emergency rental assistance.
The North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) stood up the HOPE program last year and it is helping people across the state stay in their homes with the lights on. The average turnaround from application to payment on claims is 14-18 days. Since the HOPE Program opened last fall, more than $328 million has been awarded to help North Carolina families, with over $234 million already paid to landlords and utility providers statewide.
The HOPE Program has recently implemented program changes that will expand landlord participation and increase the amount of assistance going to families across the state. As of August 1, HOPE is accepting landlord referrals of tenants who need assistance. If you are a landlord whose tenant is struggling to pay rent, you can submit their name and contact information at the HOPE website.
In addition, the HOPE Program has increased the cap on financial awards to applicants The monthly rent award limit has increased by 30 percent and the utility award limit has increased a full 100 percent for all new applications as of August 1.
For more information on the HOPE program visit WWW.HOPE.NC.GOV or call 888-9ASK HOPE to get help.
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On This Day
August 12th is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 141 days remain until the end of the year.
It is the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. It is also known as the "Glorious Twelfth" in the United Kingdom, as it marks the traditional start of the grouse shooting season.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
1099 – First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces led by Al-Afdal Shahanshah. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade.
1121 – Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.
1164 – Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch.
1323 РThe Treaty of N̦teborg between Sweden and Novgorod Republic is signed, regulating the border between the two countries for the first time.
1492 – Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World.
1499 – First engagement of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets.
1624 – Charles de La Vieuville is arrested and replaced by Cardinal Richelieu as the French king's chief advisor.
1676 – Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War.
1687 – Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman Empire.
1765 – Treaty of Allahabad is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of Company rule in India.
1793 РThe Rh̫ne and Loire d̩partments are created when the former d̩partement of Rh̫ne-et-Loire is split into two.
1806 – Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires re-takes the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina after the first British invasion.
1831 – French intervention forces William I of the Netherlands to abandon his attempt to suppress the Belgian Revolution.
1851 – Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.
1865 – Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
1883 – The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1898 – The Hawaiian flag is lowered from Ê»Iolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
1914 – World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
1914 – World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
1944 – Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema.
1944 – Nazi German troops end the week-long Wola massacre, during which time at least 40,000 people are killed indiscriminately or in mass executions.
1944 РAlen̤on is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces.
1948 – Babrra massacre: About 600 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are shot dead on the orders of the Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province, Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri, on Babrra ground in the Hashtnagar region of Charsadda District, North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan.
1950 – Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: 75 American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
• [Bloody Gulch massacre]
• [On This Day: North Koreans kill 75 American POWs in Bloody Gulch massacre]
1952 – The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
1953 – First thermonuclear bomb test: The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4) using a "layered" scheme.
• [Soviet atomic bomb project]
• [Joe 4]
• [Joe 4 Russian atomic bomb]
1953 – The 7.2 Ms Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
1960 – Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
1964 – South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.
1969 – Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.
1976 – Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War.
1977 – The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
1977 – The Sri Lanka Riots: Targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed.
1981 – The IBM Personal Computer is released.
• [IBM Personal Computer]
• [The Original IBM PC 5150 - the story of the world's most influential computer]
1985 – Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster.
1990 – Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
1992 – Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
1994 – Major League Baseball players go on strike, forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
2000 – The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
2015 – At least two massive explosions kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in Tianjin, China.
• [Wikipedia: 2015 Tianjin explosions]
• [Tianjin Explosion Video & Photo Compilation Stabilized HD 12 04 2015 China]
• ['Horror and disbelief' over Tianjin explosions - BBC News]
2016 – Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the city of Manbij from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
2018 – Thirty-nine civilians, including a dozen children, are killed in an explosion at a weapons depot in a rebel-held town in northwest Syria.
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