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OUTLOOK
Another dry cold front will cross our area from the northwest tonight and continue this period of below normal temperatures. The cool upper trough moves off the East Coast tonight as a warmer ridge builds in from the west which continues through mid week. These warmer mid week temperatures will become cooler late in the week as a mostly dry cold front crosses the region on Thursday.
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Local and State News
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [November 10, 2021]
• This Week at the NCDOT for 11-12-2021 [Macon Media]
• The fire report for this date in 2016 [Western NC Wildfire Summary for Monday, November 14, 2016 ]
• Brasstown Ringers to Perform Christmas Concert Series [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners - November 2021 Meeting Agenda and Webcast [MaconMedia.com]
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Local Weather
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Thursday Night
Franklin area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-30s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 70.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-30s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-50s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Light winds out of the southwest.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s.
Otto area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-30s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s.
Nantahala area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Light winds out of the southwest.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Light winds out of the southwest.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Light winds out of the south.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-60s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Patchy dense fog may limit visibility early this morning. Other than that, there are no hazardous weather concerns for today. Remember to turn on your headlights so other motorists can see you.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
100 AM EST Mon Nov 15 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
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Almanac
Air Quality
Air quality is in the mid-to-upper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the mid-to-upper range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
(There is haze from the wildfires out on the west coast.)
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (1.9 out of 12) today with Ragweed being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (1.9 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for November 14th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 75°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1999
Lowest Temperature 7°F in Highlands in 1969
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.64 inches in Highlands in 1926
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 1.0 inches in Nantahala in 1969
Record Weather Events for November (1872-2017)
Highest Temperature 83°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Nov 4, 2003
Lowest Temperature -3°F in Highlands on Nov 25, 1950
Greatest Rainfall 4.69 inches in Highlands on Nov 29, 1914
Greatest Snowfall 6.0 inches in Highlands on Nov 28, 1922
Record Weather Events for November 1st in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 90°F in Maysville, Onslow County in 2009
Lowest Temperature 12°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1913
Greatest Rainfall 5.08 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 1969
Greatest Snowfall 13.0 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2014
Record Weather Events for November in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 90°F in Goldsboro, Wayne County on 11-09-1900
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Montreat, Yancey County on 11-25-1950
Greatest Rainfall 8.15 inches in Idlewild, Ashe County on 11-06-1977
Greatest Snowfall 18.00 in Montreat, Yancey County on 11-04-1930
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride
THE POLAR EXPRESS™ with the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad is back in 2021! The 1¼ hour round-trip passenger excursion comes to life as the train departs the Bryson City depot for a journey through the quiet wilderness for a special visit at the North Pole. Set to the sounds of the motion picture soundtrack, guests on board will enjoy warm cocoa and a treat while listening and reading along with the magical story. Children’s faces show the magic of the season when the train arrives at the North Pole to find Santa Claus waiting. Santa will board THE POLAR EXPRESS™, greeting each child and presenting them with a special gift as in the story, their own silver sleigh bell. Christmas carols will be sung as they return back to the Bryson City Depot. For ticksts, see [GSMR.com]
COLD Turkey 5K & Little Turkeys Fun Run (ALL AGES) 2021
This year's Cold Turkey will be a benefit for Macon County Special Olympics
Gobble! Gobble! Join others for Franklin, NC's annual Cold Turkey 5K Run/Walk & Little Turkeys FUN! Run/Walk on THANKSGIVING DAY (2021)
Race day registration begins at 8:00AM
Little Turkeys FUN! Run/Walk (10-U) starts at 9AM
Cold Turkey 5K starts at 9:30AM
Dillsboro Lights & Luminaries
Adapted from an old Scandinavian custom of lighting the way for the Christ child, more than 2,500 candles in small white bags line the streets and every storefront is aglow with Christmas lights and decorations. Shopkeepers and restaurants are open late. See Santa and Mrs. Claus as they ride through town in their pickup truck. Write a letter to Santa and drop it off at his special mailbox. Live music on Front Street. For more information, see [Visit Dillsboro]
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National and World News Roundup
• Goldman just figured out why the labor shortage will last for a long time: 60% of the missing workers retired, many for good [Yahoo! News]
• How the U.S. Hid an Airstrike That Killed Dozens of Civilians in Syria [New York Times]
• COP26: World leaders fail to honor climate pledge [Deutsche Welle]
• Japan breaks world record for fastest internet speed [Big Think]
• Ukraine to speed up construction of naval base in Sea of Azov - defence minister [Reuters]
• Flu shots uptake is now partisan. It didn't use to be [CNN Politics]
• Ghislaine Maxwell finally goes on trial after 15 months on remand [The Guardian]
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - November 12th, 2021
PBS NewsHour Weekend Full Episode November 14, 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: [November 10, 2021]
• Covid misinformation spreads because so many Americans are awful at math [Washington Post]
• Surgeon general warns of uptick in COVID-19 cases as cold weather arrives [The Hill/a>]
• Lawrence anti-mask protester arrested at vaccine clinic for children [Kansas Reflactor]
• COVID medics face ‘abusive, menacing and threatening’ families [https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/covid-medics-face-abusive-menacing-and-threatening-families-20211111-p5982b.html]
• Coronavirus digest: Austria approves lockdown for unvaccinated [Deutsche Welle]
• TWiV 829: Antiviral and cytotoxically empowered for COVID-19 [Microbe TV]
• The psychology of the COVID-19 pandemic: A group-level perspective. [APA PsycNet]
• Anti-Vaxxers and Politicians Push Germany to the Brink [Der Spiegel]
• ‘They See Us as the Enemy’: School Nurses Battle Covid-19, and Angry Parents [New York Times]
• A Shot to Save the World: The Inside Story of the Life-or-Death Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine [Amazon (Link to Kindle Edition)]
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On This Day
November 15th is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 46 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)
655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of the Winwaed]
• [VIDEO: Yorkshire's Hidden History]
• [Dark Age Britain: 6th Century]
1315 – Battle of Morgarten: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I.
1532 – Commanded by Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistadors under Hernando de Soto meet Inca Empire leader Atahualpa for the first time outside Cajamarca, arranging a meeting on the city plaza the following day.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Atahualpa]
• [VIDEO: The rise and fall of the Inca Empire - Gordon McEwan]
• [Fall of Civilizations Podcast: The Inca - Cities in the Cloud (Part 1 of 2)/a>]
• [Fall of Civilizations Podcast: The Inca - Cities in the Cloud (Part 2 of 2)]
1533 – Francisco Pizarro arrives in Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire.
1705 – Battle of Zsibó: Austrian-Danish victory over the Kurucs (Hungarians).
1760 – The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.
• [Text and Notes at The Avalon Project]
• [VIDEO PLAYLIST: Extra History - Articles of Confederation ]
• [Wikipedia: Articles of Confederation]
1806 – Pike Expedition: Lieutenant Zebulon Pike sees a distant mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains. (It is later named Pikes Peak.)
1864 – American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins Sherman's March to the Sea.
• [Wikipedia: Sherman's March to the Sea]
• [When Georgia Howled: Sherman on the March]
• [The Civil War Battle Series: Sherman in Georgia]
1889 – Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
1914 – Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.
1920 – First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.
1920 – The Free City of Danzig is established.
1922 – At least 300 are massacred during a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
1926 – The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
1928 – The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
1933 – Thailand has its first election.
1939 – In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.
• [Wikipedia: Jefferson Memorial]
• [Jefferson Memorial - Decades TV Network]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2gQo4kfBXY]
1942 – World War II: The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allied victory.
• [Wikipedia: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal]
• [Friday the 13th (the Battle)]
• [The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 1942 - Animated]
1943 – The Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".
1951 – Greek resistance leader Nikos Beloyannis, along with 11 resistance members, is sentenced to death by the court-martial.
1955 – The first part of the Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
1966 – Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
• [Newsreel Footage and Documentary]
• [CBS News - Gemini 12 spacewalk (1966)]
• [Wikipedia: Gemini 12]
1966 – A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 708 crashes near Berlin, Germany, killing all three people on board.
1967 – The only fatality of the North American X-15 program occurs during the 191st flight when Air Force test pilot Michael J. Adams loses control of his aircraft which is destroyed mid-air over the Mojave Desert.
1968 – The Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from a city's downtown to its major airport.
1969 – Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea.
1969 – Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death".
• [Wikipedia: Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam]
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [NewsReel Footage]
1971 – Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.
• [Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_4004]
• [3 Minutes On... The Intel 4004 Microprocessor]
• [Intel 4004 Microprocessor 35th Anniversary (2007 Video)]
1976 – René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence.
1978 – A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183.
1979 – A package from Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.
1983 – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus declares independence. Recognized only by Turkey.
1985 – A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes.
1985 – The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at Hillsborough Castle by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.
1987 – In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu.
1988 – In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.
1988 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.
1988 – The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.
1990 – The Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted.
2000 – A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people.
2000 – Jharkhand officially becomes the 28th state of India, formed from eighteen districts of southern Bihar.
2002 – Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
2003 – The first day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings, in which two car bombs, targeting two synagogues, explode, killing 25 people and wounding about 300.
2006 – Al Jazeera English launches worldwide.
2007 – Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5,000 people and destroying parts of the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans.
2012 – Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
2013 – Sony releases the PlayStation 4 (PS4) game console.
• [Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_4]
• [PlayStation 4 Launch | The PS4 Launch Video]
• [PlayStation 4 Announcement Live Stream (Full Event)]
2016 – Hong Kong's High Court bans elected politicians Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung from the city's Parliament.
2020 – Lewis Hamilton wins the Turkish Grand Prix and secures his seventh drivers' title, equalling the all-time record held by Michael Schumacher.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, November 15, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to the following websites or books: MaconMedia.com, youtube.com, weather.gov, airnow.gov, wikipedia.com, onthisday.com, ncdcr.gov, ncsu.edu, utah.edu, https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/, wolfram.com, biorxiv.org, aps.org, nejm.org, plos.org, cell.com, researchsquare.com, cureus.com, spc.noaa.gov, nhc.noaa.gov, ncdenr.org, medrxiv.org, archive.org, ncpedia.org, nasa.gov, https://ww2days.com, nih.gov, carolinapublicpress.org, microbe.tv, smokymountainnews.com, psypost.org, blogspot.com, pollen.com, franklinnc.com, maconnc.org, spaceweather.com, solarham.com, loc.gov, ncleg.net, senate.gov, house.gov, whitehouse.gov, drudgereport.com, politico.com, realclearpolitics.com, ushmm.org, This Day in North Carolina History, World War II Day By Day, The Holocaust Encyclopedia, The Timetables of History, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The World History and Book of Facts (multiple years), On This Day In History: Over 4,000 facts, The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space, This Day in North Carolina History, The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future, Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity, The Story of Civilization (11 volumes), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877, American History, Volume 2: 1877 - Present, A Complete Chronolgy of the Second World War. Weather and Almanac data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster's Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center. Back to Top
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