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OUTLOOK
Warm and dry high pressure moves slowly east out over the Atlantic today. A cold front crosses the area late Thursday bringing showers mainly for the mountains. Cold high pressure moves in Friday and remains in place through Sunday. A cold front arriving on Monday may bring more widespread rain to the area. Cold high pressure builds in on Tuesday.
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Local and State News
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [November 15, 2021]
• Paul Rondel, formerly of Macon County, honored by United Sprint Car Series by inaugural [“Paul Rondel Classic” during USCS Battle at the Beach World Final II at Southern Raceway]
• Press Release
• Officials search for motive after 3 people arrested in Buncombe County arson investigation [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Town of Franklin Welcomes Holiday Season with Winter Wonderland [Macon Media]
• 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
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 40s. Light winds out of the south.
Thursday
A chance of rain before 2pm, then showers likely, mainly between 2pm and 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers before 9pm, then a slight chance of rain between 9pm and 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 30%.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday
A slight chance of rain before 2pm, then a chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs near 50.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30.
Otto area
Today
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the early morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
A slight chance of rain before 2pm, then a chance of showers after 2pm. 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. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A slight chance of showers before 9pm, then a slight chance of rain before midnight. Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. WINds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30.
Nantahala area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 8 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
A slight chance of rain before 1pm, then showers likely, mainly between 1pm and 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers before 8pm, then a slight chance of rain between 8pm and 1am. Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of rain is 30%.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 50s
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Other than patchy fog through midmorning, hazardous weather is not expected today.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
100 AM EST Wed Nov 17 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 lower range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the lower 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 (2.2 out of 12) today with Ragweed being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (2.9 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for November 17th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 78°F in Franklin in 1952
Lowest Temperature 11°F in Highlands in 1997
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 3.32 inches in Highlands in 1927
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (there has been no snowfall recorded on this date since record-keeping began in 1872)
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
• Young man who was accidentally invited to 'grandma's' Thanksgiving as a teen keeps tradition going [CNN Entertainment]
• There will be no airlift: U.S. urges Americans to leave Ethiopia now [AXIOS]
• Iranian helicopter made 'dangerous' approach to US Navy ship, Pentagon says [AL-MONITOR]
Russian Anti-Satellite Weapon Causes Emergency On Space Station
• NATO warns about Russia’s new weapons after Moscow shoots satellite into smithereens [The Telegraph]
• Justice Department Sues Uber Over Charging Wait-Time Fees for Disabled People [https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-sues-uber-over-charging-wait-times-fees-for-physically-disabled-people-11636570208]
• How much prison time could shooter Kyle Rittenhouse face? [Reuters]
• Proud Boys leader complains about jail conditions, wants early release [NBC]
• Capitol rioter fights to suppress self-disparaging FBI interview [Courthouse News Service]
• Ghislaine Maxwell finally goes on trial after 15 months on remand [The Guardian]
Level1 News November 17 2021: From Steam to Vapor
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - November 16th, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode November 16, 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 16, 2021]
COVID Vaccines VS Delta Variant: State of Texas Study (Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson and Johnson)
• Covid misinformation spreads because so many Americans are awful at math [Washington Post]
• Dr. Fauci says U.S. Covid cases need to fall below 10,000 a day to get to a ‘degree of normality’ [CNBC]
• SARS-CoV-2 spike protein causes blood coagulation and thrombosis by competitive binding to heparan sulfate [Science Direct]
• Pfizer agrees to let other companies make its COVID-19 pill [AP News]
• Fauci says eligible Americans should ‘by all means’ get their Covid booster shots [CNBC]
• Pentagon Says It Can Overrule Oklahoma Guard on Vaccinations [Military.com]
• Connecticut nursing home COVID-19 outbreak results in 89 infected, 8 dead [ABC News]
• 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 17th is the 321st day of the year (322nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 44 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)
887 – Emperor Charles the Fat is deposed by the Frankish magnates in an assembly at Frankfurt. His nephew Arnulf of Carinthia is elected as king of the East Frankish Kingdom.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Charles the Fat]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Arnulf of Carinthia]
• [Wikipedia: Holy Roman Empire]
1183 – Genpei War: The Battle of Mizushima takes place off the Japanese coast, where Minamoto no Yoshinaka's invasion force is intercepted and defeated by the Taira clan.
1292 – John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.He killed the tren
1405 – Sharif ul-Hāshim establishes the Sultanate of Sulu.
1511 – Henry VIII of England concludes the Treaty of Westminster, a pledge of mutual aid against the French, with Ferdinand II of Aragon.
1558 – Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.
1603 – English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.
1777 – Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Bridge of Arcole: French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
1800 – The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.
• [Wikipedia: 6th United States Congress]
• [6th Congress Profile]
1810 – Sweden declares war on its ally the United Kingdom to begin the Anglo-Swedish War, although no fighting ever takes place.
1811 – José Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile.
1820 – Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica. (The Palmer Peninsula is later named after him.)
1831 – Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Gran Colombia.
1837 – An earthquake in Valdivia, south-central Chile, causes a tsunami that leads to significant destruction along Japan's coast.
1856 – American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.
1858 – Modified Julian Day zero.
1858 – The city of Denver, Colorado is founded.
1863 – American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins: Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee, under siege.
1869 – In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
1878 – First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.
1885 – Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
1894 – H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
1896 – The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
1903 – The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
1939 – Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal. All Czech universities are shut down and more than 1,200 students sent to concentration camps. Since this event, International Students' Day is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic.
• [Wikipedia: International Students' Day]
1940 – The Tartu Art Museum was established in Tartu, Estonia.
1947 – The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
1947 – American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
1950 – Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the 14th Dalai Lama.
1950 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 89 relating to the Palestine Question is adopted.
1953 – The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.
1957 – Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft. There are no fatalities.
1962 – President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.
1967 – Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."
1968 – British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
1968 – Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S.
1969 – Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki, Finland to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
1970 – Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.
1970 – Luna programme: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.
1973 – Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."
1973 – The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.
1983 – The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico.
1986 – The flight crew of Japan Airlines Flight 1628 are involved in a UFO sighting incident while flying over Alaska.
1989 – Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29).
1990 – Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, becomes active again and erupts.
1993 – United States House of Representatives passes a resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement.
• [Wikipedia: North American Free Trade Agreement]
• [Roll Call Vote 103rd Congress - 1st Session]
• [Summary: H.R.3450 — 103rd Congress (1993-1994)]
1993 – In Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousts the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup.
1997 – In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre.
2000 – A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills seven, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
2000 – Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
2003 – Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s tenure as the governor of California began.
2012 – At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut, Egypt.
2013 – Fifty people are killed when Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia.
2013 – A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.
2019 – The first known case of COVID-19 is traced to a 55-year-old man who had visited a market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
• [COVID-19]
• [PLOS: Dating first cases of COVID-19]
• [Live Science: 1st known case of coronavirus traced back to November in China]
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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