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OUTLOOK
Dry, peaceful weather will continue today, but a moisture-starved cold front may bring showers and high elevation snow to the region tonight into early Friday. A generally dry and cool northwest flow pattern sets up this weekend and continues into next week.
**Weather Alert**
Relative humidity will be low this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon. Winds will be picking up today and especially tomorrow, so please continue holding off on outdoor debris burning until after we get a good rainfall event. We will also be getting some snow flurries tonight, but no accumulation is expected except on the border with Tennessee and at the highest of elevations.
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Local and State News
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [November 15, 2021]
• Rural NC hospital opens more psychiatric beds to meet rising mental health need [NC HEalth News]
At a Special Called Meeting, the Macon County Board of Education voted 5-0 to use a portion of ESSER Funding for employee bonuses in December 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. Full-time employees will receive $1,500 and part-time employees will receive $750. Video below.
Macon County Board of Education (11-22-2021)
• Town of Franklin Welcomes Holiday Season with Winter Wonderland [Macon Media]
• Brasstown Ringers to Perform Christmas Concert Series [Macon Media]
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Local Weather
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Thursday Night
Franklin area
Thaksgiving Day
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Showers likely, mainly between midnight and 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30. Calm winds early in the evening increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of rain and snow flurries is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. No snow accumulation expeccted except at the highest elevations.
Friday
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid-40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday Night
Clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm by midnight.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing.
Highlands Plateau
Thaksgiving Day
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-50s. Winds out of the west to 10 mph.
Tonight
A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before 3am. Increasing clouds, with lows around 30. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. No snow accumulation expeccted except at the highest elevations.
Friday
Sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Friday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid-20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing.
Otto area
Thaksgiving Day
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 6 mph by noon.
Tonight
Showers likely, mainly before 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Light and variable winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. No snow accumulation expeccted except at the highest elevations.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid-20s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm by midnight.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing.
Nantahala area
Thaksgiving Day
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Showers likely, mainly between 9pm and 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the early evening increasing to come out of the northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. No snow accumulation expeccted except at the highest elevations.
Friday
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm by midnight.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs near 50. Light winds out of the southwest.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-30s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Relative humidity will be low this afternoon and tomorrow after and winds will be picking up today and especially tomorrow, so please continue holding off on outdoor debris burning until after we get a good rainfall event. We will also be getting some snow flurries tonight, but no accumulation is expected except on the border with Tennessee and at the highest of elevations.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
100 AM EST Thu Nov 25 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 yellow for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the lower range of yellow.
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 (1.0 out of 12) today with Ragweed being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (1.4 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for November 25th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 76°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1973
Lowest Temperature -3°F in Highlands in 1950
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.64 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1964
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 3.0 inches in Nantahala in 1939
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
• Presidential Proclamation on Thanksgiving Day, 2021 [Macon Media]
All three men on trial for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery found guilty
Bushcraft Bear reports from the La Palma Volanic Eruption (Nov 24, 2021)
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission
NASA Launches DART Mission In First Asteroid Deflection Test
• U.S. judge lets Ghislaine Maxwell call 'false memories' expert to testify at trial [CTV News]
• Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Federal judge to question more than 200 potential jurors [ABC News]
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - November 24th, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode November 24th, 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 18, 2021]
• US braces for ‘fifth wave’ of Covid on eve of Thanksgiving [Financial Times]
• The science of the host–virus network [Nature: Microbiology]
• Q & A about booster shots with a Duke infectious disease expert [NC Health News]
• Mask-wearing linked to 53% cut in Covid incidence, global study finds [The Guardian]
• Effectiveness of public health measures in reducing the incidence of covid-19, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and covid-19 mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis [The British Medical Journal]
• Severe COVID-19 induces molecular signatures of aging in the human brain [MedRxiv (PDF)]
• Severity of SARS-CoV-2 Reinfections as Compared with Primary Infections [New England Journal; of Medicine]
• Covid misinformation spreads because so many Americans are awful at math [Washington Post]
• 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)]
• The real risk of heart inflammation to kids is from COVID-19—not the vaccine [National Geographic]
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On This Day
November 25th is the 329th day of the year (330th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 36 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)
571 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates the first of his three triumphs for his victory over the Etruscans.
1034 – Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne.
1120 – The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son and heir of Henry I of England.
1177 – Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Châtillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard.
1343 – A tsunami, caused by an earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples and the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places.
1487 – Elizabeth of York is crowned Queen of England.
1491 – The siege of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, ends with the Treaty of Granada.
1510 – Portuguese conquest of Goa: Portuguese naval forces under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque, and local mercenaries working for privateer Timoji, seize Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate, resulting in 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule.
1596 – The Cudgel War begins in Finland (at the time part of Sweden), when peasants rebel against the imposition of taxes by the nobility.
1667 – A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.
1678 – Trunajaya rebellion: After a long and logistically challenging march, the allied Mataram and Dutch troops successfully assaulted the rebel stronghold of Kediri.
1755 – King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.
1758 – French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh.
1759 – An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000–40,000.
1783 – American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
1795 – Partitions of Poland: Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia.
1826 – The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.
1833 – A massive undersea earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7 and 9.2, rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast.
1839 – A cyclone slams into south-eastern India, with high winds and a 12-metre (40 ft) storm surge destroying the port city of Coringa (which has never been completely rebuilt). The storm wave swept inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths resulted from the disaster.
1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge: At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg.
1864 – American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.
1874 – The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.
1876 – American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River.
1905 – Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
1908 – A fire breaks out on SS Sardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.
1915 – Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
1917 – World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
1918 – Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria-Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia.
1926 – The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.
1936 – In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.
1941 – HMS Barham is sunk by a German torpedo during World War II.
1943 – World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1947 – Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
1947 – New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
1950 – The Great Appalachian Storm of 1950 impacts 22 American states, killing 353 people, injuring over 160, and causing US$66.7 million in damages (1950 dollars).
1952 – Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It will become the longest continuously-running play in history.
1952 – Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends with Chinese victory, American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".
1958 – French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
1960 – The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.
1963 – President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery
1968 – The Old Student House in Helsinki, Finland is occupied by a large group of University of Helsinki students.
1970 – In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt.
1973 – Georgios Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis.
1975 – Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands.
1977 – Former Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., is found guilty by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad. He is later assassinated in 1983.
1981 – Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
1984 – Thirty-six top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
1986 – Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
1986 – The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf.
1987 – Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 265 km/h (165 mph) and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm.
1992 – The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from January 1, 1993.
1999 – A five-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast.
2000 – The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.
2008 – Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades.
2009 – Jeddah floods: Freak rains swamp the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during an ongoing Hajj pilgrimage. Three thousand cars are swept away and 122 people perish in the torrents, with 350 others missing.
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Published at 6:00am on Thursday, November 25, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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