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OUTLOOK
Our local weather pattern this week will be dominated by a high pressure system. Potentially active weather will not return until Saturday night, when slightly better moisture ahead of a cold front may allow for light rain and snow across the mountains.
**Weather Alert**
...ELEVATED FIRE DANGER TODAY...
Dry conditions will continue and lead to an increased risk of dangerous fire growth Monday. Relative humidity values will fall between 20 and 25 percent across much of western North Carolina. The dry air, combined with low fuel moisture, will allow fires to develop easily and spread more quickly than usual. Outdoor burning is discouraged.
Please refer to your local burn-permitting authorities on whether you can burn today. If you do burn, exercise extreme caution since conditions will permit fires to spread rapidly and uncontrollably.
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Local and State News
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [November 15, 2021]
• Brasstown Ringers to Perform Christmas Concert Series [Macon Media]
2021 Franklin Christmas Parade
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Local Weather
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Tuesday Night
Franklin area
Today
Sunny, with a high near 50. North northwest wind 3 to 6 mph. Monday NightMostly clear, with a low around 28. Calm wind. TuesdaySunny, with a high near 61. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Tuesday NightMostly clear, with a low around 32. Calm wind. WednesdayMostly sunny, with a high near 64. Wednesday NightPartly cloudy, with a low around 39.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with a high near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with a high in the mid 60s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 40.
Highlands area
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest around 5.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Otto area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds early increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph by midmorning.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Nantahala area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 50s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
...ELEVATED FIRE DANGER TODAY...
Dry conditions will continue and lead to an increased risk of dangerous fire growth Monday. Relative humidity values will fall between 20 and 25 percent across much of western North Carolina. The dry air, combined with low fuel moisture, will allow fires to develop easily and spread more quickly than usual. Outdoor burning is discouraged. Please refer to your local burn-permitting authorities on whether you can burn today. If you do burn, exercise extreme caution since conditions will permit fires to spread rapidly and uncontrollably.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
100 AM EST Mon Nov 29 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 middle range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the middle 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 (0.4 out of 12) today with no discernable source being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (0.4 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for November 29th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 74°F in Franklin in 1970
Lowest Temperature 5°F in Highlands in 1922
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 4.69 inches in Highlands in 1914
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 2.0 inches in Highlands in 1963
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)
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National and World News Roundup
• FCC's 3.45 GHz Spectrum Auction Raises $21.8 Billion [Speed Matters]
• Congress returns to work staring down fiscal deadlines and fights over Biden’s agenda [Washington Post]
• As China Speeds Up Nuclear Arms Race, the U.S. Wants to Talk [New York Times]
• Former Pentagon chief sues to publish material in memoir [Courthoue News Service]
• Kevin Strickland: Fundraiser for exonerated Missouri man tops $1.5m [BBC News]
• Human trafficking lawsuit alleges Pa. Mennonite Church subjected boys, young men to forced labor [Lehigh Valley Live]
• 5 people wounded in Aurora shooting [KMGH-TV]
• Ghislaine Maxwell's sex-trafficking trial to begin in New York City [BBC News]
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - November 28th, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode November 28th, 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]
• U.S. readies fight against Omicron but too soon for lockdowns -Fauci [Reuters]
• Update on Omicron [World Health Organization]
• Perspectives: On Coexistence with COVID-19: Estimations and Perspectives [China CDC Weekly]
• Immune dysregulation and immunopathology induced by SARS-CoV-2 and related coronaviruses — are we our own worst enemy? [Natrure reviews: Immunology]
• A fourth dose of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine improves serum neutralization against the delta variant in kidney transplant recipients [MedRxiv (PDF)]
• Japan to bar all new foreign visitors as omicron fears grow [Japan Times]
• No Severe COVID Cases Among Vaccinated Patients Infected With Omicron, Top Israeli Expert Says [HAARETZ]
• Anti-vax zealot may face charges after death of Covid-19 patient [Independent]
• 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 29th is the 333rd day of the year (334th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 32 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)
561 – Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I, divide the Frankish Kingdom.
618 – The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over their rival Xue Rengao at the Battle of Qianshuiyuan.
903 – The Abbasid army under Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib defeats the Qarmatians at the Battle of Hama.
1394 – The Korean king Yi Seong-gye, founder of the Joseon dynasty, moves the capital from Kaesŏng to Hanyang, today known as Seoul.
1549 – The papal conclave of 1549–50 begins.
1612 – The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India.
1729 – Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
1732 – The magnitude 6.6 Irpinia earthquake causes 1,940 deaths in the former Kingdom of Naples, southern Italy.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
1777 – San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
1781 – The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.
1783 – A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
1807 – Transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil: John VI of Portugal flees Lisbon from advancing Napoleonic forces during the Peninsular War, transferring the Portuguese court to Brazil.
1830 – November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.
1847 – The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
1847 – Whitman massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
1850 – The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austria, which will take over the leadership of the German Confederation.
1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sanders: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from Confederate forces under James Longstreet.
1864 – American Indian Wars: Sand Creek massacre: Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill: The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Army of the Ohio.
1872 – American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
1877 – Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
1890 – The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
1899 – FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.
1902 – The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.
1929 – U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
1943 – World War II: The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina).
1944 – World War II: Albania is liberated by the Partisans.
1945 – The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
1947 – Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
1947 – First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
1952 – Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
1961 – Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission: Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
1963 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
1963 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board.
1963 – "I Want to Hold Your Hand", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom.
1967 – Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
1972 – Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game.
1986 – The Surinamese military attacks the village of Moiwana during the Suriname Guerrilla War, killing at least 39 civilians, mostly women and children.
1987 – North Korean agents plant a bomb on Korean Air Flight 858, which kills all 115 passengers and crew.
2007 – The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to the Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.
2009 – Maurice Clemmons shoots and kills four police officers inside a coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, November 29, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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