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OUTLOOK
Dry and cold high pressure building into the region will persist through the middle of the week. A reinforcing cold front will cross the region from the northwest by Thursday night, with a stronger low pressure system arriving on Saturday.
One computer model (the GFS) is showing a significant weather event Saturday night and early Sunday morning. So far, the Euro and GEM are showing the storm will pass to our north with the Euro showing no snow for us and the GEM showing less than an inch of snowfall. If you need to restock your pantry, early this week would be better than waiting until late in the week if you want to avoid the panic shoppers. Macon Media will monitor the situation and will post updates in the morning weather briefing, and if conditions warrant, in additional updates.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Calm winds.
Tuesday Night
Clear, with lows in the lower 20s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 50s. Calm winds.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Calm winds.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 50.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph becoming calm by midmorning.
Tuesday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 5 mph.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s. Calm winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph before midnight.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday Night
Clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 50. Light west southwest wind.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s. Calm winds.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 50.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Calm winds.
Tuesday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Calm winds.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Calm winds.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
A low pressure system will quickly cross the mountains from the northwest Thursday night. Light snow accumulations will be possible with the passage of this system, especially along the higher elevations and near the Tennessee border.
A stronger storm system may arrive from the west over the weekend. More significant snow accumulations will be possible Saturday into Sunday. All interests should closely monitor this system since impacts could be substantial, but are highly uncertain at present.
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Almanac
Air quality is in the upper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the upper range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (0.4 out of 12) today with Juniper being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (1.1 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for January 11th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 74°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1949
lowest Temperature -141°F in Highlands in 1982
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.90 inches in Highlands in 1879
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 7.0 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2011
Record weather events for December in Macon County
Highest Temperature 78°F in Franklin on Dec 31, 1951
Lowest Temperature -12°F in Highlands on Dec 30, 1917
Greatest Rainfall 6.00 inches in Highlands on Dec 14, 1901
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 12.0 inches in Franklin on Dec 21, 1876
All-time record weather events for Macon County
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on Jul 29, 1952
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on Jul 29, 1879
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Mar 13, 1993
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Local and State News
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [November 15, 2021]
• Challenge filed against Cawthorn's candidacy for reelection under 14th Amendment clause [WLOS-TV (Asheville NC)]
• State's deadliest jail: Buncombe has worst death rate, Citizen Times investigation shows [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Jackson County tourism stronger than ever [Smoky Mountain News (Waynesville, NC)]
Franklin Town Council - January 2022 Regular Meeting
Asheville Citizen-Times COVID-19 Tracker [Asheville Citizen-Times]
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National and World News Roundup
Washington Today (1/10/22): Senators Schumer, McConnell clash over filibuster amid voting rights
• New year brings new all-time high for shipping’s epic traffic jam [American Shipper]
• North Carolina voters dispute Madison Cawthorn's candidacy over Jan. 6 [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Will the ‘Great Resignation’ change the way we work? | The Stream [Al Jazeera via Youtube]
• Coldest air in three years coming to parts of the country [NBC News]
• Kazakhstan: Russian-led military bloc to start withdrawing troops, says president [The Guardian]
• Mother shoots her 4-year-old child twice while attempting to clean gun, police say [NBC News]
• Judge: Baton Rouge Violated the First Amendment by Trying To Imprison a Professor for Sharing Body Camera Footage [Reason]
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - January 10th, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode January 10th, 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]
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
Globally, as of 5:31pm CET, 10 January 2022, there have been 305,914,601 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5,486,304 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 9 January 2022, a total of 9,126,987,353 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:31pm CET, 10 January 2022, there have been 59,138,083 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 830,334 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 23 December 2021, a total of 485,274,895 vaccine doses have been administered.
Dr John Campbell: Omicron growth for next two weeks
• Pfizer CEO says omicron vaccine will be ready in March [CNBC]
• Is Omicron Really “Milder”? [Apocalypse Soon]
• China locks down third city, raising affected to 20 million [AP News]
• Where people go wrong with 'incidental' COVID-19 hospitalizations [Becker's Hospital review]
• CDC weighs recommending better masks against omicron variant [Washington Post]
• U.S. hospitalizations have surpassed last winter’s peak. [New York Times]
• Monitoring COVID-19
[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
[Outbreak.info]
• CDC Releases Emergency Guidance for Healthcare Facilities to Prepare for Potential Omicron Surge [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
• COVID-19 case rates by county in 2021 [AXIOS]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
Level1 News January 11 2022: #SpaceSelfies
Nerd's a Witch! MO Good Deed Goes Unpunished
David Bowie on the internet – in 1999
• Full interview on Newsnight [Youtube]
• title [SOURCE]
• SpaceX Sidesteps Amazon Spat, Eyes March Launch for 2nd-Gen Starlink Satellites [PC Mag]
• Bitcoin Dips Below $40K as ‘Death Cross’ Looms in Price Charts [CoinDesk]
• Taylorcraft BL-65, N29508: Accident occurred November 24, 2021 near New Cuyama Airport (L88), Santa Barbara County, California [Kathryn's Report]
Pilot Reacts To Trevor Jacob Crash Video
• Venmo, PayPal and Cash App to report payments of $600 or more to IRS this year: What to know [FOX Business]
• A Digital Manhunt: How Chinese Police Track Critics on Twitter and Facebook [New York Times]
• Amazon is putting an Alexa on the Orion spacecraft Lockheed Martin is building for NASA [PressiNews]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
The Archaeology Iceberg Explained
How Occam's Razor Changed the World of Science - with Johnjoe McFadden
Booknotes+ Podcast: John Berresford, The Hiss-Chambers Espionage Case
Cordkillers 391 - The Hot Dog One Where They Do All the Flips (w/ Iyaz Akhtar)
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On This Day
January 11th is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 354 days remain until the end of the year (355 in leap years).
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence.
630 – Conquest of Mecca: The prophet Muhammad and his followers conquer the city, Quraysh surrender.
947 – Emperor Tai Zong of the Khitan-led Liao Dynasty invades the Later Jin, resulting in the destruction of the Later Jin.
1055 – Theodora is crowned empress of the Byzantine Empire.
1158 – Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia becomes King of Bohemia.
1569 – First recorded lottery in England.
1654 – Arauco War: A Spanish army is defeated by local Mapuche-Huilliches as it tries to cross Bueno River in Southern Chile.
1693 – A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
1759 – The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1779 – Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
1787 – William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
1805 – The Michigan Territory is created.
1861 – American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the United States.
1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post: General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
1863 – American Civil War: CSS Alabama encounters and sinks the USS Hatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
1879 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
1908 – Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
1912 – Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
1917 – The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
1922 – Leonard Thompson becomes the first person to be injected with insulin.
1923 – Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
1927 – Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
1935 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
1942 – World War II: Japanese forces capture Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States.
1942 – World War II: Japanese forces attack Tarakan in Borneo, Netherlands Indies (Battle of Tarakan)
1943 – The Republic of China agrees to the Sino-British New Equal Treaty and the Sino-American New Equal Treaty.
1943 – Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City.
1946 – Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.
1949 – The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
1957 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
1961 – Throgs Neck Bridge over the East River, linking New York City's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens, opens to road traffic.
1962 – Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.
1962 – An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
1964 – Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
1972 – East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
1973 – Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position.
1986 – The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
1994 – The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.
1998 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.
2003 – Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois's death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
2013 – One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia.
2015 - Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović is elected as the first female President of Croatia
2018 - US President Donald Trump causes worldwide controversy when it is reported he called African countries "shitholes" during immigration meeting
2020 - Taiwan re-elects Tsai Ing-wen for a second term as president in a landslide result
2021 - US House Democrats introduce one article of impeachment against President Donald Trump for "incitement of insurrection" for encouraging his supporters to riot at the Capitol
2021 - The king of Malaysia, Al-Sultan Abdullah declares a state of emergency over COVID-19 till 1 August, suspending parliament and giving the government new powers
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, January 10, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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