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Dry high pressure will persist over the region into Wednesday with near-normal temperatures. A slow moving frontal system will arrive from the northwest early Thursday and bring warmer but rainy weather to the region through Friday. Dry and cool high pressure arrives behind the cold front Friday night. Low pressure moving along the front from the Gulf could bring our area some precipitation later in the weekend.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows around freezing. Light winds out of the south.
Wednesday
A 50 percent chance of rain, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 8 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
Rain likely. Cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Thursday
Rain. Highs near 60. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Thursday Night
Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 7 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday
A slight chance of snow before 10am, then a slight chance of rain and snow between 10am and 11am, then a chance of rain after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Wednesday Night
Rain likely. Cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday
Rain likely. Cloudy, with highs near 50. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.
Thursday Night
Rain. Lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 6 mph.
Wednesday
A slight chance of rain and snow between 9am and 10am, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 50. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Wednesday Night
Rain likely. Cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Thursday
Rain. Highs in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Thursday Night
Rain. Lows around 50. Chance of rain is 90%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near in the lower 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 7 mph.
Wednesday
Rain likely, mainly after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 50. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of tain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Thursday
Rain. Highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Thursday Night
Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain is 90%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
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Almanac
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. due to smoke from several fires in the southeast.
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (2.4 out of 12) today with Juniper and Elm being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (2.2 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for February 1st
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 75°F in Franklin in 1975
Lowest Temperature -5°F in Highlands in 1900
Greatest Rainfall 4.50 inches in Highlands in 1915
Greatest Snowfall 8.3 inches in Nantahala in 1934
Record weather events for January in Macon County
Highest Temperature 79°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 02-28-1996
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 02-13-1899
Greatest Rainfall 6.37 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Highlands on 02-14-1912
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
• New $273 million fund available to NC homeowners for help with bills [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• North Carolina justices won’t step aside in redistricting case[Raleigh News and observer]
• Know your rights: What to do if you’ve been evicted in North Carolina [The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC)]
• 'LGBT kids deserve to be seen': Orange County School Board votes to keep controversial books [WTVD-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• ‘I felt exposed’: Meck County sends internal email identifying unvaccinated employees [WSOC-TV (Charlotte, 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
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Grand Jury Charges Oath Keepers with Seditious Conspiracy for Jan 6 Insurrection
War in Ukraine (2014-2022) | History Today
• How Irish Fishermen Took on the Russian Fleet and Won [Defense One]
• The deadly battles that tipped Myanmar into civil war [BBC News]
• Russia brings plasma to border — Seen as a sign of impending invasion [CNBC]
• 4th journalist killed in Mexico in less than a month [CBS News]
• Racial slur charge costs Democratic lawmaker committee seat [AP News]
• Whoopi Goldberg slammed for saying Holocaust not about race [BBC News]
• Longest lightning bolt record: 477 miles over 3 states [AP News]
• In the Czech Republic destroyed the document about the explosions in Vrbetica, in which Russian military intelligence was suspected [The Central Asia: Global Edition]
• Chicago synagogue, businesses vandalized over weekend [AP News]
Global National: Jan. 31, 2022 | Protesters told to leave Ottawa after days of disrupting capital
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - January 31st, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode January 31st, 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 4:00pm CET, 28 January 2022, there have been 364,191,494 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5,631,457 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 28 January 2022, a total of 9,854,237,363 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 4:00pm CET, 28 January 2022, there have been 72,373,369 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 869,779 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 21 January 2022, a total of 518,927,314 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Myocarditis Risk 17 Times Higher for Unvaccinated Patients Ages 12-30 Who Get COVID-19 Than COVID-Vaccinated Patients [Epic Research]
Dr John Campbell: Study confirms omicron reinfections
• A literature review and meta-analysis of the effects of lockdowns on covid-19 mortality [Johns Hopkins University (PDF)]
• Unvaccinated NYPD officers set to be terminated next month: sources [New York Daily News]
• Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine receives full FDA approval [CNN]
• Novavax Submits Request to the U.S. FDA for Emergency Use Authorization of COVID-19 Vaccine [NovaVax Press Release]
• The Physics of the N95 Face Mask [Wired]
• Long-term perturbation of the peripheral immune system months after SARS-CoV-2 infection [BMC Medicine]
• COVID vaccines don’t work for some people. For them, the pandemic remains terrifying. [Colorado Sun]
• Omicron-specific mRNA vaccine induced potent neutralizing antibody against Omicron but not other SARS-CoV-2 variants [BioRxiv (PDF)]
• Covid psychosis: Understanding how the virus can hijack the brain [WGN-TV (Chicago, IL)]
• Indirect protection of children from SARS-CoV-2 infection through parental vaccination [Science]
• 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
• The 8 Best Facebook Alternatives in 2022 [LifeWire]
• I Used Linux-Based PinePhone Daily For A Year. Here’s What I Learned! [It's FOSS News]
• The New York Times Buys Wordle [The Hollywood Reporter]
• Teen Who Demanded $50,000 From Elon Musk Is Now Targeting More Billionaire Jets [Bloomberg]
• A Look at The Planet of the Apes [SOURCE]
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• 10 Amazing Astronomy Websites to Get to Know the Universe [Make Use Of]
• Your work Gmail is about to look different [Engadget]
• Galois Groups and the Symmetries of Polynomials [Quanta Magazine]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Level1 News February 1 2022: Fly Like An Elon, With No Privacy
Spotify's new policy, Coinbase & FTX, Traffic camera tech, Is YC worth it?
The Background of the Planet of the Apes
A Look at The Planet of the Apes
Cordkillers 394 - Paying Through the Eyeballs (w/ Naaim Siddiqi)
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On This Day
February 1st is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 333 days remain until the end of the year (334 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)
1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia).
1662 – The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.
1713 – The Kalabalik or Skirmish at Bender results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.
1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
1796 – The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.
1814 – Mayon in the Philippines erupts, killing around 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano.
1835 – Slavery is abolished in Mauritius.
1861 – American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States and joins the Confederacy a week later.
1864 – Second Schleswig War: Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig, starting the war.
1865 – President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1884 – The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
1893 – Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
1895 – Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.
1896 – La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
1897 – Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
1900 – Great Britain, defeated by Boers in key battles, has named Lord Roberts commander of British forces in South Africa.
1908 – Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
1918 – Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.
1924 – Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
1942 – World War II: Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appoints Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government.
1942 – World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls–Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
1942 – Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers.
1942 – Mao Zedong makes a speech on "Reform in Learning, the Party and Literature", which puts into motion the Yan'an Rectification Movement.
1946 – Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.
1946 – The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.
1950 – The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
1960 – Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
1964 – The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
1968 – Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is recorded on motion picture film, as well as in an iconic still photograph taken by Eddie Adams.
1968 – Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces.
1968 – The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.
1972 – Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
1974 – A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.
1979 – Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran after nearly 15 years of exile.
1989 – The Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamate to form the City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder.
1991 – A runway collision between USAir Flight 1493 and SkyWest Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport results in the deaths of 34 people, and injuries to 30 others.
1992 – The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal disaster case.
1996 – The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
1998 – Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
2002 – Daniel Pearl, American journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, kidnapped January 23, 2002, is beheaded and mutilated by his captors.
2003 – Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during the reentry of mission STS-107 into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
2004 – Hajj pilgrimage stampede: In a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured.
2005 – King Gyanendra of Nepal carries out a coup d'état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers.
2009 – The first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was formed in Iceland, making her the country's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay head of government.
2012 – Seventy-four people are killed and over 500 injured as a result of clashes between fans of Egyptian football teams Al Masry and Al Ahly in the city of Port Said.
2013 – The Shard, the sixth-tallest building in Europe, opens its viewing gallery to the public.
2021 – A coup d'état in Myanmar removes Aung San Suu Kyi from power and restores military rule.
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, February 1, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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