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OUTLOOK
High pressure will control our weather through Friday. A weak, dry cold front should cross our region Wednesday night or early Thursday. A warming trend is expected for the latter half the week. A stronger cold front and low pressure could affect our area over the weekend.
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General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around 30. Light winds out of the south.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Clear, with lows around 30. Calm winds.
Friday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Friday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Thursday Night
Clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs near 0.
Friday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Thursday Night
Clear, with lows around 30. Light winds out of the northwest.
Friday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Friday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Thursday Night
Clear, with lows around freezing. Calm winds.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Friday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
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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. due to smoke from several fires in the southeast.
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (3.5 out of 12) today with Juniper and Elm being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (5.1 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for February 9th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 72°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1957
Lowest Temperature -8°F in Highlands in 1895
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.30 inches in Highlands in 1881
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 4.0 inches in Highlands in 1967
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
• NC political candidates: How court's redistricting ruling affects plans [WLOS-TV]
• Grant could bring new life to historic Waynesville springhouse [Smoky Mountain News]
• APD: No arrests 'expected' after 6 hospitalized in Omni Grove Park Inn overdose incident [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Could the US Supreme Court weigh in on NC's redistricting battle? [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Coronavirus omicron updates: Here’s what to know in North Carolina on Feb. 8 [raleigh News and Observer]
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
President Biden Delivers Remarks on Rebuilding Our Manufacturing to Make More in America
• Former Times editor takes stand in Palin defamation trial [Courthouse News Service]
• Household debt jumped by $1 trillion in 2021, the most since 2007 [CNN]
• Beijing 2022: Winter Olympics hit by deluge of complaints from athletes [BBC News]
• Lawmakers asking for a federal investigation into travel nurse salaries [WOLF-TV (Hazelton, PA)]
• Emhoff whisked from Black history event after bomb threat [AP News]
• Conflicts to Watch in 2022 [Council on Foreign Relations]
Global National: Feb. 8, 2022|Protesters opposing COVID mandates block crucial Canada-US trade route
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - February 8th, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode February 8th, 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 4:33pm CET, 8 February 2022, there have been 396,558,014 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5,745,032 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 7 February 2022, a total of 10,095,615,243 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 4:33pm CET, 8 February 2022, there have been 75,890,112 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 895,389 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 4 February 2022, a total of 527,784,089 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]
National Cathedral bell tolls for 900,000 U.S. COVID-19 deaths
Ep 89 Osterholm Update COVID-19: Understanding Immunity
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic
• ‘Full blown’ pandemic phase of Covid nearly over in US, declares Anthony Fauci [Financial Times]
• New York joins several other U.S. states in rolling back mask mandates as infections fall [New York Times]
• Covid deaths highest in a year as omicron targets the unvaccinated and elderly [Washington Post]
The Downslope of the Omicron Surge, and What to Do as We Turn the Corner
• Pfizer expects $54 billion in 2022 sales on Covid vaccine and treatment pill [CNBC]
• Long COVID and kids: more research is urgently needed [Nature]
• Tow-truck companies refuse to haul away large trucks gridlocking Ottawa [Toronto Sun]
• New York City's Rats Could Have Their Own Strain of COVID-19 [Thrillist]
• SARS-CoV-2 infects, replicates, elevates angiotensin II and activates immune cells in human testes [MedRxiv (PDF)]
• 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
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• A geomagnetic storm may have effectively destroyed 40 SpaceX Starlink satellites [The Verge]
• First patient in UK given ‘vaccine’ for cancer in pioneering clinical research trial [The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre]
• Moondog | The Viking Composer of 6th Street [NÆTE on Youtube]
• Airstream’s Electric Trailer Concept Can Run Off-Grid for Weeks [Bloomberg]
• Peloton fired 2,800 employees and gave them free Peloton memberships [The Verge]
• SpaceX’s Starship update comes at a critical time for the program [Ars Technica]
• Two Arrested for Alleged Conspiracy to Launder $4.5 Billion in Stolen Cryptocurrency [US Department of Justice]
• See today's air taxis and other VTOL aircraft [CNET]
• Nvidia becomes 7th-largest U.S. company as it passes Facebook owner Meta for the first time [Market Watch]
• Activision made a record $5.1 billion from microtransactions in 2021 [TweakTown]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Anything from educational, entertainment, history and technology
Level1 News February 9 2022: Scientific Proof No One Likes Bixby
Drone Delivery Was Supposed to be the Future. What Went Wrong?
Nvidia is Officially disARMed - DTNS 4208
Solving Wordle using information theory
Nokia, X2 and Big Tech
Transorbital Starship
What if the Moon Crashes into Earth? - Real Physics (Mostly)
Valve Left Me Unsupervised: Steam Deck Hardware Review
Valve Steam Deck Hardware Review & Analysis: Thermals, Noise, Power, and Gaming Benchmarks
Arctic Sinkholes I Full Episode I NOVA I PBS
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On This Day
February 9th is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 325 days remain until the end of the year (326 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)
474 – Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
1003 – Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Poland.
1539 – The first recorded race is held on Chester Racecourse, known as the Roodee.
1555 – Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.
1621 – Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
1654 – The Capture of Fort Rocher takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
1778 – Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
1788 – The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
1822 – Haiti attacks the newly established Dominican Republic on the other side of the island of Hispaniola.
1825 – After no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the US presidential election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams as 6th President of the United States in a contingent election.
1849 – The new Roman Republic is declared.
1861 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Provisional Confederate Congress at Montgomery, Alabama
1870 – US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
1889 – US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
1893 – Verdi's last opera, Falstaff premieres at La Scala, Milan.
1895 – William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
1900 – The Davis Cup competition is established.
1904 – Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
1907 – The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
1913 – A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of the Americas, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
1920 – Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
1922 – Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
1929 – Members of the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng assassinate the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.
1932 – Prohibition law is abolished in Finland after a national referendum, where 70% voted for a repeal of the law.
1934 – The Balkan Entente is formed between Greece, Romania, Yugoslavia, and Turkey.
1941 – World War II: Bombing of Genoa: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Genoa, Italy, is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate.
1942 – Year-round Daylight saving time (aka War Time) is reinstated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
1943 – World War II: Pacific War: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.
1945 – World War II: Battle of the Atlantic: HMS Venturer sinks U-864 off the coast of Fedje, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat.
1945 – World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attack a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.
1950 – Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
1951 – Korean War: The two-day Geochang massacre begins as a battalion of the 11th Division of the South Korean Army kills 719 unarmed citizens in Geochang, in the South Gyeongsang district of South Korea.
1959 – The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
1964 – The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a record-setting audience of 73 million viewers across the United States.
1965 – Vietnam War: The United States Marine Corps sends a MIM-23 Hawk missile battalion to South Vietnam, the first American troops in-country without an official advisory or training mission.
1971 – The 6.5–6.7 Mw Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 64 and injuring 2,000.
1971 – Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro league player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame.
1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing.
1975 – The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
1976 – Aeroflot Flight 3739, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport, killing 24.
1978 – The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1986 – Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System.
1991 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Voters in Lithuania vote for independence from the Soviet Union.
1996 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf, killing two people.
1996 – Copernicium is discovered, by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al.
2001 – The Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision takes place, killing nine of the thirty-five people on board the Japanese fishery high-school training ship Ehime Maru, leaving the USS Greeneville (SSN-772) with a US $2 million in repairs, at Pearl Harbor.
2016 – Two passenger trains collide in the German town of Bad Aibling in the state of Bavaria. Twelve people die and 85 others are injured.
2018 – Winter Olympics: Opening ceremony is performed in Pyeongchang County in South Korea.
2020 – Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has 1,400 army soldiers enter the Legislative Assembly building, causing a brief political crisis.
2021 – Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump began.
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, February 9, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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