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OUTLOOK
Waves of low pressure will move east along a front stalled near our area through Thursday. This will bring rounds of rainfall to the area, with thunderstorms and potentially heavy rain today. A strong cold front looks to bring more substantial rain chances Friday night, and high elevation snow to the mountains Saturday. Very cold and windy conditions are also expected. A slow warm up ensues through early next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1pm, then a slight chance of rain. Patchy fog before noon. Highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph in the early evening becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
A slight chance of rain between 8am and 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 20%.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Calm winds.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Friday Night
Showers, mainly after 9pm. Lows in the mid 20s. Chance of rain is 90%. Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, then a chance of rain. Areas of fog before noon.
Highs near 50. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the early evening shifting to come out of the southeast before midnight.
Thursday
A 20 percent chance of rain before 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Friday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Friday Night
Showers. Lows in the mid 20s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, then a slight chance of rain. Areas of fog before 11am. Highs in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
A 20 percent chance of rain before 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Calm winds.
Friday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Friday Night
Showers. Lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, then a slight chance of rain. Patchy fog before noon. Highs near 50. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Light and variable winds.
Thursday
A slight chance of rain in the mid-to-late morning. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Calm winds.
Friday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.
Friday Night
Showers. Low in the mid 20s. Chance of rain is 90%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon into tonight. A few of these storms may become severe, and will be capable of producing damaging winds, small hail, and frequent cloud-to-ground lightning.
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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 (1.2 out of 12) today with Alder, Juniper, and Elm being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-highrange (8.9 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 9th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 83°F in Franklin in 1974
Lowest Temperature 0°F in Highlands in 1996
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.30 inches in Franklin in 1880
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 9.0 inches in Franklin in 1962
Record weather events for March in Macon County
Highest Temperature 86°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on March 15, 1967
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Highlands on March 7, 1899
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.43 inches in Highlands on March 29, 1898
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on March 13, 1993
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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Macon Calendar
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Local and State News
• Macon County Board of Commissioners - March 2022 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• Franklin Town Council - March 2022 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• As gas prices increase, Duke professor warns of potential recession [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Rising gas prices reach a new milestone in North Carolina, with no sign of slowing down [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Voter fraud questions arise over Mark Meadows' residency claim in 2020 election [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• As NC’s Lumbee await federal recognition, some other tribes are opposed. Here’s why. [Raleigh News and Observer]
• New programs to teach integrity, respect [Macon County News and Shopping Guide]
• Filing Closes for 2022 Primary, Candidate List [Macon Media]
• Otto Fire department establishes a fundraiser to assist the family of an injured firefighter (Cheif Rholetter) on [GoFundMe]
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Special Section: Russia Invades Ukraine (Day 13)
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
(additional long form videos are in the Science and Technology podcast section)
Day Thirteen/b>
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 8 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF Download]
Ukraine Invasion Continues Day 13 (FNN Live)
Watch again: Ukraine's President Zelensky addresses House of Commons
• Russian warship that attacked Ukraine’s Snake Island is ‘destroyed’ [The Times]
• Russian-American charged with acting as illegal Russian agent in the US [CNN]
• US rejects Poland’s offer to send MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine [Al Jazeera]
• War in Ukraine: Troops dig in near Kyiv [BBC News]
• Russia 'does not want a direct conflict with US forces,' intelligence community assessed in January [Fox News]
Additional News Sources
• Russia Launches invasion of Ukraine [BBC Liveblog]
https://www.kyivpost.com/
https://ukranews.com/en/news
https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cx1m7zg0gzdt/ukraine
https://www.aljazeera.com/where/ukraine/
https://www.ukrinform.net/
https://www.cgtn.com/europe
NΞMICO NΞTWORK
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNNFS1bhD94Qc5vSARGOo6w
EarthCam Live: Kyiv, Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cyQPN5xQtU
Russian Invasion Of Ukraine | LIVE | Situation Room | INDB | Russian Military Advancing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq8iFW7BRNA
Al Jazeera English | Live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-upyPouRrB8
DW News livestream | Headline news from around the world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9KZGs1MtP4
LIVE MULTI-CAM: EXPLOSIONS NEAR KIEV - UKRAINE/RUSSIA/DONETSK/LUHANSK + TWITTER FEEDS/NEWS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncfpk4OFkXE
Putin announces 'special operation' in Donbass | SPECIAL COVERAGE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0I5eglJMRI
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National and World News Roundup
• First trial of Capitol rioter ends in conviction on all charges [Courthouse News Service]
• Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio indicted for conspiracy related to January 6 riot [CBS News]
• Moon Patrol: U.S. Military To Extend Its Reach 239,000 Miles Into Space [Jalopnik]
• Endurance: Shackleton's lost ship is found in Antarctic [BBC NewsCE]
• Smartmatic can pursue election-rigging claims against Fox News, Giuliani [Reuters]
• Conflicts to Watch in 2022 [Council on Foreign Relations]
Face The Nation: Schiff, Grandi, Volker
Watch: Toddler Tossed Out Window Of Burning Building To Safety
Global National: March 8, 2022 | Ukrainians encountering difficulty trying to escape war
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 8th, 2022
PBS NewsHour Full Episode March 8th, 2022
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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 4:31pm CET, 8 March 2022, there have been 446,511,318 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,004,421 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 6 March 2022, a total of 10,704,043,684 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 4:31pm CET, 8 March 2022, there have been 78,545,019 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 951,348 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 25 February 2022, a total of 537,567,013 vaccine doses have been administered.
• ‘COVID started everything:’ Jury set in trial of 4 men accused of plotting Gov. Whitmer’s kidnapping over coronavirus orders [M Live]
• DC ‘freedom convoy’ gets defeated by regular traffic for second day in a row [UK Independent]
• Early clues regarding the pathogenesis of long-COVID [Trends in Immunology]
• Infection with Omicron variant generates neutralizing antibodies to BA.1 and BA.2 sub-lineages and induces higher levels of cross-neutralizing antibodies to Delta variant [MedRxiv (PDF)]
• Destroyer can’t deploy because CO won’t get COVID vaccine, Navy says [Navy Times]
• The Association Between Men’s Mental Health During COVID-19 and Deterioration in Economic Status [American Journal of Men's Health]
• Safety of mRNA vaccines administered during the initial 6 months of the US COVID-19 vaccination programme: an observational study of reports to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System and v-safe [The Lancet]
• Monitoring COVID-19
• COVID-19 Vaccine FAQs Part I [Reddit]
• COVID-19 Vaccine FAQs Part II [Reddit]
[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]
• Variant: 21L (Omicron) also known as BA.2[CoVariants]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Russia Is Preparing to Cut Itself Off From the Global Internet [Vice News]
• Endurance: Shackleton's lost ship is found in Antarctic [Endurance 22]
• Scientists are arguing over the identity of a fossilized 10-armed creature [Sciebce News]
• Electric car prices could go up even as fuel prices soar [The Verge]
• Rivian's price hike leads to a shareholder lawsuit [Engadget]
• FBI: Ransomware gang breached 52 US critical infrastructure orgs [Bleeping Computer]
• Google is buying cybersecurity company Mandiant for $5.4 billion [Engadget]
• Amazon suppliers reportedly have ties to forced labor camps in China [Engadget]
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Lamplight TV]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Anything from educational, entertainment, history, current events and technology
Level1 News March 8 2022: Conscript Kiddies
Using Tech to Dish Up Politics - DTNS 4226
Robert Proctor: Nazi Science and Ideology | Lex Fridman Podcast #268
After 140 years, this old technology still keeps trains safe
Obscure 1991 hand held game machine - The J.Cock Z400S
Oh, Look. Another Doomsday Scenario To Worry About. | Answers With Joe
How Does The Sun Power Spacecraft? Things Kerbal Space Program Doesn't Teach You
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On This Day
March 9th is the 68th day of the year (69th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 297 days remain until the end of the year. It is the first day of March. It is also the first day of meteorological spring in Northern Hemisphere.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China.
1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
1226 – Khwarazmian sultan Jalal ad-Din conquers the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.
1230 – Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus in the Battle of Klokotnitsa.
1500 – The fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas.
1701 – Safavid troops retreat from Basra, ending a three-year occupation.
1765 – After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually committed suicide.
1776 – The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
1796 – Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.
1811 – Paraguayan forces defeat Manuel Belgrano at the Battle of Tacuarí.
1815 – Francis Ronalds describes the first battery-operated clock in the Philosophical Magazine.
1841 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the United States v. The Amistad case that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally.
1842 – Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera composers.
1842 – The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.
1847 – Mexican–American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz.[16
1862 – American Civil War: USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
1908 – Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
1916 – Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.
1933 – Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.
1942 – World War II: Dutch East Indies unconditionally surrendered to the Japanese forces in Kalijati, Subang, West Java, and the Japanese completed their Dutch East Indies campaign.
1944 – World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.
1945 – World War II: A coup d'état by Japanese forces in French Indochina removes the French from power.
1946 – Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, kills 33 and injures hundreds more.
1954 – McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
1956 – Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
1957 – The 8.6 Mw Andreanof Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands, causing over $5 million in damage from ground movement and a destructive tsunami.
1959 – The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
1960 – Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis.
1961 – Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a dog and a human dummy, and demonstrating that the Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight.
1967 – Trans World Airlines Flight 553 crashes in a field in Concord Township, Ohio following a mid-air collision with a Beechcraft Baron, killing 26 people.
1974 – The Mars 7 Flyby bus releases the descent module too early, missing Mars.
1976 – Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date.
1977 – The Hanafi Siege: In a thirty-nine-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings.
1978 – President Soeharto inaugurated Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, Bogor and Ciawi, West Java.
1987 – Chrysler announces its acquisition of American Motors Corporation
1997 – Comet Hale–Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day.
1997 – The Notorious B.I.G. is murdered in Los Angeles after attending the Soul Train Music Awards. He is gunned down leaving an after party at the Petersen Automotive Museum. His murder remains unsolved.
2011 – Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, March 09, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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