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Tuesday, July 5, 2022

News and Weather Briefing for Tuesday, July 5, 2022






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Almanac
Macon Calendar
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Russo-UKrainian War Updates
National News Roundup
COVID-19 News and Updates
Science and Technology
Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
On This Day
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GENERAL OUTLOOK

Hot and humid high pressure dominates the region through the workweek, with daily afternoon and evening shower and thunderstorm chances through Friday. High pressure breaks down over the region and retreats west as a cold front approaches from the north this weekend, making for a showery but cooler weekend and start to next week.



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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Thursday Night





Franklin Area

Today

A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 9am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 2pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night

A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds.

Thursday

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 2pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 90. Chance of rain is 60%.

Thursday Night

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s.


Highlands Plateau

Today

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. WInds out of the southwest 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers between 2am and 5am. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday

A slight chance of showers before 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm by midmorning. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers between midnight and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.

Thursday

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain is 60%.

Thursday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.


Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 9am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday

A slight chance of showers before 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.

Thursday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain is 60%.

Thursday Night

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s.


Nantahala Area

Today

A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 5am, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 70. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.

Thursday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain is 60%.

Thursday Night

A 30 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 70.







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Hazards and Tropical Weather

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will develop across the area this afternoon, and will be capable of producing dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning, isolated heavy rainfall, and gusty winds. A few of the storms may be capable of producing damaging wind gusts.

A cluster of loosely-organized thunderstorms may enter the forecast area on Wednesday night. Some of these storms will be capable of producing damaging wind gusts and small hail, and all will be capable of producing dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning and extremely heavy rainfall.





TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK




Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Tue Jul 5 2022

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

24 Hour Smoke Forecast

No smoke fields will be crossing Macon County today, no map was produced.












Air quality is in theupper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the lower range of yellow.

Fire and Smoke Map




Local Air Monitor



Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range 2.6 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Dock being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (2.6 out of 12).



Record Weather Events for July 5th

Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)

Highest Temperature 95°F in Franklin in 1948
Lowest Temperature 46°F in Highlands in 1996
Greatest Rainfall 3.78 inches in Highlands in 2013
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)


Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of June
Data available from 1873 to 2022

Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on 07-29-1952
Lowest Temperature 34°F in Highlands on 07-27-1911
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on 07-29-1879
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1873

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
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)


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Local and State News


• 2022 Independence Day Parade in Franklin, NC [Macon Media]

• By the gallon or by the mile: Driver volunteers wanted for study of new way to pay for road maintenance [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• Protesters again gather at Capitol in Raleigh to decry Supreme Court abortion ruling [Raleigh News and Observer]

• Asheville police ramp up security during July 4th events downtown [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• Animal shelter could welcome animals in fall [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]

• Macon County Board of Education - June 2022 Meeting [Macon Media]


State Budget Details

• NC Budget Table of Contents [Google Drive (PDF)]

• NC House Bill 103: 2022 Appropriations Act [Google Drive (PDF)]

• Joint Conference Committee Report on the Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2022 [Google Drive (PDF)]

• House Bill 103 Information and Voting History [NC General Assembly Website]

• Raises for state employees, preparations for recession, in proposed state budget [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]


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Special Section: Russo-Ukrainian War Updates
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
(Longer videos are in the Russo-Ukraine Videos section)



• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 04 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 4th]



Germany, rearmament, and Ukraine - "Why 100 billion Euro may not fix the German military" | Perun



War of Attrition - Russian Invasion of Ukraine | Kings and Generals






JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (Day 98-107)





• Ukraine regroups defenses as Russia prepares new Donbas push [DW News]

• Ukraine sets new defensive lines in Donetsk after losing Luhansk [France 24]

• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 132 [Al Jazeera]

• Lessons of Russia’s War in Ukraine: You Can’t Hide and Weapons Stockpiles Are Essential [Wall Street Journal]

• In Putin’s Russia, the Arrests Are Spreading Quickly and Widely [New York Times]


News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective

• Dmitri Trenin: Russia has made a decisive break with the West and is ready to help shape a new world order [Russia Today]

• Being too preoccupied with Ukraine, Russia may loose Tajikistan [Pravda ]

• Japan activates revanchist aspirations for Kurils — top security official [TASS Russian News Agency]

The causes and consequences of the Ukraine war A lecture by John J. Mearsheimer



The Ukraine War From Russia's Perspective




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National and World News Roundup

• Highland Park shooting: 6 dead and 2 dozen others shot at parade; suspect arrested [Chicago Tribune]

• Highland Park shooting person of interest left online trail of violent imagery [NBC News via Yahoo! News]

• Akron, Ohio, sets downtown curfew, cancels fireworks in wake of Jayland Walker protests [NBC News]

• Uzbekistan says 18 killed, hundreds wounded in unrest [CNN]

• Dry lakes and dry taps: Nuevo León faces its worst water crisis in decades [Courthouse News Service]

Downtown Asheville Fireworks in 4K - no audio



Macy's 4th of July fireworks show over the East River (excerpt)



July 4th Fireworks at the National Mall



Global National: July 4, 2022 | Police detain person of interest in Illinois parade shooting



NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 4th, 2022


--> PBS NewsHour Full Episode July 4th, 2022



• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]



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COVID-19 News and Updates

Here is a section on COVID-19. It includes local, regional, state, national, and global items.



COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County:






• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]

Globally, as of 6:25pm CEST, 1 July 2022, there have been 545,226,550 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,334,728 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 30 June 2022, a total of 11,986,040,938 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 6:25pm CEST, 1 July 2022, there have been 86,433,723 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,007,644 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 24 June 2022, a total of 585,796,438 vaccine doses have been administered.

• Immune responses after omicron infection in triple-vaccinated health-care workers with and without previous SARS-CoV-2 infection [The Lancet - Infectious Diseases]

• The nervous system during COVID-19: Caught in the crossfire [Wiley Online Library]

• Calls for fourth vaccination, as COVID-19 predicted to be 'one of the biggest killers of Australians this year' [ABC News (Australia)]

• CDC recommends 15 Washington counties should wear masks again [KING-TV (Seattle, WA)]

• COVID-19 News[Yahoo! News]




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Science and Technology News Roundup

• NASA says its plan to bring Mars samples back to Earth is safe, but some people are worried [Phys.org]

• China rejects NASA accusation it will take over the moon [Reuters]

• Microsoft finds Raspberry Robin worm in hundreds of Windows networks [Bleeping Computer]

• YouTube, Instagram, Discord appear to pull pages belonging to Illinois shooting person of interest [The Verge]

• Never-before-seen crystals found in perfectly preserved meteorite dust [Space.com]

• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Lamplight TV]


Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics

Level1 News July 5 2022: Tik Tok, On the Clock, From the App Stores It Must Drop



Amazon Opens Its First Micromobility Hub in London - DTH | Daily Tech News Show



Demis Hassabis: DeepMind - AI, Superintelligence & the Future of Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #299



Rocket Lab To Send CAPSTONE Satellite To The Moon For NASA | Rocket Lab



SpaceX Starship Updates & Starlink Loader Tested, NASA CAPSTONE Success, SES-22, USSF-12 and more | Marcus House



Raptor Shielding Installed on Booster 7 for Static Fire | SpaceX Boca Chica



The Missing Baryon Problem and the Anti-Matter Discrepancy | Event Horizon



NSF Live: Discussing Booster 7 static fire plans, Rocket Lab's lunar mission, SLS rollback, and more



Relativity's Mini Starship Gets Major Deal and Everybody Is Launching Rockets | Deep Space Updates






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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)

--> Germany, rearmament, and Ukraine - "Why 100 billion Euro may not fix the German military" | Perun



War of Attrition - Russian Invasion of Ukraine | Kings and Generals



Russia, Ukraine claim control of Lysychansk as fighting rages on | DW News



Zelenskyy vows to retake Lysychansk as Ukrainian troops retreat | Al Jazeera



Switzerland hosts meeting to hash out 'Marshall Plan' for Ukraine | FRANCE 24 English



Power shift on Ukraine’s frontlines? | Binkov's Battlegrounds







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On This Day

July 5th is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 179 days remain until the end of the year.

Historical Events



Historical Events

(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)




328 – The official opening of Constantine's Bridge built over the Danube between Sucidava (Corabia, Romania) and Oescus (Gigen, Bulgaria) by the Roman architect Theophilus Patricius.
• [Wikipedia: Constantine's Bridge]

1316 – The Burgundian and Majorcan claimants of the Principality of Achaea meet in the Battle of Manolada.
• [Wikipedia: Principality of Achaea]
• [Battle of Manolada]

1594 – Portuguese forces under the command of Pedro Lopes de Sousa begin an unsuccessful invasion of the Kingdom of Kandy during the Campaign of Danture in Sri Lanka.
• [Campaign of Danture]

1610 – John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.

1687 – Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
• [Wikipedia: Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica]
• [Newton on the Beach: Principia Mathematica] (Stanford University)
• [Isaac Newton: Principia - Summary and Analysis]

1770 – The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Chesma]

1775 – The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
• [Wikipedia: Second Continental Congress]
• [Wikipedia: Olive Branch Petition]
• [Loyalist vs Partiot Olive Branch Petition]
• [Dramatization from HBO's John Adams Mioniseries]
• [History Brief: The Second Continental Congress and the Olive Branch Petition]

1803 – The Convention of Artlenburg is signed, leading to the French occupation of the Electorate of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).

1807 – In Buenos Aires the local militias repel the British soldiers within the Second English Invasion.
• [British invasions of the River Plate]

1809 – The largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, the Battle of Wagram is fought between the French and Austrian Empires.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Wagram]
• [Wikipedia: War of the Fifth Coalition]
• [Napoleon's Revenge: Wagram 1809]

1811 – The Venezuelan Declaration of Independence is adopted by a congress of the provinces.

1813 – War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York commence.

The events below will be updated by noon today. I (Bobby) ran out of time to complete this section before publish time.

1814 – War of 1812: Battle of Chippawa: American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippawa, Ontario.


1833 – Lê Văn Khôi along with 27 soldiers stage a mutiny taking over the Phiên An citadel, developing into the Lê Văn Khôi revolt against Emperor Minh Mạng.


1833 – Admiral Charles Napier vanquishes the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent.


1841 – Thomas Cook organises the first package excursion, from Leicester to Loughborough.


1884 – Germany takes possession of Cameroon.


1915 – The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. This is the last trip outside Philadelphia that the custodians of the bell intend to permit.


1934 – "Bloody Thursday": Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.


1935 – The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.


1937 – Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.


1940 – World War II: Foreign relations of Vichy France are severed with the United Kingdom.


1941 – World War II: Operation Barbarossa: German troops reach the Dnieper river.


1943 – World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily (Operation Husky, July 10, 1943).


1943 – World War II: German forces begin a massive offensive against the Soviet Union at the Battle of Kursk, also known as Operation Citadel.
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1946 – Micheline Bernardini models the first modern bikini at a swimming pool in Paris.


1948 – National Health Service Acts create the national public health system in the United Kingdom.


1950 – Korean War: Task Force Smith: American and North Korean forces first clash, in the Battle of Osan.


1950 – Zionism: The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.


1954 – The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.


1954 – Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.


1962 – The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an eight-year-long war with France.


1971 – The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon.


1973 – A boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills eleven firefighters.


1975 – Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.


1975 – Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.


1977 – Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.


1980 – Swedish tennis player Björn Borg wins his fifth Wimbledon final and becomes the first male tennis player to win the championships five times in a row (1976–1980).


1987 – Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.


1989 – Iran–Contra affair: Oliver North is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in fines and 1,200 hours community service. His convictions are later overturned.


1995 – Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after its independence from the Soviet Union.


1996 – Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.


1997 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP A. Thangathurai is shot dead at Sri Shanmuga Hindu Ladies College in Trincomalee.


1999 – U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.


2003 - SARS is declared "contained" by the WHO after affecting 26 countries and resulting in 774 deaths


2004 – The first direct Indonesian presidential election is held.


2006 – North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan.


2009 – A series of violent riots break out in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.


2009 – The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered in England, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, Staffordshire.


2012 – The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020 ft).


2015 – The United States women's national soccer team defeated 2011 champions Japan 5–2 at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final.


2016 – The Juno space probe arrives at Jupiter and begins a 20-month survey of the planet.








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Published at 5:30am on Tuesday, July 05, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins


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