This is a truncated weather briefing. The regular news portion will return tomorrow.
OUTLOOK
In the wake of a cold front, dry high pressure will come to dominate our weather through Friday, resulting in refreshingly lower humidity. Active weather returns just in time for the weekend into early next week.
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Local News Brief
Sunset as seen from the Whitmire Property on August 30, 2022. Photo by Bobby Coggins.
The Franklin Town Council met last night in a special called meeting to discuss the future of the Whitmire Property. The Town of Franklin purchased the property in 2004 and it has frequently been the topic of heated discussions between members of the town council and the public over the last eighteen years. The meeting lasted a little over an hour and 20 minutes and featured lively discussion among the council members as they sought a consensus on the future uses of the green space in the East Franklin community. The town council passed a resolution expressing a desire to use the top flat area as a public recreation area and the area near Crane Circle and the creek as a potential location for housing. The council also discusses preserving some land near Poindexter Tire for future use, including a potential site for a substation for the Franklin Fire Department.
The meeting was streamed live on Facebook by Macon Media and that has been embedded below. An edited version with better audio will be published Thursday.
Franklin Town Council Special Called Meeting | August 30, 2022
Franklin Area Forecast
Today
Widespread fog, mainly before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
Highlands Plateau Forecast
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Friday
A slight chance of showers, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Otto Area Forecast
Today
Widespread fog, mainly before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
Nantahala Area Forecast
oday
Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Light and variable winds.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 80.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
Hazardous Weather Outlook
Hazardous Weather is not expected today or tonight.
Tropical Weather Outlook
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Wed Aug 31 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Central Tropical Atlantic:
Shower and thunderstorm activity associated with an area of low pressure located several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles has continued to increase and become more concentrated overnight. However, recent satellite wind data indicate that the circulation remains elongated and lacks a well-defined center. Although environmental conditions are only marginally conducive, additional gradual development of this system is expected and a tropical depression is likely to form within the next couple of days. The disturbance is forecast to move slowly toward the west-northwest, toward the adjacent waters of the northern Leeward Islands. Additional information on this system can be found in High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...60 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent.
2. Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A broad area of low pressure located between the west coast of Africa and the Cabo Verde Islands is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Some gradual development is possible, and the system could become a short-lived tropical depression over the far eastern Atlantic during the next couple of days. By late this week, environmental conditions are forecast to become increasingly unfavorable for further development. Regardless, the system could bring locally heavy rainfall to portions of the Cabo Verde Islands through Thursday.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent.
3. Central Subtropical Atlantic:
An area of low pressure is expected to form within the next day or so along a decaying frontal zone over the central subtropical Atlantic. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for some gradual development thereafter, and a tropical or subtropical depression could form later this week while the system drifts generally eastward.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent.
What's Up in the Tropics with Mark Sudduth - August 30, 2022
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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