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Saturday, August 6, 2022

News and Weather Briefing for Saturday, August 6, 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

Typical summertime pattern continues as the subtropical ridge in the western Atlantic persists this weekend into early next week. Daily chances for diurnal showers and thunderstorms will continue the best chance for activity across the mountains. A cold front will approach the area from the northwest on Wednesday, tracking across the Carolinas on Thursday into Friday. This front will keep shower and thunderstorm chances around through late next week.



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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Monday Night





Franklin Area

Today

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Widespread dense fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday Night

Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 11pm, then a slight chance of showers after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.

Monday

A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Chance of rain is 60%.

Monday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.


Highlands Plateau

Today

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight Showers and thunderstorms likely before 5am, then a chance of showers. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday Night

Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 1am, then a slight chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.

Monday

A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 70%.

Monday Night

A 30 percent chance of showers before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.


Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Widespread dense fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

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

Sunday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs near 80. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday Night

Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and midnight, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.

Monday

A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain is 70%.

Monday Night

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


Nantahala Area

Today

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 3am, then a slight chance of showers. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs near 80. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday Night

Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 11pm, then a slight chance of showers after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.

Monday

A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain is 60%.

Monday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.







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Hazards and Tropical Weather

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected to develop across the mountains this afternoon and evening. Main potential impacts are cloud-to-ground lightning, gusty winds, and heavy downpours leading to a localized flash flood risk. An isolated severe storm cannot be ruled out. Any storm that becomes severe would have a microburst threat leading to the potential for damaging wind gusts.





TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK




Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sat Aug 6 2022

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

1. Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa later this weekend. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for some gradual development of this system while it moves westward across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic during the early to middle part of next week.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.

What's Up in the Tropics with Mark Sudduth - August 5, 2022: Watching the MDR Next Week





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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 upper range of green.

Fire and Smoke Map




Local Air Monitor



Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range 3.7 out of 12) today with Grasses, Nettle, and Chenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (5.1 out of 12).



Record Weather Events for August 6th

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

Highest Temperature 94°F in Franklin in 1980
Lowest Temperature 43°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1948
Greatest Rainfall 2.60 inches in Nantahala in 1975
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 August
Data available from 1873 to 2022

Highest Temperature 99°F in Franklin on 08-09-1980
Lowest Temperature 40°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 08-29-1968
Greatest Rainfall 9.68 inches in Highlands on 08-13-1940
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

Monthly Averages

Warmest Weather Station 79.7°F Wilmington, New Hanover County
Coldest Weather Station 59.6°F Mount Mitchell, Yancey County
Wettest Weather Station 7.74 in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County
Driest Weather Station 3.12 in Lexington, Davidson County




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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)


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Local and State News


• Electric Vehicle Charging Station Now Operational at Town Hall [Macon Media]

• Town recognizes employee accomplishments [The Macon County News and Shopping Guide]

• Skate park is a step closer toward being a reality here [The Sylva HErald and Ruralite]

• Beefing up security: Madison County to put AR-15s in schools [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• Missing college student found dead in remote area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• State budget could cost some NC principals thousands of dollars in pay this year [Raleigh News and Observer]


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, August 05 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for August 4th (no PDF was produced for the 5th)]

• Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack [PBS Frontline]

• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 163 [Al Jazeera]

China Exercises OVER Taiwan | Military/LEO Combat Footage Review | Funker 530






JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (Day 148-158)







• US readies $1bn weapons package for Ukraine: Report [Al Jazeera]

• Ukraine updates: Kyiv, Moscow trade blame over nuclear plant shelling [DW News]

• Russia ups the pressure on Ukraine's northern Sumy region [France 24]

• Russia Bars Exxon and Other Western Investors From Selling Shares in Strategic Businesses [Wall Street Journal (click listen to article to hear it read to you)]

• Blasts Reported at Nuclear Plant Seized by Russia [New York Times]


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

• US neighbor calls for five-year global truce [Russia Today]

• What if China recognises Crimea? Beijing unwilling to talk to Ukraine [Pravda ]

• Bank of Russia considers feasible to convert state companies’ funds from dollars and euro [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

• Jobs Return to Prepandemic Mark as Hiring Accelerates [Wall Street Journal]

• China cuts off vital US contacts over Pelosi Taiwan visit [AP News]

What has Nancy Pelosi achieved with her visit to Taiwan? | DW News



• Rare flooding traps 1,000 people in US Death Valley [France 24]

• Alex Jones must pay more than $45 million in punitive damages to the family of a Sandy Hook massacre victim, jury orders [NBC News]

Israel carries out "counter-terror operation" – Palestinian militants retaliate | DW News



• Indiana becomes 1st state to approve abortion ban post Roe [ABC News]

• US library defunded after refusing to censor LGBTQ authors: ‘We will not ban the books’ [The Guardian]


Global National: Aug. 5, 2022 | More voices in Canadian health care cry out for help



Nightly News Full Broadcast - August 05


PBS NewsHour Full Episode August 5th, 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 6:04pm CEST, 2 August 2022, there have been 575,887,049 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,398,412 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 26 July 2022, a total of 12,248,795,623 vaccine doses have been administered.

In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 6:04pm CEST, 2 August 2022, there have been 90,236,371 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,020,010 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 22 July 2022, a total of 593,464,253 vaccine doses have been administered.

• With hundreds still dying of Covid daily, CDC is sticking to current restrictions [NBC News]

• New Zealand allowed pharmacists to dispense COVID-19 antivirals and 'everyone realised it was a win' [ABC Australia]

• Essential Connecticut workers can apply for $1000 ‘hero’ pay [AP News]

• 1 in 8 SARS-CoV-2 patients develop long COVID symptoms: Lancet study [National Herald (India)]

• COVID-19 case rates on the decline following summer wave: Public Health Ontario [CP-24 (Toronto, Canada)]




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Science and Technology News Roundup

• FCC votes to boost manufacturing in space [Engadget]

• Top scientist admits 'space telescope image' was actually a slice of chorizo [CNN]

• Amazon to acquire Roomba robot vacuum maker iRobot for $1.7 billion [The Verge]

• San Diego joins other cities in restricting cops' use of surveillance technology [Engadget]

• U.S. appeals court says artificial intelligence can't be patent inventor [Reuters]

• Tesla’s Cybertruck is going to be more expensive than originally planned [The Verge]

• California DMV accuses Tesla of falsely advertising Autopilot and Full Self-Driving features [Los Angeles Times]

• SpaceX launches Korean moon probe [Yahoo! News]

• Victory! Federal Court Upholds First Amendment Protections for Student’s Off-Campus Social Media Post [SOURCE]

• 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

The Entire History of Viking Britain // Medieval England Documentary | History Time



Open Source Protein Structures - DTNS 4332 | Daily Tech News Show



We Hate Crypto Too | Office Hours 9 | Jupiter Broadcasting



Linux - Tutorial for Beginners in 13 MINUTES! [ UPDATED ] | Skills Factory



Why did the English Civil War Happen? - Early Modern History | Kings and Generals






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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)

--> Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack (full documentary) | FRONTLINE



The true impact of sanctions on Russia | DW Business Special



Ukraine’s Azov regiment: Families battle for release of fighters | Al Jazeera



Putin and Erdogan seek common ground as Turkey, Russia remain 'on opposite ends of major conflicts' | France 24



Zelensky admits Russia are making progress in Ukraine's contested Donbas region | BBC News







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On This Day

August 6th is the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 147 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)

1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.

1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.

1661 – The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.

1777 – American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.

1787 – Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1806 – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares the moribund empire to be dissolved, although he retains power in the Austrian Empire.

1819 – Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.

1824 – Peruvian War of Independence: The Battle of Junín.

1825 – The Bolivian Declaration of Independence is proclaimed.

1861 – Britain imposes the Lagos Treaty of Cession to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.

1862 – American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.

1870 РFranco-Prussian War: The Battle of W̦rth results in a decisive Prussian victory.

1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.

1901 – Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.

1912 – The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.

1914 – World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.

1914 – World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.

1915 – World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.

1917 – World War I: Battle of MărășeÈ™ti between the Romanian and German armies begins.

1926 – Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.

1926 – In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.

1940 – Estonia is illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.

1942 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.

1944 – The Warsaw Uprising occurs on August 1. It is brutally suppressed and all able-bodied men in Kraków are detained afterwards to prevent a similar uprising, the Kraków Uprising, that was planned but never carried out.

1945 – World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.
• [Wikipedia: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]
• [Wikipedia: Pacific War]
• [Movietone Newsreel]
• [Ten Seconds That Shook The World]
• [Hiroshima: Dropping the Bomb] (Dramatization mixed with Survivor Accounts)
• [FAS: Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki]
• [WECT-TV: NC airman dropped bomb on Hiroshima, never regretted it]
• [Atomic Bomb Aftermath Hiroshima and Nagasaki] (Graphic Imagery)

1956 – After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.

1960 – Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.

1962 – Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

1965 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
• [Wikipedia: Voting Rights Act of 1965]
• [Documentary: LBJ signs the Voting Rights Act in 1965]
• [Special Message to the Congress: The American Promise [on the Voting Rights Act], 3/15/65] (LBJ Addresses a Joint Session of Congress)

1986 – A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

1990 – Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.

1991 – Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.

1991 – Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.

1996 – The Ramones played their farewell concert at The Palace, Los Angeles, CA.

1996 – NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.

1997 – Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam killing 228 of 254 people on board.

2001 – Erwadi fire incident: Twenty-eight mentally ill persons tied to a chain are burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.

2008 РA military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'̩tat in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.

2010 – Flash floods across a large part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people.

2011 – War in Afghanistan: A United States military helicopter is shot down, killing 30 American special forces members and a working dog, seven Afghan soldiers, and one Afghan civilian. It was the deadliest single event for the United States in the War in Afghanistan.
• [Wikipedia: 2011 Afghanistan Boeing Chinook shootdown]
• [Deadliest Day in SEAL Team 6 History - What Actually Happened?]
• [EXTORTION 17 Tribute Video]

2012 – NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.
• [Official Website]
• [Wikipedia: Mars Science Laboratory]
• [Full Video of Curiosity Landing on Mars]
• [Mars Science Laboratory - Curiosity Rover - Mission Animation]

2015 – A suicide bomb attack kills at least 15 people at a mosque in the Saudi city of Abha.
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, August 06, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins


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