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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A weak cold front will push into the area Monday, resulting in scattered showers and thunderstorms. Drier air behind the front will limit shower and thunderstorm activity on Tuesday, but afternoon coverage will gradually increase through the remainder of the week as an unsettled pattern returns to the area.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Light winds out of the northwest. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light winds out of the north. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Light winds out of the northwest. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday Night
A chance of thunderstorms before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between noon and 5pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the northwest. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Mon Aug 22 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A tropical wave located a few hundred miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions could support some slow development of this system while it moves westward to west-northwestward at around 10 to 15 mph across the tropical Atlantic during the next several days.
* 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 21, 2022
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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 medium range 5.3 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (8.6 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for August 22nd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 99°F in Franklin in 1983
Lowest Temperature 42°F in Highlands in 1918
Greatest Rainfall 3.58 inches in Highlands in 1969
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
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Local and State News
• New mental health data show 'unsustainable' burden on NC hospitals [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• ‘Bizarre, but miraculous’: 1 injured after BMW crashes off NC overpass, landing on Corvette and catching fire [WNCN-TV (Goldsboro, NC)]
• Hola Carolina event celebrates migrant workers, families during harvest season [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Raleigh native wins Ms. Wheelchair America pageant [WSOC-TV (Charlotte, NC)CE]
• 3 hurt amid crowd panic when gunfire reported at NC high school football game, cops say [Charlotte Observer]
• Roll call: Here's how WNC's members of Congress voted the week of Aug. 12-18 [Asheville Citizen Times]
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 21 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for August 21st]
B-52 bomber planes arrive in Europe | CobraEmergency
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 179 [Al Jazeera]
• Daughter of staunch Putin ally Alexander Dugin killed in car bombing near Moscow [New York Post]
JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (Day 148-158)
1/ Ukrainian TVD, Day 159-172. The first half of August has seen an emerging shift in the strategic initiative moving decidedly away from the Russia to that of Ukraine. With fall fast approaching the next several weeks may prove as critical as the early days of the war. #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/VNNpW6pynB
— Jomini of the West (@JominiW) August 17, 2022
• Russian missiles rain on Ukraine as war nears half-year mark [Reuters]
• Ukraine war: Russia appeals for new recruits for war effort [BBC News]
• Russian Mercenaries Project the Kremlin’s Power Far From Its Troubles in Ukraine [Wall Street Journal]
• Darya Dugina: Daughter of Putin ally killed in Moscow car blast[Al Jazeera]
• What Russians See in the News: A War Over Western Plans to Subjugate Them [New York Times]
• Ukraine war: Allies seek more security at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant [BBC News]
• Bellingcat: The online investigators tracking alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine [CBS News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Western media's favorite Russian philosopher: Who is Aleksandr Dugin, whose daughter was killed in a Moscow car bombing? [Russia Today]
• Russian Foreign Ministry speaks about Russia-NATO military confrontation [Pravda ]
• Putin hails national flag as sacred symbol for all generations of Russians [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
• Dennis Rodman says he's going to Russia to seek release of Brittney Griner [NBC News]
• U.S. and South Korea start biggest military drills in years amid North Korea threats [CBS News]
• Droughts Hurt World’s Largest Economies [Wall Street Journal]
• China sentences tycoon Xiao Jianhua to 13 years, fines his company $8.1 billion [NBC News]
• Japan considers deploying long-range missiles to counter China - Yomiuri [Yahoo! News]
• Indiana governor in Taiwan following high-profile US visits [ABC News]
• Stelter on CNN: ‘I’m going to be rooting for this place for the rest of my life’ [PoliticoE]
• A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal. [New York Times]
• The Final Days of the Trump White House: Chaos and Scattered Papers [New York Times]
Parts of Southwest brace for possible days of heavy rain | ABC News
How Bellingcat is using social media to track alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine
lobal National: Aug. 21, 2022 | Paramedics struggle with emergency calls amid staffing shortages
!--Meet the Press--> Meet The Press Broadcast (Full) August 21 — Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, Rep. Andy Barr, Sec. Cardona
!--Face the Nation--> Face The Nation: Turner, Klieman, Laufman, Costa, Walter
Nightly News Full Broadcast - August 21
PBS NewsHour Full Episode August 21stth, 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 4:41pm CEST, 19 August 2022, there have been 591,683,619 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,443,306 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 17 August 2022, a total of 12,409,086,286 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 4:41pm CEST, 19 August 2022, there have been 92,108,785 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,028,619 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 12 August 2022, a total of 598,074,864 vaccine doses have been administered.
• The US government will no longer pay for Covid-19 vaccines, treatments [Advisory Board]
• Omicron-specific Covid booster shots are just weeks away. Here’s who will—and won’t—be eligible [CNBCE]
• FDA Authorizes Emergency Use for Novavax Covid-19 Vaccine for Ages 12 to 17 [WNBC-TV (New York City, NY)]
• The COVID-19 Pandemic and Post-Infection Irritable Bowel Syndrome: What Lies Ahead for Gastroenterologists [Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology]
• FDA asks Pfizer to test second Paxlovid course in patients with COVID rebound [Reuters via Yahoo! News]
• Randomized Trial of Metformin, Ivermectin, and Fluvoxamine for Covid-19 [New England Journal of Medicine]
• TWiV 928: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
Q and A with A and V Livestream 8/18/22 8:00 PM | Microbe TV
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Protons contain intrinsic charm quarks, a new study suggests [Science News]
• NASA reveals where it wants the next Americans to land on the moon [Star and Stripes]
• NASA's Artemis 3 moon-landing astronauts will explore 1 of these 13 lunar locales [Space.com]
• Proposed rocket launch site in Michigan fuels community concerns [PBS Newshour (video)]
• A biotech company wants to take human DNA and create artificial embryos that could be used to harvest organs for medical transplants [Business Insider]
• John Carmack’s AGI startup raises $20M from Sequoia, Nat Friedman, Patrick Collison and others [TechCrunch]
• How Dark Triad Personalities Present Themselves Online: What psychopaths, narcissists, and Machiavellians do on the Internet. [Psychology Today]
• A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal. [New York Times]
• Compost to computer: Bio-based materials used to salvage rare earth elements [PHYS.ORG]
• Engineers at MIT Fabricate a Chip-less, Wireless Electronic Skin That Senses and Transmits Signals [TECHEBLOG]
• Rocket Lab will self-fund a mission to search for life in the clouds of Venus [ARS TECHNICA]
• 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
Jordan Peterson: Life, Death, Power, Fame, and Meaning | Lex Fridman Podcast #313
10 Facts About New Gigantic $13 Billion Aircraft Carrier | Military TV
The Move to the Launchpad Ahead of Our Artemis I Flight Test on This Week @NASA – August 19, 2022
NASA Announces Artemis 3 Landing Sites | The Launch Pad
Media Briefing: Artemis III Candidate Landing Regions | NASA Video
TWiV 929: Empathyology with Andy Slavitt | Microbe TV
Ask Adam Savage: Building Models From Concept Art
Starbase Weekly Episode 35 | RGV Aerial Photography
TWiV 928: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
Live Q&A: Curved Spacetime & Gravity | The Science Asylum
Six Flag's Great Adventure and Wild Safari Drive-Thru - Summer Vibe Festival - Jackson, NJ
The Clovis Culture | North 02
Why Some People Hate Touch Screens In Cars | CNBC
Nature's response to urban sprawl | DW Documentary
208 - Sicily Liberated; Italy in the Firing Line - WW2 - August 20, 1943 | World War Two
The Bulgarian Occupation of Greece during World War II | History Hustle
How Turkey Fought a WW1 Peace Treaty - The Greek-Turkish War 1919-1923 | The Great War
How the Romans Adopted the Greek Gods - Ancient History | Kings and Generals
Dyatlov Pass incident - What happened? | The Cold War
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Daughter of Ukraine war mastermind 'is blown to pieces in Moscow car bomb' | Breaking News Now
As you asked! An interview with Daria Dugina, Alexander Dugin's Daughter | John Mark Dougan (published Jan 2022)
HIMARS is nothing without NATO's recon? | Binkov's Battlegrounds
Ukraine grain exports pick up under UN-backed deal | DW News
Ukraine's Crimean fightback having 'psychological impact' on Russia | BBC News
The True Cost Of Killer Drones | True Cost | Business Insider
Nuclear expert on Ukraine plant: ‘The chances of preventing something are high’ | ABC News
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On This Day
August 22 is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 131 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)
392 – Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.
851 – Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland.
1138 – Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England.
1485 – The Battle of Bosworth Field, the death of Richard III and the end of the House of Plantagenet.
1559 – Bartolomé Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy.
1614 – Fettmilch Uprising: Jews are expelled from Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, following the plundering of the Judengasse.
1639 – Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
1642 – Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.
1654 – Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.
1711 – Britain's Quebec Expedition loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at Pointe-aux-Anglais.
1717 – Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
1770 – James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
1777 – British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
1780 – James Cook's ship HMS Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
1791 – Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
1798 – French troops land at Kilcummin, County Mayo, Ireland to aid the rebellion.
1827 – José de la Mar becomes President of Peru.
1846 – The Second Federal Republic of Mexico is established.
1849 – The first air raid in history. Austria launches pilotless balloons against the city of Venice.
1851 – The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.
1864 – Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.[
1875 – The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
1894 – Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
1902 – Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
1902 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
1902 – At least 6,000 people are killed by the magnitude 7.7 Kashgar earthquake in the Tien Shan mountains.
1922 – Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.
1934 – Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only test cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
1941 – World War II: German troops begin the Siege of Leningrad.
1942 – Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy.
1944 – World War II: Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German forces.
1949 – The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
1953 – The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
1962 – The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle.
1963 – X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96 km (67.08 mi) (354,200 feet)).
1966 – Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
1968 – Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
1971 – J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28.
1972 – Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
1973 – The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections.
1978 – Nicaraguan Revolution: The FLSN seizes the National Congress of Nicaragua, along with over a thousand hostages.
1978 – The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress, although it is never ratified by a sufficient number of states.
1981 – Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes in Sanyi Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. All 110 people on board are killed.
1985 – British Airtours Flight 28M suffers an engine fire during takeoff at Manchester Airport. The pilots abort but due to inefficient evacuation procedures 55 people are killed, mostly from smoke inhalation.
1989 – Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.
1991 – Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states.
1992 – FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
1999 – China Airlines Flight 642 crashes at Hong Kong International Airport, killing three people and injuring 208 more.
2003 – Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.
2004 – Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
2006 – Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.
2006 – Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.
2007 – The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.
2012 – Ethnic clashes over grazing rights for cattle in Kenya's Tana River District result in more than 52 deaths.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, August 22, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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