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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A cold front crosses the region this afternoon and evening, bringing scattered showers and thunderstorms to the region, with the best coverage expected over the mountains. The passage of the front will allow drier and somewhat cooler weather to dominate late this week. Active weather returns just in time for the weekend into early next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 2pm and 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 3pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph early in the morning increasing to come out of the calm by midmorning.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light winds out of the north.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 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
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then isolated showers. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 80. Light winds out of the northwest.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 80s.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
On Tuesday and into Tuesday night, coverage of storms will increase ahead of a cold front with the main threats from the storms being strong winds. Additionally, localized flooding is possible in areas that see repeated rainfall during and leading up to this time frame.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Tue Aug 30 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Central Tropical Atlantic:
A broad and elongated area of low pressure located about 875 miles east of the Lesser Antilles is producing a large area of disorganized cloudiness and thunderstorms. Although environmental conditions are only marginally conducive, some gradual development of this system is expected over the next several days and a tropical depression is likely to form later this week. The disturbance is forecast to move slowly toward the west and then west-northwest at 5 to 10 mph, 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...50 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent.
2. Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A tropical wave accompanied by a broad area of low pressure is located just off the west coast of Africa. Some gradual development is possible, and the system could become a short-lived tropical depression over the far eastern Atlantic during the next few days. By late this week, the disturbance is forecast to move over cooler waters and further development is not likely after that time. Regardless of development, the system could bring locally heavy rainfall to portions of the Cabo Verde Islands by Wednesday.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent.
What's Up in the Tropics with Mark Sudduth - August 29, 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 theextreme middle range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in theupper range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range 8.2 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (9.2 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for August 30th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 92°F in Franklin in 1948
Lowest Temperature 41°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1968
Greatest Rainfall 7.76 inches in Highlands in 1940
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
• No NC teacher strike, despite calls for higher salaries, better working conditions [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Beasley seeks to claim law enforcement mantle in US Senate race [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Word from Smokies: Wiley Oakley, legendary mountain guide [Asheville Citizen Times]
• Safety Tips and School Calendars [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, August 29 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for August 29th]
• Hoping to head off possible disaster, U.N. inspectors heading to Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine, Europe's largest [CNN] [CBS News]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 187 [Al Jazeera]
Ukraine War: What to expect in the next six months | DW News
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
• Russia-Ukraine updates: Kyiv begins counter-offensive in southern Kherson [DW News]
• Zelensky urges Russian troops to ‘go home’ as Ukraine launches southern offensive [France 24]
• Russia to launch major military drills with China and others [Al Jazeera]
• Kherson: Ukraine claims new push in Russian-held region [BBC News]
• Russia Confounds the West by Recapturing Its Oil Riches [Wall Street Journal]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Ukrainian strike on Russian-held city cuts water and power supply – official [Russia Today]
• Radioactive leak at Zaporizhzhia NPP would be equated to attack on NATO [Pravda ]
• Russia’s cooperation with Asia-Pacific Region becoming stronger — Putin [TASS Russian News Agency]
The West is Up To Something! Why is the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant regularly Shelled? | BORZZIKMAN
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
• Trump Encourages FBI Agents to Go ‘Nuts’ and Not ‘Take it Anymore’ Over Mar-a-Lago Raid [MEDIAITE]
• Here’s What a $2 Million Retirement Looks Like in America [Wall Street Journal]
• Texas judge clears way for Alex Jones’ defamation trial in Connecticut [Courthouse News Service]
• One Man Dies, and an Entire Uncontacted Tribe Vanishes in Brazil [New York Times]
• Jackson water system is failing, city will be with no or little drinking water indefinitely [MIssissippi Today]
NASA's Artemis moon rocket launch scrubbed; next launch availability Friday | CNBC
Artemis I - Launch Complex 39B | KSC Newsroom
Global National: Aug. 29, 2022 | One-third of Pakistan underwater after catastrophic flooding
Nightly News Full Broadcast - August 29
PBS NewsHour Full Episode August 29th, 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 6:49pm CEST, 26 August 2022, there have been 596,873,121 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,459,684 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 24 August 2022, a total of 12,449,443,718 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 6:49pm CEST, 26 August 2022, there have been 92,739,935 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,031,832 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 19 August 2022, a total of 599,453,415 vaccine doses have been administered.
• The Potential Clinical Impact of Implementing Different COVID-19 Boosters in Fall 2022 in the United States [MedRxiv]
• Use of a Digital Assistant to Report COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Self-test Results to Health Departments in 6 US Communities [JAMA Network]
• US government to end free at-home Covid test program this week [CNN]
• Populous Chinese cities including Shenzhen ramp up COVID curbs [Reuters via Yahoo! News]
• Covid-19 Booster Campaign Is Expected to Launch Next Month [Wall Street Journal]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Chinese censors hail country’s ‘internet civilisation’ as Beijing secures its grip on online content controls and information flows [South China Morning Post]
• California to install solar panels over canals to fight drought, a first in the U.S. [CBS News]
• French Tax Authorities Used Google AI to Snuff Out More than 20,000 Undeclared Swimming Pools [Gizmodo]
• Researchers create 'atomic television' that transmits live video with big atoms and small lasers [Interesting Engineering]
• GAIROSCOPE: Injecting Data from Air-Gapped Computers to Nearby Gyroscopes [ArXiv (PDF)]
• Samsung and Roku TV owners can now get free Apple TV Plus for three months [Tech Radar]
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Lamplight TV]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
The Level1 Show August 30 2022: US Chips Not For Sharing | Level1 Techs
Is Apple's VR becoming Reality? - DTNS 4343 | Daily Tech News Show
NASA holds briefing following the Artemis I launch scrub delaying mission to the moon —8/29/22 | CNBC Television
JPL and the Space Age: The Footsteps of Voyager | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
End of the Road | LINUX Unplugged 473 | Jupiter Broadcasting
AMD Premiere: together we advance_PCs | AMD
AMD Ryzen 7000 Reaction video with Dr. Ian Cutress - Live in Austin | Level1 Techs
How Bad is the LastPass Hack? | This Week in Tech
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Ukraine's counteroffensive: A turning point in the war? | DW News
Russia's military power: What the Ukraine war has taught us | Sky News
UN agency to inspect Ukraine nuclear plant | FRANCE 24 English
IAEA team ‘on its way’ to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant | Al Jazeera
Russian economy to contract by less than 3% in 2022 | WION Business News
August 30th is the 242nd day of the year (243rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 123 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)
AD 70 – Titus ends the siege of Jerusalem after destroying Herod's Temple.
1282 – Peter III of Aragon lands at Trapani to intervene in the War of the Sicilian Vespers.
1363 – The five-week Battle of Lake Poyang begins, in which the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders (Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang) meet to decide who will supplant the Yuan dynasty.
1464 – Pope Paul II succeeds Pope Pius II as the 211th pope.
1574 – Guru Ram Das becomes the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master.
1590 – Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)
1594 – King James of Scotland holds a masque at the baptism of Prince Henry.
1727 – Anne, eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain, is given the title Princess Royal.
1791 – HMS Pandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.
1799 – The entire Dutch fleet is captured by British forces under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell during the War of the Second Coalition.
1800 – Gabriel Prosser postpones a planned slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia, but is arrested before he can make it happen.
1813 – First Battle of Kulm: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance.
1813 – Creek War: Fort Mims massacre: Creek "Red Sticks" kill over 500 settlers (including over 250 armed militia) in Fort Mims, north of Mobile, Alabama.
1835 – Australia: Melbourne, Victoria is founded.
1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Richmond: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union forces under General William "Bull" Nelson.
1873 – Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
1896 – Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
1909 – Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
1914 – World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
1916 – Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica.
1917 – Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
1918 – Fanni Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, which along with the assassination of Bolshevik senior official Moisei Uritsky days earlier, prompts the decree for Red Terror.
1922 – Battle of Dumlupınar: The final battle in the Greco-Turkish War ("Turkish War of Independence").
1936 – The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
1940 – The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.
1941 – The Tighina Agreement, a treaty regarding administration issues of the Transnistria Governorate, is signed between Germany and Romania.
1942 – World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.
1945 – The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.
1945 – The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.
1945 – The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, comes into being.
1959 – South Vietnamese opposition figure Phan Quang Dan was elected to the National Assembly despite soldiers being bussed in to vote for President Ngo Dinh Diem's candidate.
1962 – Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since World War II and its only successful commercial aircraft from before or after the war.
1963 – The Moscow–Washington hotline between the leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union goes into operation.
1967 – Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
1974 – A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers.
1974 – A powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo. Eight are killed, 378 are injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested on May 19, 1975, by Japanese authorities.
1981 – President Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar of Iran are assassinated in a bombing committed by the People's Mujahedin of Iran.
1983 – Aeroflot Flight 5463 crashes into Dolan Mountain while approaching Almaty International Airport in present-day Kazakhstan, killing all 90 people on board.
1984 – STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.
1991 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Azerbaijan declares independence from Soviet Union.
1992 – The 11-day Ruby Ridge standoff ends with Randy Weaver surrendering to federal authorities.
1995 – Bosnian War: NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.
1998 – Second Congo War: Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and their Angolan and Zimbabwean allies recapture Matadi and the Inga dams in the western DRC from RCD and Rwandan troops.
2002 – Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 crashes on approach to Rio Branco International Airport, killing 23 of the 31 people on board.
2008 – A Conviasa Boeing 737 crashes into Illiniza Volcano in Ecuador, killing all three people on board.
2014 – Prime Minister of Lesotho Tom Thabane flees to South Africa as the army allegedly stages a coup.
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Published at 4:00am on Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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