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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A strong cold front will sweep east across the forecast area through today. Dry and cooler high pressure will then dominate the weather tonight through Friday. Another cold front will arrive from the north on Saturday and possibly stall in or near the area through the late weekend and into early next week, keeping the weather unsettled.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 11am, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog before 11am. Highs in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light and variable winds.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Calm winds.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers, mainly before 9am. Patchy fog before 11am. Highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the south 10 to 20 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph in the morning decreasing to become light and variable by noon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph early in the morning.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the east 3 to 5 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers, mainly before 9am. Patchy fog before 11am. Highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm by noon.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Calm winds.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers likely, mainly before 10am. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a temperature falling from around 50 at daybreak to the mid 40s by 5pm. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph midmorning. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Light winds out of the southeast.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight. >!-- https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?NC -->
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
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• Damaging 2022 Atlantic hurricane season draws to a close [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
100 AM EST Wed Nov 30 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
Smoke fields from fires across the southeast will be crossing the county today.
PM2.5 AQI is 30 (green) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 30 (green)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (0.3 out of 12) today with no one source being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (0.3 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for November 30th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 73°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1970
Lowest Temperature 7°F in Franklin in 1959
Greatest Rainfall 1.63 inches in Highlands in 2020
Greatest Snowfall 0.5 inches in Franklin in 1876
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of November Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 83°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 11-04-2003
Lowest Temperature -3°F in Highlands on 11-25-1950
Greatest Rainfall 4.69 inches in Highlands on 11-29-1914
Greatest Snowfall 6.0 inches in Highlands on 11-28-1922
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Hilda)
Record Weather Events for November 30th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 83°F in Longwood, Brunswick County in 1985
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1955
Greatest Rainfall 4.89 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 1934
Greatest Snowfall 6.0 inches in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1903 />
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of November Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 89°F in High Point, Guilford County on 11-04-1974
Lowest Temperature -12°F in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County on 11-15-1969
Greatest Rainfall 9.70 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 11-19-2003
Greatest Snowfall 13.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 11-01-2014
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Macon Calendar
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No events have been submitted for Macon Calendar.
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Local and State News
• Pisgah National Forest provides 2022 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree to be lit Nov. 29/Updated with Video of Tree-Lighting Ceremony [Macon Media]
• NC officials unanimously certify midterm election results, report 'tremendous' turnout [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC has tried for a decade to improve reading skills. When will it see major progress? [Raleigh News and Observer]
• HCC's (Haywood Community College) new building designed to improve learning environment for next generation of nurses [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Gov. Cooper names members of bipartisan commission on public colleges [BPR]
• Sentence of 23 years is issued in wake of pig confrontation [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
• Brasstown Ringers 2022 Holiday Schedule [Macon Media]
• Mountain Voices Christmas Concert - December 8 at FUMC at 7 pm [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, November 29 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for November 29th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 279 [Al Jazeera]
• LIVEBLOG: 280th day of Russian aggression against Ukraine [TVP World]
• Bombed, not beaten: Ukraine’s capital flips to survival mode [AP News]
• Light Flares in Ukraine’s Darkness [Center for European Policy Analysis]
Should NATO Send Ukraine Patriot Missile Batteries? | Funker530 Veteran Community
Timothy Snyder: Making of Modern Ukraine.Class 20. Maidan and Self-Understanding | Yale Courses
• Russia-Ukraine updates: NATO backs Kyiv’s future membership [Al Jazeera]
• Slovakia sends the latest batch of 30 IFVs to Ukraine [TVP World]
• Russia's war in Ukraine has a ripple effect on Kosovo [DW News]
• Ukraine urges NATO to speed up support as more aid promised [France 24]
• U.S. Pledges $53 Million to Help Fix Ukraine’s Electrical Grid [New York Times]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• US considering Patriot missiles for Ukraine [Russia Today]
• Ukraine says all large thermal and hydro electric power stations damaged after attacks [Pravda ]
• Russian embassy in London draws parallel between anti-Russian propaganda, hate speech [TASS Russian News Agency]
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National and World News Roundup
• Iran Crisis Update, November 29Understanding War] [PDF for November 29th]
This reflects how ‘serious’ the Iranian protest is: Gen. Jack Keane | Fox Business
• Global Pressure On Iran Increases Incrementally As Protests Continue [Iran International]
• Congressional Leaders Commit to Quickly Pass Legislation to Avert Rail Strike [Wall Street Journal]
• Same-Sex Marriage Bill Passes Senate After Bipartisan Breakthrough [New York Times]
• Alibaba founder Jack Ma hiding out in Tokyo, reports say [The Guardian]
• Central Africa says border nation bombed its troops and Russian allies [Africa News]
• China Sends 3 Astronauts To 'Celestial Palace' In Historic Space Mission [NDTV]
• Houston lifts boil-water order affecting more than 2 million [AP News]
• Europe’s anti-American itch [Politico]
• Stewart Rhodes, founder of Oath Keepers, convicted of seditious conspiracy [Courthouse News Service]
• Mike Pence Says Donald Trump Should Apologize for Dinner With Nick Fuentes, Kanye West [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ]
• Trump Will NOT Hold Rally to Support Herschel Walker in Georgia Following GOP Midterm Failure [MEDIAITE]
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• How Meth Worsened the Fentanyl Crisis. ‘We Are in a Different World.’ [Wall Street Journal]
Global National: Nov. 29, 2022 | RCMP investigates alleged interference in Canada's democracy
Nightly News Full Broadcast (November 29th)
PBS NewsHour full episode, November 29, 2022
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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]
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:36pm CET, 29 November 2022, there have been 97,329,491 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,069,757 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 11 November 2022, a total of 638,658,949 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 5:36pm CET, 29 November 2022, there have been 638,175,811 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,612,970 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 23 November 2022, a total of 12,959,275,260 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Six common COVID myths busted by a virologist and a public health expert [The Conversation]
• Young people accounted for greater proportion of COVID-19 deaths in 2021 than 2020: study [The Hill]
• Shifting Mortality Dynamics in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic as Measured by Years of Life Lost [SOURCE]
• Twitter is no longer enforcing its Covid misinformation policy [CNN]
• Cruise lines dropped COVID protocols. How did that impact cases on ships? We got the numbers. [USA TODAY (video and audio)] [USA TODAY (article archive)]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Apple restricted AirDrop capabilities in China ahead of anti-government protests, leaving dissenters without key communication tool as demonstrations spread [Business Insider]
• Starlink breaks space traffic safety rules and China may follow: study [South China Morning Post]
• Rolls-Royce Makes Leap Forward With Hydrogen Engine Test [Bloomberg]
• San Francisco will allow police to deploy robots that kill [AP News]
• AI Software Can Now Predict Heart Disease Using Single X-Ray [The Tech Wires]
• US judge orders Amazon to ‘cease and desist’ anti-union retaliation [The Guardian]
• Eufy Cameras Have Been Uploading Unencrypted Footage to Cloud Without Owners Knowing [Gizmodo]
• Military Sim Developer Tired of Its Game Being Used to Fake War Footage [Vice News]
• Competitors chip away at Tesla's US electric vehicle share [Tech Xplore]
Semi-permanent links
• Fall of Civilizations #16. Bagan - City of Temples [Fall of Civilizations Podcast]
• 25 tips to help you prepare for the 2024 total solar eclipse [Astronomy Magazine]
• Neal Stephenson’s Lamina1 drops white paper on building the open metaverse [Venture Beat] [PDF of White paper]
• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Space, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
Level1 Show - Live This Week | Level1Tech
Gift Guide for a Smarter Home - DTNS 4404 | Daily Tech News Show
Are Space Sounds Lies? | SciShow Space
The Ultimate Problem for Deep Space Missions - Galactic Cosmic Radiation and SpaceX Starship | Marcus House
What on Earth Was Herrerasaurus? | Ben G Thomas
The Story of Solar-Grade Silicon | Asianometry
Shenzhou-15 docking | SciNews
Booster 7 - 13 Second Static Fire Test | NASA Spaceflight
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Back from the front: a British volunteer in Ukraine | Lindybeige
NATO says Russia using winter as a weapon in Ukraine war | Al Jazeera
Keep fighting Russians – Airstrikes won't damage Ukrainian resolve | Rock Rachon | TVP World
NATO pledges more Ukraine support over winter | DW News
No, Ukraine does not really look like this from space. | FRANCE 24 English
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On This Day
November 30th is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 31 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)
977 – Emperor Otto II lifts the siege at Paris and withdraws. His rearguard is defeated while crossing the Aisne River by Frankish forces under King Lothair III.
1707 – The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida.
1718 – King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway.
1782 – American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).
1786 – The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day).
1803 – The Balmis Expedition starts in Spain with the aim of vaccinating millions against smallpox in Spanish America and Philippines.
1803 – In New Orleans, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to an official from the French First Republic. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase.
1804 – The Democratic-Republican-controlled United States Senate begins an impeachment trial of Federalist Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase.
1829 – First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, five years to the day from the ground breaking.
1853 – Crimean War: Battle of Sinop: The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey.
1864 – American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee suffers heavy losses in an attack on the Union Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Franklin.
1872 – The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
1883 – The style of western calendar, Common Era is conveyed to Joseon (Early-Modern Korean kingdom).
1900 – A German engineer patents front-wheel drive for autos.
1916 – Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.
1934 – The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100 mph.
1936 – In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
1939 – World War II: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the Winter War.
1940 – World War II: Signing of the Sino-Japanese Treaty of 1940 between the Empire of Japan and the newly formed Wang Jingwei-led Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China. This treaty was considered so unfair to China that it was compared to the Twenty-One Demands
1942 – World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright.
1947 – Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
1953 – Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
1954 – In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.
1966 – Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1967 – South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1967 – The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who becomes its first chairman.
1967 – Pro-Soviet communists in the Philippines establish Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino as its new youth wing.
1971 – Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the Emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah.
1972 – Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam because troop levels are now down to 27,000.
1981 – Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.)
1982 – Michael Jackson's sixth solo studio album, Thriller, is released worldwide, ultimately to become the best-selling record album in history.
1994 – MS Achille Lauro catches fire off the coast of Somalia.
1995 – Official end of Operation Desert Storm.
1995 – U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland and speaks in favor of the "Northern Ireland peace process" to a huge rally at Belfast City Hall; he calls IRA fighters "yesterday's men".
1999 – Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company.
1999 – In Seattle, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.
1999 – British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.
2000 – NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission.
2001 – Gary Ridgway is apprehended and charged with four murders. He was eventually convicted of a total of 49 murders.
2004 – Lion Air Flight 583 overshoots the runway while landing at Adisumarmo International Airport and crashes, killing 25 people.
2005 – John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.
2012 – An Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane belonging to Aéro-Service, crashes into houses near Maya-Maya Airport during a thunderstorm, killing at least 32 people.
2018 – A magnitude 7.1 earthquake with its epicenter only 15 miles from Anchorage, Alaska causes significant property damage but no deaths.
2021 – Barbados becomes a republic.
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Published at 4:20am on Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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