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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

News and Weather Briefing for Wednesday, November 30, 2022



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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

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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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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


Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to the following websites or books: MaconMedia.com, youtube.com, weather.gov, airnow.gov, wikipedia.com, onthisday.com, ncdcr.gov, ncsu.edu, utah.edu, https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/, wolfram.com, biorxiv.org, aps.org, nejm.org, plos.org, cell.com, researchsquare.com, cureus.com, spc.noaa.gov, nhc.noaa.gov, ncdenr.org, medrxiv.org, archive.org, ncpedia.org, nasa.gov, https://ww2days.com, nih.gov, carolinapublicpress.org, microbe.tv, smokymountainnews.com, psypost.org, blogspot.com, pollen.com, franklinnc.com, maconnc.org, spaceweather.com, solarham.com, loc.gov, ncleg.net, senate.gov, house.gov, whitehouse.gov, drudgereport.com, politico.com, realclearpolitics.com, ushmm.org, This Day in North Carolina History, World War II Day By Day, The Holocaust Encyclopedia, The Timetables of History, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The World History and Book of Facts (multiple years), On This Day In History: Over 4,000 facts, The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space, This Day in North Carolina History, The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future, Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity, The Story of Civilization (11 volumes), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877, American History, Volume 2: 1877 - Present, A Complete Chronolgy of the Second World War. Weather and Almanac data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster's Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center. Back to Top

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

News and Weather Briefing for Tuesday, November 29, 2022



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Russo-UKrainian War Updates
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Science and Technology
Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
On This Day
Support Macon Media


GENERAL OUTLOOK

Dry high pressure will move off the East Coast today as another cold front approaches from the west and northwest. This front brings widespread rain to our area tonight through Wednesday. Dry and cooler high pressure controls our weather from Wednesday night through Friday. A cold front drops in from the north on Saturday and is forecast to become nearly stationary west to east across our region through next Monday.



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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Thursday Night





Franklin Area

Today

Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1am. Lows in the mid 40s. Calm winds early in the evening increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Wednesday

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 3pm, then a slight chance of showers. Highs in the low-to-mid 60s. 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 quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night

Clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph.

Thursday

Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.

Thursday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s.
Highlands Plateau

Today

Mostly sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 8 mph.

Tonight

Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

Wednesday

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 3pm, then a slight chance of showers. Highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the south 8 to 13 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night

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 40s.

Thursday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s.


Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.

Tonight

Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1am. Lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Wednesday

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 3pm, then a slight chance of showers. Highs in the lower 60s. 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 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night

Clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday

Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.

Thursday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s.


Nantahala Area

Today

Sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1am. Lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Wednesday

Showers and thunderstorms before 3pm, then a slight chance of showers between 3pm and 4pm. Highs in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night

Clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph.

Thursday

Sunny, with highs near 50.

Thursday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows around 30.






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Hazards and Tropical Weather

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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
100 AM EST Tue Nov 29 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 45 (green) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 45 (green)


Fire and Smoke Map




Local Air Monitor



Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (1.9 out of 12) today with Juniper being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (0.3 out of 12).



Record Weather Events for November 29th

Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)

Highest Temperature 74°F in Franklin in 1970
Lowest Temperature 5°F in Highlands in 1922
Greatest Rainfall 4.69 inches in Highlands in 1914
Greatest Snowfall 2.0 inches in Highlands in 1963

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 29th in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 83°F in Wilmington, New Hanover County in 1985
Lowest Temperature -5°F in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1955
Greatest Rainfall 7.50 inches in Henderson, Vance County in 1934
Greatest Snowfall 5.0 inches in Marshall, Madison 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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Local and State News


• Pisgah National Forest provides 2022 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree to be lit Nov. 29 [Macon Media]

• NC Sen. Newton new majority leader; Berger gets nod again [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• Smoke from wildfire 'exacerbating' traffic issues on I-40 in Haywood County, officials say [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• Advent’s hospital plan for Buncombe gets the state nod as competitors contemplate a challenge. [BPR]

• Buncombe lawsuit alleges HCA, Mission owed doctor more than $25K, never paid him [Asheville Citizen-Times]

• Forensic nurses play key role after assaults [Mountain Xpress]

• 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 28 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for November 28th]

• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 278 [Al Jazeera]

• LIVEBLOG: 278th day of Russian aggression against Ukraine [TVP World]

• Bombed, not beaten: Ukraine’s capital flips to survival mode [AP News]

Dangerous reporting on the war in Ukraine | The Listening Post



Should NATO Send Ukraine Patriot Missile Batteries? | Funker530 Veteran Community



Timothy Snyder: Making of Modern Ukraine.Class 19. Oligarchies in Russia and Ukraine | Yale Courses






• US eyes long-range rockets for Ukraine as arms supplies dwindle [Al Jazeera]

• NATO alliance works to reinforce its eastern flank [DW News]

• Russian media report self-mutilation, suicides among mobilised in the army [TVP World]

• 'You need to be focused and productive': Ukraine's tech workers face power cuts [France 24]

• Fighting Rages in Eastern Ukraine as Zelensky Warns of More Russian Missile Attacks [Wall Street Journal]


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

• Ukraine planned to ‘retake’ Crimea in 2023 – former commander [Russia Today]

• Russian forces pincer Bakhmut as Ukraine suffers from catastrophic problems [Pravda ]

• G7 no longer dominates G20, Russia’s sherpa says [TASS Russian News Agency]


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National and World News Roundup



• Iran Crisis Update, November 28Understanding War] [PDF for November 28th]

Iranian police ‘aim to kill’ using shotguns to repress protests | FRANCE 24 English



• Iran Eying Death Sentence For Anyone Contacting Foreign Media [Iran International]

• China says it drove away U.S. cruiser near Spratly Islands [Reuters]

• Chinese Protests Put Xi Jinping in a Bind [Wall Street Journal]

• Chinese Unrest Over Lockdowns Upends Global Economic Outlook [New York Times]

• GOP-controlled Arizona county refuses to certify election [AP News]

• U.S. warns California cities to prepare for possible water cuts and fourth year of drought [CNBC]

• 400 groups urge U.S. lawmakers to take immediate steps to block potential rail strike [Reuters]

• 5 Connecticut police officers charged after Black man left paralyzed following ride in police van [CNS News]

• Exclusive: U.S., Russia have used their military hotline once so far during Ukraine war [Reuters]

• How Meth Worsened the Fentanyl Crisis. ‘We Are in a Different World.’ [Wall Street Journal]


Full interview: NIAID Director Anthony Fauci on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" (11-27-2022) | CBS News



Global National: Nov. 28, 2022 | Ontarians who can't afford food pushed to breaking point



Nightly News Full Broadcast (November 28th)


PBS NewsHour full episode, November 28, 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 4:24pm CET, 25 November 2022, there have been 97,030,505 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,067,123 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 11 November 2022, a total of 638,658,949 vaccine doses have been administered.

Globally, as of 4:24pm CET, 25 November 2022, there have been 636,440,663 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,606,624 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 23 November 2022, a total of 12,959,275,260 vaccine doses have been administered.

• Alarming antibody evasion properties of rising SARS-CoV-2 BQ and XBB subvariants [BioRxiv (PDF)]

• The Anti-Vaccine Documentary Died Suddenly Wants You to Feel, Not Think [McGill: Office for Science and Society]

• U.S. screened 2.56 million air passengers Sunday, highest since 2019 [Reuters]

• China's 'zero-COVID' limits saved lives but no clear exit [AP News]

• Fauci called China's 'zero-COVID' policy 'draconian' and says lockdowns 'should always be a temporary phenomenon' [Yahoo! News]




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Science and Technology News Roundup

• Proton Mail: these features are planned for the email service [gHacks]

• Chief Twit Elon Musk says 'tyranny is all that lies ahead' if free speech is lost in America as he prepares to release sensitive 'Twitter Files' on suppression: 'This is a battle for the future of civilization' [Daily Mail]

• Testing Amazon Clinic, the tech giant’s latest foray into healthcare [Geek Wire]

• Meta Fined $277 Million for Leak of Half a Billion Users [Bloomberg]

• Chinese bots flood Twitter in attempt to obscure Covid protests [The Guardian]

• Twitter searches for China protests bombarded by spam and porn, raising alarms among researchers [CNN]

• New CRISPR-based tool inserts large DNA sequences at desired sites in cells [MIT News]

• CIRA teams up with Mastodon Canada to support Canadian digital communities [Financial Post]

• Elon Musk says Apple has ‘threatened to withhold Twitter’ from the App Store [The Verge]


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



EV Vehicle Safety For First Responders - DTNS 4403 | Daily Tech News Show



Cordkillers 433 - Indiana Jones and the Uncanny Valley | Cord Killers



10 Strange Mysteries of Earth's Oceans | Event Horizon



This Extremely Rare Ciliate Has Only Been Seen Four Times | Journey to the Microcosmos



Nuclear Waste: What Do We Do With It? | Sabine Hossenfelder



Guido van Rossum: Python and the Future of Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #341






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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)

--> Ukraine's Winter War | Eastern Express | TVP World



Russia denies planning to give up vast Ukrainian nuclear plant | FRANCE 24 English



Steinmeier: "A cease-fire now would mean Russia would keep the territories it has occupied" | DW News



Ukraine braces for additional Russian missile attacks | CBS News



President Zelenskyy warns Ukrainians to brace for renewed Russian attacks | ABC News



Surviving in a basement on Ukraine's front line | BBC News



Polish military modernisation & why are they buying Korean tanks? - Featuring @The Chieftain



Why Finland Joining NATO Checkmates Russia | Real Life Lore







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On This Day

November 29th is the 333rd day of the year (334th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 32 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)



561 – Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I, divide the Frankish Kingdom.

618 – The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over their rival Xue Rengao at the Battle of Qianshuiyuan.

903 – The Abbasid army under Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib defeats the Qarmatians at the Battle of Hama.

1394 – The Korean king Yi Seong-gye, founder of the Joseon dynasty, moves the capital from Kaesŏng to Hanyang, today known as Seoul.

1549 – The papal conclave of 1549–50 begins.

1612 – The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India.

1729 – Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.

1732 – The magnitude 6.6 Irpinia earthquake causes 1,940 deaths in the former Kingdom of Naples, southern Italy.

1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.

1777 – San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.

1781 – The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.

1783 – A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.

1807 – Transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil: John VI of Portugal flees Lisbon from advancing Napoleonic forces during the Peninsular War, transferring the Portuguese court to Brazil.

1830 – November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.

1847 – The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.

1847 – Whitman massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.

1850 – The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austria, which will take over the leadership of the German Confederation.

1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sanders: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from Confederate forces under James Longstreet.

1864 – American Indian Wars: Sand Creek massacre: Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.

1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill: The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Army of the Ohio.

1872 – American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.

1877 – Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.

1890 – The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.

1899 – FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.

1902 – The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.

1929 – U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.

1943 – World War II: The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina).

1944 – World War II: Albania is liberated by the Partisans.

1945 – The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.

1947 – Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.

1947 – First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.

1952 – Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.

1961 – Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission: Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.

1963 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

1963 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board.

1963 – "I Want to Hold Your Hand", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom.

1967 – Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.

1972 – Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game.

1986 – The Surinamese military attacks the village of Moiwana during the Suriname Guerrilla War, killing at least 39 civilians, mostly women and children.

1987 – North Korean agents plant a bomb on Korean Air Flight 858, which kills all 115 passengers and crew.

2007 – The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to the Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.

2009 – Maurice Clemmons shoots and kills four police officers inside a coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington.


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Published at 3:00am on Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins


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