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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Moist flow from the Atlantic and an approaching cold front will result in light precipitation at times into Sunday. Dry high pressure will return for the first half of the work week. Cooler temperatures should return Tuesday and Wednesday. A very moist system is forecast to cross Florida on Thursday and potentially bring our region a period of wet weather for late in the week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11am, then a slight chance of showers between 11am and 2pm. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the south 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds.
Monday
Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers between 1pm and 5pm. Patchy fog before 2pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers between 8pm and 11pm. Patchy fog after 7pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Monday
Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Light and variable winds.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 52. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northeast around 5 mph after midnight.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11am, then a slight chance of showers between 11am and 3pm. Patchy fog before noon. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds.
Monday
Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers between 8pm and 9pm. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Monday
Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Calm winds.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 70.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Drought Update from the NC Climate Office
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On This Day
November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 55 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)
447 – A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers.
963 – Synod of Rome: Emperor Otto I calls a council at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Pope John XII is deposed on charges of an armed rebellion against Otto.[
1217 – The Charter of the Forest is sealed at St Paul's Cathedral, London by King Henry III, acting under the regency of William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke which re-establishes for free men rights of access to the royal forest that had been eroded by William the Conqueror and his heirs.
1792 – Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars.
1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States with only 40% of the popular vote, defeating John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas in a four-way race.
1869 – In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.
1900 – President William McKinley is re-elected, along with his vice-presidential running mate, Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York. Republicans also swept the congressional elections, winning increased majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
1906 – Teddy Roosevelt travels to Panama, being the first President of the United States to make an official diplomatic tour outside of the Continental United States.
1936 – Spanish Civil War: The republican government flees from Madrid to Valencia, leading to the formation of the Madrid Defense Council in its stead.
1943 – World War II: The 1st Ukrainian Front liberates Kyiv from German occupation.
1947 – Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut on NBC Television.
1963 – Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ is appointed to head the South Vietnamese government by General Dương Văn Minh's junta, five days after the latter deposed and assassinated President Ngô Đình Diệm.
1971 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
1977 – The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.
1985 – Colombian conflict, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá.
1986 – Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 21⁄2 miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.
1988 – 1988 Lancang–Gengma earthquakes: At least 938 are killed after two powerful earthquakes rock the China–Myanmar border in Yunnan Province.
1995 – Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore.
2002 – Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
2002 – A Fokker 50 crashes near Luxembourg Airport, killing 20 and injuring three.
2004 – An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 150.
2012 – Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
2016 – Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launch an offensive to capture the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
2018 – The Democratic Party wins the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections.
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Published at 3:00am on Monday, November 06, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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