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Friday, November 25, 2022

News and Weather Briefing for Friday, November 25, 2022



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GENERAL OUTLOOK

A cold front will approach the area tonight, bringing increased rain chances. The front will push through on Friday, and usher in dry, mild high pressure for Saturday. Another cold front will bring more widespread showers back to the region on Sunday, and will be followed by high pressure early next week.



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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Sunday Night





Franklin Area

Today

Showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight

Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 30s. Light winds out of the north.

Saturday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night

Showers likely, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 60%.

Sunday

Showers, mainly before 9am. Highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Chance of rain is 80%.

Sunday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Highlands Plateau

Today

Showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Patchy fog between 7am and 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Light winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight

Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Light winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph decreasing to become light after midnight.

Saturday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night

Showers likely, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Light winds out of the southeast in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.

Sunday

Showers, mainly before 10am. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 80%.

Sunday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s.


Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

howers likely, mainly before 1pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight

Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.

Saturday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night

Showers likely, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Calm winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain is 60%.

Sunday

Showers, mainly before 9am. Highs in the lower 60s. Chance of rain is 80%.

Sunday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.


Nantahala Area

Today

Showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight

Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 30s. Light winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Light winds out of the southeast.

Saturday Night

Showers likely, mainly after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Southeast wind 3 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.

Sunday

Showers, mainly before 9am. Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain is 80%.

Sunday Night

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. Relative humidity levels will be dropping below 30% for much of the afternoon, so if you do burn outsoors, please exercise caution.

Drought Update from the NC Climate Office


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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
100 AM EST Fri Nov 25 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 50 (green) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 50 (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 specific source being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (1.4 out of 12).



Record Weather Events for November 25th

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

Highest Temperature 76°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1973
Lowest Temperature -3°F in Highlands in 1950
Greatest Rainfall 2.64 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1964
Greatest Snowfall 2.0 inches in Highlands in 1939

(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Kate)

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 25th in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 84°F in Monroe, Union County in 1931
Lowest Temperature -4°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1970
Greatest Rainfall 4.69 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 1964
Greatest Snowfall 11.7 inches in Sparta, Alleghany County in 1950

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


• New tool gives 911 callers text alert updates during emergencies [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• Couple calls out FedEx after driver admits to 17 break-ins [Smoky Mountain News]

• Brasstown Ringers 2022 Holiday Schedule [Macon Media]

• Mountain Voices Christmas Concert - December 8 at FUMC at 7 pm [Macon Media]

• Town of Franklin Releases Information About Winter Wonderland 2022 [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 23 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for November 23rd]

• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 273 [Al Jazeera]

• LIVEBLOG: 274th day of Russian aggression against Ukraine [TVP World]

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



Timothy Snyder: Making of Modern Ukraine.Class 18. Before and After the End of History | Yale Courses



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






• Russia tells its troops there must be 5 million of them for victory [Ukrainska Pravda]

• Vladimir Putin sending elite airborne troops in bid to stop Ukrainian breakthrough in east, says UK [The Evening Standard]

• Lukashenko warns Ukraine of «complete destruction» if it does not negotiate with Russia [MSN]

• Will Republicans cut US aid for Ukraine? [Al Jazeera]

• Poland asks Germany to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine [DW News]

• Russia's war on Ukraine: 'Russia is already starting to lose this war in military terms' [France 24]


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

• Meta uncovers US military-linked propaganda campaign [Russia Today]

• Putin will not let Armenia exist Collective Security Treaty Organisation [Pravda ]

• Ukraine’s nuclear facilities, Zaporozhye NPP lost external power on Nov 23 — IAEA chief [TASS Russian News Agency]


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National and World News Roundup



• Iran Crisis Update, November 23 [Understanding War] [PDF for November 23rd]

• Iranian soccer player arrested amid World Cup scrutiny [AP News]

• Protests Go On In Iran Following UN Condemnation Of Crackdown [Iran International]

• Islamic State: Kurdish forces threaten to stop guarding camps [BBC News]

• 'Freedom Convoy 2.0' being planned for February 2023 [CTV News]

• Binance deploys $1 billion to keep crypto industry afloat after FTX collapse [CNBC]

• Sam Bankman-Fried Said He Would Give Away Billions. Broken Promises Are All That’s Left. [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]

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


COP27: does it go far enough? | The Economist



Global National: Nov. 24, 2022 | Convoy risked "irreparable harm" to Canada-US trade, Freeland says



Nightly News Full Broadcast (November 24th)


PBS NewsHour full episode, November 24, 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]

Globally, as of 5:12pm CET, 21 November 2022, there have been 634,522,052 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,599,100 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 16 November 2022, a total of 12,943,741,540 vaccine doses have been administered.

Globally, as of 5:12pm CET, 21 November 2022, there have been 634,522,052 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,599,100 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 16 November 2022, a total of 12,943,741,540 vaccine doses have been administered.

• Pocket feature shared by deadly coronaviruses could lead to pan-coronavirus antiviral treatment [PHYS.ORG]

• LA County Logs More Than 3,000 New COVID Cases as Hospitalizations Near 800 [My News LA]

• Individual bat viromes reveal the co-infection,spillover and emergence risk of potential zoonotic viruses [BioRxiv]

• China Covid: Record number of cases as virus surges nationwide [BBC News]

• AP PHOTOS: Beijing life on hold for lockdowns, COVID testing [Yahoo! News]




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Science and Technology News Roundup

• NASA’s Orion capsule slingshots around moon, last big step before lunar orbit [PBS NewsHour]

• Americans remain resistant to the lure of EVs, which are still unaffordable [ARS TECHNICA]

• Elon Musk announces ‘general amnesty’ for all suspended Twitter accounts [News Corp Australia]

• France, Germany and Italy announce plans and funding details for European space launcher programme [Reuters]

• Better space weather forecast could have saved SpaceX Starlink satellites from solar storm [Space.com]

• China’s space station will run high-energy beam experiment for controversial solar power plant: chief scientist [South China Morning Post]

• Witchcraft beliefs are widespread, highly variable around the world [American Association for the Advancement of Science] [Paper]

• Europe names world's first disabled astronaut [Reuters]

• Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ Beta is now available to everyone in North America [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

The Level1 Show November 25 2022: All I Want For Christmas Is The Divine Right to Rule 👑



How Does SpaceX Recover and Reuse Falcon 9? | NASA Spaceflight



Artemis 1 Launches, Asteroid Crashes, ESA Gets New Astronauts - Deep Space Update November 23rd | Scott Manley



Are Black Holes really Wormholes in disguise? | Sabine Hossenfelder



JWST's plan to avoid micrometeorites, and Artemis 1 arrives at the Moon! | Night Sky News Nov 22 | Dr Becky



PBS Network - Nova - "In the Event of Catastrophe" [Nuclear War and Civil Defense] (1978) ☢️



All About Android #605: 32-bit Your Pixel 7 | TWIT-TV






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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)

--> Ukraine energy chief: Russian strikes risked nuclear 'catastrophe' | DW News



‘Formula of terror’: Ukraine leader implores UN to punish Russia | Al Jazeera



Ukraine: 9 months of war – only Russia's complete military defeat can bring Putin to court | TVP World



Why France Is Preparing for a Large Scale War | The Infographics Show







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On This Day

November 25th is the 329th day of the year (330th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 36 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)



571 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates the first of his three triumphs for his victory over the Etruscans.

1034 – Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne.

1120 – The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son and heir of Henry I of England.

1177 РBaldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Ch̢tillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard.

1343 – A tsunami, caused by an earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples and the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places.

1487 – Elizabeth of York is crowned Queen of England.

1491 – The siege of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, ends with the Treaty of Granada.

1510 – Portuguese conquest of Goa: Portuguese naval forces under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque, and local mercenaries working for privateer Timoji, seize Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate, resulting in 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule.

1596 – The Cudgel War begins in Finland (at the time part of Sweden), when peasants rebel against the imposition of taxes by the nobility.

1667 – A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.

1678 – Trunajaya rebellion: After a long and logistically challenging march, the allied Mataram and Dutch troops successfully assaulted the rebel stronghold of Kediri.

1755 РKing Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compa̱ia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.

1758 – French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh.

1759 – An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000–40,000.

1783 – American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.

1795 – Partitions of Poland: StanisÅ‚aw August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia.

1826 – The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.

1833 – A massive undersea earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7 and 9.2, rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast.

1839 – A cyclone slams into south-eastern India, with high winds and a 12-metre (40 ft) storm surge destroying the port city of Coringa (which has never been completely rebuilt). The storm wave swept inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths resulted from the disaster.

1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge: At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg.

1864 – American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.

1874 – The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.

1876 – American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River.

1905 – Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.

1908 – A fire breaks out on SS Sardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.

1915 – Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

1917 – World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.

1918 – Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria-Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia.

1926 – The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

1936 – In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.

1941 – HMS Barham is sunk by a German torpedo during World War II.

1943 – World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

1947 – Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.

1947 – New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.

1950 – The Great Appalachian Storm of 1950 impacts 22 American states, killing 353 people, injuring over 160, and causing US$66.7 million in damages (1950 dollars).

1952 – Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It will become the longest continuously-running play in history.

1952 – Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends with Chinese victory, American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".

1958 – French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.

1960 – The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.

1963 – President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery

1968 – The Old Student House in Helsinki, Finland is occupied by a large group of University of Helsinki students.

1970 – In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt.

1973 – Georgios Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis.

1975 – Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands.

1977 – Former Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., is found guilty by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad. He is later assassinated in 1983.

1981 – Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

1984 – Thirty-six top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.

1986 – Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

1986 – The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf.

1987 – Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 265 km/h (165 mph) and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm.

1992 – The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from January 1, 1993.

1999 – A five-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast.

2000 – The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.

2008 – Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades.

2009 – Jeddah floods: Freak rains swamp the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during an ongoing Hajj pilgrimage. Three thousand cars are swept away and 122 people perish in the torrents, with 350 others missing.


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Published at 2:00am on Friday, November 25, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins


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