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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure will build in from the west tonight and settle over the area on Saturday. A cold front will bring widespread showers to the region late Saturday night through Sunday morning. High pressure returns Monday, then another cold front approaches the region around the middle of next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
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, mainly after 2am. Patchy fog after 2am. Lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Calm winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday
Showers likely, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the west around 5 mph.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 50s.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 6 mph.
Tonight
Showers, mainly after midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Sunday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, then a slight chance of showers between noon and 1pm. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 20 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
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.
Tonight
Showers, mainly after midnight. Patchy fog after 1am. Lows in the mid 40s. Calm winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph before midnight. 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.
Sunday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 11am, then a slight chance of showers between 11am and 1pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph.
Tonight
Showers, mainly after midnight. Patchy fog after 2am. Lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the east 3 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 10am, then a slight chance of showers between 10am and noon. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the west 3 to 10 mph. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Monday
Partly sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
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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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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
100 AM EST Sat Nov 26 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 40 (green) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 40 (green)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (1.7 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 26th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 73°F in Franklin in 1990
Lowest Temperature -1°F in Highlands in 1950
Greatest Rainfall 2.98 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1979
Greatest Snowfall 5.0 inches in Highlands in 1902
(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 26th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 83°F in Longwood, Brunswick County in 1973
Lowest Temperature -2°F in Fletcher, Buncombe County in 1950
Greatest Rainfall 5.86 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 1999
Greatest Snowfall 8.0 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2014
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
• One person shot in Lumberton Walmart during Black Friday shopping [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Long holiday weekend expected to be record-breaking for shopping, annual survey shows [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Town (of Franklin) updates sex offender ordinance [Macon County News and Shopper Guide]
• Cherokee strengthens banishment law [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 25 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for November 25th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 276 [Al Jazeera]
• LIVEBLOG: 274th day of Russian aggression against Ukraine [TVP World]
• Bombed, not beaten: Ukraine’s capital flips to survival mode [AP News]
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
• NATO vows to aid Ukraine ‘for as long as it takes’ [AP News]
• As Russia attacks, Ukrainians offer tips on survival, optimism [Al Jazeera]
• How realistic are Russian reparation payments to Ukraine? [DW News]
• Russia amps up missile strikes in Ukraine, killing 15 in Kherson [France 24]
• Ukrainian Hospital Stymied Russians With Defiant Doctors and a Fake Covid Outbreak [Wall Street Journal]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• The volunteer super-spy: How a German businessman stole the newest US missile for Moscow [Russia Today]
• How to start a war See more at https://english.pravda.ru/opinion/154900-how_to_start_war/ [Pravda ]
• Putin expects special military operation to give unique boost to industries [TASS Russian News Agency]
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National and World News Roundup
• Iran Crisis Update, November 25Understanding War] [PDF for November 25th]
• Iranian soccer player arrested amid World Cup scrutiny [AP News]
• Protests Go On In Iran Following UN Condemnation Of Crackdown [Iran International]
• Why Black Friday Shoppers Aren’t Finding Door-Buster Deals This Year [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• Ghana plans to buy oil with gold instead of U.S. dollars [Yahoo! News]
• Retailers Push Sales, and Normalcy, but Economic Uncertainty Looms [New York Times]
• Kari Lake files lawsuit against Maricopa County, demands information about Election Day printer problems [USA TODAY via Yahoo! News]
• Trump talks with white nationalist Nick Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago dinner [AXIOS]
• 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. 25, 2022 | Trudeau defends invoking Emergencies Act to end "Freedom Convoy"
Nightly News Full Broadcast (November 25th)
PBS NewsHour full episode, November 25, 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.
• TWiV 957: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• Video-polysomnographic findings after acute COVID-19: REM sleep without atonia as sign of CNS pathology? [Science Direct]
• Beijing residents clear out grocery stores amid lockdown rumours as COVID cases surge [ABC (Australia)]
• Now-censored videos appear to show China's zero-Covid measures delaying response to deadly fire CNN [CNN ]
• Omicron boosters probably aren’t very effective against mild Covid illness, but will likely prevent hospitalizations, experts say [CNBC]
• Desperate covid long-haulers turn to costly, unproven treatments [Washingtron Post via Yahoo! News]
Transition Overview and Data Submission – Individual Facility Reporters | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Transition Overview and Data Submission – Facilities [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PDF)]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Universal flu vaccine may be available within two years, says scientist [The Guardian]
• Google fixed the eighth actively exploited #Chrome #zeroday this year [Security Affairs]
• NASA's Mars helicopter just made a short but important flight [ZD NET]
• Elon Musk says Twitter will begin manually authenticating Blue, Grey, and Gold accounts as soon as next week [MSN]
• The Internet Archive just put 565 Palm Pilot apps in your web browser [The Verge]
• Witchcraft beliefs are widespread, highly variable around the world [American Association for the Advancement of Science] [Paper]
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
Zero to Infinity | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS
The Insane Scale of Europe’s New Mega-Tunnel | The B1M
One Tool for Everything | Chris Titus Tech
PSLV-XL launches EOS-06 | SciNews
Launch of PSLV-C54/EOS-06 Mission from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota | ISRO Official
Why Buffett Bought TSMC | Asianometry
How SpaceX Mastered Space Suits | Primal Space
Adam Savage Learns About Living On The Space Shuttle! | Adam Savage's Tested
Elon Musk says Twitter will offer ‘amnesty’ to suspended accounts | Yahoo Finance
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> NATO debates increased air defense support as Russia hits Ukraine with more rocket strikes | DW News
Hungarian FM on Russia's war in Ukraine: 'We want peace, not another sanctions package' | FRANCE 24
Why Eastern Europe is Becoming More Powerful (and Germany Less) | TLDR News EU
Putin wanted to sign it | Break the Fake | TVP World
Kherson infrastructure being rebuilt ‘from scratch’ | BBC News
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On This Day
November 26 is the 330th day of the year (331st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 35 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)
783 – The Asturian queen Adosinda is held at a monastery to prevent her king from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.
1161 – Battle of Caishi: A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval engagement with Jin dynasty ships on the Yangtze river during the Jin–Song Wars.
1476 – Vlad the Impaler defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Báthory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.
1778 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
1789 – A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.
1805 – Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
1812 – The Battle of Berezina begins during Napoleon's retreat from Russia.
1852 – An earthquake as high as magnitude 8.8 rocks the Banda Sea, triggering a tsunami and killing at least 60 in the Dutch East Indies.
1863 – United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. Following the Franksgiving controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years.
1865 – Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of ValparaÃso, Chile.
1914 – HMS Bulwark is destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.
1917 – The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
1917 – The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
1918 – The Montenegran Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.
1922 – Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
1922 – The Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor. (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.)
1939 – Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.
1941 – World War II: The Hull note is given to the Japanese ambassador, demanding that Japan withdraw from China and French Indochina, in return for which the United States would lift economic sanctions. On the same day, Japan's 1st Air Fleet departs Hitokappu Bay for Hawaii.
1942 – World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.
1942 – Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City.
1943 – World War II: HMT Rohna is sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa, Algeria.
1944 – World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people.
1944 – World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.
1949 – The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
1950 – Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces (Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.
1965 РFrance launches Ast̩rix, becoming the third nation to put an object in orbit using its own booster.
1968 – Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. He is later awarded the Medal of Honor.
1970 – In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 38 millimetres (1.5 in) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.
1977 – An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.
1983 – Brink's-Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport.
1986 – Iran–Contra affair: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission.
1986 – The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of committing war crimes as a guard at the Nazi Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem.
1991 – National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities back to their original names.
1998 – Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Oireachtas, the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
1998 – The Khanna rail disaster takes 212 lives in Khanna, Ludhiana, India.
1999 – The 7.5 Mw Ambrym earthquake shakes Vanuatu and a destructive tsunami follows. Ten people were killed and forty were injured.
2000 – George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote.
2003 – The Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.
2004 – Ruzhou School massacre: A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China.
2004 – The last PoÊ»ouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii, before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.
2008 – Mumbai attacks, a series of terrorist attacks killing approximately 166 citizens by 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan based extremist Islamist terrorist organisation.
2008 – The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2, now out of service, docks in Dubai.
2011 – NATO attack in Pakistan: NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani check post in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others.
2011 – The Mars Science Laboratory launches to Mars with the Curiosity Rover.
2018 – The robotic probe Insight lands on Elysium Planitia, Mars.
2019 – A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes western Albania leaving at least 52 people dead and over 1000 injured. This was the deadliest earthquake of 2019, and the deadliest to strike the country in 99 years.
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Published at 4:30am on Saturday, November 26, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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