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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
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight. >!-- https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?NC -->
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
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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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Macon Calendar
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No events have been submitted for Macon Calendar.
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Local and State News
• Pisgah National Forest provides 2022 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree to be lit Nov. 29 [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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