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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Areas of mostly light rain will be ahead of the cold front on Saturday. Cooler high pressure moves over our region behind the front and continues through Sunday night. Expect a series of cold fronts to cross our region next week keeping our weather unsettled. Temperatures will be cool to start the week and a bit warmer through mid week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers, mainly before 1pm. Patchy fog between 10am and 1pm. Highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Calm winds.
Monday
A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s.
Monday Night
Showers. Lows around 40. Chance of rain is 80%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers, mainly before noon. Patchy fog before 3pm. Highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 15 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
Partly sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 5 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Monday
Showers likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 40s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Monday Night
Showers. Lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers, mainly before noon. Patchy fog between 8am and 1pm. Highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the north in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light and variable winds.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Calm winds.
Monday
Showers likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 50s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Monday Night
Showers. Lows around 40. Chance of rain is 80%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers, mainly before 1pm. Patchy fog after 8am. Highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Light and variable winds.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 50s. Calm winds.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Calm winds.
Monday
Showers likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 50. Chance of rain is 60%.
Monday Night
Showers. Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain is 80%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
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]
• Atlantic hurricane season ends with 14 named storms [AP News]
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
700 PM 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.
This is the last regularly scheduled Tropical Weather Outlook of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Routine issuance of the Tropical Weather Outlook will resume on May 15, 2023. During the off-season, Special Tropical Weather Outlooks will be issued as conditions warrant.
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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 (GOOD) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 50 (GOOD)
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 Ragween and Grasses being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (0.5 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for December 3rd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 73°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2018
Lowest Temperature 7°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1944
Greatest Rainfall 2.40 inches in Highlands in 1983
Greatest Snowfall 6.0 inches in Highlands in 1971
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of December Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 78°F in Franklin on 12-31-1951
Lowest Temperature -12°F in Highlands on 12-30-1917
Greatest Rainfall 6.25 inches in Highlands on 12-28-2018
Greatest Snowfall 12.0 inches in Franklin on 12-21-1876
Record Weather Events for December 3rd in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 87°F in Edenton, Chowan County in 1922
Lowest Temperature 1°F in Celo, Yancey County in 1960
Greatest Rainfall 3.00 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 2009
Greatest Snowfall 17.0 inches in Brevard, Transylvania County in 1971 />
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of December Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 87°F in Edenton, Chowan County on 12-03-1922
Lowest Temperature -21°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 12-30-1917
Greatest Rainfall 7.80 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 12-29-2018
Greatest Snowfall 25.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 12-09-2017
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Local and State News
• Over a hundred pounds of drugs and AR rifle seized from 2 North Carolina homes, deputies say [WYFF-TV (Greenville, SC)]
• Hurricane Ridge Fire grows to nearly 800 acres, 55% contained [WLOS-TV]
• The Wrap: Redistricting at SCOTUS, Tillis and LGBTQ, teacher pay, EVs and election turnout [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Watchdog group asks NC treasurer to help curb corporate landlord ‘abuse’ [Charlotte Observer]
• State Board of Education scales back teacher licensing and pay plan to a pilot project [BPR]
• 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)]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 02 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for December 2nd]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 282 [Al Jazeera]
• LIVEBLOG: 282nd day of Russian aggression against Ukraine [TVP World]
Should Ukraine Negotiate with Russia? | Funker 530 Veteran Community
Russia abandons battalion tactical groups | Ukraine: The Latest | The Telegraph Podcast
Timothy Snyder: Making of Modern Ukraine.Class 20. Maidan and Self-Understanding | Yale Courses
• Russia ready to abandon Zaporizhzhia NPP in exchange for transit of oil and gas through Ukraine [Ukrainska Pravda]
• Ex-NATO chief says Russian army disorganised, using old weapons [Al Jazeera]
• G7 joins EU price cap on Russian oil [DW News]
• Occupied Ukraine: Inside the horror of Russia's parallel reality [France 24]
• The Russian Billionaire Selling Putin’s War to the Public [Wall Street Journal]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• NATO’s handling of Ukraine crisis may end in disaster – MEP [Russia Today]
• Russian forces do not need a winter break. They will grind down Ukraine in early 2023 [Pravda ]
• Price cap for Russian oil reshapes basic free market principles — Russian embassy [TASS Russian News Agency]
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National and World News Roundup
• Iran Crisis Update, December 02 Understanding War] [PDF for December 2nd]
How Iran's journalists and citizen reporters risk their lives | DW News
• Rallies In Iran Continue With Mourning Ceremonies Of killed Protesters [Iran International]
• November Employment Report Shows U.S. Economy Added 263,000 Jobs [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ]
• Elon Musk vicariously publishes internal emails from Twitter's Hunter Biden laptop drama [Yahoo! News]
• Biden signs bill averting rail worker strike despite lack of paid sick days [CNBC]
--> • Alex Jones files for bankruptcy following $1.5 billion Sandy Hook verdicts [Reuters]
• WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeals US extradition to European Court of Human Rights [ABC News (Australia)]
• U.S., S. Korea, Japan will use all available tools to limit N. Korea's weapons programs: NSC [Yonhap News Agency]
• Newt Gingrich praises Biden, warns GOP against underestimating president [Yahoo! News]
• DeSantis 2024 prospects prompt Fla. lawmakers to review law [AP News]
• Former Milwaukee election official pleads not guilty to voter fraud [Courthouse News]
• Colorado web designer’s First Amendment challenge will test the scope of state anti-discrimination laws [SCOTUSblog]
• 3 takeaways from the big early voting numbers in Georgia’s Senate runoff [Politico]
Brooks and Capehart on the Democrats' plan to shake up the presidential primary calendar | PBS Newshour
Washington Today (12-2-22): Democrats make South Carolina first '24 presidential primary | C-SPAN Radio
Global National: Dec. 2, 2022 | Former Paralympian says veterans affairs offered her assisted death
Nightly News Full Broadcast (December 2nd)
PBS NewsHour full episode, December 02, 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 5:34pm CET, 1 December 2022, there have been 97,329,491 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,069,757 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 25 November 2022, a total of 645,581,549 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 5:34pm CET, 1 December 2022, there have been 639,572,819 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,615,258 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 30 November 2022, a total of 13,042,112,489 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Impact of pre-existing chronic viral infection and reactivation on the development of long COVID [The Journal of Clinical Investigation]
• Fauci says China has done a bad job of vaccinating the elderly and their shots are not very effective against Covid [CNBC]
• F1 cancels Chinese Gran Prix in 2023 because of Covid-19 restrictions [The Guardian]
• Drop in COVID alertness could create deadly new variant - WHO [Reuters]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Pentagon debuts its new stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider [AP News]
B21 Raider Rollout Livestream | Edwards Air Force Base
• Never-before-seen malware is nuking data in Russia’s courts and mayors’ offices [ARS TECHNICA]
• Hitler Fan Kanye West Starts War With Elon Musk, Gets Banned From Twitter [Daily Beast]
• Reddit Users Are Turning Ye’s Page Into a Holocaust Memorial [Bloomberg]
• Solar energy in Europe will be 10 times cheaper than gas by 2030 — here’s how [Interesting Engineering]
• Prime Video Replaces Netflix As No. 1 Streaming Service In U.S., According To Longtime Industry Tracker Parks Associates; Peacock Cracks Top 10 [Deadline]
• Musk's company aims to soon test brain implant in people [SOURCE]
• TWiM (This Week in Microbiology) 276: Bacterial multicellularity near an underground stream [Microbe TV]
• Individuals prefer to harm their own group rather than help an opposing group [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences]
• Laser satellite shatters space-to-Earth data transmission speed record [New Atlas]
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
JWST discovered PHOTOCHEMISTRY in an exoplanet's atmosphere (this is a BIG deal) ft. Dr. Jake Taylor | Dr Becky
Level1 Show - Live This Week | Level1Tech
You Don't Need to Be Big, Like Twitter, to Survive - DTNS 4405 | Daily Tech News Show
The Fukushima Robots | Asianometry
TWiV 959: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
Hate speech surging on Twitter under Elon Musk | Global News
Strangest Black Hole Collision Ever Seen Turns Out To Be Even More Extreme | Antov Petrov
Wendell’s Hot Pi - Self-Hosted 85 | Jupiter Broadcasting
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> The private militia of Russia's new contender for the throne - Break the Fake | TVP World
War crimes in Ukraine: Where do investigations stand? | DW News
Russian forces shell Kherson as power fails | FRANCE 24 English
Macron, Biden discuss Russia during US state visit | Al Jazeera
Why Russian Retreat is Bad for Ukraine (War in Ukraine Update) | The Infographics Show
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On This Day
December 3 is the 337th day of the year (338th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 28 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)
915 – Pope John X crowns Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor (probable date).
1775 – American Revolutionary War: USS Alfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.
1799 – War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Wiesloch: Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal Anton Sztáray defeats the French at Wiesloch.
1800 – War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden: French General Jean Victor Marie Moreau decisively defeats the Archduke John of Austria near Munich. Coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte's earlier victory at Marengo, this will force the Austrians to sign an armistice and end the war.
1800 – United States presidential election: The Electoral College casts votes for president and vice president that resulted in a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.
1818 – Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state.
1834 – The Zollverein (German Customs Union) begins the first regular census in Germany.
1854 – Battle of the Eureka Stockade: More than 20 gold miners at Ballarat, Victoria, are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences.
1881 – The first issue of Tamperean daily newspaper Aamulehti ("Morning Paper") is published.
1898 – The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeats an all-star collection of early football players 16–0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.
1901 – In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".
1904 – The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
1910 – Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
1912 – Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)
1919 – After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.
1920 – Following more than a month of Turkish–Armenian War, the Turkish-dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.
1929 – President Herbert Hoover delivers his first State of the Union message to Congress. It is presented in the form of a written message rather than a speech.
1938 – Nazi Germany issues the Decree on the Utilization of Jewish Property forcing Jews to sell real property, businesses, and stocks at below market value as part of Aryanization.
1944 – Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army.
1959 – The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
1960 – The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. It will become associated with the Kennedy administration.
1967 – At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard carries out the first heart transplant on a human (53-year-old Louis Washkansky).
1971 – Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: Pakistan launches a pre-emptive strike against India and a full-scale war begins.
1972 – Spantax Flight 275 crashes during takeoff from Tenerife North–Ciudad de La Laguna Airport, killing all 155 people on board.
1973 – Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.
1979 – In Cincinnati, 11 fans are suffocated in a crush for seats on the concourse outside Riverfront Coliseum before a Who concert.
1979 – Iranian Revolution: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran.
1982 – A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri, that will be found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin.
1984 – Bhopal disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures 150,000–600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom later died from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.
1989 – In a meeting off the coast of Malta, U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the Cold War between NATO and the Warsaw Pact may be coming to an end.
1992 – The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching A Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo.
1992 – A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague.
1994 – Taiwan holds its first full local elections; James Soong elected as the first and only directly elected Governor of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian became the first directly elected Mayor of Taipei, Wu Den-yih became the first directly elected Mayor of Kaohsiung.
1995 – Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701 crashes on approach to Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon, killing 71 of the 76 people on board.
1997 – In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.
1999 – NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
2005 – XCOR Aerospace makes the first manned rocket aircraft delivery of U.S. Mail in Kern County, California.
2007 – Winter storms cause the Chehalis River to flood many cities in Lewis County, Washington, and close a 32-kilometre (20 mi) portion of Interstate 5 for several days. At least eight deaths and billions of dollars in damages are blamed on the floods.
2009 – A suicide bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.
2012 – At least 475 people are killed after Typhoon Bopha makes landfall in the Philippines.
2014 – The Japanese space agency, JAXA, launches the space explorer Hayabusa2 from the Tanegashima Space Center on a six-year round trip mission to an asteroid to collect rock samples.
2021 – COVID-19 pandemic: New Zealand moves into COVID-19 Protection Framework (Traffic Light System), moving Auckland out of lockdown for fully vaccinated people.
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Published at 2:05am on Saturday, December 03, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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