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GENERAL OUTLOOK
As cool high pressure moves off the East Coast to start the week, moisture will increase. Expect multiple rounds of rain starting Monday and continuing into Friday. Another cold front approaches the area at the end of the week. Temperatures will be cool early in the week and be warmer in the middle of the week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers, mainly before noon. Patchy fog. Highs in the upper 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 50 percent chance of rain or drizzle. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Light winds out of the southeast. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Showers likely, mainly before 4pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Calm winds.
Thursday
A chance of rain before noon, then a chance of showers after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 60s. Chance of rain is 50%.
Thursday Night
Showers likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Chance of rain is 60%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers, mainly before noon. Patchy fog. Highs near 50. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 50 percent chance of rain or drizzle. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday
A 50 percent chance of showers. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A chance of rain before midnight, then a chance of showers between midnight and 3am, then a chance of rain after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the northwest in the 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 40%.
Thursday
A chance of rain, mainly between 7am and 1pm, then a chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 60. Chance of rain is 40%.
Thursday Night
Showers likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers, mainly before noon. Patchy fog. Highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 early in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast by midmorning. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 50 percent chance of rain or drizzle. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. South southeast wind 3 to 5 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday
A 50 percent chance of showers. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 60s. Light and variable winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers before 4am, then a chance of rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 50%.
Thursday
A chance of rain, mainly between 7am and noon, then a chance of showers after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 60s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Thursday Night
Showers likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers, mainly before noon. Patchy fog. Highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds becoming south around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Rain or drizzle likely, mainlbefore noon. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Light winds out of the south. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Showers. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Light winds out of the southwest. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
Showers likely, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 60s.
Thursday Night
Showers likely before 9pm, then rain likely between 9pm and 11pm, then showers likely after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 70%.
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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
No known appreciable smoke field will be crossing Macon County today or tonight.
PM2.5 AQI is 51 (MODERATE) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 51 (MODERATE)
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 (0.3 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for December 6th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 72°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1998
Lowest Temperature 4°F in Highlands in 1937
Greatest Rainfall 2.88 inches in Highlands in 2013
Greatest Snowfall 0.6 inches in Highlands in 1959
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 6th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 82°F in Bayboro, Pamlico County in 1998
Lowest Temperature 2°F in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 1974
Greatest Rainfall 3.84 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 1982
Greatest Snowfall 10.0 inches in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1954 />
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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Macon Calendar
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Local and State News
Former Sheriff Homer Holbrooks pins the Sheriff's Badge on the new Sheriff, Brent Holbrooks, who is also his son. Brent's wife and children are also pictured.
• 'We cannot tolerate this:' Targeted attack on substations calls power grid security into question [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• 'Plan for the unthinkable' Asheville City Schools prepare for evacuation exercise [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Graham County Education Board member wins by 1 vote in recount [BPR]
• Brasstown Ringers 2022 Holiday Schedule [Macon Media]
• Mountain Voices Christmas Concert - December 8 at FUMC at 7 pm [Macon Media]
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 05 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for December 5th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 28 [Al Jazeera]
• LIVEBLOG: 286th day of Russian aggression against Ukraine [TVP World]
Winter and the War in Ukraine - Who is better prepared for winter conditions? | Perun
Ukraine Strikes INTO Russia 700km Away... | Funker 530 Veterans Community
Timothy Snyder: Making of Modern Ukraine.Class 20. Maidan and Self-Understanding | Yale Courses
• FT Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelenskyy. ‘I am more responsible than brave’ [Financial Times]
• Putin drives across bridge to Crimea that was damaged during war [PBS Newshour]
• Military expert joins TVP World to discuss blasts at Russia’s air bases [TVP World (video)]
• Ukraine updates: Russia unleashes fatal missile barrage [DW News]
• Drone Hits Russian Oil Depot Day After Ukraine Strikes Deep Inside [New York Times]
• Ukrainians face emergency blackouts after Russian missile attacks [Al Jazeera]
• U.S. Altered Himars Rocket Launchers to Keep Ukraine From Firing Missiles Into Russia [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Drone attack on another Russian airfield – governor [Russia Today]
• Ukraine strikes Russian nuclear triad in Engels: Dangerous consequences to follow [Pravda ]
• UN Security Council to hold meeting on situation in Ukraine on Tuesday – deputy UN envoy [TASS Russian News Agency]
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National and World News Roundup
• Iran Crisis Update, December 05 Understanding War] [PDF for December 4th]
Experts doubting the disbandment of Iran's "morality police" | Global News
• After A Day Of Strikes Across Iran Comes Night Of Rallies [Iran International]
• Republican hopes fade as Warnock momentum picks up in Georgia [Politico]
• Warnock Claims Momentum in Georgia, as Walker Banks on Election Day Turnout [New York Times]
• The military fielded over 200 domestic extremism reports last year [Navy Times]
• California eyes penalties for oil companies’ big profits [AP News]
• Hertz settles lawsuits over hundreds of alleged false arrests [CNN]
• Johnson County Sheriff's arrest part of FBI probe [Fort Smith Times Record]
• Trump Owed Hidden Debt While In Office [Forbes]
• Rudy Giuliani struggled to answer basic questions at his attorney misconduct hearing [Yahoo! News]
Global National: Dec. 5, 2022 | Alberta government seizes Calgary condos for sanctioned Russian Bank
Nightly News Full Broadcast (December 5th)
PBS NewsHour full episode, December 05, 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 4:23pm CET, 2 December 2022, there have been 97,618,392 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,071,245 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 25 November 2022, a total of 645,581,549 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 4:23pm CET, 2 December 2022, there have been 640,395,651 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,618,579 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 30 November 2022, a total of 13,042,112,489 vaccine doses have been administered.
• CDC encourages people to wear masks to help prevent spread of Covid, flu and RSV over the holidays [CNBC]
• 42% of US adults likely have had COVID, but almost half of them say they didn't [CIDRAP (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy)]
• Worst flu outbreak in more than a decade spikes hospitalizations [AXIOS]
• Side effects of COVID vaccines often ‘psychosomatic’: Israeli peer-reviewed study [Times of Israel]
• COVID vaccine hesitancy linked to 'nocebo' side effects [CIDRAP (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy)]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• The coming challenges for Public Domain [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Amazon is offering customers $2 per month for letting the company monitor the traffic on their phones [Business Insider]
Meta statement on the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act: pic.twitter.com/kyFqKQw7xs
— Andy Stone (@andymstone) December 5, 2022
• Facebook threatens to ban news in the US over journalism bill [The Verge]
• China's Hackers Reportedly Stole Over $20 Million in Covid Relief Benefits [Gizmodo]
• The future depends on chips. Is the U.S. ready? [Washington Post]
• Tim Draper predicts bitcoin will reach $250,000 next year despite FTX collapse: ‘The dam is about to break’ [CNBC]
• Musk’s Neuralink faces federal inquiry after killing 1,500 animals in testing [The Guardian]
• New Process Allows 3-D Printing of Microscale Metallic Parts [Caltech]
• Additive manufacturing of micro-architected metals via hydrogel infusion [Nature (referred to in the above link)]
• The Organ-on-a-Chip Revolution Is Here [The MIT Press reader]
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 December 6 2022: 🐦 vs. 🍎 | Level1 Techs
Nice Looking Code, But Does It Work? - DTNS 4408 | Daily Tech News Show
The Debian Debate - LINUX Unplugged 487 | Jupiter Broadcasting
Construction to begin on world's biggest telescope | BBC News
Major Updates About Phosphine Discovery on Venus | Antov Petrov
Somehow Every Computer Chip In The World Is Built By One Company | Joe Scott
The Plan For After SETI Is Successful | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Apple's Long Term China Plan | TWIT TV
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Ukraine Strikes INTO Russia 700km Away... | Funker 530 Veterans Community
Wagner group's involvement in war in Ukraine - Eastern Express | TVP World
How Ukraine Liberated Kherson - Russian Invasion | Kings and Generals
Russia launches ‘massive strike’ across Ukraine | Al Jazeera
How is Ukraine able to strike deep within Russian territory? | DW News
Oil prices rise as Russian embargo kicks in | BBC News
Ukraine. Military Summary And Analysis 12-05-2022) | Military Summary
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On This Day
December 6th is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 25 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)
963 – Pope Leo VIII is appointed to the office of Protonotary and begins his papacy as antipope of Rome.
1060 – Béla I is crowned king of Hungary.
1240 – Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv under Daniel of Galicia and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.
1492 – After exploring island of Cuba for gold, surmising it for Japan, Columbus lands on island similar to Castile, naming it Hispaniola.
1534 – The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.
1648 – Colonel Thomas Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King's trial to go ahead; came to be known as "Pride's Purge".
1704 – Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army.
1745 – Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.
1790 – The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.
1803 – Five French warships attempting to escape the Royal Naval blockade of Saint-Domingue are all seized by British warships, signifying the end of the Haitian Revolution.
1865 – Georgia ratifies the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
1882 – Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.
1884 – The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
1897 – London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
1904 – Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
1907 – A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
1912 – The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.
1916 – World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
1917 – Finland declares independence from the Russian Empire.
1917 – Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.
1917 – World War I: USS Jacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SM U-53.
1921 – The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
1922 – One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence.
1928 – The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
1933 – U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene.
1941 – World War II: Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied Secret Agents for the War.
1956 – A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
1957 – Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.
1967 – Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States.
1969 – Altamont Free Concert: At a free concert performed by the Rolling Stones, eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by Hells Angels security guards.
1971 – Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
1973 – The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92–3.)
1975 – The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege.
1977 – South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.
1978 – Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum.
1982 – The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombs a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven soldiers and six civilians.
1989 – The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal.
1990 – A military jet of the Italian Air Force, abandoned by its pilot after an on-board fire, crashed into a high school near Bologna, Italy, killing 12 students and injuring 88 other people.
1991 – Yugoslav Wars: In Croatia, forces of the Serb-dominated Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) bombard Dubrovnik after laying siege to the city for seven months.
1992 – The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, India, is demolished, leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people.
1997 – A Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.
1998 – in Venezuela, Hugo Chávez is victorious in presidential elections.
1999 – A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.: The Recording Industry Association of America sues the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, alleging copyright infringement.
2005 – An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 94 on board and 12 more on the ground.
2006 – NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.
2015 – Venezuelan parliamentary election: For the first time in 17 years, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament.
2017 – Donald Trump's administration officially announces the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
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Published at 6:45am on Tuesday, December 06, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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