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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Rain chances continue mainly over the mountains and foothills through Friday. A cold front sweeps through the area to start the weekend with drier conditions and temperatures returning to near normal for this time of year. A stronger cold front could approach the region mid next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Rain likely before noon, then showers likely, mainly between noon and 2pm. Patchy fog before 1pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the upper 60s. Light winds out of the southwest. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers before midnight, then a slight chance of rain. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
A chance of rain before 10am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Calm winds.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 4pm, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A chance of rain before noon, then a chance of showers after noon. Areas of fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers before midnight, then a slight chance of rain. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
A chance of rain before 9am, then a chance of showers after 9am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. West wind around 5 mph.
Friday
Showers likely, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Rain likely before noon, then showers likely. Patchy fog before 1pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers before midnight, then a slight chance of rain between midnight and 1am. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
A chance of rain before 10am, then a chance of showers after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds.
Friday
Showers likely, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Rain, mainly before noon, then showers likely after noon. Patchy fog before 3pm. High in the lower 60s. Calm winds becoming southwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers before midnight, then a chance of rain between midnight and 4am. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
A chance of rain between 7am and 10am, then a chance of showers after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
Showers likely, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 4pm, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Chance of rain is 70%.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Other than widespread thick fog in the morning, 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 7th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 74°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1998
Lowest Temperature 0°F in Highlands in 1937
Greatest Rainfall 3.98 inches in Highlands in 1909
Greatest Snowfall 1.0 inches in Highlands in 1900
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 7th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 86°F in Washington, Beaufort County in 1906
Lowest Temperature -10°F in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1977
Greatest Rainfall 5.45 inches in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1950
Greatest Snowfall 6.0 inches in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1959
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
• Tuesday Update: Timeline for Those Without Power Improves [The Pilot (Southern Pines, NC)]
• Moore County officials talk live on new progress to restore power and updates on the criminal investigation [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
Rapid Intel Update: Moore County, NC |
• Ethics committee fines Cawthorn for promoting crypto in which he had financial interest [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• EXPLAINER: How this Supreme Court case could alter US House seats [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Jackson County Commission welcomes new members [Smoky Mountain News]
• NC Treasurer Folwell and hospitals at odds over health pricing and transparency [BPR]
• Domestic terrorism in Moore County? What it is, how’s it charged, and why its threat is on the rise [Raleigh News and Observer]
• 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 06 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for December 6th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 286 [Al Jazeera]
• LIVEBLOG: 287th 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
• In occupied Kherson, ‘the Russians were destroying all books in Ukrainian’ [France 24]
• U.S. greenlights potential sale of 116 Abrams tanks to Poland [TVP World]
• Ukrainian civilians facing test of survival: UN [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine updates: G7 price cap on Russian oil kicks in [DW News]
• Ukraine war: Zelensky visits troops near 'most difficult' front line [BBC News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• US defense bill authorizes more Ukraine and Taiwan aid [Russia Today]
• UK and USA could be part of drone attacks on Russian military airfields [Pravda ]
• US does not encourage Kiev to attack Russia, but will continue military aid — Blinken [TASS Russian News Agency]
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National and World News Roundup
• Iran Crisis Update, December 06 Understanding War] [PDF for December 6th]
• Iran protests: Ex-president Khatami says rulers must heed protesters' demands [BBC News]
• Hacking Of IRGC Commander's Secret Briefings Stirs Controversy [Iran International]
Sen. Warnock Georgia Senate race | Full victory speech
• Georgia Democrat Raphael Warnock Wins Runoff, Re-Elected to Senate [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ]
• 'He never should have run for this seat' [Politico]
Speaker Pelosi and Congressional Leaders Awarded Gold Medal to US Capitol Police | NTD
Family of fallen Capitol Police officer won't shake hands with GOP leaders at ceremony | CBS News
• What Really Happened to Capitol Police During the Insurrection | Source Material [VICE News]
• Lawmakers write to Biden asking for national strategy to combat antisemitism [The Hill]
• Hertz will pay $168 million to customers it falsely accused of stealing its cars [NPR]
• German police raids target far-right extremists ‘seeking to overthrow state’ [The Guardian]
• German police arrest 25 suspects in plot to overthrow state [DW News]
• INSIDER: Rudy Giuliani repeatedly lost his cool during his attorney-misconduct hearing and accused the disciplinary counsel of asking 'sneaky' questions[Yahoo! News]
• Trump PAC reportedly paid legal bills of Mar-a-Lago witnesses [The Guardian]
• Trump Organization Found Guilty of Criminal Tax Fraud in New York Trial [Wall Street Journal]
• Justice Dept. subpoenas Ariz., Mich., Wis. officials for Trump communications [Washington Post]
Washington Today (12-6-22): Police who defended U.S. Capitol during Jan. 6 attack honored | C-SPAN Radio
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Global National: Dec. 6, 2022 | Alberta Children's Hospital cuts services as flu epidemic surges
Nightly News Full Broadcast (December 6th)
PBS NewsHour full episode, December 06, 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 4:50pm CET, 6 December 2022, there have been 97,618,392 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,071,245 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 2 December 2022, a total of 647,345,101 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 4:50pm CET, 6 December 2022, there have been 641,915,931 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,622,760 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 5 December 2022, a total of 12,998,974,878 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Models predict massive wave of disease and death if China lifts ‘zero COVID’ policy [Science Magazine: American Association for the Advancement of Science]
• L.A. County facing a full-blown coronavirus surge as cases double, deaths rise[Los Angeles Times]
• Covid Boosts Heart-Related Deaths Sixfold, Top Africa Health Insurer Says [Bloomberg]
• Clinical assessment of children with long COVID syndrome [Nature: Pediatric Research]
• Estimating the impact of implementation and timing of the COVID-19 vaccination programme in Brazil: A counterfactual analysis [The Lancet" Regional Health (The Americas)]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• These are our favorite science books of 2022 [Science News]
• Scientists finally know why people get more colds and flu in winter [CNN]
• Nearly 1,000 overdoses reversed using naloxone distributed through vending machine [UC Cincinnati]
• New find suggests ankylosaur’s tail clubs were for bashing each other [ARS TECHNICA]
• Twin study links exercise to beneficial epigenetic changes [Eureka Alert (American Association for the Advancement of Science)]
• Association Between Consumption of Ultraprocessed Foods and Cognitive Decline [JAMA Neurology]
• Tim Cook says Apple will use chips built in the U.S. at Arizona factory [CNBC]
• Uber fined $14m for lying to get customers to ditch cabs [The Register]
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 7 2022: Wordle Curdles | Level1 Techs
Jailbreak Your Car - DTNS 4409 | Daily Tech News Show
Noam Brown: AI vs Humans in Poker and Games of Strategic Negotiation | Lex Fridman Podcast #344
Cordkillers 434 - The Hunt for Comedy (w/ Willie Scott) | Cord Killers
Winterfest at Canada's Wonderland! Full Night of Christmas Celebration | The Carpetbagger
B-21 Raider Unveiling Ceremony at Palmdale, CA | AIRBOYD
How Long Would Society Last During a Total Grid Collapse? | Practical Engineering
What Is A Black Start Of The Power Grid? | Practical Engineering
Strange Stripes on Phobos May Actually Be Cracks Formed by Mars | Antov Petrov
All About Android Episode #607: The Blue Moustache | TWIT TV
The UK's third ever astronaut speaks to Sky News | Sky News
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Ukraine converts soviet Tu-141 drones to attack Russian airbase | Rock Rachon | TVP World
Further strikes inside Russia & military deep dive on Ukraine | Ukraine: The Latest | The Telegraph Podcast
Why Strikes on Russia are a direct threat to Putin | Times Radio
How to deal with Putin? | World Today | TVP World
Ukraine remains silent on attacks on Russian territory | DW News
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On This Day
December 7th is the 341st day of the year (342nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 24 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)
43 BC – Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated in Formia on orders of Marcus Antonius.
574 – Byzantine Emperor Justin II, suffering recurring seizures of insanity, adopts his general Tiberius and proclaims him as Caesar.
1703 – The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people die.
1724 – Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.
1732 – The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England.
1776 – Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
1787 – Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1837 – The Battle of Montgomery's Tavern, the only battle of the Upper Canada Rebellion, takes place in Toronto, where the rebels are quickly defeated.
1842 – First concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill.
1904 – Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMS Spiteful and HMS Peterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.
1917 – World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
1922 – The Parliament of Northern Ireland votes to remain a part of the United Kingdom and not unify with Southern Ireland.
1930 – W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also includes the first television advertisement in the United States, for I.J. Fox Furriers, which also sponsored the radio show.
1932 – German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
1936 – Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
1941 – World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (For Japan's near-simultaneous attacks on Eastern Hemisphere targets, see December 8.)
1942 – World War II: British commandos conduct Operation Frankton, a raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour.
1946 – A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.
1949 – Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.
1962 – Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.
1963 – Instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1965 – Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously revoke mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054.
1971 – The Battle of Sylhet is fought between the Pakistani military and the Mukti Bahini.
1971 – Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces the formation of a coalition government with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Deputy Prime Minister.
1972 – Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.
1982 – In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.
1982 – The Senior Road Tower collapses in less than 17 seconds. Five workers on the tower are killed and three workers on a building nearby are injured.
1983 – An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid–Barajas Airport, killing 93 people.
1987 – Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771, a British Aerospace 146-200A, crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and steers the plane into the ground.
1988 – The 6.8 Ms Armenian earthquake shakes the northern part of the country with a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating), killing 25,000–50,000 and injuring 31,000–130,000.
1993 – Long Island Rail Road shooting: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.
1995 – The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
1995 – Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949 crashes into the Bo-Dzhausa Mountain, killing 98.
1995 – An Air Saint Martin (now Air Caraïbes) Beechcraft 1900 crashes near the Haitian commune of Belle Anse, killing 20.
2003 – The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered, following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
2005 – Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.
2015 – The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt.
2016 – Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661, a domestic passenger flight from Chitral to Islamabad, operated by ATR-42-500 crashes near Havelian, killing all 47 on board.
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Published at 6:15am on Wednesday, December 07, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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