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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry and cool high pressure moves off the East Coast late today as a strong cool front approaches from the west. Moisture will return ahead of a deep low pressure system beginning Tuesday night, with heavy rain possible in some areas late Wednesday into Thursday. Expect a sharp cold frontal passage late Thursday which will usher in much colder and drier weather to end the week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs near 50. Calm winds n the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Rain likely, mainly after midmorning, then showers after noon. Highs near 50. Calm winds n the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
Showers. Lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of rain is 100%.
Thursday
Showers likely before 10am, then a slight chance of rain. Partly sunny, with highs near 56. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Patchy fog before 3pm. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 6 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog before 1am, then patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with lows in the low-to-mid 30s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph.
Wednesday
A chance of rain before noon, then showers, mainly after noon. Highs near 40. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
Showers. Lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of rain is 100%.
Thursday
Showers likely before 10am, then a slight chance of rain between 10am and noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 28.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog between 7am and 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the south 3 to 6 mph.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph.
Wednesday
Rain likely, mainly after midmorning, then showers after noon. Highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
Showers. Lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 100%.
Thursday
Showers likely before 10am, then a slight chance of rain. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30.
Nantahala Area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs near 50. Light winds out of the southeast.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Rain likely, mainly between midmorning and noon, then showers after noon. Highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
Showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 100%.
Thursday
Showers likely, mainly before 9am. Partly sunny, with highs near 50. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Exceptionally deep subtropical moisture will shift over the region Wednesday ahead of an approaching cold front. Periods of heavy rainfall will develop Wednesday night and continue into Thursday morning. A threat of localized flash flooding may evolve in that time period, especially along south- and east-facing ridges of the Appalachians, and in any areas where soils remain saturated from recent rainfall.
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 35 (GOOD) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 35 (GOOD)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (1.1 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 December 13th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 74°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2007
lowest Temperature -11°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1962
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.75 inches in Highlands in 1931
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 4.1 inches in Franklin in 1945
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 13th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 82°F in Tarboro, Edgecombe County in 1927
Lowest Temperature -18°F in Banner Elk Avery County in 1962
Greatest Rainfall 3.40 inches at the Dobbins Heights, Richmond County in 2019
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Morganton, Burke County in 1914
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
• Karen Wallace of Fontana Regional Library receives 2022 NC Public Library Director of the Year Award [Macon Media]
• Depression, violence, access to guns rising among NC students, data show [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Big Poultry: Five takeaways from investigating North Carolina’s secretive ag industry [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Medication shortage and respiratory illness still a factor in Western North Carolina [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Regulators get few answers from Duke about substation attacks [BPR]
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 12 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for December 12th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 292 [Al Jazeera]
• LIVEBLOG: 293rd day of Russian aggression against Ukraine [TVP World]
$250 Million in US Military Aid to Ukraine | Funker 530 Veteran Community
Timothy Snyder: Making of Modern Ukraine.Class 23. the Colonial, the Post-Colonial, the Global | Yale Courses
• Ukraine updates: G7 say air defenses the 'immediate focus' [DW News]
• Zelensky and Biden Discuss Ukraine’s Grid as Country Scrambles to Restore Power [Wall Street Journal]
• Putin cancels annual year-end news conference: Kremlin [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine 'keeping Russian missiles as evidence' [BBC News]
• Ukraine: Electricians fight to restore power to villages in Mykolaiv and Kherson [France 24]
• Russia is jailing, beating up own soldiers who refuse to fight in Ukraine [WION]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• No evidence of Russia using Iranian drones – Tehran [Al Jazeera]
• Russia needs to accomplish two goals to achieve success in Ukraine [Russia Today]
• Military experts: Outcome of the special operation to be decided in winter [Pravda ]
• Moldova freezes talks on trade barriers lifting with Russia – Minister [TASS Russian News Agency]
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National and World News Roundup
• Iran Crisis Update, December 12 Understanding War] [PDF for December 9th]
• Protest movements as deadly as Iran’s often end in revolution or civil war [The Economist]
• Iranians Express Anger At Execution Of Young Protester [Iran International]
Scientists make major clean energy breakthrough | CBS Evening News
• Major Fusion Energy Breakthrough to Be Announced by Scientists [New York Times]
The Problem with Nuclear Fusion | Real Engineering
Qatar bribery probe rocks European Parliament | DW News
• How Long Should Powell Keep Raising Interest Rates? Fed Officials Are Divided [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• The Autocrat in Your iPhone: How Mercenary Spyware Threatens Democracy[Foreign Affairs]
• Dems agonize over Sinema 2024 [Politico]
• Mass Migrant Crossing Floods Texas Border Facilities [New York Times]
• They call him the Eagle: How the U.S. lost a key ally in Mexico as fentanyl took off [Washington Post]
• India and China troops clash on Arunachal Pradesh mountain border [BBC News]
• Bolsonaro supporters attack police headquarters in Brazil [Al Jazeera]
• Muslim group urges feds to investigate after teacher disrupts students who were praying[Miami Herald]
• Thousands of Youths Are Compelled to Join Military's Junior ROTC [Yahoo! News]
Global National: Dec. 12, 2022 | Winnipeg MP Jim Carr fondly remembered by Canadian politicians
Nightly News Full Broadcast (December 12th)
PBS NewsHour full episode, December 12, 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 4:53pm CET, 12 December 2022, there have been 98,072,469 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,074,367 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 2 December 2022, a total of 647,345,101 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 4:53pm CET, 12 December 2022, there have been 645,084,824 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,633,118 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 11 December 2022, a total of 13,008,033,382 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Two Decades After 9/11 Inquiry, a Similar Plan for Covid Stalls in Congress [New York Times]
• COVID Vaccine Hesitancy and Risk of a Traffic Crash [The American Journal of Medicine]
• The Best Things in Texas 2023: The Texans Vaccinating the World [Texas Monthly]
• Hospitalizations signal rising COVID-19 risk for US seniors [AP News]
• How to avoid illness as COVID-19 and the flu surge [Los Angeles Times via Yahoo! News]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
Scientists make major clean energy breakthrough | CBS Evening News
• Major Fusion Energy Breakthrough to Be Announced by Scientists [New York Times]
• US Air Force launches 1st operational hypersonic missile [SPACE.COM]
• The Autocrat in Your iPhone: How Mercenary Spyware Threatens Democracy[Foreign Affairs]
• Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested in Bahamas [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ]
• Binance reportedly processed over $10 billion in illegal payments this year and a DOJ investigation is looking into top executives including CEO Changpeng Zhao [Yahoo! Sports]
• In Pictures: Giant crane lifts final steel liner ring at Hinkley Point C unit 1 [World Nuclear News]
• Musk, the Anti-Censorship Crusader, Allegedly Shadowbanned an Account Tracking His Private Jet [Gizmodo]
• Womb with a view: EctoLife baby farm eliminates pregnancy and labor [New Atlas]
• Here’s why we’re not prepared for the next wave of biotech innovation [STAT News]
• Chrome’s “Manifest V3” plan to limit ad-blocking extensions is delayed [ARS TECHNICA]
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 13 2022: End to End Conniption | Level1Techs
No One Reads the Terms of Service - DTNS 4413 | Daily Tech News Show
As Chicago police scanners go quiet, public may hear less about crime | WGN News
Ed Calderon: Mexican Drug Cartels | Lex Fridman Podcast #346
Revenge of the Lizard People - LINUX Unplugged 488 | Jupiter Broadcasting
Freedom: The 8-Track Revolution | The History Guy
Wow! Signal Updates: Search Using SETI Telescopes Explores Sun Like Stars | Anton Petrov
How To Measure The Tiniest Forces In The Universe | Veritasium
They Thought It Was Hail. It Was Something WAY Weirder. | Joe Scott
Why and How To COLONIZE The MOON | Insane Curiosity
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> $250 Million in US Military Aid to Ukraine | Funker 530 Veteran Community
International leaders meet to discuss aid for Ukraine | DW News
Real Reason Russia Withdrew From Kherson (War in Ukraine) | The Infographics Show
Why is support for Ukraine waning among eastern Europeans? | DW News
NATO's Stoltenberg: 'Likelihood of use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine remains low' | FRANCE 24
Russia's attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure - does strategic bombing ever work? | Perun
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On This Day
December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 18 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)
1294 – Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit.
1545 – The Council of Trent begins as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation.
1577 – Sir Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.
1623 – The Plymouth Colony establishes the system of trial by 12-men jury in the American colonies.
1636 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians, a date now considered the founding of the National Guard of the United States.
1642 – Abel Tasman is the first recorded European to sight New Zealand.
1643 – English Civil War: The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire.
1758 – The English transport ship Duke William sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.
1769 – Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth.
1818 – Cyril VI of Constantinople resigns from his position as Ecumenical Patriarch under pressure from the Ottoman Empire.
1862 – American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats Union Major General Ambrose Burnside.
1867 – A Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing 12 people and injuring 50.
1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.
1938 – The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.
1939 – The Battle of the River Plate is fought off the coast of Uruguay; the first naval battle of World War II. The Kriegsmarine's Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with three Royal Navy cruisers: HMS Ajax, HMNZS Achilles and HMS Exeter.
1943 – World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece.
1949 – The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
1957 – The Mw 6.5 Farsinaj earthquake strikes Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII, causing at least 1,119 deaths and damaging over 5,000 homes.
1959 – Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.
1960 – While Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaims him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Emperor.
1962 – NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.
1967 – Constantine II of Greece attempts an unsuccessful counter-coup against the Regime of the Colonels.
1968 – Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus.
1972 – Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon.
1974 – Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.
1974 – In the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese forces launch their 1975 Spring Offensive (to 30 April 1975), which results in the final capitulation of South Vietnam.
1977 – Air Indiana Flight 216 crashes near Evansville Regional Airport, killing 29, including the University of Evansville basketball team, support staff, and boosters of the team.
1981 – General Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland, largely due to the actions by Solidarity.
1982 – The 6.0 Ms North Yemen earthquake shakes southwestern Yemen with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 2,800, and injuring 1,500.
1988 – PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York.
1989 – The Troubles: Attack on Derryard checkpoint: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launches an attack on a British Army temporary vehicle checkpoint near Rosslea, Northern Ireland. Two British soldiers are killed and two others are wounded.
1994 – Flagship Airlines Flight 3379 crashes in Morrisville, North Carolina, near Raleigh–Durham International Airport, killing 15.
1995 – Banat Air Flight 166 crashes in Sommacampagna near Verona Villafranca Airport in Verona, Italy, killing 49.
2001 – Sansad Bhavan, the building housing the Indian Parliament, is attacked by terrorists. Twelve people are killed, including the terrorists.
2002 – European Union enlargement: The EU announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members on May 1, 2004.
2003 – Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.
2007 – The Treaty of Lisbon is signed by the EU member states to amend both the Treaty of Rome and the Maastricht Treaty which together form the constitutional basis of the EU. The Treaty of Lisbon is effective from 1 December 2009.
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Published at 4:15am on Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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