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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Moisture will return ahead of a deep low pressure system today, with heavy rain possible in some areas by 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. Below normal temperatures are expected to continue into next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A chance of showers before 8am, then a chance of rain between 8am and 10am. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Calm winds early in the in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 9 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the west 3 to 5 mph.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 20.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers likely before 9am, then a chance of rain, mainly before noon. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs near 50. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the west in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the west 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 30s.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 20.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A chance of showers before 8am, then a chance of rain between 8am and 10am. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 40.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A chance of showers before 8am, then a slight chance of rain between 8am and 10am. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the west 3 to 5 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the west 3 to 5 mph. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 30s.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
The threat of minor flash flooding may persist in some areas until precipitation ends today. Some area rivers may continue to rise into early Friday, possibly reaching near bankfull. There is also a wind advisory in effect above 3500 feet until 9am this mroning. A copy of the advisory is posted below.
Wind Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
640 PM EST Wed Dec 14 2022
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EST THURSDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET...
* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected.
* WHERE...The North Carolina mountains above 3500 ft.
* WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM EST Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
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 45 (GOOD) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 45 (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 Juniper being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (1.9 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for December 15th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 72°F in Franklin in 1984
lowest Temperature 3°F in Highalnds in 1914
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.76 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1972
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 2.8 inches in Highlands in 1993
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 15th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 82°F in Greenville, Pitt County in 1927
Lowest Temperature -4°F in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 2010
Greatest Rainfall 3.55 inches at the Louisburg, Franklin County in 1956
Greatest Snowfall 8.0 inches in Chapel Hill, Orange County in 1904
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
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
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Local and State News
• NC governor has little wiggle room with legislature in 2023 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Major development planned for Qualla Community [Smoky Mountain News]
• North Carolina state investigators say they’ve completed voter-fraud probe of Trump chief of staff Meadows [Yahoo! News]
• Richard Burr delivers farewell address after three terms in the U.S. Senate [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Major development planned for Qualla Community [Smoky Mountain News]
• State and UNC partner on mental health hospital for young people [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 14 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for December 14th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 295 [Al Jazeera]
• LIVEBLOG: 295th day of Russian aggression against Ukraine [TVP World]
• Russia had a secret plan to wipe Ukraine off the face of the Earth. This report tells why it failed [Euromaiden Press]
Patriot Missiles to Ukraine - Guest: Ukrainian International Legion (CivDiv) | Funker530 Veteran Community
Timothy Snyder: Making of Modern Ukraine.Class 23. the Colonial, the Post-Colonial, the Global | Yale Courses
• Russia-Ukraine war reaches dark side of the internet [Al Jazeera]
• Defenses Carved Into the Earth [New York Times]
• Russia faces ‘critical shortage’ of artillery shells, says UK defence chief [The Guardian]
• White House says the U.S. will use available tools to disrupt the Iran-Russia relationship. [Investing Pioneer]
• Ukraine: Russian strikes thwarted, wreckage hits buildings [AP News]
• Ukraine’s Secret Weapon Is Ordinary People Spying on Russian Forces [SOURCE]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Fyodor Lukyanov: How can we explain Angela Merkel’s bombshell revelations about the Ukraine peace deal? [Al Jazeera]
• PMC Wagner: Ukrainian fighters show resistance that one has not seen in the last century [Russia Today]
• Russia’s embassy warns US against sending Patriot missile systems to Kiev [Pravda ]
• Russian troops wipe out seven military command posts in Ukraine operation — top brass [TASS Russian News Agency]
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National and World News Roundup
• Iran Crisis Update, December 14 Understanding War] [PDF for December 14th]
• Iran execution: Man publicly hanged from crane amid protests [ABC News]
• Not Allies, Nor Technicalities Could Save Iran In UN Body [Iran International]
Federal Reserve chair says rate cuts unlikely in 2023 | CBS News
• Fed Raises Rate by 0.5 Percentage Point, Signals More Increases Likely [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
What to expect during Jan. 6 committee’s final hearing | ABC News
• FTX’s Bankman-Fried donated about $40M this political cycle. Here’s who benefited. [Washington Post]
• Come on down? House GOP weighs the right price to topple a speaker [Politico]
• Five people arrested on domestic terrorism charges in clash at Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ site [CNN]
Has Twitter become too much of a distraction? | DW News
• Peru’s new government declares national emergency, gives military new power [NBC News]
• RSF: More journalists imprisoned or killed in 2022 [DW News]
• Judge greenlights state assault, attempted murder charges for Paul Pelosi attack suspect [Courthouse News Service]
• Justices grant review in two criminal cases and a securities lawsuit against Slack [SCOTUSblog]
Washington Today (12-14-22): Fed hikes interest rate 0.5% in inflation fight, signals more to come | C-SPAN Radio
Global National: Dec. 14, 2022 | Canadian health officials split on how to address pediatric crisis
Nightly News Full Broadcast (December 14th)
PBS NewsHour full episode, December 14, 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.
• Long covid can be deadly, CDC study finds [Washington Post]
• WHO estimates 14.83 million deaths associated with COVID-19 from 2020 to 2021 [SciMex]
• White House to restart free Covid home test program [Politico]
• Death certificate records of long Covid are a ‘floor of an estimate,’ experts say [STAT News]
• Florida pastor and his son are arrested in alleged $8 million Covid scam [Yahoo! News]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
Q and A with A and V Livestream 12/14/22 8:00 PM
• Space debris expert: Orbits will be lost—and people will die—later this decade [ARS TECHNICA]
• Hacker claims breach of FBI’s critical-infrastructure portal [The Asahi Simbun]
• Twitter suspends account dedicated to tracking Elon Musk’s private jet [CNBC]
• Elon Musk taking legal action over Twitter account that tracks his private jet [BBC News]
• Space launch supply chokepoint puts U.S. in vulnerable spot, expert warns [Space News]
• 10 Tesla Investors Lose $132.5 Billion From Musk's Twitter Fiasco [Investor's Business Daily]
• Anthropologists Find New Ways Female Bones Are Permanently Altered After Giving Birth [NYU]
• New study uncovers negative effects from vaping [Eureka Alert! (American Association for the Advancement of Science)]
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
Nuclear-Fusion Breakthrough: How Long Until Limitless Clean Energy? - Tech News Briefing | WSJ
The Level1 Show December 14 2022: A Decade of Duty | Level1Techs
Building a New PC, What to Pick? - DTNS 4415 | Daily Tech News Show
Was There a Major Breakthrough in Fusion? Not Really...Here Are The Facts | Antov Petrov
The Oxus Civilization: The Lost Civilization you've never heard of | The Historian's Craft
Rebuilding Notre Dame: Full Documentary | NOVA PBS Official
Why NATO's Biggest Weakness is Scotland | RealLifeLore
How Can Matter Be BOTH Liquid AND Gas? | PBS Spacetime
NASA Artemis - Mission Explained | Fraser Cain
Yellowstone Volcano Has More Liquid Magma Than Scientists Thought | Sabine Hossenfelder
The Mystery Of The 9,000 Year Old Village Hidden Under The Sea - The Mystery Of Atlit-Yam | Timeline
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Patriot Missiles to Ukraine - Guest: Ukrainian International Legion (CivDiv) | Funker530 Veteran Community
War in Ukraine: Drone strikes on central Kyiv | DW News
Ukrainian farmers in Kherson region grapple with aftermath of Russian occupation | FRANCE 24
T-64BV vs. T-72B - extreme tank duel - Military Mind | TVP World
Ukraine shoots down Russian drones in pre-dawn attack on Kyiv | Al Jazeera
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On This Day
December 15th is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 16 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)
533 – Vandalic War: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum.
687 – Pope Sergius I is elected as a compromise between antipopes Paschal and Theodore.
1025 – Constantine VIII becomes sole emperor of the Byzantine Empire, 63 years after being crowned co-emperor.
1161 – Jin–Song wars: Military officers conspire against the emperor Wanyan Liang of the Jin dynasty after a military defeat at the Battle of Caishi, and assassinate the emperor at his camp.
1167 – Sicilian Chancellor Stephen du Perche moves the royal court to Messina to prevent a rebellion.
1256 – Mongol forces under Hulagu enter and dismantle the Nizari Ismaili (Assassin) stronghold at Alamut Castle (in present-day Iran) as part of their offensive on Islamic southwest Asia.
1270 – The Nizari Ismaili garrison of Gerdkuh, Persia surrender after 17 years to the Mongols.
1467 – Stephen III of Moldavia defeats Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, with the latter being injured thrice, at the Battle of Baia.
1651 – Castle Cornet in Guernsey, the last stronghold which had supported the King in the Third English Civil War, surrenders.
1778 – American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.
1791 – The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
1836 – The U.S. Patent Office building in Washington, D.C., nearly burns to the ground, destroying all 9,957 patents issued by the federal government to that date, as well as 7,000 related patent models.
1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Nashville begins at Nashville, Tennessee, and ends the following day with the destruction of the Confederate Army of Tennessee as a fighting force by the Union Army of the Cumberland.
1869 – The short-lived Republic of Ezo is proclaimed in the Ezo area of Japan. It is the first attempt to establish a democracy in Japan.
1890 – Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
1893 – Symphony No. 9 ("From the New World" a.k.a. the "New World Symphony") by Antonín Dvořák premieres in a public afternoon rehearsal at Carnegie Hall in New York City, followed by a concert premiere on the evening of December 16.
1899 – British Army forces are defeated at the Battle of Colenso in Natal, South Africa, the third and final battle fought during the Black Week of the Second Boer War.
1903 – Italian American food cart vendor Italo Marchiony receives a U.S. patent for inventing a machine that makes ice cream cones.
1905 – The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.
1906 – The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
1914 – World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.
1914 – A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.
1917 – World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.
1939 – Gone with the Wind (highest inflation adjusted grossing film) receives its premiere at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
1941 – The Holocaust in Ukraine: German troops murder over 15,000 Jews at Drobytsky Yar, a ravine southeast of the city of Kharkiv.
1942 – World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
1943 – World War II: The Battle of Arawe begins during the New Britain campaign.
1944 – World War II: a single-engine UC-64A Norseman aeroplane carrying United States Army Air Forces Major Glenn Miller is lost in a flight over the English Channel.
1945 – Occupation of Japan/Shinto Directive: General Douglas MacArthur orders that Shinto be abolished as the state religion of Japan.
1960 – Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate U.S. President-Elect John F. Kennedy.
1960 – King Mahendra of Nepal suspends the country's constitution, dissolves parliament, dismisses the cabinet, and imposes direct rule.
1961 – Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty by an Israeli court of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and membership of an outlawed organization.
1965 – Project Gemini: Gemini 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Four orbits later, it achieves the first space rendezvous, with Gemini 7.
1970 – Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 successfully lands on Venus. It is the first successful soft landing on another planet.
1973 – John Paul Getty III, grandson of American billionaire J. Paul Getty, is found alive near Naples, Italy, after being kidnapped by an Italian gang on July 10.
1973 – The American Psychiatric Association votes 13–0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
1978 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan).
1981 – A suicide car bombing targeting the Iraqi embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, levels the embassy and kills 61 people, including Iraq's ambassador to Lebanon. The attack is considered the first modern suicide bombing.
1989 – Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights relating the abolition of capital punishment is adopted.
1993 – The Troubles: The Downing Street Declaration is issued by British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.
1997 – Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183 crashes in the desert near Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, killing 85.
2000 – The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.
2001 – The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean.
2005 – Introduction of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor into USAF active service.
2010 – A boat carrying 90 asylum seekers crashes into rocks off the coast of Christmas Island, Australia, killing 48 people.
2013 – The South Sudanese Civil War begins when opposition leaders Dr. Riek Machar, Pagan Amum and Rebecca Nyandeng vote to boycott the meeting of the National Liberation Council at Nyakuron.
2014 – Gunman Man Haron Monis takes 18 hostages inside a café in Martin Place for 16 hours in Sydney. Monis and two hostages are killed when police raid the café the following morning.
2017 – A 6.5Mw earthquake strikes the Indonesian island of Java in the city of Tasikmalaya, resulting in four deaths.
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Published at 3:15am on Thursday, December 15, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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