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GENERAL OUTLOOK
In the wake of a cold front, our weather should be relatively quiet through the weekend, but with cold temperatures as high pressure builds in from the northwest. The center of high pressure will finally move past on Monday, with a weak system possibly moving south of the region on Tuesday. Looking ahead to the late part of the week, a complex weather system could affect the region with wintry precipitation types on the table, but confidence is low regarding the precipitation type and extent, and the timing and amounts. Details should come more into focus over the weekend.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through SUNday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Calm winds.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 20. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 20.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
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. Winds out of the west 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 20. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northwest in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Light and variable winds.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 20s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, 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.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 5 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 30s. Light winds out of the west increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph iby midmorning.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 20s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 20s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today. There is an increasing chance of a winter weater event developing in our region late next week that will be accompanied by an extended cold snap. If you need to prepare for days of below freezing weather, please do it over the next few days.
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 30 (GOOD) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 30 (GOOD)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (1.6 out of 12) today with Juniper being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (0.8 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for December 16th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 70°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1984
lowest Temperature 4°F in Franklin in 1963
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.48 inches in Highlands in 1982
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 1.5 inches in Highlands in 1932
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 16th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 83°F in New Bern, Craven County in 1971
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1989
Greatest Rainfall 2.97 inches at the Sparta, Alleghany County in 2018
Greatest Snowfall 7.5 inches in Henderson, Vance 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
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No events have been submitted for Macon Calendar.
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Local and State News
• Cooper selects voting access advocate Allison Riggs to fill appeals court seat [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Fire Destroys Kituwah LLC Building [Smoky Mountain News]
• Madison Cawthorn sued by powerhouse Indiana law firm for more than $193K in legal bills [WCNC Charlotte]
• Eastern Band of Cherokee Tribal Council special election will fill 2 vacant seats [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 15 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for December 15th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 295 [Al Jazeera]
• LIVEBLOG: 296th day of Russian aggression against Ukraine [TVP World]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 295: Ukraine downs 13 Shahed drones over Kyiv [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 launches another major missile attack on Ukraine [AP News]
• Ukraine cherry picks targets as Russia hammers the east [Al Jazeera]
• Russia releases video of nuclear-capable ICBM being loaded into silo, following reports that US is preparing to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine [Business Insider]
• Belarus orders withdrawal of troops deployed along the Ukrainian border [News 360]
• Ukraine updates: Russia launches 'massive' missile attack [DW News]
• Ukrainian soldiers prepare to hold the line in Bakhmut [France 24]
• Ukraine war: US Patriot missiles would comfort Kyiv and alarm Moscow [BBC News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Russian nuclear forces chief explains new weapon’s superiority [Russia Today]
• Hunting for Putin: The West counts on oligarchs, security officials and mafia [Pravda]
• Lukashenko, Putin to meet in Minsk on December 19 — presidential press service [TASS]
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National and World News Roundup
• Woman admits to unwittingly funding Iran critic kidnap plot [AP News]
• WWII ‘Churchill Club’ Inspires Iranian Dissidents [Iran International]
House passes short-term spending bill as negotiations continue to avert government shutdown | CBS News
• Senate Passes $858 Billion Defense-Policy Bill and Stopgap Spending Fix [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
Elon Musk, Inc. | CBS Reports
• Elon Musk’s Twitter bans CNN, NYT, WaPo journalists without explanation [CNN]
• Twitter suspends journalists who have been covering Elon Musk and the company [NBC News]
• New Federal Rule Has Done Little to Stem Spread of ‘Ghost Guns’ [New York Times]
• Oregon judge halts voter-approved high-capacity magazine ban [AP News]
• New York bans retail sale of dogs, cats, rabbits [Fox 5 New York]
• D.C. Bar counsel urges Giuliani be disbarred after panel says he most likely committed ethics violation [NBC News]
• VIDEO: F-35 jet crashes during test flight in Fort Worth [KDFW-TV (Fort Worth, TX)]
• Trump Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Pulitzer Prize Board Members for Praising Russia Probe Reporting, Claims Award ‘Carries Very Important Connotations’ [Law and Crime]
Washington Today (12-15-22): President Biden to African leaders: 'U.S. is all in on Africa's future' | C-SPAN Radio
CBS News Prime Time | 12-15-2022
Global National: Dec. 15, 2022 | Russian spacecraft suffers huge leak at International Space Station
Nightly News Full Broadcast (December 15th)
PBS NewsHour full episode, December 15, 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.
• Alarming antibody evasion properties of rising SARS-CoV-2 BQ and XBB subvariants [Cell (Open Access Science Journal)]
• SARS-CoV-2 causes periodontal fibrosis by deregulating mitochondrial beta-oxidation [BioRxiv (PDF)]
• Effect of Ivermectin 600 mcg/kg for 6 days vs Placebo on Time to Sustained Recovery in Outpatients with Mild to Moderate COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial [MedRxiv (PDF)]
• Missing data mean we’ll probably never know how many people died of COVID [Nature]
• White House brings back free at-home COVID test orders as part of "winter preparedness plan" [CBS News]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Micrometeorite possibly behind Russian space capsule leak [AP News]
• NASA to conduct first global water survey from space [Reuters]
• Pay Phones Are Coming Back in Philadelphia Thanks to Linux, No Quarters Required [Make Use Of]
• Tesla Completes Full Steam Integration, releases video of gameplay inside a car [Esports]
• Up to 9% of LSD and psilocybin users report reoccurring effects after drug has worn off [PsyPost]
• Twitter Suspends Accounts For Rival Mastodon And Several High-Profile Journalists [Forbes]
• Works Begin for Neom’s The Line, the High-Tech Futuristic City in the Arabian Desert [Sand-Board.com]
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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 16 2022: AI Is Better Than You At Everything | Level1Techs
Ad Supported TV on the Comeback - DTNS 4416 | Daily Tech News Show
Michael Malice: Christmas Special | Lex Fridman Podcast #347
Black Hole Star – The Star That Shouldn't Exist | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
Farming On Mars | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Festive Treehouse Camping | Steve Wallis
FOUR signs of alien life that JWST is searching for - HOW, WHEN AND WHERE?! | Dr. Becky
Were These The First Animals? | History of the Earth
The Rise, Fall, and Rise of Japanese Whisky (& Suntory) | Asianometry
Why the Universe May Be Full of Aliens Featuring Dr. Avi Loeb | Event Horizon
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Melitopol: Ukrainian special ops raid damages key bridge | Rock Rachon | TVP World
Russia launches widespread missile attack on Ukraine | Al Jazeera
What impact would Patriot missiles have on the Ukraine War? | DW News
FRANCE 24 in Ukraine: Russia unleashing a new barrage of missiles | FRANCE 24 English
Patriot Missiles to Ukraine - Guest: Ukrainian International Legion (CivDiv) | Funker530 Veteran Community
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On This Day
December 16th is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 15 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)
714 – Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the Merovingian palace, dies at Jupille (modern Belgium). He is succeeded by his infant grandson Theudoald while his wife Plectrude holds actual power in the Frankish Kingdom.
755 – An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Yanjing, initiating the An Lushan Rebellion during the Tang dynasty of China.
1431 – Hundred Years' War: Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris.
1497 – Vasco da Gama passes the Great Fish River, where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal.
1575 – An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 8.5Mw strikes Valdivia, Chile.
1598 – Seven-Year War: Battle of Noryang: The final battle of the Seven-Year War is fought between the China and the Korean allied forces and Japanese navies, resulting in a decisive allied forces victory.
1653 – English Interregnum: The Protectorate: Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
1689 – Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights.
1761 – Seven Years' War: After a four-month siege, the Russians under Pyotr Rumyantsev take the Prussian fortress of Kołobrzeg.
1773 – American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
1777 – Virginia becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
1782 – British East India Company: Muharram Rebellion: Hada and Mada Miah lead the first anti-British uprising in the subcontinent against Robert Lindsay and his contingents in Sylhet Shahi Eidgah.
1811 – The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes occur in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri.
1826 – Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican-controlled Nacogdoches, Texas, and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia.
1838 – Great Trek: Battle of Blood River: Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius and Sarel Cilliers defeat Zulu impis, led by Dambuza (Nzobo) and Ndlela kaSompisi in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
1843 – The discovery of octonions by John T. Graves, who denoted them with a boldface O, was announced to his mathematician friend William Hamilton, discoverer of quaternions, in a letter on this date.
1850 – The Charlotte Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton, New Zealand.
1863 – American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: The Union's Army of the Cumberland routs and destroys the Confederacy's Army of Tennessee, ending its effectiveness as a combat unit.
1880 – Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.
1882 – Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.
1883 – Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.
1903 – Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.
1905 – In Rugby Union, The "Match of the Century" is played between Wales and New Zealand at Cardiff Arms Park.
1907 – The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
1912 – First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.
1914 – World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.
1918 – Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declares the formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic; it is dissolved in 1919.
1920 – The Haiyuan earthquake of 8.5Mw , rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.
1922 – President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz is assassinated by Eligiusz Niewiadomski at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw.
1930 – Bank robber Herman Lamm and members of his crew are killed by a 200-strong posse, following a botched bank robbery, in Clinton, Indiana.
1937 – Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.
1938 – Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.
1942 – The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz.
1944 – World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest.
1947 – William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
1950 – Korean War: In response to China's Second Phase Offensive, U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a limited state of emergency.
1960 – A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.
1965 – Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966.
1968 – Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.
1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The ceasefire of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh, and as Vijay Diwas in India.
1971 – The United Kingdom recognizes Bahrain's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day.
1978 – Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to default on its financial obligations since the Great Depression.
1979 – Libya joins four other OPEC nations in raising crude oil prices, which has an immediate, dramatic effect on the United States.
1985 – Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead on the orders of John Gotti, who assumes leadership of New York's Gambino crime family.
1989 – Romanian Revolution: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés.
1989 – U.S. Appeals Court Judge Robert Smith Vance is assassinated by a mail bomb sent by Walter Leroy Moody, Jr.
1991 – Kazakhstan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
2013 – A bus falls from an elevated highway in the Philippines capital Manila killing at least 18 people with 20 injured.
2014 – Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants attack an Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 150 people, 132 of them schoolchildren.
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Published at 6:15am on Friday, December 16, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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