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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry and cool high pressure builds in from the west today. A weak low pressure system tracking across the Gulf brings a chance of light precipitation mainly across the southern zones Tuesday. On Wednesday, an area of low pressure will be offshore of the Carolinas before lifting north across the eastern Carolinas Wednesday night into Thursday. This will keep the potential for precipitation around. A potent low pressure system tracks across the region Thursday night into Friday and may bring the potential for snow in the mountains. There is lower confidence of snow occurring east of the mountains on Friday. A very cold arctic airmass will spill into the region behind a cold front Friday morning into the weekend.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 40s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
A 20 percent chance of rain after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 40s. Calm winds.
Tuesday Night
A 20 percent chance of rain before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of rain after noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 40s.
Wednesday Night
A 50 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Partly sunny, with highs near 40. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Tuesday
A 20 percent chance of snow after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 30s. Light winds out of the east.
Tuesday Night
A 20 percent chance of snow before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s. Light winds out of the northeast.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of rain after noon. Partly sunny, with highs near 40.
Wednesday Night
Rain likely, mainly between midnight and 5am. Cloudy, with lows around freezing. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Cloudy, with lows around 30. Calm winds.
Tuesday
A 20 percent chance of rain after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 40s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Tuesday Night
A 20 percent chance of rain before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of rain after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s.
Wednesday Night
A 50 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30. Calm winds.
Tuesday
A 20 percent chance of rain after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Calm winds.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of rain after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s.
Wednesday Night
A 50 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
A potent storm system is forecast to impact the area late this week. A wintry mix of freezing rain sleet, and snow will be possible Wednesday night into Thursday morning, with only minor snow and ice accumulations, before precipitation changes over to rain. Then precipitation will change over to snow Thursday night and linger into Friday. Snowfall amounts could be significant across the highest ridge tops and mountain peaks above 5000 feet.
Arctic air will spill into the region Friday, producing gusty winds and dangerous wind chills that will continue through the weekend. Water in poorly insulated or open pipes may freeze due to the prolonged duration of this cold airmass.
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 (0.3 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 19th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 71°F in Highlands in 1931
lowest Temperature 0°F in Franklin in 1963
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.46 inches in Highlands in 1936
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 2.5 inches in Highlands in 1982
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 19th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 81°F in Fayetteville, Cumberland County in 1931
Lowest Temperature -5°F in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1975
Greatest Rainfall 3.00 inches at the Oconaluftee, Swain County in 2000
Greatest Snowfall 24.0 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2009
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)
No events have been submitted for Macon Calendar.
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Local and State News
• Weathering the Winter: Everything you need to know about this season's storms [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Antisemitic signs found as Central NC Jewish communities begin Hanukkah celebrations [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Lawmakers targeted Black voters with ID rules, NC Supreme Court says [Raleigh News and observer]
• North Carolina justices: State Senate map must be drawn again [BPR]
• New Indictment In Moody Case Adds Two More Defendants And Multi-State Conspiracy Charges [Smoky Mountain News]
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 18 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for December 18th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 298 [Al Jazeera]
• LIVEBLOG: 298th day of Russian aggression against Ukraine [TVP World]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 298: Russia’s War causes environmental calamity for Ukraine – Zelenskyy [Euromaiden Press]
Bakhmut Continues to Hold Against Russian Advances | Funker530 Veteran Community
Timothy Snyder: Making of Modern Ukraine.Class 23. the Colonial, the Post-Colonial, the Global | Yale Courses
• Jewish festival of lights begins in Ukraine as battles rage [AP News]
• Ukraine: Russia to deploy musicians to front to boost morale [BBC News]
• Battle for Bakhmut Is Critical Test of Russia’s Prospects in Ukraine [SOURCE]
• Russia launches another widespread missile attack on Ukraine [Al Jazeera]
• Eurovision 2023: Ukraine chooses Tvorchi from bomb shelter [BBC News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• ‘Who will blink first?’ Is nuclear war between Russia and the US possible? [Russia Today]
• Russian Defence Ministry reports destruction of rocket and artillery ammo depot in Ukraine See more at https://english.pravda.ru/news/hotspots/155141-ukraine_ammo/ [Pravda]
• UK to deliver hundreds of thousands of artillery munitions to Ukraine in 2023 [TASS]
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National and World News Roundup
• Famous Iranian actress arrested after supporting protesters [Al Jazeera]
• Doctor Treating Protesters In Iran Dies In Suspicious Circumstances [Iran International]
• Problem Gambling Is on the Rise Among Young Men [Wall Street Journal]
• Proud Boys Trial Is Set to Open, Focusing on Role in Jan. 6 Violence [New York Times]
• Justices reject industry bid to block California’s ban on flavored tobacco [SCOTUSblog]
• Couple in car survive 300-foot fall Into a California canyon [Boston.com]
• Majority of Republicans still think Biden victory was result of voter fraud [Courthouse News Service]
• Attacker in antisemitic assault yells ‘Kanye 2024’ at man, police say [Washington Post]
• QAnon follower who led the mob that chased Police Officer Eugene Goodman on Jan. 6 sentenced to 5 years in prison [NBC News]
• McDaniel faces furious campaign from right in race for RNC chair [Politico]
Meet The Press Full Broadcast | 12-18-2022
Face the Nation | 12-18-2022
January 6th Panel Finalizing Plans To Refer Criminal Charges For Former President Trump | NBC News
Global National: Dec. 16, 2022 | Twitter faces backlash over suspension of several journalists
Nightly News Full Broadcast (December 18th)
PBS NewsHour full episode, December 16, 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 5:07pm CET, 16 December 2022, there have been 98,525,870 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,077,129 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 2 December 2022, a total of 647,345,101 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 5:07pm CET, 16 December 2022, there have been 647,972,911 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,642,832 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 13 December 2022, a total of 13,008,560,983 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Students with disabilities win dispute over masks in Va. public schools [WTOP-AM (Washington, DC)]
• Opposition to School Vaccine Mandates Has Grown Significantly, Study Finds [New York Times]
• How a viral siege is making some people sick for weeks, even months [Washington Post]
• White House’s Covid coordinator urges people to get vaccinated ahead of holidays [CNBC]
• Covid outbreak throws Chinese factories and supply chains into chaos [Financial Times]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Elon Musk’s SpaceX Prepares for Starship Launch [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• Here’s how Russia’s war in Ukraine is still reshaping global science [Science News]
• Why is Elon Musk spending his time on Twitter, not on the mission to Mars? [BBC News]
• Twitter blocks users from sharing Mastodon links [BBC News]
• Not Big Brother, but close: a surveillance expert explains some of the ways we’re all being watched, all the time [The Conversation]
• Hackers leak personal info allegedly stolen from 5.7M Gemini users [Bleeping Computer]
• Binance was once FTX's rival and possible savior. Now it's trying not to be its sequel [NPR]
• The golden age of streaming TV is over [Business Insider]
• U.S.-French satellite launched to map almost all of the world’s oceans, lakes, rivers [PBS Newshour]
• The internet is headed for a 'point of no return,' claims professor [Tech Xplore]
• Once a VR true believer, a “wearied” John Carmack leaves Meta [SOURCE]
• In scathing exit memo, Meta VR expert John Carmack derides the company's bureaucracy: 'I have never been able to kill stupid things before they cause damage.' [Business Insider]
• The universe may be more unstable than you think [Astronomy Magazine]
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
Using TERMITE COLONIES to Grow Edible MUSHROOMS | AntsCanada
The Gallium Nitride Revolutions | Asianometry
Starlink Mission 4-37 | SpaceX
Worst Year to be a Ruler - Why 1224 Was so Terrible - Medieval | Kings and Generals
SpaceX Starship Fire, Artemis 1 Orion Returns, HAKUTO-R Moon Lander, Falcon 9 SWOT, Ariane 5 launch | Marcus House
Fake News, Echo Chambers and Polarization: How Bad Is Social Media? | Sabine Hossenfelder
A New Way to Achieve Nuclear Fusion: Helion Real Engineering
Orange Pi 5 Hands-On Review, Finally, A New Affordable Yet Powerful Arm-Based SBC! | ETA PRIME
What's Really Going on with Fusion Energy | Event Horizon
Car Thieves vs the Final GlitterBomb 5.0 | Mark Rober
Michael Malice: Christmas Special | Lex Fridman Podcast #347
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Is Putin planning to flee Russia? - Mark Galeotti | Times Radio
Stark contrast between life of Ukraine refugees and other migrants in EU | DW News
Ukraine needs more air defences - World News | TVP World
War in Ukraine: Ukrainian President acknowledges power outages across nation | WION
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On This Day
December 19th is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 12 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)
1154 – Henry II of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey.
1187 – Pope Clement III is elected.
1490 – Anne, Duchess of Brittany, is married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor by proxy.
1562 – The Battle of Dreux takes place during the French Wars of Religion.
1606 – The ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery depart England carrying settlers who founded, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.
1675 – The Great Swamp Fight, a pivotal battle in King Philip's War, gives the English settlers a bitterly won victory.
1776 – Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".
1777 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: Two British frigates under Commodore Horatio Nelson and two Spanish frigates under Commodore Don Jacobo Stuart engage in battle off the coast of Murcia.
1828 – Vice President of the United States John C. Calhoun sparks the Nullification Crisis when he anonymously publishes the South Carolina Exposition and Protest, protesting the Tariff of 1828.
1900 – Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.
1900 – French parliament votes amnesty for all involved in scandalous army treason trial known as Dreyfus affair.
1907 – Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.
1912 – William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after 3+1⁄2 years in Sing Sing prison.
1920 – King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite.
1924 – The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.
1924 – German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.
1927 – Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan, are executed by the British Raj for participation in the Kakori conspiracy.
1929 – The Indian National Congress promulgates the Purna Swaraj (the Declaration of the Independence of India).
1932 – BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service.
1940 – Risto Ryti, the Prime Minister of Finland, is elected President of the Republic of Finland in a presidential election, which is exceptionally held by the 1937 electoral college.[13][14]
1941 – World War II: Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Oberkommando des Heeres.
1941 – World War II: Limpet mines placed by Italian divers heavily damage HMS Valiant and HMS Queen Elizabeth in Alexandria harbour.
1945 – John Amery, British Fascist, is executed at the age of 33 by the British Government for treason.
1946 – Start of the First Indochina War.
1956 – Irish-born physician John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.
1961 – India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.
1967 – Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, is officially presumed dead.
1972 – Apollo program: The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, crewed by Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth.
1974 – Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as Vice President of the United States under President Gerald Ford under the provisions of the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1981 – Sixteen lives are lost when the Penlee lifeboat goes to the aid of the stricken coaster Union Star in heavy seas.
1983 – The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1984 – The Sino-British Joint Declaration, stating that China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the United Kingdom would restore Hong Kong to China with effect from July 1, 1997 is signed in Beijing, China by Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher.
1986 – Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky.
1995 – The United States Government restores federal recognition to the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Native American tribe.
1997 – SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104.
1998 – President Bill Clinton is impeached by the United States House of Representatives, becoming the second President of the United States to be impeached.
2000 – The Leninist Guerrilla Units wing of the Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist attack a Nationalist Movement Party office in Istanbul, Turkey, killing one person and injuring three.
2001 – A record high barometric pressure of 1,085.6 hectopascals (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl, Mongolia.
2001 – Argentine economic crisis: December riots: Riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2012 – Park Geun-hye is elected the first female president of South Korea.
2013 – Spacecraft Gaia is launched by European Space Agency.
2016 – Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov is assassinated while at an art exhibition in Ankara. The assassin, Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, is shot and killed by a Turkish guard.
2016 – A vehicular attack in Berlin, Germany, kills and injures multiple people at a Christmas market.
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Published at 3:00am on Monday, December 19, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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