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On This Day
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GENERAL OUTLOOK
High pressure will remain over the region today through much of Friday, leading to dry conditions and gradually warming temperatures. A low pressure system approaching from the west will increase rain chances late Friday into Saturday. High pressure returns on New Year's Day and into Monday, with drier conditions returning. A cold front and associated moisture will approach from the west next Tuesday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds becoming south around 5 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s. Calm winds.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Calm winds.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Calm winds.
Friday
Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 50s.
Friday Night
Showers likely, mainly after 1am. Cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 6 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Calm winds increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph after midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 6 mph.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Light and variable winds.
Friday
Partly sunny, with highs near 50.
Friday Night
Showers likely, mainly after 1am. Cloudy, with lows around 40. Chance of rain is 70%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Light winds out of the southeast.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Calm winds.
Friday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Friday Night
Showers likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 50s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Calm winds.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Calm winds.
Friday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Friday Night
Showers likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain is 70%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
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 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 (0.31 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for December 28th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 73°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1971
Lowest Temperature -6°F in Highlands in 1894
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 6.25 inches in Highlands in 2018
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 3.0 inches in Highlands in 1895
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 28th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 84°F in Chapel Hill, Orange County in 1946
Lowest Temperature -10°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1925
Greatest Rainfall 6.25 inches at the Highlands, Macon County in 2018
Greatest Snowfall 9.00 inches in High Point, Guilford County in 1935
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
• Franklin Woman Celebrates birthday by visiting hospital staff who cared for her [Macon Media]
Habitat for Humanity helps Ukrainian family build new home and future | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• Hazmat team responds to Carthage town hall in Moore County [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Widespread water outages in Asheville: City issues mandatory water conservation measures, boil water advisory [BPR]
OPINION • Year in review: stories of abandoned norms in politics and governance [NC olicy Watch]
OPINION • FLASHBACK: Cooper Is Steering North Carolina Towards Electricity Blackouts [John Locke Foundation]
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 27 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for December 27th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 308 [Al Jazeera]
• LIVEBLOG: Day 308 of Russian aggression against Ukraine [TVP World]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 307: Russian airbase in Saratov’s Engels under attack again [Euromaiden Press]
Ukraine is Advancing in Luhansk, Taliban "Official" Targeted by IS-K | Funker 530 Veteran Community
2022 in review: A year of conflict in Ukraine | Al Jazeera
Timothy Snyder: Making of Modern Ukraine (23 Lectures) | Yale Courses
• Class Syllabus ["The Making of Modern Ukraine," Fall 2022]
• Kremlin Bans Sales of Russian Oil to Countries That Impose Price Cap [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• Against all odds: How Russia is failing in Ukraine [DW News]
• Russia bans oil sales to nations, firms complying with price cap [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine war: Civilians flee Kherson as Russian attacks intensify [BBC News]
• Antonov’s death proves war in Ukraine increases anomy in Russia: sociologist [TVP World (video)]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Putin speaks about ‘threats’ to ex-Soviet states [Russia Today]
The rise of Vladimir Putin | DW Documentary
• Putin makes it clear what will be left of Ukraine after special operation ends [Pravda]
• US, NATO seeking Russia’s defeat on battlefield — Lavrov [TASS]
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National and World News Roundup
• Elon Musk says around 100 Starlinks now active in Iran [NASDAQ]
• Hardliner Clerics In Iran Demand More Executions, Amputations [Iran International]
• Data Analysis of the Mahsa Amini Protest Movement Understanding War] [PDF of Report]
• Military police enforce driving ban in snow-stricken Buffalo [AP News]
• Dramatic warmup to thaw East Coast before New Year’s Eve [Accuweather]
• Supreme Court Leaves Pandemic Border Controls in Place [WSJ (access to audio version)] [WSJ (text article archive)]
• Parents Often Bring Children to Psychiatric E.R.s to Subdue Them, Study Finds [New York Times]
• Retirees Are One Reason the Fed Has Given Up on a Big Worker Rebound [New York Times]
• Bill forcing feds to fix prison cameras is signed into law [AP News]
• New evidence unearthed by podcasters frees 2 Georgia men wrongfully imprisoned for 25 years [NBC News]
• Millions of Americans to lose Medicaid coverage starting next year [NBC News (video)]
• Egg prices have doubled over the last year [Marketplace]
How a Balkan Drug Cartel Infiltrated Global Shipping | Bloomberg Quicktake: Originals
Fractured markets: the big threats to the financial system | FT Film
How the 2008 Financial Crisis Still Affects You | ColdFusion
Global National: Dec. 27, 2022 | Winter storms cause power outages, flight disruptions across Canada
Nightly News Full Broadcast (December 27th)
PBS NewsHour full episode, December 27, 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 4:54pm CET, 23 December 2022, there have been 99,027,628 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,080,010 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 2 December 2022, a total of 647,345,101 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 4:54pm CET, 23 December 2022, there have been 651,918,402 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,656,601 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 13 December 2022, a total of 13,008,560,983 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Anger Over COVID-19 Layoffs Keeping Hospitality Workers from Returning to Jobs [University of Houston]
• TWiV 969: Carl Zimmer on COVID-19 [Microbe TV]
• China turns to lemons, peaches and traditional medicine in wake of Covid wave [CNBC]
• Neutralization against BA.2.75.2, BQ.1.1, and XBB from mRNA Bivalent Booster [New England Journal of Medicine]
• Thousands of workers were fired over vaccine mandates. For some, the fight goes on [NPR]
• Japan to limit China flights, test travellers for Covid-19 [South China Morning Post]
• Three years on, the pandemic — and our response — have been jolting. Here’s what even the experts didn’t see coming [STAT News]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Bitcoin hashrate drops nearly 40% as deadly U.S. storm unplugs miners [Yahoo! Finance]
• SpaceX’s first “next-gen” Starlink satellites are suspiciously familiar [Teslarati]
• Existing smartphones will connect with new satellite constellations in 2023 [IEEE Spectrum]
• Biotech labs are using AI inspired by DALL-E to invent new drugs [MIT Technology Review]
• An A.I. Pioneer on What We Should Really Fear [New York Times Magazine]
• Is mining in space socially acceptable? [PHYS.ORG]
• Scientists Find a Mammal's Foot Inside a Dinosaur, a Fossil First [Gizmodo]
• Second law of information dynamics [AIP Advances]
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 23 2022: Artificial Indifference (About Your Channel) | Level1Techs
Listener Co-Host Episode 2022 – DTNS 4423 | Daily Tech News Show
Explaining the Layers of Linux | Cinemint Tech Tips
Babylon: The City at the Center of the World - The Concise History of Babylonia (2000-539 BC) | History with Cy
TWiV 969: Carl Zimmer on COVID-19 | Microbe TV
Galaxies Around Milky Way Form a Strange Shape That Has Now Been Explained...Maybe | Anton Petrov
The LastPass Hack Was Worse Than We Thought | Mental Outlaw
Pass on LastPass; KeepassXC or Bitwarden is better (Feb 2021) | Level1Techs
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> The rise of Vladimir Putin | DW Documentary
Car bomb in Melitopol and comparing Churchill and Zelenksy | Ukraine: The Latest | The Telegraph Podcast
Naval Drones: Analyzing Ukraine's Devastating New Weapon | Warographics
Ukrainian drone wreckage kills three Russians at military base | Al Jazeera
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On This Day
December 28th is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; three 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)
418 – A papal conclave begins, resulting in the election of Pope Boniface I.
457 – Majorian is acclaimed as Western Roman emperor.
484 – Alaric II succeeds his father Euric and becomes king of the Visigoths. He establishes his capital at Aire-sur-l'Adour (Southern Gaul).
893 – An earthquake destroys the city of Dvin, Armenia.
1065 – Edward the Confessor's Romanesque monastic church at Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
1308 – The reign of Emperor Hanazono of Japan begins.
1659 – The Marathas defeat the Adilshahi forces in the Battle of Kolhapur.
1768 – King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.
1795 – Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto).
1832 – John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign. He resigned after being elected Senator from South Carolina.
1835 – Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army.
1836 – South Australia and Adelaide are founded.
1836 – Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico with the signing of the Santa María–Calatrava Treaty.
1846 – Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
1879 – Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.
1885 – Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.
1895 – The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.
1895 – Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
1902 – The Syracuse Athletic Club defeat the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.
1908 – The 7.1 Mw Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.
1912 – The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.
1918 – Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, becomes the first woman to be elected Member of Parliament (MP) to the British House of Commons.
1941 – World War II: Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich, commences.
1943 – Soviet authorities launch Operation Ulussy, beginning the deportation of the Kalmyk nation to Siberia and Central Asia.
1943 – World War II: After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the Battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona.
1944 – Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey.
1948 – The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Miami.
1956 – Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.
1958 – "Greatest Game Ever Played": Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.
1967 – American businesswoman Muriel Siebert becomes the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.
1972 – The last scheduled day for induction into the military by the Selective Service System. Due to the fact that President Richard Nixon declared this day a national day of mourning due to former President Harry S Truman's death, approximately 300 men were not able to report due to most Federal offices being closed.[4] Since the draft was not resumed in 1973, they were never drafted.
1973 – The United States Endangered Species Act is signed into law by President Richard Nixon.
1989 – A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.
2006 – War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed.
2009 – Forty-three people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura.
2014 – Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to Singapore, killing all 162 people aboard.
2014 – Nine people die and another 19 are reported missing, when the MS Norman Atlantic catches fire in the Strait of Otranto, in the Adriatic Sea, in Italian waters.
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Published at 4:00am on Wednesday, December 27, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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