Governor Roy Cooper ordered all North Carolina flags at state facilities to half-staff from sunrise to sunset, Wednesday, February 1, 2023, in honor of Tribal Elder and former Chairman of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, John "Blackfeather" Jeffries, who passed away on Tuesday, January 24.
Jeffries served as a chairman of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation from 1995 to 2000 and served on the tribal council until 2020.
Statement from Governor Roy Cooper
"Chief Jeffries was a great leader, and our state is stronger because of his legacy. Our hearts are with his family, loved ones and Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation members during this difficult time.”
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A slow moving cold front will cross our region from the northwest
through tonight. The front will sag just south of the area
Wednesday, with additional rounds of moisture moving up the front
from the Gulf. More abundant moisture will arrive Wednesday night
through Thursday night ahead of a low pressure system tracking
across the Deep South. Cold high pressure builds in from the north
late Friday through the weekend, with an uncertain return of
moisture possible on Sunday.
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A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly after 10am. Areas of fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the upper 50s. Light and variable winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Rain likely, mainly after 4am. Patchy fog after 9pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Light winds out of the north. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Rain likely, mainly before 7am. Cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
Rain likely, mainly after 4am. Cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday
Rain. Highs near 50. Chance of rain is 90%.
Thursday Night
Rain likely, mainly before 8pm. Cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly after noon. Areas of fog before 10am, then patchy fog after 5pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Rain likely, mainly after 5am. Patchy fog before 7pm, then patchy fog after 8pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Rain likely, mainly before 7am. Cloudy, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
Rain likely, mainly after 3am. Cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday
Rain. Highs in the mid 40s. Chance of rain is 100%.
Thursday Night
Rain likely, mainly before 10pm. Cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly after 11am. Areas of fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Rain likely, mainly after 4am. Patchy fog after 8pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the north 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Rain likely, mainly before 7am. Cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the north 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 of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
Rain likely, mainly after 3am. Cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday
Rain. Highs near 50. Chance of rain is 90%.
Thursday Night
Rain likely, mainly before 9pm. Cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 50 percent chance of rain, mainly after 8am. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the lower 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph by noon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Rain likely. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Light winds out of the northwest wind. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Rain likely, mainly before 9am. Cloudy, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
Rain likely, mainly after 4am. Cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday
Rain. Highs in the upper 40s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Thursday Night
Rain likely, mainly before 7pm. Cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Fog will become widespread across the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia through the morning. Some locations will see dense fog, with visibility falling to one-quarter mile or less at times. A dense fog advisory could be needed for some locations where the dense fog will become more widespread and persistent.
Use caution if driving. Allow extra time to reach your destination and allow a greater stopping distance. Use your low-beam headlights and fog lamps if you encounter dense fog.
Periods of heavy rainfall may affect the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia Thursday through Thursday night. Isolated flooding could result.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space WeatherGoodbye Big Flares, Hello Green Comet | Space Weather News: 26 January 2023
• 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.
No known appreciable smoke field will be crossing Macon County today or tonight.
PM2.5 AQI is 51 (MODERATE) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 51 (MODERATE)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (2.7 out of 12) today with Juniper and Elm being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (0.7 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for January 31st
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 78°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2002
Lowest Temperature -6°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1966
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 3.51 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station 2013
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 5.0 inches in Highlands in 1899
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of January
Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 78°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-28-1999
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 01-21-1985
Greatest Rainfall 5.10 inches in Highlands on 01-12-2018
Greatest Snowfall 10.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-08-1988
Record Weather Events for January 31st in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 82°F in Wilmington, New Hanover County in 1975 />
Lowest Temperature -16°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1966
Greatest Rainfall 7.32 inches in Marion, Mcdowell County in 2013
Greatest Snowfall 25.1 inches in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1998
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of January
Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 86°F in Marion, Mcdowell County on 01-24-1927
Lowest Temperature -34°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 01-21-1985
Greatest Rainfall 9.18 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 01-13-2018
Greatest Snowfall 28.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 01-28-1998
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 4:57pm CET, 25 January 2023, there have been 100,651,473 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,093,540 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 20 January 2023, a total of 660,066,195 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 4:57pm CET, 25 January 2023, there have been 664,873,023 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,724,248 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 24 January 2023, a total of 13,156,047,747 vaccine doses have been administered.
• President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11 [AP News]
• WHO maintains highest alert over COVID, but sees hope ahead [Reuters]
• COVID-19 is a leading cause of death in children and young people in the United States [Eureka Alert]
• Assessment of COVID-19 as the Underlying Cause of Death Among Children and Young People Aged 0 to 19 Years in the US [JAMA Network]
• Anti-intellectualism amid the COVID-19 pandemic: The discursive elements and sources of anti-Fauci tweets [PubMed]
• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]
How Do We Know What We Know? Philosophy of Science | Fraser Cain
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Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
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The Level1 Show January 31 2023: Being Right On the Internet vs. National Security | Level1Techs
Have We Figured Out Ransomware? - DTNS 4446 | Daily Tech News Show
‘If you think you know everything, you can’t learn anything’ | PBS Newshour
Where Did Last Year's Banana Trees Go? | SciShow
The Moment of Truth - LINUX Unplugged 495 | Jupital Broadcasting
LIVE! Europa Clipper Clean Room 24/7 | NASA JPL
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January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 334 days remain until the end of the year (335 in leap years).
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades.
1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the throne as King Eric X of Sweden.
1504 – The Treaty of Lyon ends the Italian War, confirming French domination of northern Italy, while Spain receives the Kingdom of Naples.
1578 – Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War: The Battle of Gembloux is a victory for Spanish forces led by Don John of Austria over a rebel army of Dutch, Flemish, English, Scottish, German, French and Walloons.
1606 – Gunpowder Plot: Four of the conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, are executed for treason by hanging, drawing and quartering, for plotting against Parliament and King James.
1747 – The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.
1814 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (present-day Argentina).
1846 – After the Milwaukee Bridge War, the United States towns of Juneautown and Kilbourntown unify to create the City of Milwaukee.
1848 – John C. Frémont is court-martialed for mutiny and disobeying orders.
1862 – Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of Sirius, through an 18.5-inch (47 cm) telescope now located at Northwestern University.
1865 – American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery, and submits it to the states for ratification.
1865 – American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief of all Confederate armies.
1891 – History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
1900 – Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
1901 – Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters premieres at Moscow Art Theatre in Russia.
1915 – World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
1917 – World War I: Kaiser Wilhelm II orders the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare.
1918 – A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.
1918 – Finnish Civil War: The Suinula massacre, which changes the nature of the war in a more hostile direction, takes place in Kangasala.
1919 – The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, during a campaign for shorter working hours.
1928 – Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
1942 – World War II: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the Battle of Malaya and retreat to Singapore.
1943 – World War II: German field marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to the Soviets at Stalingrad, followed two days later by the remainder of his Sixth Army, ending one of the war's fiercest battles.
1944 – World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.
1944 – World War II: During the Anzio campaign, the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy.
1945 – US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War.
1945 – World War II: About 3,000 inmates from the Stutthof concentration camp are forcibly marched into the Baltic Sea at Palmnicken (now Yantarny, Russia) and executed.
1945 – World War II: The end of fighting in the Battle of Hill 170 during the Burma Campaign, in which the British 3 Commando Brigade repulsed a Japanese counterattack on their positions and precipitated a general retirement from the Arakan Peninsula.
1946 – Cold War: Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling that of the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).
1946 – The Democratic Republic of Vietnam introduces the đồng to replace the French Indochinese piastre at par.
1949 – These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
1950 – President Truman orders the development of thermonuclear weapons.
1951 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 90 relating to the Korean War is adopted.
1953 – A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom.
1957 – Eight people (five total crew from two aircraft and three on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.
1958 – Cold War: Space Race: The first successful American satellite detects the Van Allen radiation belt.
1961 – Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: The chimpanzee Ham travels into outer space.
1966 – The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.
1968 – Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
1968 – Nauru gains independence from Australia.
1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 14: Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, aboard a Saturn V, lift off for a mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon.
1971 – The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begins in Detroit.
1978 – The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) goes on public display after being returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.[
1988 – Doug Williams becomes the first African-American quarterback to play in a Super Bowl and leads the Washington Redskins to victory in Super Bowl XXII.
1996 – An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in Colombo, killing at least 86 people and injuring 1,400.
2000 – Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash: An MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 aboard.
2001 – In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
2001 – Two Japan Airlines planes nearly collide over Suruga Bay in Japan
2009 – In Kenya, at least 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at least 25 people.
2018 – Both a blue moon and a total lunar eclipse occur.
2019 – Abdullah of Pahang is sworn in as the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
2020 – The United Kingdom's membership within the European Union ceases in accordance with Article 50, after 47 years of being a member state.
2022 – Sue Gray, a senior civil servant in the United Kingdom, publishes an initial version of her report on the Downing Street Partygate controversy.
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to the following websites or books:
MaconMedia.com, youtube.com, weather.gov, airnow.gov, wikipedia.com, onthisday.com, ncdcr.gov, ncsu.edu, utah.edu, https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/, wolfram.com, biorxiv.org, aps.org, nejm.org, plos.org, cell.com, researchsquare.com, cureus.com, spc.noaa.gov, nhc.noaa.gov, ncdenr.org, medrxiv.org, archive.org, ncpedia.org, nasa.gov, https://ww2days.com, nih.gov, carolinapublicpress.org, microbe.tv, smokymountainnews.com, psypost.org, blogspot.com, pollen.com, franklinnc.com, maconnc.org, spaceweather.com, solarham.com, loc.gov, ncleg.net, senate.gov, house.gov, whitehouse.gov, drudgereport.com, politico.com, realclearpolitics.com, ushmm.org, This Day in North Carolina History, World War II Day By Day, The Holocaust Encyclopedia, The Timetables of History, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The World History and Book of Facts (multiple years), On This Day In History: Over 4,000 facts, The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space, This Day in North Carolina History, The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future, Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity, The Story of Civilization (11 volumes), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877, American History, Volume 2: 1877 - Present, A Complete Chronolgy of the Second World War.
Weather and Almanac data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster's Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center.
Moisture returns to the area today into tonight ahead of a cold
front approaching from the northwest. The front will stall in the
vicinity of the area through Tuesday. More abundant moisture returns
to the region ahead of a low pressure system tracking across the
Deep South Wednesday through early Friday. This system will allow
precipitation chances to linger through late next week. High
pressure builds in from the north late Friday into at least the
first half of the weekend leading to drier conditions as well as
colder temperatures on Saturday.
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A 30 percent chance of rain before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the north around 5 mph in the afternoon. new rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Areas of of fog before 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
A 50 percent chance of rain, mainly after 10am. Cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds. new rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
Rain likely, mainly after 4am. Cloudy, with lows around 40. Light winds out of the northwest. Chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday
Rain likely. Cloudy, with highs near 50. Chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday Night
Rain. Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Light winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. new rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Areas of of fog before midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 7 mph.
Tuesday
Rain likely, mainly after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 50s. Light winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. new rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
Rain likely. Cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday
Rain likely. Cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday Night
Rain. Lows in the upper 30s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 30 percent chance of rain before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. new rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Areas of fog before 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
A 50 percent chance of rain, mainly after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. new rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
Rain likely, mainly after 2am. Cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday
Rain likely. Cloudy, with highs near 50. Chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday Night
Rain. Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of rain before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. new rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Areas of of fog before 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Light winds out of the southwest.
Tuesday
A 50 percent chance of rain, mainly after 9am. Cloudy, with highs in the lower 50s. Light winds out of the southwest. new rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
Rain likely, mainly after midnight. Cloudy, with lows around 40. Light winds out of the northwest. Chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday
Rain likely, mainly after 11am. Cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday Night
Rain. Lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Chance of rain is 80%.
• 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.
No known appreciable smoke field will be crossing Macon County today or tonight.
PM2.5 AQI is 50 (GOOD) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 50 (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 and Elm being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (0.4 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for January 30th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 76°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2002
Lowest Temperature -14°F in Highlands in 1966
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.47 inches in Highlands 1939
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 3.5 inches in Highlands in 1981
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of January
Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 78°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-28-1999
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 01-21-1985
Greatest Rainfall 5.10 inches in Highlands on 01-12-2018
Greatest Snowfall 10.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-08-1988
Record Weather Events for January 30th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 83°F in High Point, Guilford County in 1947 />
Lowest Temperature -26°F in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1966
Greatest Rainfall 3.11 inches in Black Mountain, Buncombe County in 2013
Greatest Snowfall 14.0 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2017
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of January
Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 86°F in Marion, Mcdowell County on 01-24-1927
Lowest Temperature -34°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 01-21-1985
Greatest Rainfall 9.18 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 01-13-2018
Greatest Snowfall 28.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 01-28-1998
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 4:57pm CET, 25 January 2023, there have been 100,651,473 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,093,540 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 20 January 2023, a total of 660,066,195 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 4:57pm CET, 25 January 2023, there have been 664,873,023 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,724,248 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 24 January 2023, a total of 13,156,047,747 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Pregnancy outcomes and vaccine effectiveness during the period of omicron as the variant of concern, INTERCOVID-2022: a multinational, observational study [The Lancet]
• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]
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Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
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The Level1 Show January 27 2023: Let Them Eat Conference Room Cake | Level1Techs
Water Marking Words - DTNS 4445 | Daily Tech News Show
Peter Zeihan: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization | Commonwealth Club of California
SFIA Monthly Livestream: Sunday, January 29, 2023 4pm EST | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur
SpaceX Starship Breaks New Record, and Nuclear Rocket Engine Announced | Marcus House
The Middle Corridor to revolutionize Europe and Asia | Caspian Report
The 7 Emotions that Push Civilization | Whatifalthist
Back to Top Russian Strengths & Capabilities in Ukraine - Why Russia is still a threat in 2023 | Perun
How Russian propaganda aims to divide Latvian society | DW News: Focus on Europe
Why Poland is Preparing for Full Scale War Against Russia | The Infographics Show
Information on the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle that will be sent to Ukriane The M2/M3A3 and JB: Meeting the modern Bradley IFV | Sofilein
The older version with more information about the hull that was left out of the above video M2 Bradley Show-and-Tell Tour with JB | Sofilein
January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 335 days remain until the end of the year (336 in leap years).
Historical Events
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1018 – Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen.
1287 – King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom.
1607 – An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary in England are destroyed by massive flooding, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths.
1648 – Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain.
1649 – Charles I of England is executed in Whitehall, London.
1661 – Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, is ritually executed more than two years after his death, on the 12th anniversary of the execution of the monarch he himself deposed.
1703 – The Forty-seven rōnin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master, by killing Kira Yoshinaka.
1789 – Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
1806 – The original Lower Trenton Bridge (also called the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), which spans the Delaware River between Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, is opened.
1820 – Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims the discovery of Antarctica.
1826 – The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened.
1835 – In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson, but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen as well as Jackson himself.
1847 – Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco, California.
1858 – The first Hallé concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of The Hallé orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra.
1862 – The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched.
1889 – Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
1902 – The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
1908 – Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
1911 – The destroyer USS Terry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
1920 – Japanese carmaker Mazda is founded, initially as a cork-producing company.
1925 – The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul.
1930 – The Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union orders the confiscation of lands belonging to the Kulaks in a campaign of Dekulakization, resulting in the executions and forced deportations of millions.
1933 – Adolf Hitler's rise to power: Hitler takes office as the Chancellor of Germany.
1939 – During a speech in the Reichstag, Adolf Hitler makes a prediction about the end of Jewish race in Europe if another world war were to occur.
1942 – World War II: Japanese forces invade the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies. Some 300 captured Allied troops are killed after the surrender. One-quarter of the remaining POWs remain alive at the end of the war.
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Cisterna, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy.
1945 – World War II: The Wilhelm Gustloff, overfilled with German refugees, sinks in the Baltic Sea after being torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, killing approximately 9,500 people.
1945 – World War II: Raid at Cabanatuan: One hundred and twenty-six American Rangers and Filipino resistance fighters liberate over 500 Allied prisoners from the Japanese-controlled Cabanatuan POW camp.
1948 – British South American Airways' Tudor IV Star Tiger disappears over the Bermuda Triangle.
1948 – Following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in his home compound, India's prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, broadcasts to the nation, saying "The light has gone out of our lives".[12][13] The date of the assassination becomes observed as "Martyrs' Day" in India.
1956 – In the United States, Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery bus boycott.
1959 – The forces of the Sultanate of Muscat occupy the last strongholds of the Imamate of Oman, Saiq and Shuraijah, marking the end of Jebel Akhdar War in Oman.
1959 – MS Hans Hedtoft, specifically designed to operate in icebound seas, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
1960 – The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
1964 – In a bloodless coup, General Nguyễn Khánh overthrows General Dương Văn Minh's military junta in South Vietnam.
1968 – Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.
1969 – The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
1972 – The Troubles: Bloody Sunday: British paratroopers open fire on anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing 13 people; another person later dies of injuries sustained.
1972 – Pakistan leaves the Commonwealth of Nations in protest of its recognition of breakaway Bangladesh.
1974 – Pan Am Flight 806 crashes near Pago Pago International Airport in American Samoa, killing 97.
1975 – The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is established as the first United States National Marine Sanctuary.
1979 – A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
1982 – Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".
1989 – The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan is closed.
1995 – Hydroxycarbamide becomes the first approved preventive treatment for sickle cell disease.
2000 – Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ivory Coast, killing 169.
2013 – Naro-1 becomes the first carrier rocket launched by South Korea.
2020 – The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, January 30, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to the following websites or books:
MaconMedia.com, youtube.com, weather.gov, airnow.gov, wikipedia.com, onthisday.com, ncdcr.gov, ncsu.edu, utah.edu, https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/, wolfram.com, biorxiv.org, aps.org, nejm.org, plos.org, cell.com, researchsquare.com, cureus.com, spc.noaa.gov, nhc.noaa.gov, ncdenr.org, medrxiv.org, archive.org, ncpedia.org, nasa.gov, https://ww2days.com, nih.gov, carolinapublicpress.org, microbe.tv, smokymountainnews.com, psypost.org, blogspot.com, pollen.com, franklinnc.com, maconnc.org, spaceweather.com, solarham.com, loc.gov, ncleg.net, senate.gov, house.gov, whitehouse.gov, drudgereport.com, politico.com, realclearpolitics.com, ushmm.org, This Day in North Carolina History, World War II Day By Day, The Holocaust Encyclopedia, The Timetables of History, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The World History and Book of Facts (multiple years), On This Day In History: Over 4,000 facts, The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space, This Day in North Carolina History, The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future, Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity, The Story of Civilization (11 volumes), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877, American History, Volume 2: 1877 - Present, A Complete Chronolgy of the Second World War.
Weather and Almanac data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster's Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center.
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