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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry conditions will continue through tonight. Widespread rainfall and possible thunderstorms are expected Tuesday and Wednesday as a cold front sweeps across the region. Drier and cooler conditions return by the end of the week and continue through the weekend.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Widespread fog, mainly before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers after 2am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with lows around 50. Light southeast wind.
Tuesday
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the south 3 to 5 mph. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 100%.
Wednesday
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 3pm. Highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 10 mph.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers after 2am. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Calm winds increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph before midnight.
Tuesday
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the south around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Lows around 50. Winds out of the south 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 100%.
Wednesday
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 3pm. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Widespread fog, mainly before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers after 2am. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Calm winds increasing to come out of the south around 6 mph after midnight.
Tuesday
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 100%.
Wednesday
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 3pm. Highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Widespread fog, mainly before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 5am. Patchy fog between 2am and 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Light winds out of the southeast.
Tuesday
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Highs near 60. Winds out of the south 3 to 8 mph. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the south 3 to 6 mph. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 100%.
Wednesday
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2pm. Highs near 60. Chance of rain is 80%.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Dense Fog Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
330 AM EST Mon Jan 2 2023 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...
* WHAT...Visibility one half mile or less in dense fog.
* WHERE...Swain, Northern Jackson and Macon Counties in the North Carolina mountains.
* WHEN...Until 10 AM EST Monday.
* IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Dense fog may improve temporarily then quickly drop again, and may vary greatly over short distances.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you.
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 (2.3 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 January 2nd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 74°F in Franklin in 1952
Lowest Temperature -10°F in Highlands in 1928
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 3.46 inches in Highlands in 1936
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 3.8 inches in Highlands in 1953
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 2nd in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 83°F in Louisburg, Franklin County in 1952
Lowest Temperature -13°F in Banner Elk, Avery Countyin 1928
Greatest Rainfall 3.50 inches at Statesville, Iredell County in 1903
Greatest Snowfall 8.0 inches in Danbury, Stokes County in 1987
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
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Macon Calendar
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Local and State News
The Sylva Heral shines a light on the Festival of Lights and Luminaries
• Gov. Roy Cooper campaign promise tracker (second term) [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• 'We will do better' Officials say they aim to prevent future, widespread water outages [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Update: Boil water advisory lifted in southern Asheville; some areas still without service [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Who Is In and Out for 2024 in NC Politics? [Old North State Politics]
• Midnight acorn drop at WRAL First Night Raleigh signals start of 2023 [WRAL-Tv (video Raleigh, NC)]
• 9th Annual Ruby Drop in Franklin, NC [Watch on Facebook]
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 31 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for December 31st]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 310 [Al Jazeera]
• LIVEBLOG: Day 311 of Russian aggression against Ukraine [TVP World]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 311: “We will win this war” – Zelenskyy [Euromaiden Press]
• Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy condemns New Year drone attacks [DW News]
• Ukraine must get long-term support, warns Nato chief [BBC News]
• Ukraine Begins 2023 Under Attack From Russian Drone Swarm [Wall Street Journal]
Timothy Snyder: Making of Modern Ukraine (23 Lectures) | Yale Courses
• Class Syllabus ["The Making of Modern Ukraine," Fall 2022]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• US Congress urged to assess ‘risks’ of Patriot delivery to Ukraine [Russia Today]
• Military conflict in Ukraine reaches stalemate situation [Pravda]
• Russian upper house speaker delivers Putin’s message to Brazil’s new president [TASS]
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National and World News Roundup
• Shift to EVs Triggers Biggest Auto-Factory Building Boom in Decades [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• Why the super rich are inevitable - the Yard Sale model [Pudding]
• Second anniversary of Jan. 6 will come at a sea change [Courthouse News Service]
• McCarthy relents on key conservative demand — but uncertainty remains over speaker bid [Politico]
• Russia’s astonishing losses during invasion of Ukraine revealed [news.com.au]
• More social media regulation is coming in 2023, members of Congress say [CNBC]
• Millennials are shattering the oldest rule in politics [Financial Times]
• Lula sworn in as Brazil president as predecessor Bolsonaro flies to US [BBC News]
• France says 690 cars torched on NYE [Australian Associated Press via Yahoo! News]
Meet the Press full broadcast — 01-01-2023 | NBC News
Full discussion: "Face the Nation" foreign policy panel gives 2023 outlook | Face the Nation
Full interview: Bank of America's Michael Gapen on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" | Face the Nation
Global National: Jan. 1, 2023 | Canada to require negative COVID test for some inbound flights
Nightly News Full Broadcast (January 1st)
PBS NewsHour full episode, January 01, 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.
• Higher COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Are Associated with Lower COVID-19 Mortality: A Global Analysis [MDPI]
• Special Issue "Present and Future Vaccinations: Current Strategies and New Perspectives in the Fight against Infectious Diseases" [MDPI]
• TWiV 971: Another year is viral [Microbe TV]
• LA County health officials urge 10 days of mask wearing following New Year's Eve[KABC-TV (Los Angeles, CA)]
• Thousands celebrate the new year in Wuhan amidst China's COVID wave [Reuters]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• U.S. Pours Money Into Chips, but Even Soaring Spending Has Limits [Wall Street Journal]
• Stop Using Social Media Apps. The Web Version Is Often Better [Wired]
• NASA chief warns China could claim territory on the moon if it wins new 'space race' [FOX NEWS]
• Qualcomm May Give TSMC Majority of Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Orders in 2023 for 3nm Chips Due to Incredible 80 Percent Yield Rate [WCCFTECH]
• South Korea's test flight of solid-propellant space launch vehicle successful - ministry [Reuters]
Semi-permanent links
WATCH: Judy Woodruff on journalism ethics in a time of crisis | UVA’s Jim Lehrer Lecture
• 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
Human Extinction: What Are the Risks? | Sabine Hossenfelder
The 3-D Transistor Transition | Asianometry
SpaceX Smashes Flight Record, Booster 9 Test, EROS C3 Launch, Starlink 5-1, 2022 Compilation | Marcus House
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order by Ray Dalio | Principles by Ray Dalio
Ray Dalio: Money, Power, and the Collapse of Empires | Lex Fridman Podcast #251
I asked you to predict 2022's spaceflight milestones... | Everyday Astronaut
How Children Were Prepared For World War II | Thirties In Color | Timeline
After the Big One: Nuclear War on the Prairies : NFB (1983 Canadian educational Film)
The Mayflower Pilgrims | Janson Media
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Russia seeks closer military ties with China: What it means | DW News
Explosions rock Ukraine’s Kyiv in early hours of New Year’s Day | Al Jazeera
Has the war in Ukraine changed Russia? | BBC News
My Next Guest with David Letterman and Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Full Episode | Netflix
Interview with Noam Chomsky; Ukraine, Nord Stream, NATO and the coming war with China. | SaltCubeAnalytics
M2 Bradleys to Ukraine? - China Intercepts American Plane | FUNKER530 - Veteran Community & Combat Footage
Ammunition shortages in Ukraine - production, supply, & are Russia or the West running dry? | Perun
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On This Day
January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 363 days remain until the end of the year (364 in leap years).
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)
Today in History for January 2nd | Associated Press
69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor.
366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire.
533 – Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy.
1492 – Reconquista: Muhammad XII, the last Emir of Granada, surrenders his city to Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabel I of Castile, ending both the Reconquista and centuries of Muslim rule in the Iberian peninsula.
1570 - Tsar Ivan the Terrible's march to Novgorod begins
1585 - Spain & Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville
1602 - Spanish force in Ireland surrender to the English army at Kinsdale
1680 – Trunajaya rebellion: Amangkurat II of Mataram and his bodyguards execute the rebel leader Trunajaya.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
1788 – Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1791 – Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, North America, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
1818 – The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded by a group of six engineers; Thomas Telford would later become its first president.
1831 - "The Liberator", weekly abolitionist newspaper, begins publishing by William Lloyd Garrison in Boston, Massachusetts
1839 - 1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre)
1865 – Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as the Brazilians and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay.
1900 – American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
1900 – Chicago Canal opens.
1903 - US President Theodore Roosevelt shuts down post office in Indianola Miss, for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she was black
1920 – The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.
1921 – World premiere of the science fiction play by the Czech writer Karel Čapek R.U.R. in theater in Hradec Králové.
1941 – World War II: The Cardiff Blitz severely damages the cathedral in Cardiff, Wales.
1942 – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) obtains the conviction of 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history; Also known as the Duquesne Spy Ring.
1942 – World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces, enabling them to control the Philippines.
1944 - 1st use of helicopters during warfare (British Atlantic patrol)
1947 - Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East Bengal
1949 – Luis Muñoz Marín is inaugurated as the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
1954 – India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.
1955 – Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera's death is discovered.
1958 - Dmitri Shostakovich' 2nd Piano concert, premieres in NY
1959 – Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.[
1960 - Senator John F. Kennedy, announces his candidacy for the US Presidency
1963 – Vietnam War: The Viet Cong wins its first major victory, at the Battle of Ap Bac.
1966 - 1st Jewish child born in Spain since 1492 expulsion
1966 - National Football League Championship, Lambeau Field, Green Bay: Green Bay Packers beat Cleveland Browns, 23-12; first NFL title game televised in colour; last one played before Super Bowl era
1967 – Ronald Reagan, past movie actor and future President of the United States, is sworn in as Governor of California.
1971 – The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match.
1974 – United States President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.
1975 – At the opening of a new railway line, a bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways.
1975 – The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress.
1976 – The Gale of January 1976 begins, resulting in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, affecting countries from Ireland to Yugoslavia and causing at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage.
1978 – On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan, Pakistan; it is known as 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills.
1981 – One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", is arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
1988 – Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782 crashes near Seferihisar, Turkey, killing 16 people.
1991 – Sharon Pratt Dixon becomes the first African American woman mayor of a major city and first woman Mayor of the District of Columbia.
1993 – Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lanka Navy kill 35–100 civilians on the Jaffna Lagoon.
2004 – Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that are returned to Earth.
2016 - Saudi Arabia executes 47 alleged terrorists, including Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr
2017 - US House Republicans vote to gut the independent Office of Congressional Ethics, a public uproar forces them to back down the next day
2018 - US senator Al Franken resigns
2021 - US President Donald Trump says to Georgia's secretary of state Brad Raffensperger "I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have,” in recording released by the Washington Post
• [Trump–Raffensperger phone call]
• [11,780 Votes | 60 Minutes]
• [Full Phone Call: Trump Pressures Georgia Secretary of State To Recount Election Votes | NBC News]
2022 - US epidemiologist Dr. Anthony Fauci says focus should be on hospitalizations not case numbers amid huge surge in Omicron COVID-19 cases. Cases up 202%, hospitalizations up 30% in US.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, January 02, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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