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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Light high-elevation snow showers will take place Thursdsay morning even as drying continues across the region. High pressure dominates the pattern through the first part of the weekend, before more unsettled weather arrives from Sunday into the first half of the new workweek.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 10 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the west in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the west 3 to 6 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs near 50.
Saturday Night
A chance of freezing rain after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 20. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Partly sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the west in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs near 50.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing.
Nantahala Area
Today
Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the west 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 10 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 30s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 40s.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 33.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Late tonight and Thursday morning, snowfall is possible across portions of the North Carolina mountains. A light accumulation is possible in some locations, especially in the higher elevations along the Tennessee border.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather An Earth-Directed Solar Storm Launch and Solar Flux Tops a Record | Space Weather News 01.16.2023
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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-medium range (2.8 out of 12) today with Juniper being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (0.7 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for January 26th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 71°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2017
Lowest Temperature -5°F in Highlands in 1986
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.06 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station 1976
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 9.0 inches in Highlands in 1987
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 26th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 82°F in Greenville, Pitt County in 1937 /> Lowest Temperature -18°F in Cullowhee, Jackson County in 1940
Greatest Rainfall 2.90 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 1978
Greatest Snowfall 25.0 inches in Albemarle, Stanly County in 1920
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
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
No events have been submitted for Macon Calendar.
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Local and State News
• Homeowners argue for new shot to sue over response to Smoky Mountains fire [Courthouse News Service]
• NC school districts face bus driver shortages. Here’s a look at the numbers. [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Area leaders hear strategies to reduce homelessness, but many residents remain skeptical (video, text, and doceument download) [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Presentation: Within Reach: Ending Unsheltered Homelessness in the Asheville-Cuncome CoC[WLOS-TV Asheville, NC)]
• Controversial bills could resurface in 2023 North Carolina legislative session [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
State of the State Address | South Carolina ETV
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 25 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for January 25th]
Ukraine to Receive 70+ Western Tanks, Including Abrams | Combat Footage Review
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 336 [Al Jazeera]
• LIVEBLOG: Day 336 of Russian aggression against Ukraine [TVP World]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 336: Germany approves sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine [Euromaiden Press]
• Inside Washington’s about-face on sending tanks to Ukraine [Politico]
• Kremlin says U.S.-supplied tanks will 'burn' in Ukraine [Reuters]
• Canada prepares to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine [Ottawa Citizen]
• Two Turkish-owned ships hit in Russian attack on Kherson [Marine Log]
• Ukraine updates: Germany approves sending of Leopard 2 tanks [DW News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• NATO's best tanks are going to Ukraine, what will it mean on the battlefield? [Russia Today]
• The Polish Project for a New Ukraine [Pravda]
• Russian diplomat calls on West to prevent ‘nuclear provocations’ with Leopard tanks [TASS]
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National and World News Roundup
• George Santos Faces New Questions About Six-Figure Campaign Loans [Wall Street Journal]
LA County sheriff provides update on Monterey Park mass shooting (01-25-2023) | KABC-TV (Los Angeles, CA)
• 3 California mass shootings force grieving Asian Americans to ask painful questions [Los Angeles Times]
• ‘Incredibly concerning’: Bird flu outbreak at Spanish mink farm triggers pandemic fears [Science: American Association for the Advancement of Science]
• One-quarter of mass attackers driven by conspiracy theories or hateful ideologies, Secret Service report says [NBC News]
• Russian intelligence agents believed to have directed White supremacists to carry out bombing campaign in Spain, US officials say [CNN]
• China's aggressive actions caused India to join Quad, says Mike Pompeo [Firstpost]
• Truck driver seeking to fly vulgar anti-Biden flag sues tow [AP News]
• Walmart is raising its minimum wage to $14 an hour [CNN]
************************ • Why India Is Using Emergency Laws to Ban a Documentary About Prime Minister Modi [Time Magazine]
• Elon Musk Caves to Pressure From India to Remove BBC Doc Critical of Modi [The Intercept]
• JNU cuts electricity to prevent screening of BBC series on PM Modi, students turn to phones [India Today]
Here are ways you can watch the documentary: • Narendra Modi BBC Documentary 'India: The Modi Question' | Season: 1 Episode: 1 [Odysee]
• Narendra Modi BBC Documentary 'India: The Modi Question' | Season: 1 Episode: 2 [Odysee]
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MiniSection on Journalism
Media Literacy is Strong in Finland | TWiT TV
Great Expectations | On The Media
In this episode:
Many of us are still cookin’ with gas, but should we? On this week’s On the Media, a look at why gas stoves, and the political flame-war over appliances, are back in the news. Plus, why new research says we’ve left the golden age of science and technology.
• Avoiding Conflict of Interest [RTDNA (Radio Television Digital News Association)]
• Fact-Checking: Don’t be fooled by fake screenshots [Poynter (Media Literacy Project) ]
• An Overdue Generational Shift Is Changing How Journalists Manage Traumatic Stories [Nieman Reports]
• Journalism has a Davos problem [Columbia Journalism Review]
xxx | xxx
House Financial Services Chairman Rep. Patrick McHenry on "The Takeout" — 1/22/2023 | CBS News
• Recommendations on North Korea Policy and Extended Deterrence [CSIS (PDF)]
How eVTOLs Could Disrupt The $49B Helicopter Industry | CNBC
How to make poor areas richer | The Economist
GGlobal National: Jan. 25, 2023 | Canada pushed to follow Germany, US in sending Ukraine battle tanks
Nightly News Full Broadcast (January 25th)
PBS NewsHour full episode, January 25, 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: (the Macon County Health Department did not release numbers for the weeknd ending January 20th)
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
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.
• COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective for kids, according to new data [ABC News]
• Updated Covid-19 booster still providing strong protection against newer variants, CDC study finds [STAT News]
• FDA rethinks its strategy on future COVID vaccines [AXIOS]
• Updated boosters are cutting the risk of getting sick from Covid-19 by about half [CNN]
• McCarthy selects Covid conspiracy theorist for pandemic panel [MSNBC]
• China Covid: Coffins sell out as rural losses mount [BBC News]
• TWiV 977: Ageing is infectious [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 976: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Asteroid to pass Earth in one of the closest encounters ever recorded [BNO News]
• The Fermi Paradox Revisited: Technosignatures and the Contact Era [The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 941, Number 2]
• Subscription pricing: Car makers want customers to keep paying for features that their cars already have [First post]
• Offline events and online hate [PLoS ONE 18(1): e0278511]
• A robot was scheduled to argue in court, then came the jail threats [NPR]
• Multinational data show that conspiracy beliefs are associated with the perception (and reality) of poor national economic performance [Wiley Online Library]
• Elon Musk can access 'GodMode' on Twitter, tweet as any account, delete or restore tweets at whim [First Post]
• JNU cuts electricity to prevent screening of BBC series on PM Modi, students turn to phones [India Today]
• SpaceX completes major Starship test in prep for rocket’s first orbital launch attempt [CNBC]
Evergreen Links
• Red Dead Online player bids farewell to Google Stadia save by releasing horse they named after their departed daughter [Games Radar]
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 69 - Twilight of the Æsir
• 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]
How Do We Know What We Know? Philosophy of Science | Fraser Cain
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 January 24 2023: OSHA Disliked That | Level1Techs
Stare Into My Eyes While I Read This - DTNS 4443 | Daily Tech News Show
Rainforest Carbon Offsets Ineffective, New Investigation Reveals | Sabine Hossenfelder
Hubble Space Telescope, Planet 9, Curiosity Mars Rover, Cosmic Roulette | 60 Minutes
The Impossible Ethical Bargain Behind African Safaris | Wendover Productions
Bitwarden Acquires “Passwordless.dev” | TWiT TV
The Transparent Society: Secrecy vs. Privacy, Part 1 | David Brin
The Transparent Society: Secrecy vs. Privacy, Part 2 | David Brin
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Ukraine to Receive 70+ Western Tanks, Including Abrams | Combat Footage Review
Biden Approves 31 Battle Tanks for Ukraine | Voice of America
Former Marine: Western tanks, armored vehicles will make a difference for Ukraine on the battlefield | TVP World
'Time to retool the Ukrainian air force' - Robert Fox | Times Radio
Why Russia Miscalculated in Ukraine: A Self-Inflicted Disaster in Three Acts | William Spaniel
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On This Day
January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 339 days remain until the end of the year (340 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 25th | Associated Press
661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph.
1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Mw Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people.
1564 – The Council of Trent establishes an official distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.
1564 – The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Tsardom of Russia in the Battle of Ula during the Livonian War.
1699 – For the first time, the Ottoman Empire permanently cedes territory to the Christian powers.
1700 – The 8.7–9.2 Mw Cascadia earthquake takes place off the west coast of North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.
1788 – The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on Australia. Commemorated as Australia Day.
1808 – The Rum Rebellion is the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in New South Wales.
1837 – Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.
1841 – James Bremer takes formal possession of Hong Kong Island at what is now Possession Point, establishing British Hong Kong.
1855 – Point No Point Treaty is signed in Washington Territory.
1856 – First Battle of Seattle: Marines from the USS Decatur drive off American Indian attackers after all-day battle with settlers.
1861 – American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
1863 – American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.
1863 – American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
1870 – Reconstruction Era: Virginia is readmitted to the Union.
1885 – Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
1905 – The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan, which weighs 3,106.75 carats (0.621350 kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
1915 – The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
1918 – Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war.
1926 – The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
1930 – The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.
1934 – The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
1934 – German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed.
1939 – Spanish Civil War: Catalonia Offensive: Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.
1942 – World War II: The first United States forces arrive in Europe, landing in Northern Ireland.
1945 – World War II: Audie Murphy displays valor and bravery in action for which he will later be awarded the Medal of Honor.
1949 – The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
1950 – The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as the first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.
1952 – Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
1956 – Soviet Union cedes Porkkala back to Finland.
1959 – The 41-acre (17 ha) Chain Island is listed for sale by the California State Lands Commission, with a minimum bid of $5,226.
1962 – Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).
1966 – The three Beaumont children disappear from a beach in Glenelg, South Australia, resulting in one of the country's largest-ever police investigations.
1972 – JAT Flight 367 is destroyed by a terrorist bomb, killing 27 of the 28 people on board the DC-9. Flight attendant Vesna Vulović survives with critical injuries.
1974 – Turkish Airlines Flight 301 crashes during takeoff from Izmir Cumaovası Airport (now İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport), killing 66 of the 73 people on board the Fokker F28 Fellowship.
1986 – The Ugandan government of Tito Okello is overthrown by the National Resistance Army, led by Yoweri Museveni.
1991 – Mohamed Siad Barre is removed from power in Somalia, ending centralized government, and is succeeded by Ali Mahdi.
1998 – Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
2001 – The 7.7 Mw Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India, leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured.
2001 – Diane Whipple, a lacrosse coach, is killed in a dog attack in San Francisco. The resulting court case clarified the meaning of implied malice murder.
2009 – Rioting breaks out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that will result in the replacement of President Marc Ravalomanana with Andry Rajoelina.
2009 – Nadya Suleman gives birth to the world's first surviving octuplets.
2015 – An aircraft crashes at Los Llanos Air Base in Albacete, Spain, killing 11 people and injuring 21 others.
2015 – Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) recaptures the city of Kobanî from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), marking a turning point in the Siege of Kobanî.
2020 – A Sikorsky S-76B flying from John Wayne Airport to Camarillo Airport crashes in Calabasas, 30 miles west of Los Angeles, killing all nine people on board, including former five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant.
2021 – Protesters and farmers storm the Red Fort near Delhi, clashing with police. One protester is killed and more than 80 police officers are injured.
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, January 26, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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