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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Temperatures will be above normal for the early part of the week as another area of high pressure spreads over the region and lingers into midweek. A moist cold front will move through the forecast area from the west on Thursday, bringing increased chances for rain through the end of the work week. Expect cooler weather by the upcoming weekend.
Saturday March 4th chilli cook off at the community building 2 to 4pm. $5 entry fee to come in and taste chilli and vote for your favorite. All proceeds go to helping a child go to gymnastics camp this summer with her team mates.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of rain after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.
Wednesday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph in the morning decreasing to become light and variable in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph before noon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Calm winds becoming southwest around 5 mph after midnight.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of rain after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in trhe mid 50s.
Wednesday Night
A chance of rain between 8pm and 10pm, then a chance of showers after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning decreasing to light and variable winds in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Light winds out of the south.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the south 3 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of rain after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 60s.
Wednesday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of rain after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60.
Wednesday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather Solar 5-Day Snapshot: 05 February 2023 | Space Weather News
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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 (MODERATE) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 45 (MODERATE)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low (4.6 out of 12) today with Juniper and Elm being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (4.2 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for February 6th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 74°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2019
Lowest Temperature -3°F in Highlands in 1996
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 5.36 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1955
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 7.0 inches in Franklin in 1983
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of February Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 79°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-28-1996
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 02-13-1899
Greatest Rainfall 6.37 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Highlands on 02-14-1912
Record Weather Events for February 6th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 82°F in Fayetteville, Cumberland County in 1927
Lowest Temperature -11°F in Marshall, Madison County in 1996
Greatest Rainfall 5.59 inches in Rhodhiss, Caldwell County in 2020
Greatest Snowfall 11.5 inches in Lexington, Lewiston, Bertie County in 1980
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of February Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 88°F in New Bern, Craven County on 02-28-1962
Lowest Temperature -20°F in Brevard, Transylvania County on 02-17-1958
Greatest Rainfall 8.83 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 24.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 02-12-1985
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Saturday March 4th Chilli cook off at the community building 2 to 4pm. $5 entry fee to come in and taste chilli and vote for your favorite. All proceeds go to helping a child go to gymnastics camp this summer with her team mates.
No events have been submitted for Macon Calendar.
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Local and State News
Intercept audio: Listen to the jet that shot down the Chinese Spy Balloon | Airplane Ian
• Navy ships, divers off Carolina coast expect 'relatively short' balloon debris recovery [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
Chinese Spy Balloon Crosses Macon County Before Being Shot Down Near the Coast
• Red, grey foxes are a fixture across our area [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
• Word from the Smokies: What happens when we relocate box turtles? [ Asheville Citizen-Times ]
• What makes a good school? NC school leaders eye new way of measuring school quality [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Officials: North Carolina man missing since Christmas Eve found dismembered, sealed in concrete [ KIRO-TV (Seattle, WA) ]
• Roll Call: Here's how WNC's members of Congress voted Jan. 27-Feb. 2 [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• NC Supreme Court agrees to rehear voter ID, gerrymandering cases after majority flips [Raleigh News and Observer]
• The Punisher and the Punished: A conversation with retired Force Recon Marine Corporal Adam Ranke [Mountain Philosopher]
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National and World News Roundup
Intercept audio: Listen to the jet that shot down the Chinese Spy Balloon | Airplane Ian
• 3 Navy Warships, FBI Now Hunting for Wreckage of Chinese Spy Balloon off South Carolina [US Naval Institute News]
• Prior Chinese Balloon Incursions Over U.S. Went Undetected [Wall Street Journal]
The Inside Story on the F-22's Chinese Spy Balloon Kill | Ward Carroll
The FIRST F-22 Air to Air Kill is a Chinese Spy Balloon? | C.W. Lemoine
• Twitter Thread by Robert Hopkins, an ex RC-135 pilot [Twitter]
WATCH: Apartment block collapses as 7.8 magnitude earthquake hits Turkey | nzherald.co.nz
• LIVEBLOG: Dozens dead as powerful earthquake shakes Turkey, Syria [Al Jazeera]
• Powerful earthquake kills at least 200 in Turkey and Syria, toll expected to rise [CNBC]
• An Even Deadlier Pandemic Could Soon Be Here [New York Times]
• Democratic National Committee dumps Iowa from lead-off spot in 2024 [Courthouse News Service]
• Gov. Mike DeWine issues urgent evacuation notice in East Palestine, deploys National Guard [ WOIO-TV (Shaker Heights, OH) ]
• Officials: North Carolina man missing since Christmas Eve found dismembered, sealed in concrete [ KIRO-TV (Seattle, WA) ]
• Exclusive: Supreme Court justices used personal emails for work and ‘burn bags’ were left open in hallways, sources say [CNN]
• The 2022 Long-Term Budget Outlook (July 2022) [Congressional Budget Office ] [PDF Download]
Washington Today (2-3-23): Sec Blinken postpones trip to China due to Chinese spy balloon over U.S. | C-SPAN RADIO
What to expect from Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday | PBS Newshour
America's Nuclear Missile Fields; Defending America's Satellites (From 2014) | 60 Minutes
Global National: Feb. 5, 2023 | What to expect when Trudeau, premiers meet on health care
Nightly News Full Broadcast (February 5th)
PBS NewsHour full episode, (February 05, 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 6:14pm CET, 3 February 2023, there have been 100,941,827 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,097,246 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 27 January 2023, a total of 661,064,315 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 6:14pm CET, 3 February 2023, there have been 754,018,841 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,817,478 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 31 January 2023, a total of 13,168,935,724 vaccine doses have been administered.
Ep 123 Osterholm Update: Nowhere Land | CIDRAP
• Long-term high-dose immunoglobulin successfully treats Long COVID patients with pulmonary, neurologic, and cardiologic symptoms [Frontiers in Immunology]
• As many as 1 in 10 Coloradans may have been hit by long COVID, a report says [Colorado Public Radio]
• How quickly does COVID immunity fade? What scientists know [Nature]
• COVID vaccine, treatments could go to private market this summer, official says [Yahoo! News]
• ‘Died suddenly’ posts twist tragedies to push vaccine lies [AP News]
• TWiV Special: One COVID vaccine for them all with Paul Offit [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 981: Tastes like chikungunya [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 980: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Radio Monitoring Enthusiasts Track Response to Chinese Spy Balloon [Radio Reference]
• ChatGPT Passes Google Coding Interview for Level 3 Engineer With $183K Salary (scroll down to start of balloon posts) [PC Magazine]
• Russia's Role in the Far-Right Truck Convoy: An analysis of Russian state media activity related to the 2022 Freedom Convoy [The Journal of Intelligence, Conflict,and WarfareVolume 5, Issue 3]
• Decaf coffee reduces caffeine withdrawal – even when you know it’s decaf [The Psychologist: The British Psychological Society]
• NSA wooing thousands of laid-off Big Tech workers for spy agency’s hiring spree [Washington Times]
• Major leak reveals revolutionary new version of Microsoft Bing powered by ChatGPT-4 AI [Windows Central]
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
How Stoke Space's Unique Rocket Works // Exclusive Tour & Interview | Everyday Astronaut
The Level1 Show February 3 2023: United Simps Military | Level1Techs
Cloning Dodos is for the Birds - DTNS 4447 | Daily Tech News Show
Did James Webb Finally Find The Elusive Population III Stars? Maybe... | Antov Petrov
The Great Earthquake of 1755 – Lisbon's Nightmare | Documentary
Intercept audio: Listen to the jet that shot down the Chinese Spy Balloon | Airplane Ian
A Closer Look at China's Epic Space Mission: Project 921 | Megaprojects
Tim Dodd: SpaceX, Starship, Rocket Engines, and Future of Space Travel | Lex Fridman Podcast #356
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 05 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for February 5th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 347 [Al Jazeera]
• LIVEBLOG: Day 348 of Russian aggression against Ukraine [TVP World]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 347: Russia attempts to encircle Bakhmut [Euromaiden Press]
• Ukraine to replace Reznikov amid corruption scandal: Legislator [Al Jazeera]
• Russia steps up threats against Republic of Moldova [DW News]
• LIVEBLOG: Russia putting 'more and more forces' into Donbas battle, says Zelensky[France 24]
Resupplying Ukraine: Arms, Aid and Escalation - What, Who, and What might be next? | Perun
Russian Advance Around Bakhmut - Russian Invasion of Ukraine | Kings and Generals
Polish - Ukrainian combat rescue training - World News | TVP World
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
Russia's deliberate and methodical conquest of Ukraine | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Putin promised not to kill Zelensky – former Israeli PM [Russia Today]
• Russia will not talk to Ukraine. Russia will talk to the West [Pravda]
• Germany’s EU partners mum on tank deliveries to Kiev — politician [TASS' Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 328 days remain until the end of the year (329 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)
1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop.
1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of his brother Charles II.
1694 – The warrior queen Dandara, leader of the runaway slaves in Quilombo dos Palmares, Brazil, is captured and commits suicide rather than be returned to a life of slavery.
1778 – American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
1778 – New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
1788 – Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1806 – Battle of San Domingo: British naval victory against the French in the Caribbean.
1819 – The Treaty of Singapore was signed by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Hussein Shah of Johor, and Temenggong Abdul Rahman, and it is now recognised as the founding of modern Singapore.
1820 – The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society depart New York to start a settlement in present-day Liberia.
1833 – Otto becomes the first modern King of Greece.
1840 – Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
1843 – The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
1851 – The largest Australian bushfires in a populous region in recorded history take place in the state of Victoria.
1862 – American Civil War: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry.
1899 – Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
1900 – The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
1918 – British women over the age of 30 who meet minimum property qualifications, get the right to vote when Representation of the People Act 1918 is passed by Parliament.
1919 – The American Legion is founded.
1919 – The five-day Seattle General Strike begins, as more than 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington, walk off the job.
1922 – The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
1934 – Far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France.
1944 – World War II: The Great Raids Against Helsinki begins.
1951 – The Canadian Army enters combat in the Korean War.
1951 – The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
1952 – Elizabet
h II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
1958 – Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster.
1959 – Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
1959 – At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
1973 – The Ms 7.6 Luhuo earthquake strikes Sichuan Province, causing widespread destruction and killing at least 2,199 people.
1976 – In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.
1978 – The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of four inches an hour.
1981 – The National Resistance Army of Uganda launches an attack on a Ugandan Army installation in the central Mubende District to begin the Ugandan Bush War.
1987 – Justice Mary Gaudron becomes the first woman to be appointed to the High Court of Australia.
1988 – Michael Jordan makes his signature slam dunk from the free throw line inspiring Air Jordan and the Jumpman logo.
1989 – The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of the overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe.
1996 – Willamette Valley Flood: Floods in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the Pacific Northwest.
1996 – Birgenair Flight 301 crashed off the coast of the Dominican Republic, killing all 189 people on board. This is the deadliest aviation accident involving a Boeing 757.
1998 – Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.
2000 – Second Chechen War: Russia captures Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile.
2006 – Stephen Harper becomes Prime Minister of Canada.
2012 – A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits the central Philippine island of Negros, leaving 112 people dead.[
2016 – An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes southern Taiwan, killing 117 people.
2018 – SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, a super heavy launch vehicle, makes its maiden flight.
2021 – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken suspends agreements with Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to send asylum seekers back to their home countries.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, February 06, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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