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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Temperatures will be above normal through the work week as an area of high pressure lingers for a few days. A moist cold front will move into the forecast area from the west on Thursday. The front will linger across the region through the weekend, with upper level disturbances bringing occasional chances for precipitation. Dry and warmer weather returns early next week.
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 Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Thursday
A chance of showers before 8am, then rain likely between 8am and 1pm, then showers after 1pm. Highs near 60. Winds out of the south 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers before midnight, then a chance of rain after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Friday
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of teh northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers after 4am. Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the south 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Thursday
Rain likely before 11am, then showers, mainly after 11am. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the south 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers before 1am, then a chance of rain after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday
A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
Rain likely before 11am, then showers, mainly after 11am. Highs near 60. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers before 11pm, then a chance of rain after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Friday
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of teh southeast 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Thursday
Showers before 1pm, then rain likely. Highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the south 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers before 9pm, then a chance of rain, mainly between 9pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of rain. 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.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.
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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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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-medium (4.3 out of 12) today with Juniper and Elm being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (2.2 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for February 8th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 72°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2019
Lowest Temperature -17°F in Highlands in 1895
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.50 inches in Franklin in 1878
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 4.5 inches in Highlands in 1995
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 8th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 83°F in Hot Springs, Madison County in 2019
Lowest Temperature -17°F in Highlands, Macon County in 1895
Greatest Rainfall 4.10 inches in Raleigh, Wake County in 2020
Greatest Snowfall 20.2 inches in Lexington, Davidson County in 1905
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
• Affordable senior living facility deemed “not feasible” for former hospital building [The Southern Scoop]
• Burr joins global law firm as regulatory advisor [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC Senate approves Parents’ Bill of Rights along party lines, with GOP supermajority [Raleigh News and Obserber]
• Turning old hospital into senior housing not financially feasible, Franklin mayor says [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Everybody's Got a Story, Right? | #TeamLeebra [TeamLeebra Podcast Seaspn 1 Episode 18]
• 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
• 2023 State of the Union Address and Republican Response [Macon Media]
• Joe Biden Pushes Economic Gains, Jousts With GOP in State of the Union Speech [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• US sources insist Chinese balloon was military [BBC News]
• Rescuers dig through rubble as Turkey-Syria quake death toll passes 7,800 [Reuters]
• North Korean leader Kim brings daughter to visit troops [AP News]
• Utilities blame weather, high demand for gas price spikes. California wants feds to investigate [Courthouse News Service]
• The 2022 Long-Term Budget Outlook (July 2022) [Congressional Budget Office ] [PDF Download]
Washington Today (2/6/2023): Powerful Quakes Rock Turkey and Syria | C-SPAN RADIO
Global National: Feb. 6, 2023 | Rescue efforts continue after deadly earthquakes in Turkey, Syria
Nightly News Full Broadcast (February 6th)
PBS NewsHour full episode, (February 06, 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 4:00pm CET, 6 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 4:00pm CET, 6 February 2023, there have been 754,367,807 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,825,461 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
• Rethinking next-generation vaccines for coronaviruses, influenzaviruses, and other respiratory viruses [Cell Host and Microbe]
• The COVID-19 pandemic in 2023: far from over [The Lancet]
• COVID in California: Mask mandate returns to 4 Marin County elementary schools [San Fransisco Chronicle]
• 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
• Everybody's Got a Story, Right? | #TeamLeebra [TeamLeebra Podcast Seaspn 1 Episode 18]
• Google launches ChatGPT rival called Bard [BBC]
• Getty Images sues AI art generator Stable Diffusion in the US for copyright infringement [The Verge]
• Greg Abbott announces plan to ban TikTok on Texas government devices to stop ‘security risks’ [UK Independent]
• True stories get more Reddit upvotes than fake news - Ohio study [Jerusalem Post]
• Microsoft announces surprise event for tomorrow with Bing ChatGPT expected[The Verge]
• Artificial intelligence must be regulated, warns the CTO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI: ‘It can be used by bad actors’ [Fortune]
• Hackers are mass infecting servers worldwide by exploiting a patched hole [ARS TECHNICA]
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 and Interview | Everyday Astronaut
The Level1 Show February 7 2023: Red Balloon of China, Keep On Spyin' | Level1Techs
Audiences Move Quicker Than Creators – DTNS 4451 | Daily Tech News Show
Hispasat Amazonas Nexus Mission | SpaceX
8 New Alien Signal SETI Candidates | John Michael Godier
Work Ramps Up at Starbase for Final Preparations | Starbase Update
The Florida Keys: 200 Years of Paradise | South Florida PBS
Beach Shelter Stealth Camping | Steve Wallis
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 06 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for February 6th]
• 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 348: Fierce battles are ongoing in the Donetsk region – Zelenskyy. [Euromaiden Press]
• Top Putin Ally Says He ‘Will Not Hide’ Intention to Invade Poland Anymore [Daily Beast via MSN]
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• UN chief warns of ‘wider war’ as Ukraine conflict intensifies [Al Jazeera]
• War may reach Berlin, Paris if the West lets Ukraine down, warns Polish PM [TVP World]
• Dealing with the aftermath of the civilian attack on Dnipro [DW News]
Bakhmut is Being Enveloped | Combat Footage Recap
The heavy street fight in Bakhmut - Military Mind | TVP World
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
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
• EU embargo on Russian oil products kicks in [Russia Today]
• Ukraine-NATO vs. Russia: The end of a cold war and the beginning of a hot one [Pravda]
• China sees Russia’s concerns over NATO expansion as premise for conflict - envoy [TASS' Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 327 days remain until the end of the year (328 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)
457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor.
987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II.
1301 – Edward of Caernarvon (later king Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales.
1313 – King Thihathu founds the Pinya Kingdom as the de jure successor state of the Pagan Kingdom.
1365 – Albert III of Mecklenburg (King Albert of Sweden) grants city rights to Ulvila (Swedish: Ulvsby).
1497 – In Florence, Italy, supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn cosmetics, art, and books, in a "Bonfire of the vanities".
1756 – Guaraní War: The leader of the Guaraní rebels, Sepé Tiaraju, is killed in a skirmish with Spanish and Portuguese troops.
1783 – American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
1795 – The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
1807 – Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon finds Bennigsen's Russian forces taking a stand at Eylau. After bitter fighting, the French take the town, but the Russians resume the battle the next day.
1812 – The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.
1813 – In the action of 7 February 1813 near the Îles de Los, the frigates Aréthuse and Amelia batter each other, but neither can gain the upper hand.
1819 – Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar.
1842 – Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
1854 – A law is approved to found the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Lectures started October 16, 1855.
1863 – HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
1894 – The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
1898 – Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!
1900 – Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
1900 – A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
1904 – A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland;[12] it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
1940 – The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
1943 – World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allied forces in the Guadalcanal Campaign.
1944 – World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle.
1951 – Korean War: More than 700 suspected communist sympathizers are massacred by South Korean forces.
1962 – The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
1974 – Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1979 – Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.
1984 – Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission: Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).
1986 – Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.
1990 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power.
1991 – Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
1991 – The Troubles: The Provisional IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street in London, the headquarters of the British government.
1992 – The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union.
1995 – Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.
1999 – Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
2001 – Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-98, carrying the Destiny laboratory module to the International Space Station.
2009 – Bushfires in Victoria leave 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.
2012 – President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of the Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military.
2013 – The U.S. state of Mississippi officially certifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was formally ratified by Mississippi in 1995.
2014 – Scientists announce that the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, date back to more than 800,000 years ago, making them the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa.
2016 – North Korea launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 into outer space violating multiple UN treaties and prompting condemnation from around the world.
2021 – The 2021 Uttarakhand flood begins.
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, February 07, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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