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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Almanac
Macon Calendar
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Science and Technology
On This Day
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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure will be in place through the weekend bringing cooler temperatures. Rain chances return early next week as a cold front tracks across the area late Monday before stalling over the Carolinas on Tuesday. Another cold front approaches from the west Wednesday into Thursday before tracking across the region late Thursday into early Friday. This will keep rain chances around the rest of the workweek. Temperatures will warm well above normal through 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. Contact sgors.sg@gmail.com for more information.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monay Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the west after midnight.
Washington's Birthday
Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.
Monday Night A 30 percent chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph in the early morning decreasing to light and variable by midmorning.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows around 30. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 20 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Washington's Birthday
Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 50s.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the west after midnight.
Washington's Birthday
Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows in the mid 30s. Light and variable winds shifting to come out of the northeast around 5 mph after midnight.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.
Washington's Birthday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Minor flooding may result after the rainfall that occured overnight and early this morning. Winds will increase behind the cold front this afternoon through tonight. Gusts of 35 to 45 mph will be possible across the higher terrain, especially across the northern mountains and at elevations above 3500 feet. Even stronger gusts will be possible on the higher peaks and ridge tops.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather A Solar Polar Vortex and the X-Factor Returns | Space Weather News: 10 February 2023
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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 20 (GOOD) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 20 (GOOD)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (6.4 out of 12) today with Juniper, Elm, and Alder being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (6.8 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for February 18th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 73°F in Franklin in 1890
Lowest Temperature -6°F in Highlands in 1900
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.59 inches in Highlands in 1940
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 11.0 inches in Highlands in 1979
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 (also a state record)
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 17th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 83°F in Marshall, Madison County in 1927
Lowest Temperature -18 in Brevard, Transylvania County in 1958
Greatest Rainfall 4.00 inches in Fayetteville, Cumberland County in 1879
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Henderson, Vance County in 1989
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, February 18th, 2023
Annual Town Council Retreat (work session) in the lower level of the Franklin town hall beginning at 8:30am. Due to transportation issues, Macon Media will not be able to cover this annual strategy session by the town council.
Tuesday, February 21st, 2023
Pancake Supper
Maiden's Chapel Church (located at 230 Maiden's Chapel Road) will host a pancake supper on Tuesday, February 21st from 5-7 p.m. Donations will be accepted for the church.
Macon County Board of Commissioners Meeting
The February 2023 Regular Meeting of the Macon County Board of Commissioners. Meeting begins at 6pm in the commissioners boardroom on the third floor. Access after 5pm will be through the back entrance to the courthouse. • Agenda Released for February 21, 2023 Macon County Board of Commissioners Meeting [Macon Media]
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023
NC Reads Discussion Viewing at the Macon County Public Library
Wed, Feb 22, 6:30 PM in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room – Carolina Built with Kianna Alexander Join NC Humanities for an interactive panel discussion examining themes from this month’s NC Reads selection. This panel will explore the story based on the life and legacy of Josephine N. Leary, an African-American entrepreneur and business woman who lived in North Carolina during the Reconstruction Era. Visit the library to borrow the book, or use Libby and your library card to read the ebook or audiobook.
(You can also view the Zoom panel at home by visiting https://nchumanities.org/program/north-carolina-reads/ to register)
Thursday, February 23, 2023,
Yoga at the Macon County Public Library
Meet in the Living Room for an all levels vinyasa flow yoga class as we move mindfully through the body with the breath to create a deep sense of calm and relaxation, releasing tension, stress and anxiety.
Please bring a mat and plan to arrive by 5:55 p.m. before the doors lock at 6:00 p.m.
Saturday March 4th
Chili Cook Off at the community building 2 to 4pm
$5 entry fee to come in and taste chili and vote for your favorite. All proceeds go to helping a child go to gymnastics camp this summer with her team mates. Contact sgors.sg@gmail.com for more information.
Contra Dance at the Library
6:30 - 9:00 p.m. in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room
Join an enthusiastic group of musicians and dancers every first Saturday of the month, with beginners’ lessons at 6:30. Suggested donation, $10 per person helps to pay the musicians and callers for their travel and expertise. Contra dances are hosted and organized by the Arts Council of Macon County.
No events have been submitted for Macon Calendar.
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Local and State News
**note** The Franklin Town Council will be having their annual retreat this morning starting at 8.30am. Due to continued transportation issues, Macon MEdia will not be able to be present to record video of this strategy work session. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. --Bobby
• Bill abolishes pistol purchase permit law, allows churchgoers to carry during services [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Folkmoot’s hit education program expands culture and learning in second semester [Smoky Mountain News]
• Pisgah, Nantahala plan done: Forest service still seeking feedback, logging fears remain [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Agenda Released for February 21, 2023 Macon County Board of Commissioners Meeting [Macon Media]
• Mistrial declared in civil trial of former deputy who shot and killed Macon County man [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• [UPDATED] Letter to the Editor: Did you purchase an Aetna CVS Health plan for 2023? [Macon Media]
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On This Day
February 18th is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 316 days remain until the end of the year (317 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)
1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.
1268 – The Battle of Wesenberg is fought between the Livonian Order and Dovmont of Pskov.
1332 – Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces.
1478 – George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is executed in private at the Tower of London.
1637 – Eighty Years' War: Off the coast of Cornwall, England, a Spanish fleet intercepts an important Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of 44 vessels escorted by six warships, destroying or capturing 20 of them.
1735 – The ballad opera called Flora, or Hob in the Well went down in history as the first opera of any kind to be produced in North America (Charleston, S.C.)
1781 – Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opens his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana).
1791 – Congress passes a law admitting the state of Vermont to the Union, effective 4 March, after that state had existed for 14 years as a de facto independent largely unrecognized state.
1797 – French Revolutionary Wars: Sir Ralph Abercromby and a fleet of 18 British warships invade Trinidad.
1814 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Montereau.
1861 – In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
1861 – With Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
1873 – Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
1878 – John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
1885 – Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
1900 – Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
1906 – Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
1911 – The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away.
1915 – U-boat Campaign: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare in the waters around Great Britain and Ireland.
1930 – While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
1930 – Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.
1932 – The Empire of Japan creates the independent state of Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) free from the Republic of China and installed former Chinese Emperor Aisin Gioro Puyi as Chief Executive of the State.
1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
1942 – World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army begins the systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among the Chinese in Singapore.
1943 – World War II: The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement.
1943 – World War II: Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
1946 – Sailors of the Royal Indian Navy mutiny in Bombay harbour, from where the action spreads throughout the Provinces of British India, involving 78 ships, twenty shore establishments and 20,000 sailors
1947 – First Indochina War: The French gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
1954 – The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles.
1955 – Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
1957 – Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.
1957 – Walter James Bolton becomes the last person legally executed in New Zealand.
1965 – The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1970 – The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
1972 – The California Supreme Court in the case of People v. Anderson, (6 Cal.3d 628) invalidates the state's death penalty and commutes the sentences of all death row inmates to life imprisonment.
1977 – The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" on top of a Boeing 747.
1979 – Richard Petty wins a then-record sixth Daytona 500 after leaders Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crash on the final lap of the first NASCAR race televised live flag-to-flag.
1983 – Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee massacre in Seattle. It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history.
1991 – The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at Paddington station and Victoria station in London.
2001 – FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
2001 – Sampit conflict: Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, ultimately resulting in more than 500 deaths and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes.
2001 – NASCAR Champion Dale Earnhardt dies from an accident on the final lap of the Daytona 500.
2003 – Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea.
2004 – Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Nishapur, Iran, when a runaway freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertilizer catches fire and explodes.
2007 – Samjhauta Express bombings occurred around midnight in Diwana near the Indian city of Panipat, 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of New Delhi, India.
2010 – WikiLeaks publishes the first of hundreds of thousands of classified documents disclosed by the soldier now known as Chelsea Manning.
2013 – Armed robbers steal a haul of diamonds worth $50 million during a raid at Brussels Airport in Belgium.
2014 – At least 76 people are killed and hundreds are injured in clashes between riot police and demonstrators in Kyiv, Ukraine.
2021 – Perseverance, a Mars rover designed to explore Jezero crater on Mars, as part of NASA's Mars 2020 mission, lands successfully.
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, February 18, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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