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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A low pressure system will move through the region today into tonight, bringing moisture precipitation back into the area. Colder air will arrive from the northwest on Monday and persist through the middle of the week. Another frontal system will move into the area late Friday or Saturday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Rain, mainly before 10am. Highs near 50. Winds out of the southeast 10 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.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 10 mph.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 20.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Rain, possibly mixed with sleet, becoming all rain after 8am. Highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 9pm. Areas of fog before 8pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 40.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 20s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Rain, mainly before 10am. Highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 20 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.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 52. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Rain, mainly before 10am. Highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 10pm. Areas of fog before 8pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 40.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather A Brief Respite Wont Last | Space Weather News 10 March 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 40 (GOOD) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 40 (GOOD)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (0.4 out of 12) today with Elm, Maple, and Juniper being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (9.2 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 12th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 81°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1955
Lowest Temperature 5°F in Highlands in 1998
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.40 inches in Highlands in 1968
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 4.5 inches in Highlands in 2017
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of March Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 87°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-29-2020
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Highlands on 03-07-1899
Greatest Rainfall 6.61 inches in Highlands on 03-26-2021
Greatest Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-13-1993
Record Weather Events for March 12th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 92°F in Lewiston, Bertie County in 1990
Lowest Temperature -6°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1998 /> Greatest Rainfall 6.38 inches in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1963
Greatest Snowfall 8.0 inches in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1993
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of March Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 98°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 03-27-1921
Lowest Temperature -11°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 03-03-1980
Greatest Rainfall 10.10 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 03-04-1979
Greatest Snowfall 36.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 03-13-1993
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Monday, March 13th
Franklin Tourism Develpment Authority Monthly Meeting at 5.30pm in the lower level of the town hall.
Tuesday, March 14th
Macon County Board of Commissioners Monthly Meeting at 6.00pm in the Commissioners Board on the third floor of the county courthouse. Access is through the rear parking lot..
No events have been submitted for Macon Calendar.
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Local and State News
• LIFE FORCE suspends operation following North Carolina crash, 'no timeline' on return [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Roll Call: Here's how WNC's members of Congress voted March 3-9 [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• The Wrap: Busy week brings budget work and beaucoup bills [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Medicaid expansion offers hope for those wrestling with addiction. Will it be enough? [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Opening day for Cradle of Forestry and expanded hours at Pisgah Visitor Center [Mountain Xpress]
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National and World News Roundup
Daylight Saving Time: What Are The Health Risks Of Springing Forward? | Forbes Breaking News
• How Beijing Boxed America Out of the South China Sea [Wall Street Journal]
"Pineapple Express" storm batters California | CBS Evening News
• Storm breaches California river’s levee, thousands evacuate [AP News]
• Silicon Valley Bank employees received bonuses hours before government takeover [CNBC]
• US Discusses Fund to Backstop Deposits If More Banks Fail [Bloomberge (video)] [Bloomberg (text archive)]
• ‘It’s hard to focus’: Schools say American kids are hungry [AP News]
Washington Today (3-10-23): House Freedom Caucus lays out spending cut demands to raise debt limit | C-SPAN RADIO
Global National: Mar. 11, 2023 | Vincent Ke to sit as independent amid election allegations
Nightly News Full Broadcast (March 11th)
PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 11, 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 6:21pm CET, 7 March 2023, there have been 102,247,392 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,111,342 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 10 February 2023, a total of 662,514,513 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 6:21pm CET, 7 March 2023, there have been 759,408,703 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,866,434 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 7 March 2023, a total of 13,229,166,046 vaccine doses have been administered.
• ‘Profiteering’ of Covid pandemic must never be repeated, world figures warn [The Guardian]
• US agencies debunk Florida surgeon general’s vaccine claims [AP News]
• Minority Health Social Vulnerability Index and COVID-19 vaccination coverage — The United States, December 14, 2020–January 31, 2022 [Scince Direct]
• Neutralization of BQ.1, BQ.1.1, and XBB with RBD-Dimer Vaccines [New England Journal of Medicine]
Ep 126 Osterholm Update: Truth in the Midst of Political Theater | Osterholm Update: COVID-19
• TWiV 991: The cancer mRNA shot [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 990: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Associations of time spent gardening with mental wellbeing and life satisfaction in Mid-to-late adulthood [Science Direct]
• Fifteen-Year Outcomes after Monitoring, Surgery, or Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer [New England Journal of Medicine]
• Hundreds of startups face a crippling cash crunch and an 'extinction-level event' if no one buys Silicon Valley Bank by Monday [Business Insider]
• Cerebral admits to sharing patient data with Meta, TikTok, and Google [The Verge]
• The Consequence of Mandated Payments for Links: Facebook Confirms It Will Drop News Sharing in Canada Under Bill C-18 [MIchael Geist]
• Episode 158: In Their Own Words - Ministers, MPs, Senators and Government Officials on Bill C-18 [MIchael Geist: Law Bytes Podcast]
• Z-Library returns, aims to avoid seizures by giving each user a secret URL [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
Hardcore History: AddendumEP24 Manifesting the Muse with Rick | Dan Carlin
• 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
SpaceX Crew-5 splashdown | SciNews
SpaceX Crew-5 recovery operations and astronauts egress | SciNews
The Level1 Show March 10 2023: When I Think About You I Repossess Myself | Level1Techs
Classical Music Stands Alone - DTNS 4473 | Daily Tech News Show
Crew-5 Mission - Return | SpaceX
I believe chatbots understand part of what they say. Let me explain. | Sabine Hossenfelder
The Forgotten Punic Wars - Greece vs Carthage (481-306 BC) | Invicta
The Life and Death of a Neanderthal (Shanidar 1) | Stefan Milo
The Evolution of the Heart | Moth Light Media
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 11 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for March 11th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 382 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 380: Russian largest missile strike of 2023 [Euromaiden Press]
• Wagner mercenary chief demands more ammunition for Bakhmut battle [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine updates: Wagner captures most of Bakhmut's east [DW News]
• Moldova battles security threats amid alleged Russian campaign [TVP World]
• Wagner group to open new Russian recruitment centres amid 'heavy losses' in battle for Bakhmut [France 24]
• Russian Forces Battle to Cross River in Bakhmut, as Fighting in Ukraine Intensifies [Wall Street Journal]
🔴 (NSFW) - Ukrainian's Last Stand, IDF Raid in Jenin, Lebanon RPG-Man | Funker530 LIVE Recap
Let's talk about Ukraine, shortages, refusals, and shovels.... | Beau of the Fifth Column
US Aid to Ukraine: Is America Getting a Good Deal? | Warographics
How young Ukrainians face the challenges of an uncertain future | DW News
Finnish F/A-18 for Ukraine? - World Today | TVP World
World at War - Russia drops a 1,500 kg bomb on Ukraine for the first time in the war | WION
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Ex-Russian president suggests new name for Ukraine [Russia Today]
• PMC Wagner enters Artemovsk Metal Processing Plant in Bakhmut [Pravda]
• Russia takes advantageous positions for further advance in Artyomovsk industrial zone [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
March 12th is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 294 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius.
1158 – German city Munich (München) is first mentioned as forum apud Munichen in the Augsburg arbitration by Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich I.
1622 – Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Society of Jesus, are canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
1689 – James II of England landed at Kinsale, starting the Williamite War in Ireland.
1811 – Peninsular War: A day after a successful rearguard action, French Marshal Michel Ney once again successfully delays the pursuing Anglo-Portuguese force at the Battle of Redinha.
1912 – The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
1913 – The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.
1918 – Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for most of the period since 1713.
1920 – The Kapp Putsch begins when the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt is ordered to march on Berlin.
1928 – In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
1930 – Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India.
1933 – Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This is also the first of his "fireside chats".
1938 – Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
1940 – Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia.
1942 – The Battle of Java ends with the surrender of the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command to the Japanese Empire in Bandung, West Java, Dutch East Indies.
1947 – Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
1950 – The Llandow air disaster kills 80 people when the aircraft they are travelling in crashes near Sigingstone, Wales. At the time this was the world's deadliest air disaster.
1967 – Suharto takes power from Sukarno when the People's Consultative Assembly inaugurate him as Acting President of Indonesia.
1968 – Mauritius achieves independence from the United Kingdom.
1971 – The 1971 Turkish military memorandum is sent to the Süleyman Demirel government of Turkey and the government resigns.
1989 – Sir Tim Berners-Lee submits his proposal to CERN for an information management system, which subsequently develops into the World Wide Web.
1992 – Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
1993 – Several bombs explode in Mumbai, India, killing about 300 people and injuring hundreds more.
1993 – North Korea announces that it will withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites.
1999 – Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
2003 – Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade.
2003 – The World Health Organization officially release a global warning of outbreaks of Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
2004 – The President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, is impeached by its National Assembly: the first such impeachment in the nation's history.
2009 – Financier Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to one of the largest frauds in Wall Street's history.
2011 – A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
2014 – A gas explosion in the New York City neighborhood of East Harlem kills eight and injures 70 others.
2019 – In the House of Commons, the revised EU Withdrawal Bill was rejected by a margin of 149 votes.
2020 – The United States suspends travel from Europe due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Published at 5:00am on Sunday, March 12, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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