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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Colder air will arrive from the northwest today and persist through the middle of the week. Another frontal system will move into the area late Thursday into Friday and bring more cool weather for next weekend.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 20s. Winds out of the northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Tuesday Night
Clear, with lows in the lower 20s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 50.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the north 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30.
Nantahala Area
Today
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 50.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30.
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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 35 (GOOD) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 35 (GOOD)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (8.8 out of 12) today with Elm, Maple, and Juniper being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (9.6 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 13th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 80°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1990
Lowest Temperature 5°F in Highlands in 1998
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.03 inches in Highlands in 1929
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1993
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 13th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 91°F in Louisburg, Franklin County in 1990
Lowest Temperature -4°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1998 /> Greatest Rainfall 7.68 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 1963
Greatest Snowfall 36.0 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey 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
Macon County Senior Games Annual Pizza Kickoff at 5.30pm at the Robert C Carp[enter Community Building.
Macon County senior residents age 50+ are invited to attend. Registration forms will be available.
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 6 Airbus EC135 Crash - First Update on Med-Trans N558MT (29) | The Doctor Medic
• With rehearings, NC Supreme Court could set extraordinary precedent with political consequences [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC Senate approves tougher penalties for rioting, sending bill to Gov. Cooper [Raleigh News and Observer]
• A look back: News 13 chronicles history-making Blizzard of '93 on 30th anniversary [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
Blizzard of 1993 WLOS-TV Asheville, NC | Video Special
• Town swears in two new police officers [Macon County News and Shopping Guide]
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National and World News Roundup
Yellen rules out bailout for Silicon Valley Bank: "We're not going to do that again" | Face the Nation
• Regulators to Hold Auction for Silicon Valley Bank [Wall Street Journal]
• Regulators close crypto-focused Signature Bank, citing systemic risk [CNBC]
Biden releases 2024 budget proposal | KERO-TV (Bakersfield, CA)
Budget of the US Government Fiscal Year 2024 [PDF Download]
• US-S Korea drills begin after N Korea submarine missile test [AP News]
• Aramco: Saudi state-owned oil giant sees record profit of $161bn [BBC News]
Can China Get Enough Troops To Taiwan Right Now To Win? | Covert Cabal
• 'Indentured servitude': Nurses hit with hefty debt when trying to leave hospitals [NBC News]
• US employers add 311,000 jobs as hiring hot streak rolls on [Courthouse News Service]
• Inside Pence world’s decision to go hard at Trump at the Gridiron [Politico]
Meet the Press full broadcast — March 12 | NBC News
Full interview: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen | Face the Nation
Washington Today (3-10-23): House Freedom Caucus lays out spending cut demands to raise debt limit | C-SPAN RADIO
Global National: Mar. 12, 2023 | Frustrations grow over Flair Airlines’ cancellations
Nightly News Full Broadcast (March 12th)
PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 12, 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.
• Sims: COVID isn't in the rear-view mirror, much as we would like it to be [ London Free Press ]
• Three years later, what we know: How did COVID start? [ Al Jazeera ]
• What's your current risk of getting long Covid? Estimates hover around 5%-10% [ NBC News ]
• 8 Things to Know About Long Covid [ Men's Health ]
• Long-term COVID-19 booster effectiveness by infection history and clinical vulnerability and immune imprinting: a retrospective population-based cohort study [ The Lancet ]
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
• 'Robot lawyer' DoNotPay is being sued by a law firm because it 'does not have a law degree' [Business Insider]
• U.S. government steps in and says people with funds deposited at SVB will be able to access their money [CNBC]
• Can journalists teach AI to tell the truth? [Semafor]
• Microsoft’s Bing hits 100 million active users thanks to AI chat, Edge browser [ARS TECHNICA]
• Lufthansa flight attendant told passengers to delete all videos and photos after severe turbulence forced an emergency landing [Insider]
• 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
Surviving An Apocalypse | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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
Fat Stacks for Flatpaks LINUX Unplugged 501 | Jupiter Broadcasting
The Trouble with Antibiotics | Frontline PBS
Why Was the Great Dying So Bad? | Ben G Thomas
Why Are There Two Different Types Of Electric Space Engines, And How Do They Work? | Scott Manley
Galaxy With Unexplained Elemental Properties Found by JWST | Anton Petrov
The Ultimate Question | Cool Worlds
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 12 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for March 12th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 382 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 382: Russia loses 500 soldiers in Bakhmut in a day [Euromaiden Press]
• Heavy casualties reported in Bakhmut as battle for city rages [Al Jazeera]
• Moldovan police busts network of Russia’s subversive operatives [TVP World]
• Russia eyes stricter censorship [DW News]
• Fighting continues in Bakhmut, with 'heavy losses' on both sides [France 24 (video)]
• Ukraine war: Life in Mariupol under Russian occupation [BBC News]
Vuhledar, Why Russia Repeats the Same Mistakes | Task and Purpose
The Economic War in Ukraine a Year On - The energy war, politics and production | Perun
Day 382: Ukraïnian Map | Ukrainian News TV
Arms manufacturers struggle to supply Ukraine with enough ammunition | PBS Newshour
Russia-Ukraine: Reflections of War - Between Us | Al Jazeera
Retired general explains what Ukraine's next move should be | CNN
Ukrainian tank commander outlines how Western tanks will change the war | Times Radio
Ukraine "Combat Tests" American Bomb Amid Bakhmut Siege - Putin's Troops Face Jdam For First Time | CRUX
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• India and China competing for Russian crude – Reuters [Russia Today]
• Ukraine considers going on counteroffensive in two months [Pravda]
• Wagner PMC founder describes situation in Artyomovsk as very difficult [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
March 13th is the 72nd day of the year (73rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 293 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)
1567 – The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War.
1591 – At the Battle of Tondibi in Mali, Moroccan forces of the Saadi dynasty, led by Judar Pasha, defeat the Songhai Empire, despite being outnumbered by at least five to one.
1639 – Harvard College is named after clergyman John Harvard.
1697 – Nojpetén, capital of the last independent Maya kingdom, falls to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
1741 – The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (part of the War of Jenkins' Ear) begins.
1781 – William Herschel discovers Uranus.
1809 – Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is deposed in the Coup of 1809.
1811 – A French and Italian fleet is defeated by a British squadron off the island of Vis in the Adriatic during the Napoleonic Wars.
1826 – Pope Leo XII publishes the apostolic constitution Quo Graviora in which he renewed the prohibition on Catholics joining freemasonry.
1845 – Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto receives its première performance in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist.
1848 – The German revolutions of 1848–1849 begin in Vienna.
1862 – The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves is passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
1881 – Alexander II of Russia is assassinated.
1884 – The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
1900 – British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
1920 – The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
1930 – The news of the discovery of Pluto is announced by Lowell Observatory.
1943 – The Holocaust: German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.
1954 – The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory led to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam.
1957 – Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.
1969 – Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
1979 – The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts the Prime Minister of Grenada, Eric Gairy, in a coup d'état.
1979 – Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600 crashes at Doha International Airport, killing 45 people.
1988 – The Seikan Tunnel, the longest tunnel in the world with an undersea segment, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.
1992 – The Mw 6.6 Erzincan earthquake strikes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe).
1993 – The 1993 Storm of the Century affects the eastern United States, dropping feet of snow in many areas.
1996 – The Dunblane massacre leads to the death of sixteen primary school children and one teacher in Dunblane, Scotland.
1997 – The Missionaries of Charity choose Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as their leader.
2003 – An article in Nature identifies the Ciampate del Diavolo as 350,000-year-old hominid footprints.
2012 – The Sierre coach crash kills 28 people, including 22 children.
2013 – The 2013 papal conclave elects Pope Francis as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church.
2016 – The Ankara bombing kills at least 37 people.
2016 – Three gunmen attack two hotels in the Ivory Coast town of Grand-Bassam, killing at least 19 people.
2020 – President Donald Trump declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a national emergency in the United States.
2020 – Breonna Taylor is killed by police officers who were forcibly entering her home in Louisville, Kentucky; her death sparked extensive protests against police brutality.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, March 13, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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