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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Cold and dry high pressure settles over the Southeast and should persist through the middle of next week. The high will shift east off the coast, allowing warmer spring-like temperatures to return to the region by the end of the work week. A cold front will approach from the west late in the week, bringing back some rain chances.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper teens. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 20. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 50s.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper teens. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southeast in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 20. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northeast after midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 50.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around 20. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 20s. Winds out of the southeast around 6 mph becoming light and variable before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around 20. Winds out of the north 3 to 10 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming light and variable before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 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 Mystery Farside Blast and Earth-Directed Storms Launch | Solar Storm Forecast: 14 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 levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (8.2 out of 12) today with Maple, Jumiper, and Oak being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (7.5 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 19th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 82°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2011
Lowest Temperature 12°F in Highlands in 1893
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.20 inches in Highlands in 1881
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 4.0 inches in Highlands in 1947 />
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 19th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 90°F in Elkin, Surry County in 2020
Lowest Temperature 4°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1993 /> Greatest Rainfall 4.29 inches in Lenoir, Caldwell County in 1899
Greatest Snowfall 7.0 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1996
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)
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. [Download PDF of Agenda Packet]
No events have been submitted for Macon Calendar.
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Local and State News
• The Wrap: Gov's budget DOA, a gun bill, race in schools and Medicaid nearly done [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Several NC NAACP leaders resign over dispute with out-of-state administrator [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Haywood County man breaks 30-year record for largest black bear ever harvested in WNC [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Waldrop sworn in; Sylva board back at full strength [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
• Amid quarrels in the General Assembly over gun laws, NC governor tries new tactic to lessen firearm violence [BPR]
Proposed State Budget for 2023-2025 [Download PDF]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners March 2023 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
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National and World News Roundup
• The Jan. 6 investigation is the biggest in U.S. history. It’s only half done. [Washington Post via Microsoft News]
• Trump says he expects to be arrested, calls for protest [AP News]
• Trump 2024 opponent Vivek Ramaswamy slams possible looming indictment: 'Dark moment in American history' [Fox News]
• Cohen says Trump calls for protest against Manhattan DA probe signals desire for ‘violent clash’ on his behalf [The Hill]
• Taiwan charges ex-MP and former admiral with spying for China [BBC News]
• 6 women who went missing in Mexico were killed, burned [ABC News]
• Paris stinks as uncollected trash mounts to 10,000 tonnes due to strikes [France 24]
• Midsize U.S. banks reportedly ask the FDIC to insure all deposits for two years [CNBC]
• Half a million Israelis join latest protest against Netanyahu's judicial overhaul, organizers say [CNN]
• Oklahoma City police captain asks officer to turn off camera after he's stopped for alleged drunk driving, video shows [NBC News]
• Sandy Hook Families Are Fighting Alex Jones and the Bankruptcy System Itself [New York Times]
• Feds want justices to end Navajo fight for Colo. River water [AP News via Yahoo! News]
Brooks and Capehart on the turmoil in the banking sector | PBS Newshour
Washington Today (3-17-23): Irish PM meets POTUS & Speaker McCarthy in DC for St. Patrick's Day | C-SPAN RADIO
Global National: March 18, 2023 | Montreal fire creating fears many more could be missing
Nightly News Full Broadcast (March 18th)
PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 18, 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 11:31am CET, 16 March 2023, there have been 102,417,985 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,113,229 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 10 February 2023, a total of 662,514,513 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 11:31am CET, 16 March 2023, there have been 760,360,956 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,873,477 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 12 March 2023, a total of 13,232,780,775 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Successful clearance of persistent SARS-CoV-2 asymptomatic infection following a single dose of Ad5-nCoV vaccine [ Nature: Singal Transduction and Targeted Therapy ]
• Long-covid symptoms are less common now than earlier in the pandemic [ Washington Post ]
• After pandemic pet boom, owners struggle with rising costs of veterinary care [ PBS News (video and audio article) ]
• Outpatient Treatment of COVID-19 and the Development of Long COVID Over 10 Months: A Multi-Center, Quadruple-Blind, Parallel Group Randomized Phase 3 Trial [ The Lancet ]
As COVID-19 protection measures go away, high-risk Americans remain concerned | ABC News
TWiV 992: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
• TWiV 991: The cancer mRNA shot [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 992: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• I say dog, you say chicken? New study explores why we disagree so often [Berkeley News]
• Oldest sea reptile from Age of Dinosaurs found on Arctic island [Uppsala University ]
• Claims That AI Productivity Will Save Us Are Neither New, nor True [Centre for International Governance Innovation]
• Latest Windows 11 update is causing slow SSDs and WiFi connections, BSoD, and more [TechSpot]
• With Heat From Heat Pumps, US Energy Requirements Could Plummet By 50% [Clean Technica]
• Epic must pay $245M after luring customers into 'Fortnite' purchases [Apple Insider]
• UK backs Rolls-Royce project to build a nuclear reactor on the moon [CNBC]
• Two Men Charged for Breaching Federal Law Enforcement Database and Posing as Police Officers to Defraud Social Media Companies [US Attorney's Office: Eastern District of New York]
• Google tells users of some Android phones: Nuke voice calling to avoid infection [ARS TECHNICA]
• “Cosmic Concrete” Made From Extra-Terrestrial Dust Is Twice As Strong as Regular Concrete [SciTechDaily]
• 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
The Top 10 Astronomical Discoveries of 2022 (part 1) | ParallaxNick
Nuclear Fusion Start-ups: Who Will Win the Race? | Sabine Hossenfelder
The Level1 Show March 15 2023: FDIC You Later | Level1Techs
Micron Managing - DTNS 4479 | Daily Tech News Show
The Terrifying Technology Inside Drone Cameras | New Mind
SpaceX is ready to launch Starship in a few weeks!? Will all the new upgrades hold? | Marcus House
I Stuck My Camera Into an Active Weaver Ant Nest | AntsCanada
Nuclear Fusion Start-ups: Who Will Win the Race? | Sabine Hossenfelder
This Console Sized Gaming PC Is Crazy FAST! Enough Power For AAA Games and High-End EMUs! | ETA PRIME
The Bi-Oceanic Corridor to revolutionize South America | Caspian Report
Sam Harris: Trump, Pandemic, Twitter, Elon, Bret, IDW, Kanye, AI and UFOs | Lex Fridman Podcast #365
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 18 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for March 18th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 389 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 388: International Criminal Court in the Hague issues arrest warrant for Putin. [Euromaiden Press]
• Ukrainian Intelligence on ICC decision says that Kremlin already looking for successor to Putin [Yahoo! News]
• Slovakia Will Send Entire Fleet of MiG-29 Jets to Ukraine [Bloomberg via Yahoo! News]
• Putin visits Crimea after war crimes warrant issued against him [Al Jazeera]
• Bus carrying humanitarian aid ambushed by Russians, Polish citizen injured [TVP World]
• LIVEBLOG for 03-18-2023 [France 24]
• Indian medical students return to war-torn Ukraine [DW News]
• Russia threatens to destroy Ukraine jets after Poland and Slovakia pledges [BBC News]
• Ukraine grain deal has been extended, says Turkey’s President Erdogan hours before deadline [WION]
What impact will ICC warrant for President Putin's arrest have? | Inside Story
Medics on the front lines - Andrii Prokopenko | TVP World
China: What is their Role in the War in Ukraine? | Warographics
Putin makes appearance in Crimea after ICC charges him with war crimes | DW News
Secret Russian document outlines plan for destabilizing Ukraine neighbor | CNN
Gravitas: Here's America's 'Plan B' for Ukraine | WION
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Fyodor Lukyanov: Why is everyone looking for ‘foreign agents?' [Russia Today]
• What happens if Ukraine loses Bakhmut? [Pravda]
• Russian President Vladimir Putin pays working visit to Mariupol — Kremlin [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
March 19th is the 78th day of the year (79th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 287 days remain until the end of the year.
Sometimes the March equinox falls on this date (mostly in Western Hemisphere countries), marking the vernal point in the Northern Hemisphere and the autumnal point in the Southern Hemisphere.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
1277 – The Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire.
1279 – A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen ends the Song dynasty in China.
1284 – The Statute of Rhuddlan incorporates the Principality of Wales into England.
1452 – Frederick III of Habsburg is the last Holy Roman Emperor crowned by medieval tradition in Rome by Pope Nicholas V
1563 – The Edict of Amboise is signed, ending the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and granting certain freedoms to the Huguenots.
1649 – The House of Commons of England passes an act abolishing the House of Lords, declaring it "useless and dangerous to the people of England".
1687 – Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.
1808 – Charles IV, king of Spain, abdicates after riots and a popular revolt at the winter palace Aranjuez. His son, Ferdinand VII, takes the throne.
1812 – The Cortes of Cádiz promulgates the Spanish Constitution of 1812.
1831 – First documented bank heist on U.S. history, when burglars stole $245,000 (1831 values) from the City Bank (now Citibank) on Wall Street. Most of the money was recovered.
1853 – The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864.
1861 – The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
1863 – The SS Georgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines, and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
1865 – American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
1885 – Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
1895 – Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
1900 – The British archeologist Sir Arthur John Evans begins excavating Knossos Palace, the center of Cretan civilization.
1918 – The US Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
1920 – The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
1921 – Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
1931 – Governor Fred B. Balzar signs a bill legalizing gambling in Nevada.
1932 – The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
1943 – Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
1944 – World War II: The German army occupies Hungary.
1945 – World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. Badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the US under her own power.
1945 – World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities, and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed.
1946 – French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Réunion become overseas départements of France.
1958 – The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
1962 – The Algerian War of Independence ends.
1964 – Over 500,000 Brazilians attend the March of the Family with God for Liberty, in protest against the government of João Goulart and against communism.
1965 – The wreck of the SS Georgiana, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is discovered by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destruction.
1969 – The 385-metre-tall (1,263 ft) TV-mast at Emley Moor transmitting station, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.
1979 – The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
1982 – Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the United Kingdom.
1989 – The Egyptian flag is raised at Taba, marking the end of Israeli occupation since the Six Days War in 1967 and the Egypt–Israel peace treaty in 1979.
1990 – The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș begin four days after the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire.
1998 – An Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 crashes on approach to Kabul International Airport, killing all 45 on board.
2001 – German trade union Ver.di was formed
2002 – Zimbabwe is suspended from the Commonwealth on charges of human rights abuses and of electoral fraud, following a turbulent presidential election.
2004 – Catalina affair: A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 in 1952 over the Baltic Sea is finally recovered after years of work.
2004 – March 19 Shooting Incident: The Republic of China (Taiwan) president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20.
2008 – GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.
2011 – Libyan Civil War: After the failure of Muammar Gaddafi's forces to take Benghazi, the French Air Force launches Opération Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya.
2013 – A series of bombings and shootings kills at least 98 people and injures 240 others across Iraq.
2016 – Flydubai Flight 981 crashes while attempting to land at Rostov-on-Don international airport, killing all 62 on board.
2016 – An explosion occurs in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, killing five people and injuring 36.
2018 – The last male northern white rhinoceros, Sudan, dies, ensuring a chance of extinction for the species.
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Published at 5:00am on Sunday, March 19, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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