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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A cold front could bring rain and thunderstorm chances back as soon as Friday, but more likely Friday night and Saturday. Very windy conditions will develop behind the front Saturday into early Sunday. Most likely, dry weather returns Sunday thru Tuesday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 10am. Increasing clouds, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms before 10am, then a chance of showers. Highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the west 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Windy.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs near 60. Light and variable winds becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows around 40. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 11am. Mostly sunny through midmorning, then becoming cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the south 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms before 10am, then a chance of showers. Highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the west 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 65 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Clear, with lows around freezing. Windy.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 45. Winds out of the south 3 to 10 mph.
Friday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms before 10am, then a chance of showers. Highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the west 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Windy.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
Showers likely, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the south 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the south 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms before 10am, then a slight chance of showers. Highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the west 20 to 30 mph in the morning increasing to 30 to 40 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 55 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Windy.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Other than drift smoke from nearby prescribed fires by the US and NC Forest Service, hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight. A map of the forecast smoke fields is posted above.
Windy conditions are expected to develop ahead of a cold front Friday night and become very windy behind the cold front Saturday and Saturday night. Wind gusts may become strong with downed trees and power lines possible.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather A Dark Coronal Hole and Stealthy Solar Storm Combo-Pack: Space Weather News 23 March 2023
Back to Top El Nino is Coming - A Look at What That Means and What to Watch for Over the Coming Months | hurricantrack
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Almanac
24 Hour Smoke Forecast
A map of the forecast smoke fields is posted above.
PM2.5 AQI is 45 (GOOD) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 45 (GOOD)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (10.3 out of 12) today with Jumiper, Oak, and Maple being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (9.1 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 30th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 83°F in Franklin in 1985
Lowest Temperature 8°F in Highlands in 1894
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.11 inches in Highlands in 1960
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 2.5 inches in Highlands in 1915
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 (also a state record for this date)
Greatest Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-13-1993
Record Weather Events for March 30th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 94°F in Fayetteville, Cumberland County in 1907
Lowest Temperature -4°F in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1964
Greatest Rainfall 3.76 inches in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1977
Greatest Snowfall 10.0 inches in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1915
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)
Friends of the Macon County Public Library Sets Used Bookstore Half-price Sale March 31 and April 1
WHAT: Friends of the Macon County Public Library (FOL) Used Bookstore Half-Price Sale
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 31 and April 1, 2023
WHERE: Friends of the Macon County Public Library Used Bookstore, 115 Highlands Rd., Franklin
WHY: Raise money to support programs and events at the library
SUNDAY, APRIL 30th
Youth Mental Health-Help Rally From 2pm to 4pm at the Town Gazebo LINK: https://fb.me/e/RrdJAWHS
Come join us on our first Youth Mental Health and Bullying Rally to raise more awareness about this urgent need for us children. This inaugural event is the first youth led event for Youth Mental Health as far a we know in Franklin NC.
Our event will close with our March from Macon County Court House to Franklin Town Hall.
Local speakers include NC State Senator Kevin Corbin, Franklin Chief of Police Holland, and others
Youth provider organizations will be on site to share resources and education
For more information send email to whyuskids0@gmail.com
SATURDAY, MAY 6th
Friends of the Greenway Spring Arts and Crafts Event (FROG FAIR) From 10am to 4pm
Friends of the Greenway announce their Spring arts and crafts event. FROG FAIR will be held May 6, 2023 from 10-4 at FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main at the Town bridge in Franklin. Vendor spaces are available (only registration fee goes to FROG)--check our website (littletennessee.org) for registration forms or stop by FROG Quarters. Volunteers needed too. Make sure to mark your calendar--arts and crafts, food, and music will make it a special day. For more information, email frog28734@gmail.com.
No events have been submitted for Macon Calendar.
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Local and State News
• ALDI opening Thursday, March 30 [Macon County News and Shopping Guide]
• DA recuses herself from police shooting case [Smoky Mountain News]
• North Carolina ends pistol permit system [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• NC House budget would make it easier for parents to challenge ‘unfit’ school materials [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Pactiv Evergreen mill actions confusing to Canton, Waynesville workers [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
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
Breaking point? Biden warns Netanyahu over Israel's judicial overhaul | FRANCE 24
• FDA Makes Overdose-Reversal Drug Narcan Available Over-the-Counter [Wall Street Journal]
New details revealed in Nashville shooting | ABC News
Nashville school shooting: Audrey Hale and the making of a school shooter | UK Daily Mail
• 'A grieving city': Nashville vigil honors lives lost in the Covenant School shooting [The Tennessean]
• Before shooting, Audrey Hale repeatedly trained at local gun ranges [WSMV-TV (Nashville, TN)]
Taiwan’s President Arrives in New York | Bloomberg Television
• Taiwan’s President Lands in the U.S. Amid Threats From China [Wall Street Journal]
Tensions over Taiwanese presidential visit | FRANCE 24 English
• Pope Francis in hospital with respiratory infection [BBC News]
• 2 Blackhawk helicopters with 101st Airborne Division crash, status of crew members unknown [CNN]
• 7 California officers charged in death of man in custody [AP News]
• San Jose police union executive charged with attempted illegal importation of synthetic opioids [CBS News]
• An influential Chinese blogger disappeared from the internet. This woman says she knows why [CNN]
• Bangladesh journalist arrested after report on high food prices [Al Jazeera]
Washington Today (3-28-23): Speaker McCarthy to POTUS on debt limit talks, 'You are on the clock' | C-SPAN RADIO
Global National: March 29, 2023 | Alberta premier faces fresh accusations of judicial interference
Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 29
PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 29, 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 9:19am CEST, 29 March 2023, there have been 102,697,566 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,117,054 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 10 March 2023, a total of 664,718,300 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 9:19am CEST, 29 March 2023, there have been 761,402,282 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,887,000 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 26 March 2023, a total of 13,316,454,747 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Senate votes to end Covid-19 emergency, 3 years after initial declaration [ CNN ]
• Long COVID remains an uphill battle for many Americans: "Every day, getting up is a fight" [ CBS News ]
• To Understand Anti-vaxxers, Consider Aristotle [ The Atlantic ]
Dr Tony Fauci | American Masters (Season 37, Episode 02)
• TWiV 995: Viral origin stories [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 994: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• EU to get over 40% of energy from green sources by 2030 [TVP World]
• Preschoolers with pets have fewer food allergies [Scimex]
• Twitter is secretly boosting 35 VIP users including Lebron James, AOC, catturd2, and Ben Shapiro: report [Insider]
• This Is the Lightest Paint in the World [Wired]
• Judge finds Google destroyed evidence and repeatedly gave false info to court [ARS TECHNICA]
• Apple sued for allegedly firing, threatening union organizers [The Register]
• Famed Japanese Toy Company Good Smile Has Reportedly Propped Up 4chan for Years [Gizmodo]
• 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
Shavit-2 launches Ofek-13 | SciNews
Soyuz MS-22 undocking and departure | SciNews
The Level1 Show March 29 2023: Confessions of a Teenage Crypto Influencer | Level1 Techs
Woolly Meatballs Are Not for Dinner (Yet) - DTNS 4487 | Daily Tech News
Is This The Ultimate Linux Laptop? | Level1Techs
Military Conference that Decided the fate of the Pacific War - #71 | Kings and Generals
Home Automation with Home Assistant Plus New Alternative to ChatGPT | Destination Linux 317
New Microsoft Teams Client Announced | TWiT TV
CLOCK TICKING: Congress moves to introduce TikTok ban this week | Fox Business
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 29 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for March 29th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 400 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 399: Ukraine forms an army of drones [Euromaiden Press]
• Dmitry Muratov: Nuclear warning from Russia's Nobel-winning journalist [BBC News]
• Zelenskyy invites China’s Xi to visit Kyiv [TVP World]
• Capture of Bakhmut means Putin will ‘smell’ weakness: Ukraine [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine updates: Bakhmut battle 'badly damaged' Wagner group [DW News]
• 'If you stay, you will die': How one front-line volunteer is saving lives in Ukraine’s Donbas [France 24]
The woman in the maternity ward, what’s the story behind the iconic photo? | DW News
Ukraine's fight for future generations (World Today) | TVP World
Russia is ‘getting hammered’: Top US general on Bakhmut battle | CNN
Ukraine strikes deep in Russian-held territory | Reuters
How Ukraine Retaking Crimea Would Tear Russia Apart | Infographics
Attrition & the winter war in Ukraine - Casualties, force quality and force generation | Perun
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
The Russian Sledgehammer is Falling in Ukraine | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• China is winning the diplomatic struggle against the US [Russia Today]
• Armenia choses self-destruction by declining friendship with Russia [Pravda]
• Biden extends sanctions over alleged cyberattacks on United States [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
March 30 this the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 276 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)
240 BC – 1st recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
598 – Balkan Campaign: The Avars lift the siege at the Byzantine stronghold of Tomis. Their leader Bayan I retreats north of the Danube River after the Avaro-Slavic hordes are decimated by the plague.
804 - Ludger becomes 1st Bishop of Münster in the Holy Roman Empire
988 - Boudouin IV with the Beard becomes earl of Flanders
1282 – The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers.
1296 – Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England.
0603 - Battle at Mellifont: English army under Lord Mountjoy beats Irish
1699 – Guru Gobind Singh establishes the Khalsa in Anandpur Sahib, Punjab.
1814 - Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris after defeating Napoleon
1815 – Joachim Murat issues the Rimini Proclamation which would later inspire Italian unification.
1818 – Physicist Augustin Fresnel reads a memoir on optical rotation to the French Academy of Sciences, reporting that when polarized light is "depolarized" by a Fresnel rhomb, its properties are preserved in any subsequent passage through an optically-rotating crystal or liquid.
1822 – The Florida Territory is created in the United States.
1841 – The National Bank of Greece is founded in Athens.
1842 – Ether anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
1844 – One of the most important battles of the Dominican War of Independence from Haiti takes place near the city of Santiago de los Caballeros.
1855 – Origins of the American Civil War: "Border Ruffians" from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.
1856 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War.
1861 – Discovery of the chemical elements: Sir William Crookes announces his discovery of thallium.
1863 – Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.
1867 – Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km2), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
1870 – Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
1885 – The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empires.
1899 – German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
1912 – Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
1918 – Outburst of bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.
1939 – The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463 mph (745 km/h).
1940 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei.
1944 – World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria.
1944 – Out of 795 Lancasters, Halifaxes and Mosquitos sent to attack Nuremberg, 95 bombers do not return, making it the largest RAF Bomber Command loss of the war.
1945 – World War II: Soviet forces invade Austria and capture Vienna. Polish and Soviet forces liberate Danzig.
1949 – Cold War: A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
1959 – Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
1961 – The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
1965 – Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the United States Embassy, Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others.
1972 – Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.
1976 – Israeli-Palestinian conflict: in the first organized response against Israeli policies by a Palestinian collective since 1948, Palestinians create the first Land Day.
1979 – Airey Neave, a British Member of Parliament, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility.
1981 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.; three others are wounded in the same incident.
1982 – Space Shuttle program: STS-3 mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
2002 – The 2002 Lyon car attack takes place.
2009 – Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan.
2017 – SpaceX conducts the world's first reflight of an orbital class rocket.
2020 - International Olympic Committee announces postponed 2020 Summer Olympic Games will be held July 23-August 8 in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic
2020 - Three out of four Americans now ordered to stay home due to COVID-19 as states of Virginia, Maryland, Arizona and Florida issue lockdowns
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, March 30, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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