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Thursday, April 13, 2023

News and Weather Briefing for Thursday, April 13, 2023



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COVID-19 News and Updates
Science and Technology
On This Day
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GENERAL OUTLOOK

Dry surface high pressure will persist over the region today, with temperatures warming. Increasing chances of rain tonight into Friday as a weak low pressure system approaches from the southwest. A cold front will approach the region from the west over the weekend. The front is expected to move through our area on Sunday and bring more showers and maybe a few thunderstorms with it. The weather should be dry and a bit cooler to start next week. For those interested, a website called "Apollo in Real Time" is running a real-time presentation of Apollo 13 featuring radio transmissions, photos and videos as they were recorded/transmitted. You can listen in by clicking the blue "NOW" button at [xxx]

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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Saturday Night





Franklin Area

Today

Increasing clouds, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

Showers likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday

Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between noon and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 8 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of rain is 50%.

Saturday

Partly sunny, with highs near 80.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Highlands Plateau

Today

Increasing clouds, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight

Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4am. Patchy fog after 2am. Lows around 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.

Friday

Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8am, then showers likely between 8am and 11am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the east 5 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the west after midnight. Chance of rain is 30%.

Saturday

Mostly sunny, with highs near 70.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

Increasing clouds, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers between 8am and 11am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers between 1am and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable before midnight. Chance of rain is 30%.Saturday Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.


Nantahala Area

Today

Increasing clouds, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.

Tonight

Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers between 8am and 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 30%.

Saturday

Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.

Saturday Night

A 30 percent chance of showers after 4am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.


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Hazards and Tropical Weather

Hazardous weather is not expected today.





Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.

Space Weather Real-World Impacts from the G4 Storm and Big Flares for Easter | Solar Storm Forecast 09 April 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



Above is a map of forecast smoke fields in western North Carolina.









PM2.5 AQI is 60 (MODERATE) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 61 (MODERATE)


Fire and Smoke Map




Local Air Monitor

Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (10.8 out of 12) today with Oak, Juniper, and Birch being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (6.4 out of 12).



Record Weather Events for April 13th

Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)

Highest Temperature 85°F in Franklin in 1981
Lowest Temperature 16°F in Highlands in 1940
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.62 inches in Highlands in 2020 (also the state record)
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since record-keeping began)

Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of April Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on 04-26-1986
Lowest Temperature 13°F in Highlands on 04-01-1987
Greatest Rainfall 7.00 inches in Highlands on 04-07-1895 (also a state record)
Greatest Snowfall 9.5 inches in Franklin on 04-04-1987

Record Weather Events for April 13th in North Carolina

rdrd Highest Temperature 95°F in Greenville, Pitt County in 1930
Lowest Temperature 13°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1940
Greatest Rainfall 6.62 inches in Highlands, Macon County in 2020
Greatest Snowfall 4.0 inches in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1926
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of April Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 102°F in Carthage, Moore County on 04-29-1981
Lowest Temperature 1°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 04-08-2007
Greatest Rainfall 7.30 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 04-16-2011
Greatest Snowfall 19.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 04-11-2003




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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)

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.







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Local and State News



Macon Media is still experiencing transportation issues and was unable to get to the courthouse to cover this months meeting. Here is the county-sponsored video of the meeting: Macon County Commissioners Meeting 3-14-23



• Macon County Commissioners decide to stay in Fontana Regional Library system with proposed changes to the regional agreement [BPR]

• Sue Waldroop named Macon Matriarch 2023 [Macon County News and Shopping Guide]

• Conservative dark-money group files ethics complaints over NC Democrats’ TikTok posts [Hickory Daily Record]

• NC lawmakers seek more power over community college system [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• 'It's been a disaster' Residents warn neighboring areas of crypto mine impacts [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• HB259 NC House Bill Budget Substitute [PDF Download (640 pages)]



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

• Here are the 7 biggest revelations from the US leaks so far [The Hill]

• Big U.S. intelligence leak was by gun enthusiast in 20s -Washington Post [Reuters]

• Hungary's prime minister called U.S. a main adversary, leaked documents say [NBC News]

• U.S. Inflation Eased to 5% in March [Wall Street Journal]

• Expelled Tennessee lawmakers reinstated by local commissions [Courthouse news Service]

• 18,000 cows killed in explosion, fire at Texas dairy farm may be largest cattle killing ever [USA TODAY (via Yahoo! News)]

• Trump Supporters Are Swamping the Manhattan DA With Racist Threats [Vice News]

• Fox News sanctioned for withholding evidence in Dominion defamation case [NBC News]

• Trump sues ex-lawyer Michael Cohen after grand jury testimony [Reuters]

Washington Today (4-12-2023): Pres. Biden says Northern Ireland Good Friday peace deal must continue | C-SPAN RADIO



Global National: April 12, 2023 | What's next as Bank of Canada's key interest rate holds steady?



Nightly News Full Broadcast - April 12


PBS NewsHour full episode, (April 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 11:02am CEST, 6 April 2023, there have been 102,873,924 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,118,800 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 31 March 2023, a total of 666,193,352 vaccine doses have been administered.

Globally, as of 11:02am CEST, 6 April 2023, there have been 762,201,169 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,893,190 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 4 April 2023, a total of 13,337,416,815 vaccine doses have been administered.


• Three Years Later, Covid-19 Is Still a Health Threat. Journalism Needs to Reflect That [ Niemann Reports ]

• Column: Anti-vaxxers loved to cite this study of COVID vaccine deaths. Now it’s being retracted [ Los Angeles Times ]

• RETRACTION: The role of social circle COVID-19 illness and vaccination experiences in COVID-19 vaccination decisions: an online survey of the United States population [ Reddit ]

• Students are chronically absent across the country. COVID seems to have made it worse. [ xxx ]

Ep 128 Osterholm Update: A Light at the End of a Tough Two Weeks



• TWiV 998: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]

• TWiV 999: Inside Omicron with Mohsan Saeed [Microbe TV]




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Science and Technology News Roundup

• Atlas: An Open Windows OS Optimized for Gaming and Privacy [It's FOSS News]

• Sony backs maker of tiny Raspberry Pi computers with fresh funding, access to A.I. chips [CNBC]

• The U.S. Cracked a $3.4 Billion Crypto Heist—and Bitcoin’s Anonymity [Wall Street journal]

• AI can spot early signs of Alzheimer’s in speech patterns, study shows [UT Southwestern Medical Center]

• Juice: Jupiter moons mission to assess chance of life [BBC News]

• IGI Scientists Make Strides in Protecting Rice from Drought [Innovative Genomics Institute]

• China seeks to regulate AI technology, demands content reflect ‘core socialist values’ [Hong Kong Free Press]

• NYPD robocops: Hulking, 400-lb robots will start patrolling New York City [ARS TECHNICA]

• CachyOS: Arch-based Distro for Speed and Ease of Use [It's FOSS News]

• 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

Jupiter's Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) w/Project Scientist Olivier Witasse | Launch Pad Astronomy



SpaceX's Starship Launch: What to Expect from the Countdown | NASA Spaceflight



The Level1 Show April 12 2023: Open Up A Can of Litigation | Level1 Techs



Just... Max - DTNS 4497 | Daily Tech News Show



YouTube's Next Chapter Under Neal Mohan (New CEO) | ColdFusion



How Far Beyond Earth Could Humanity Expand? | PBS Space Time



New Study Finds Mysterious Rise of Chemicals That Destroy Ozone-Layer | Sabine Hossenfelder



Viruses from Mars, Asteroid Landing, Stars Colliding | Q and A 219 | Fraser Cain



Strange New Explanation for Why Quantum World Collapses Into Reality | Anton Petrov



European Space Agency Looking For Life In Jupiter's Moons | Scott Manley



Privately Browse The Web3 With Mullvad Browser | DL 319





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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)



• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 414 [Al Jazeera]

• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 413: Russian MPs passed legislation to digitize the draft and to crack down on draft dodgers [Euromaiden Press]


• Ukraine war: Leak shows Western special forces on the ground [BBC News]

• Pentagon intelligence leak: Here’s what you need to know [Al Jazeera]

• Poland wants to become bedrock of European security: Morawiecki tells Harris [TVP World]

• Ukraine updates: Russia begins military drills in the Arctic [DW News]

• Fallout from Macron’s China visit ripples across Atlantic and Indo-Pacific [France 24]

• A Leaked IT contractor files detail Kremlin's stockpile of cyber-weapons [The Register]

• ‘Vulkan files’ leak reveals Putin’s global and domestic cyberwarfare tactics [The Guardian]

US intel leak: "Egypt secretly ordered production of 40,000 rockets for Russia" | DW News



German volunteers at the front in Ukraine. - Military Mind | TVP World



Ukraine war: The deadly landmines killing hundreds | BBC News



Macron changing tack after 'not getting what he wanted in China' | FRANCE 24 English



Russia Ukraine War: Both sides endure heavy casualties, Bakhmut remains focal point | WION



🔴 (NSFW) - DC Police Ride Along, Russian Thermobaric, Ukrainian CQB | Funker530 LIVE Recap



US Grand Strategy: NATO, Alliances, & Ukraine - how alliances underpin American influence | Perun




News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective

Douglas Macgregor - The Russians have now FULL Margin of Victory | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor



• Putin warrant could derail BRICS summit – South Africa [Russia Today]

**Pravda has no updated stories about the war today**
• Vladlen Tatarsky's killer Daria Trepova suspected of working for Ukraine [Pravda]

• Wagner assault teams capture three urban areas in Artyomovsk — top brass [TASS Russian News Agency]





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On This Day

April 13 is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 262 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)




1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.

1612 – Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojirō at Funajima island.

1613 – Samuel Argall, having captured Pocahontas in Passapatanzy, Virginia, sets off with her to Jamestown with the intention of exchanging her for English prisoners held by her father.

1699 – The Sikh religion was formalised as the Khalsa – the brotherhood of Warrior-Saints – by Guru Gobind Singh in northern India, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar.

1742 – George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world premiere in Dublin, Ireland.

1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey.

1829 – The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 gives Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom the right to vote and to sit in Parliament.

1849 – Lajos Kossuth presents the Hungarian Declaration of Independence in a closed session of the National Assembly.

1861 – American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.

1865 – American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.

1870 – The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.

1873 – The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.

1909 – The 31 March Incident leads to the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.

1919 – Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops lead by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer killed approx 379-1000 unarmed demonstrators including men and women in Amritsar, India; and approximately 1,500 injured.

1941 – A pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.

1943 – World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.

1943 – The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.

1944 – Relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established.

1945 – World War II: German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen, Germany.

1945 – World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna.

1948 – In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital, and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah. This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre.

1953 – CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.

1958 – American pianist Van Cliburn is awarded first prize at the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.

1960 – The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.

1964 – At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American male to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.

1970 – An oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "Odyssey") while en route to the Moon.

1972 – The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.

1972 – Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.

1975 – An attack by the Phalangist resistance kills 26 militia members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.

1976 – The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.

1976 – Forty workers die in an explosion at the Lapua ammunition factory, the deadliest accidental disaster in modern history in Finland.

1996 – Two women and four children are killed after Israeli helicopter fired rockets at an ambulance in Mansouri, Lebanon.

1997 – Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.

2017 – The US drops the largest ever non-nuclear weapon on Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.

2019 - World's largest plane by wingspan at 117m (385 ft), the Stratolaunch, built as a flying launch pad for satellites, takes its first flight from Mojave, California

2020 - Bernie Sanders endorses former rival Joe Biden for president

2021 - NY Governor Andrew Cuomo says “I believe the worst is over if we continue to be smart,” about the COVID-19 pandemic in New York as death toll passes 10,000

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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, April 13, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins


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Macon County Board of Elections 03-11-2014 The Macon County Board of Elections holds a special meeting to hear a challenge brought by Charles "Scoon" Nichols to the candidacy of Macon County Commissioner Ron Haven regarding his eligibility to file as a candidate in the District II County Commissioner race. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9lNBy-faAA ********************* Jair Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the US ahead of Lula’s inauguration https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/30/americas/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-us-lula-inauguration-intl-latam Dang. He pulled a Trump and snuck out of town and can't be civil during the transfer of power. What a toddler move. ******************** Fierce Kitty, Glorious Kitty, Little Ball of Fur. Honourable Kitty, Warrior Kitty, Qapla' Qapla' Qapla'-->
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