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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Weak weather features across the region through the weekend will allow for typical hot summer weather, with a chance for afternoon storms. Apparent temperatures might be hot enough to require a heat advisory in some spots. A cold front will move into the region Monday night and Tuesday. Behind the front, temperatures will drop back to normal and we dry out for mid-week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 90.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a chance of showers between midnight and 5am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Chance of rain is 40%.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Monday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the north around 5 mph by midmorning. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Calm winds early in the morning increasiong to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 70. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 90.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. WInds out of the west around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Chance of rain is 40%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Thunderstorms will be possible across the area this afternoon and evening. A few of these storms may become severe with locally damaging wind gusts. Any storm will also be capable of producing dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning and locally heavy rainfall.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
A 1,2,3-Punch of Solar Storms Speed to Earth | Space Weather News 04 August 2023
Back to Top • The Atlantic hurricane season has begun: What we know and what we don’t [ARS TECHNICA]
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
• The official hurricane season for the Atlantic basin is from June 1 to November 30, but tropical cyclone activity sometimes occurs before and after these dates, respectively. The peak of the Atlantic hurricane season is September 10, with most activity occurring between mid-August and mid-October.
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sat Aug 12 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected in the next 7 days.
TROPICAL TIDBITS
Tropical Tidbits is a website run by Macon Media's favorite no-nonsense tropical forecaster, Levi Cowan. He does not post material just to get clicks or to sensationalize the storms he covers to "make them more exciting." He is reliable and sober, unlike The Weather Channel crowd of Drama Queen Meteorologists.
Levi typically posts videos late in the afternoon or early before midnight on Youtube. [Youtube Channel]
[Thursday] Bret on Final Approach to Lesser Antilles; TD4 Forms (06-22-2023)
Atlantic Remains in Check For Now (August 12th, 2023) | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 45 (GOOD/CODE GREEN) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 50 (GOOD/CODE GREEN)
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (8.0 out of 12) today with Ragweed, CHenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (8.0 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for August 12th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 95°F in Franklin in 1957
Lowest Temperature 41°F in Franklin in 1890
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.91 inches in Highlands in 1940
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since record-keeping began in 1871)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of August Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 99°F in Franklin on 08-09-1980
Lowest Temperature 40°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 08-29-1968
Greatest Rainfall 9.68 inches in Highlands on 08-13-1940
Greatest Snowfall snowfall has not been recorded during August in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for August 6th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 103°F in Henderson, Vance County in 1983
Lowest Temperature 37°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1930
Greatest One-Day Rain.12.43 inches in Morehead City, Carteret County in 1955
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of August Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 110°F in Fayetteville, Cumberland County on 08-21-1983
Lowest Temperature 31°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 08-23-1930
Greatest Rainfall 12.43 inches in Morehead City, Carteret County on 08-12-1955
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during August in the state)
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Saturdays in August from 11am to 1pm
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
8/12/23—Melinda Pennington and Diane Chermer—Blues ain’t got no clues! Enjoy the music of two of the Shifty Sisters Group who are taking the time to bring forward some of their originals that we don’t always hear with the Group.
8/19/23—Charley Simmons—Award-winning finger-style guitarist of Utah and 2 other states. You’ll be amazed at the sounds this guy gets out of a guitar! The late Chet Atkins has given this guy his blessings. 8/26/23—Zip Robertson—A Singer/Songwriter who’s journeyed from Ky to FL and up to Western NC bringing us lucky listeners acoustic music to touch our hearts. Welcome Zip!
Frog Quarters is open 9a to 2p, Wednesdays thru Saturdays—beside the River Bridge. We are the Non-Profit supporting the Greenway with monies from sales from our Coffee and Gift Shop, Memberships and Donations. As always, thank you for your support!
Mountain Findings
432 Spruce Street (physical)
Highlands, North Carolina 28741
Web: MountainFindings.org
Mountain Findings (a thrift store) is open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm until October 2023.
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National News Briefing Attorney General names special prosecutor to investigate Hunter Biden | WCBS-TV (New York City, NY)
• Police stage ‘chilling’ raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones [Kansas Reflector]
• Hawaii Officials Were Warned Years Ago That Maui’s Lahaina Faced High Wildfire Risk [Wall Street Journal]
• Maui fires liveblog updates: Emergency sirens weren't activated ahead of deadly blaze, agency says [NBC News]
• 3-year-old riding one of Texas’ migrant buses dies on the way to Chicago, officials say [AP News]
• Former State Attorney Worrell’s chief of staff fired while on maternity leave [WKMG-TV (Orlando, FL)]
International News Headlines
What do you know about Taiwan? | DW Documentary
When Will China Invade Taiwan? | PolyMatter
• News Corp profits dive 75% as Rupert Murdoch-owned company hints at AI future [The Guardian (UK)]
• Asia’s rice prices skyrocket after India’s export ban – as Thailand eyes an opportunity [South China Morning Post]
• Life and death on the front lines of fighting in Myanmar [Al Jazeera]
• Construction of vital power dam in Niger halted due to sanctions [Africa News]
• Niger coup: Russia warns ECOWAS not to take military action [BBC News]
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, 8/11/23
Brooks and Capehart on the appointment of a special counsel in the Hunter Biden case | PBS NewsHour
Washington Today (8-11-23): AG Garland appoints special counsel in Hunter Biden investigation | C-SPAN
Global National: Aug. 11, 2023 | Grief, loss and survival as Maui ravaged by wildfires
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - August 11
PBS NewsHour full episode, (August 11, 2023)
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On This Day
August 12th is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 141 days remain until the end of the year.
It is the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. It is also known as the "Glorious Twelfth" in the United Kingdom, as it marks the traditional start of the grouse shooting season.
Historical Events
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
1121 – Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.
1164 – Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch.
1323 РThe Treaty of N̦teborg between Sweden and Novgorod Republic is signed, regulating the border between the two countries for the first time.
1492 – Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World.
1499 – First engagement of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets.
1624 – Charles de La Vieuville is arrested and replaced by Cardinal Richelieu as the French king's chief advisor.
1676 – Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War.
1687 – Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman Empire.
1765 – Treaty of Allahabad is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of Company rule in India.
1793 РThe Rh̫ne and Loire d̩partments are created when the former d̩partement of Rh̫ne-et-Loire is split into two.
1806 – Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires re-takes the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina after the first British invasion.
1831 – French intervention forces William I of the Netherlands to abandon his attempt to suppress the Belgian Revolution.
1851 – Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.
1865 – Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
1883 – The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1898 – The Hawaiian flag is lowered from Ê»Iolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
1914 – World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
1914 – World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
1944 – Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema.
1944 – Nazi German troops end the week-long Wola massacre, during which time at least 40,000 people are killed indiscriminately or in mass executions.
1944 РAlen̤on is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces.
1948 – Babrra massacre: About 600 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are shot dead on the orders of the Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province, Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri, on Babrra ground in the Hashtnagar region of Charsadda District, North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan.
1950 – Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: 75 American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
• [Bloody Gulch massacre]
• [On This Day: North Koreans kill 75 American POWs in Bloody Gulch massacre]
1952 – The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
1953 – First thermonuclear bomb test: The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4) using a "layered" scheme.
• [Soviet atomic bomb project]
• [Joe 4]
• [Joe 4 Russian atomic bomb]
1953 – The 7.2 Ms Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
1960 – Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
1964 – South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.
1969 – Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.
1976 – Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War.
1977 – The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
1977 – The Sri Lanka Riots: Targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed.
1981 – The IBM Personal Computer is released.
• [IBM Personal Computer]
• [The Original IBM PC 5150 - the story of the world's most influential computer]
1985 – Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster.
1990 – Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
1992 – Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
1994 – Major League Baseball players go on strike, forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
2000 – The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
2015 – At least two massive explosions kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in Tianjin, China.
• [Wikipedia: 2015 Tianjin explosions]
• [Tianjin Explosion Video & Photo Compilation Stabilized HD 12 04 2015 China]
• ['Horror and disbelief' over Tianjin explosions - BBC News]
2016 – Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the city of Manbij from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
2018 – Thirty-nine civilians, including a dozen children, are killed in an explosion at a weapons depot in a rebel-held town in northwest Syria.
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, August 12, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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