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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A stationary front stalled across the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia will continue to produce occasionally heavy showers and embedded thunderstorms through tonight. Tropical Cyclone Idalia is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall and passing offshore near the South Carolina coast Wednesday night. All interests should pay close attention to the Idalia forecast track this week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11pm. Widespread fog, mainly after 4am. Low around 65. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 8am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 8pm and 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 70%.
Wednesday
A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming northeast 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. North northeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Thursday
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 57.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely between 2pm and 5pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Areas of fog before 10am. High near 72. South wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Widespread fog, mainly after 5am. Low around 62. South southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 8am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 8pm and 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 70%.
Wednesday
A chance of showers before 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. Northeast wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. North northeast wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Thursday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 54.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11pm. Widespread fog, mainly after 4am. Low around 65. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 8am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 8pm and 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 70%.
Wednesday
A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming northeast 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. North northeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Thursday
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 57.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely between 2pm and 3pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. High near 75. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11pm and 3am, then a chance of showers after 3am. Widespread fog, mainly after 5am. Low around 65. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 8am. Widespread fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Calm wind becoming northeast 5 to 8 mph in the morning. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. North northeast wind around 9 mph.
Thursday
A 20 percent chance of showers after noon. Sunny, with a high near 75.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 59.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Additional heavy-rain producing showers and thunderstorms are expected on Tuesday and Tuesday night. The threat of localized flash flooding along streams and nuisance flooding of poor drainage areas will continue.
Tropical System Idalia is forecast to make landfall on the Florida Gulf Coast Wednesday morning and cross the coastal waters of South Carolina Wednesday night. On this track, any gusty winds or heavier rain bands would impact the lower Piedmont areas. Be aware that any westward shifts in the forecast track would increase the potential for wind and rain impacts in our area from Idalia.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotters are requested to forward any reports of large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes, or flash flooding to our office.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
A Solar Storm Glancing Blow with a Fast Wind Chaser | Space Weather News 24 August 2023
Back to Top • The Atlantic hurricane season has begun: What we know and what we don’t [ARS TECHNICA]
• August 17, 2023) NOAA doubles the chances for a nasty Atlantic hurricane season due to hot ocean, tardy El Nino [AP News]
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 Tue Aug 29 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Franklin, located several hundred miles west-southwest of Bermuda, and on Tropical Storm Idalia, located over the extreme southeastern Gulf of Mexico.
1. Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A tropical wave located just off the west coast of Africa is producing an area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions appear marginally conducive for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression could form later in the week while the system moves west-northwestward to northwestward across the eastern tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...50 percent.
2. Central Subtropical Atlantic (AL92):
Showers and thunderstorms have recently become more concentrated with an area of low pressure located about 1000 miles northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. Recent satellite wind data also indicates that its circulation has become better defined. Environmental conditions appear favorable for additional development over the next couple of days before becoming more unfavorable by the latter part of this week as the system drifts slowly over the central subtropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent.
Update on TD10: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Ian (August 28th, 2023) | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 40 (GOOD/CODE GREEN) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 40 (GOOD/CODE GREEN)
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen levels are expected to be in the LOW range (1.7 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the MEDIUM-HIGH range (7.3 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for August 29th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Franklin in 1948
Lowest Temperature 40°F in at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1968
Greatest Rainfall 3.89 inches in Highlands in 1940
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of August Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 106°F in Concord, Cabarrus County on 08-09-1980
Lowest Temperature 37°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 08-29-1968
Greatest Rainfall 9.16 inches in Hendersonville, Henderson County on 08-13-1940
Greatest Snowfall snowfall has not been recorded during August in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for August 29th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 106°F in Monroe, Union County in 1948
Lowest Temperature 33°F in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 1968
Greatest One-Day Rain 5.50 inches in Belhaven, Beaufort County in 1916
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
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Saturdays in August from 11am to 1pm
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
9/9/23—Sheila Krause followed by The Shifty Sisters. It’s a ladies’ Double Header Saturday at The Frog. Enjoy Sheila’s strong voice as she covers the oldies we all love followed by the originals of the Shifty Sisters—Melody Lowery, Melinda Pennington and Diane Chermer. Bring it on, ladies!
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 & Gift Shop, Memberships and Donations. As always, thank you for your support!
Monday, Sept 11th 8:30am to 9:30am
9/11 Remembrance
Join us for "9/11Remembrance" Monday September 11th (Franklin, NC Town Square 8:30am) as we honor those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. We will remember those who gave their lives to save others or lost their lives from this terrorist attack.
Chief Devin Holland of Franklin Police Department and Chief Ben Ormond of Franklin Fire and Rescue and other special guests will read the time frame of the attacks of Tuesday September 11, 2001.
Various special guests will join the event in remembering and reminding the guests of the event to "Never Forget." We will have a moment of silent at the end of the program to honor those lives lost on September 11, 2001 and celebrate their lives on "Patriot Day" through music and prayer.
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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On This Day
August 29th is the 241st day of the year (240th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 124 days remain until the end of the year.
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)
708 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
870 – The city of Melite surrenders to an Aghlabid army following a siege, putting an end to Byzantine Malta.
1009 – Mainz Cathedral suffers extensive damage from a fire, which destroys the building on the day of its inauguration.
1261 – Pope Urban IV succeeds Pope Alexander IV as the 182nd pope.
1315 – Battle of Montecatini: The army of the Republic of Pisa, commanded by Uguccione della Faggiuola, wins a decisive victory against the joint forces of the Kingdom of Naples and the Republic of Florence despite being outnumbered.
1350 – Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.
1475 – The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between the kingdoms of France and England.
1484 – Pope Innocent VIII succeeds Pope Sixtus IV.
1498 – Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Kingdom of Portugal.
1521 – The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade).
1526 – Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia.
1541 – The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
1728 – The city of Nuuk in Greenland is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the royal governor Claus Paarss.
1741 – The eruption of Oshima–Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami: At least 2,000 people along the Japanese coast drown in a tsunami caused by the eruption of Oshima.
1756 – Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War in Europe.
1758 – The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape.
1778 – American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
1779 – American Revolutionary War: American forces battle and defeat the British and Iroquois forces at the Battle of Newtown.
1786 – Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
1807 – British troops under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeat a Danish militia outside Copenhagen in the Battle of Køge.
1831 – Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
1842 – Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.
1861 – American Civil War: The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries gives Federal forces control of Pamlico Sound.
1869 – The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
1871 – Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
1885 – Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded.
1903 – The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
1907 – The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
1910 – The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
1911 – Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
1911 – The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
1914 – World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
1915 – US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
1916 – The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
1918 – World War I: Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
1930 – The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
1941 – World War II: Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.
1943 – World War II: German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.
1944 – World War II: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
1949 – Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
1950 – Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.
1958 – United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1965 – The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
1966 – The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
1966 – Leading Egyptian thinker Sayyid Qutb is executed for plotting the assassination of President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
1970 – Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Rubén Salazar.
1982 – The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
1991 – Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.
1991 – Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.
1996 – Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.
1997 – Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.
1997 – At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.
1998 – 80 people are killed when Cubana de Aviación Flight 389 crashes during a rejected takeoff from the Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito, Ecuador.
2003 – Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.
2005 – Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing up to 1,836 people and causing $125 billion in damage.
2012 – At least 26 Chinese miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, located at Panzhihua, Sichuan Province.
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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