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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A cold front moves into the area from the west today bringing shower and thunderstorm chances. The front stalls over the area through the weekend keeping shower and thunderstorm chances in place with below normal temperatures. The front moves east Monday with drying and near normal temperatures. Another cold front arrives by Wednesday bringing a return of shower and thunderstorms chances and below normal temperatures.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11am. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming west southwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. West northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 83. Light and variable wind.
Friday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers between 9pm and 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A chance of showers before 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 3pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind becoming south southeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Saturday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and midnight, then a chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11am. Patchy fog between 7am and 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Northwest wind around 7 mph becoming north northeast after midnight.
Friday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Calm wind becoming south southeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. Calm wind becoming south southeast 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Saturday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 11pm, then a chance of showers after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms after 10am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming west southwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Friday
A slight chance of showers between 3pm and 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming south southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers between 8pm and 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday
A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming south southeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 60. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Patchy dense fog between 7am and 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Light and variable wind. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers between 8pm and 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday
A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected toay or tonight in Macon County.
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 Sep 5 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Central Tropical Atlantic (AL95):
Showers and thunderstorms associated with an area of low pressure located over the central tropical Atlantic about 900 miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands have become a little better organized over the past several hours. Environmental conditions are conducive for further development, and a tropical depression or tropical storm is expected to form over the next day or so while the low moves toward the west-northwest at 15 to 20 mph across the central tropical Atlantic. Additional strengthening, possibly to a hurricane, is likely later this week while the system moves over western portions of the tropical Atlantic, near or to the northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. For additional information on this system, including gale warnings, see High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...near 100 percent.
2. Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A strong tropical wave is forecast to move off the coast of West Africa today. Environmental conditions appear conducive for development once the wave moves offshore, and a tropical depression could form over the far eastern tropical Atlantic during the middle to latter part of the week while the system moves to the west or west-northwest at 10 to 15 mph. This system is expected to move across the Cabo Verde Islands Wednesday night and Thursday, and interests there should monitor its progress.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...70 percent.
3. Northeastern Atlantic (ex-Franklin):
Post-Tropical Cyclone Franklin is located several hundred miles north of the Azores, and is forecast to move quickly southeastward towards warmer waters east of the Azores. This system could acquire some subtropical or tropical characteristics late this week or this weekend while it moves erratically between the Azores and Portugal. For additional information on this system, including gale warnings, see High Seas Forecasts issued by Meteo France.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.
Watching Deep Tropics as We Begin September (September 2nd, 2023) | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 55 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 55 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW)
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (9.1 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Grasses, and Chenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (9.2 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for September 7th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 97°F in Highlands in 1925
Lowest Temperature 38°F in in Highlands in 2017
Greatest Rainfall 3.66 inches in Highlands in 1938
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 September Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 98°F in Frsnklin on 09-04-1975
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Franklin on 09-30-1967
Greatest Rainfall 11.87 inches in Highlands on09-29-1964
Greatest Snowfall snowfall has not been recorded during August in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for September 5th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 105°F in Albemarle, Stanly County in 1925
Lowest Temperature 30°F in Oconaluftee, Swain County in 1997
Greatest One-Day Rain 7.58 inches in Washington, Beaufort County in 1947
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of September Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 108°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 09-25-1921
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Marion, McDowell County on 09-28-2000
Greatest Rainfall 21.00 inches in Wilmington, New Hanover County on 09-17-2018
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)
8/26/23—Zip Robertson—A Singer/Songwriter who’s journeyed from Ky to FL & 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 & 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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Local and State News
NC: School Test Scores are Recovering - Still below pre-pandemic levels | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• 'You bashed my face on the road'; NC trooper: did not use excessive force on motorist [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Explosive device discovered during traffic stop near Swain County elementary school [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Cherokee County Sheriff confirms upcoming training with extremist "Constitutional Sheriffs" group in Murphy [BPR]
• Happy hours, space whiskey and Sunday sales: Effort to loosen NC alcohol laws clears legislative hurdle [wral-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Police shooting defendants reply to lawsuit [Smoky Mountain News]
---Recent News Recap---
September 06, 2023
How school systems will treat COVID outbreaks | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• First Labor Day parade in Canton since mill closure is 'something you can't miss' [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Under the Dome podcast: What’s next for online sports gambling in North Carolina? [Raleigh News and Observer]
• New effort to keep Trump off ballots has roots in North Carolina and Jan. 6 attack [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners (August 2023) [Macon Media]
• Friends of the Greenway Update County Commissioners on the Use of County Property [Macon Media]
---NORTH CAROLINA BUDGET PROCESS---
• 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
US Military tests nuclear-capable missile | Rush Hour| News Nation
FULL DECISION | Judge denies Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro motion to sever in Georgia Trump case | WXIA-TV (Atlanta, GA)
• Biden administration cancels Trump-era Alaskan Arctic oil and gas leases, limiting future development [Courthouse News Service]
• Federal judge orders Texas to remove floating barrier in Rio Grande designed to deter migrants The 1,000-foot barrier n [NBC News]
• Mike Huckabee: If Trump Doesn’t Win, 2024 Will Be Last Election ‘Decided by Ballots Rather Than Bullets’ [MEDIAITE]
• Trump is liable in the second E. Jean Carroll defamation case, judge rules; January trial will determine damages [CNN]
International News Headlines
African leaders seek global taxes for climate change at Nairobi summit | Al Jazeera
How human activity and corporate interests threaten Indonesia's rainforests | DW News
• China wants to ban clothes that 'hurt nation's feelings' [BBC News]
• Air pollution: Nearly everyone in Europe breathing bad air [DW News]
• Africa climate summit adopts 'Nairobi declaration' as it concludes [Africa News]
• Yoon says N. Korea's nuclear program is existential threat to Indo-Pacific [Yonhap News Agency]
• H2A rocket with Japan's lunar lander successfully lifts off [Kyodo News]
Washington Today (9-6-23): Sen. McConnell, amid health questions, says he will finish Senate term | C-SPAN
Global National: Sep. 6, 2023 | Why Bank of Canada is keeping its key interest rate - for now
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - September 06
PBS NewsHour full episode, (September 06, 2023)
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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:
Based on current COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning for the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19, declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, to expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023. Macon County Public Health will stop publishing weekly COVID updates but will continue to monitor local case levels and trends. In the event that case counts increase significantly, MCPH will notify the public and resume weekly COVID updates.
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 12:20pm CEST, 30 August 2023, there have been 103,436,829 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,127,152 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 2 June 2023, a total of 668,882,018 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 12:20pm CEST, 30 August 2023, there have been 770,085,713 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,956,173 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 27 August 2023, a total of 13,499,983,736 vaccine doses have been administered.
Beyond the Noise #14: Back to School: The quest to eliminate vaccine mandates | MicrobeTV
• Number of people in UK with Covid doubles in a month [Wales Online]
• Arizona COVID-19 cases double since June, as virus rebounds in state, U.S. [Cronkite News]
• Lab data suggests new COVID booster will protect against worrisome variant [NPR]
How Trump Lost Control Of The Coronavirus Pandemic, Told As A Motion Comic | Insider Business
• TWiV 1036: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1037: Antibodies, the good (CoV), the bad (Ad), the beautiful [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• The Sky This Week from September 1 to 8: Comet Hartley 2 visits California [Astronomy Magazine]
Should Fukushima Release Radioactive Water? | Kyle Hill
• YouTube under no obligation to host anti-vaccine advocate’s videos, court says [ARS TECHNICA]
• How to send books to your Kindle — even if they’re not from Amazon [The Verge]
• Musk borrowed $1 billion from SpaceX the same month he acquired Twitter: Report [Mashable]
• SpaceX stacks giant Starship rocket ahead of 2nd test flight (video, photos) [Space.com]
• Chloride Ion Chemistry Considered For Replacing Lithium Ion [New Energy and Fuel]
• 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: Addendum EP26 Dig This! | 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
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Cinetimes]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Space, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
The Level1 Show September 6 2023: Right to McFlurry | Level1 Techs
Microsoft Knows the Old Regulation Magic - DTNS 4598 | Daily Tech News Show
Looking Deep Into Milky Way's Center with JWST | Fraser Cain
The Bot-Bod Is Back - Android Faithful #9 | Daily Tech News Show
One Month From Launch: Psyche Mission to a Metal Asteroid (Live Briefing) | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Exciting Pulsar Discoveries: Cosmic Cannonballs and Stars Turning Into Planets | Antov Patrov
We were wrong about the Moon!! India discovers that Lunar Colonization is easier than we thought! | The Angry Astronaut
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Civilization: Is the West History? | Episode 2: Science | BBC Select
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 02 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for September 2nd ]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 556 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 556: Russia delivers first nuclear warheads to Belarus [Euromaiden Press]
Why it would be ‘horrifically embarrassing’ for Russia to work with North Korea, according to expert | CNN
• Putin says he won’t renew the grain deal until the West meets his demands. The West says it has [AP News]
• Ukraine updates: Kim to hold arms talks with Putin, says US [DW News]
• Putin says again Ukraine counteroffensive ‘has failed’ as Kyiv claims gains [Al Jazeera]
• Another Russian mercenary group shows discontent with the Kremlin: ‘A sign of more to come’ [France 24]
• Nerves and patriotism in Moscow after 18 months of war [BBC News]
Ukraine Russia War Combat Footage 48 | WarPig
No grain deal: Vladimir Putin repeats Russia's position | Al Jazeera
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or articles/video about those who support Russia
The Russians Press Ahead And Crush Everything | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Key takeaways from Sochi talks between Putin and Erdogan [Russia Today]
• Assassination of Zelensky and biggest battle to take place in 2024 [Pravda]
• Air Defense Forces down Ukrainian attack drones over Kaluga, Moscow Regions, says mayor [TASS Russian News Agency]
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, September 07, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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