Dry high pressure continues across the region through the middle
of next week causing mild temperatures to gradually
increase by Wednesday. A cold front approaches the area by the
end of the week with a chance for showers.
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Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Labor Day
Sunny, with highs in the upper 80s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Areas of fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming light and variable.
Sunday
Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southeast in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight.
Labor Day
Sunny, with highs near 80.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Labor Day
Sunny, with highs in the upper 80s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Areas of fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the southwest.
Sunday
Areas of fog before 7am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 80. Light winds out of the northeast.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Light and variable winds.
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
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• 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 Sat Sep 2 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is currently issuing advisories on
Post-Tropical Cyclone Idalia, located just southwest of Bermuda,
Tropical Storm Gert, located several hundred miles east-southeast of
Bermuda, and on Tropical Depression Twelve, located several hundred
miles northwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. The National Hurricane
Center and has issued the last advisory on the remnants of Jose,
located several hundred miles northeast of Bermuda.
1. Eastern and Central Tropical Atlantic:
A tropical wave has emerged from the west coast of Africa
and over the extreme eastern tropical Atlantic. Environmental
conditions appear conducive for some gradual development of this
system by the middle part of next week, and a tropical depression
is likely to form while it moves westward to west-northwestward at
15 to 20 mph over the eastern and central portions of the tropical
Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...70 percent.
Watching Deep Tropics as We Begin September (September 2nd, 2023) | hurricanetrack
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
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
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 2nd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 93°F in Franklin in 1957
Lowest Temperature 40°F in at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1954
Greatest Rainfall 3.21 inches in Highlands in 1898
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 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 August 28th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 105°F in Albemarle, Stanly County in 1932
Lowest Temperature 34°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1934
Greatest One-Day Rain 9.60 inches in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1910
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)
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.
The Franklin Panthers were defeated by the Swain County Maroon Devils last night in Bryson City. The box score from the game is posted below. The Panthers drop to 0-3 for the season. The Panthers have the next week off, then on September 15th the East Henderson Eagles (currently 0-3) travel to thePanther pit after facing the Owen Warhorses on the 8th.
Bodycam shows Washington state deputy narrowly escape raging wildfire | NBC News
• New York police will use drones to monitor backyard parties this weekend, spurring privacy concerns [AP News]
• US economy adds 187,00 jobs in August, boosting chances of a soft landing [Courthouse News Service]
• Mitch McConnell May Be Experiencing Small Seizures, Doctors Suggest [New York Times]
• Former Proud Boy who smashed Capitol window in Jan. 6 attack sentenced to 10 years [ABC News]
• Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs sentenced to 17 years for Capitol riot [BBC News]
• Naomi Klein on following her ‘doppelganger’ down the conspiracy rabbit hole – and why millions of people have entered an alternative political reality [The Guardian (UK) ]
International News Headlines
The rise of economic nationalism | Business Beyond
Johannesburg fire: 74 people killed including children after building blaze | BBC News
• N. Korea fires several cruise missiles into Yellow Sea: JCS [Yonhap News Agency]
• Russia puts advanced Sarmat nuclear missile system on ‘combat duty’ [Al Jazeera]
• Johannesburg fire highlights inner city housing crisis [Africa News]
• Gabon coup leader will not rush to elections despite mounting pressure [Reuters]
• Car bomb explosions and hostage-taking inside prisons underscore Ecuador’s fragile security [AP News]
Global National: Sept. 1, 2023 | Canada unveils proposed regulations in Online News Act
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.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 8:14am CEST, 26 July 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 8:14am CEST, 26 July 2023, there have been 768,560,727 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,952,522 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 23 July 2023, a total of 13,474,348,801 vaccine doses have been administered.
TWiV 1040: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
• The Sky This Week from September 1 to 8: Comet Hartley 2 visits California [Astronomy Magazine]
Shedding Light on the Dark Universe | World Science Festival
• Human ancestors nearly went extinct 900,000 years ago [Nature]
• FBI releases online game to teach kids internet safety skills [WT]
• Very, Very Few People Are Falling Down the YouTube Rabbit Hole The site’s crackdown on radicalization seems to have worked. But the world will never know what was happening before that. [The Atlantic]
• Jeff Bezos and Amazon board sued in row over satellites to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink [The Telegraph (UK)]
• Antibody Shows Promise for Preventing Organ Rejection After Transplantation [Duke Health]
Generative A.I. Will Change Everything. | Kyle Hill
• 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
• 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
What the NUC Kind of Cluster is This??? | Level1 Techs
Is Lenovo's Legion Go... A Go - DTNS 4596 | Daily Tech News Show
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Atomic Layer Deposition | Asianometry
The secret origins of America's STEALTH Black Hawks | Sandboxx
(broken) DEFCON 31 "Vacuum robot security and privacy - prevent your robot from sucking your data" | Dennis Giese
Hitler’s War - YEAR ONE OF WW2 WEEK BY WEEK - 1939/40 - PART 1
Hitler’s War - YEAR ONE OF WW2 WEEK BY WEEK - 1939/40 - PART 2
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Civilization: Is the West History? | Episode 2: Science | BBC Select
1752 – Great Britain, along with its overseas possessions, adopts the Gregorian calendar.
1789 – The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
1792 – During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
• [Wikipedia: September Massacres]
• [The Web Chronology Project]
1806 – A massive landslide destroys the town of Goldau, Switzerland, killing 457.
1807 – The British Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.
1859 – The Carrington Event is the strongest geomagnetic storm on record.
• [Carrington Event]
• [What Was the Carrington Event? - The Most Powerful Solar Storm on Record]
• [Could Solar Storms Destroy Civilization? Solar Flares & Coronal Mass Ejections]
1862 – American Civil War: United States President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
1864 – American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city, ending the Atlanta Campaign.
1867 – Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō, thereafter known as Empress Shōken.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
1885 – Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
1890 - NC History: Elon College opened as a four-year liberal arts college in Alance County, NC.
• [Local Wiki: History of Elon College]
• [LINKTEXT]
• [LINKTEXT]
1939 – World War II: Following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany.
1940 - President Franklin Roosevelt dedicated the Great Smokies National Park at Newfound Gap. Over 10,000 people were in attendance.
1944 – The last execution of a Finn in Finland will take place when soldier Olavi Laiho is executed by shooting in Oulu.
1957 – President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
1958 – A USAF RC-130 is shot down by fighters over Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew members are killed.
1963 – CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
1968 – Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War.
1970 – NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
1984 – Seven people are shot and killed and 12 wounded in the Milperra massacre, a shootout between the rival motorcycle gangs Bandidos and Comancheros in Sydney, Australia.
1985 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politicians and former MPs M. Alalasundaram and V. Dharmalingam are shot dead.
1990 – Transnistria is unilaterally proclaimed a Soviet republic; the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares the decision null and void.
1992 – The 7.7 Mw Nicaragua earthquake affected the west coast of Nicaragua. With a Ms–Mw disparity of half a unit, this tsunami earthquake triggered a tsunami that caused most of the damage and casualties, with at least 116 killed. Typical runup heights were 3–8 meters (9.8–26.2 ft).
1998 – Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people onboard are killed.
1998 – The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.
2009 – The Andhra Pradesh, India helicopter crash occurred near Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India. Fatalities included Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
2010 – Israel-Palestinian conflict: the 2010 Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are launched by the United States.
2013 – The Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens at 10:15 PM at a cost of $6.4 billion, after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake damaged the old span.
2019 – Hurricane Dorian, a category 5 hurricane, devastates the Bahamas, killing at least five.
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, September 02, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to rthe following websites or books:
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