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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure continues across the region through the middle of the week with temperatures gradually increasing through Wednesday. A cold front approaches the area by the end of the week with a chance for showers.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog in the morning. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
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. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southeast in the afternoon.
Tonight
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
Areas of fog in the morning. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the north around 5 mph shifting to come out of the southeast in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the south around 5 mph shifting to come out the northwest after midnight.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with highs near 80.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 61.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog by midmorning. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
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. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the southwest.
Labor Day
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Light and variable winds.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight in Macon County.
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On This Day
September 3rd is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 119 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)
36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Naulochus]
• [Sextus Pompeius and the Sicilian War (42 to 36 B.C.E.)]
• [War between Sextus Pompey and the Second Triumvirate]
301 – San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.
590 – Consecration of Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great).
673 РKing Wamba of the Visigoths puts down a revolt by Hilderic, governor of N̨mes (France) and rival for the throne.
863 – Major Byzantine victory at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid.
• [Battle of Lalakaon]
• [Today in Middle Eastern history: the Battle of Lalakaon (863)]
• [Arab–Byzantine wars]
1189 – Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster.
1260 – The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Ain Jalut]
• [Battle of Ain Jalut, 1260 AD ⚔️ The Battle that saved Islam and stopped the Mongols معركة عين جالوت]
• [Mongols: Zenith of Empire - Siege of Baghdad 1258 and Battle of Ain Jalut 1260 DOCUMENTARY]
• [Mongols vs. Mamluks: The Battle of Ain Jalut - DOCUMENTARY]
1411 – The Treaty of Selymbria is concluded between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice.
1650 – Victory over the royalists in the Battle of Dunbar opens the way to Edinburgh for the New Model Army in the Third English Civil War.
1651 – The Battle of Worcester is the last significant action in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
1658 – The death of Oliver Cromwell; Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England.
1666 – The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.
• [Battle of Cooch's Bridge]
• [The 302 #23 (Season 3): The battle of Cooch’s Bridge | Full Show]
• [American Revolution "Battle of Cooch's Bridge" - September 3, 1777]
1783 – American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• [Treaty of Paris (1783)]
• [HistoryPod Video]
1798 – The week long battle of St. George's Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of Belize.
1812 – Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana.
1838 – Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
1843 – King Otto of Greece is forced to grant a constitution following an uprising in Athens.
1855 – American Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 men, women and children.
1861 – American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
1875 – The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
1878 – Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
1879 – Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.
• [Siege of the British Residency in Kabul]
• [Second Anglo-Afghan War]
• [Britain's greatest military disaster (Graveyard of Empires, Part 3)]
1895 – John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12–0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
1914 – William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
1914 РFrench composer Alb̩ric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
1914 РWorld War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronn̩, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
• [Battle of Grand Couronné]
1916 – World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
1925 – USS Shenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.
1933 – Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m).
1935 – Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph.
1939 – World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allied nations. The Viceroy of India also declares war, but without consulting the provincial legislatures.
1939 – World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic.
1941 – The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.
• [http://auschwitz.org/en/museum/news/64-years-ago-first-nazi-use-of-poison-gas-for-murdering-people-in-auschwitz,422.htmlirst Nazi Use of Poison Gas for Murdering People in Auschwitz]
• [Holocaust Encyclopedia: Gassing Operations]
• [Dramatization from "War and Remembrance"] (Graphic Depiction)
1942 – World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus).
1943 – World War II: British and Canadian troops land on the Italian mainland. On the same day, Walter Bedell Smith and Giuseppe Castellano sign the Armistice of Cassibile, although it is not announced for another five days.
1944 – Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.
1945 – A three-day celebration begins in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.
1950 – "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
1954 – The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
• [Wilson Center Digital Archive]
• [Frontline PBS Chronology]
• [First Taiwan Strait Crisis]
• [U.S. NAVY SEVENTH FLEET FORMOSA PATROL, KOREAN WAR, TAIWAN STRAIT CRISIS 1950s FILM 64554]
• [aiwan Strait Crisis 1954-1958 - Cold War DOCUMENTARY]
1967 – Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
1971 – Qatar becomes an independent state.
1976 – Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
1981 – The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women, is instituted by the United Nations.
1987 РIn a coup d'̩tat in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.
1997 – Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
2001 – In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls.
2004 – Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children.
• [Beslan School Siege Ends - 2004 | Today in History | 3 Sept 16]
• [Russia 'failed' in Beslan school massacre - BBC News]
• [Beslan school siege: Russia 'failed to prevent' 2004 massacre]
2010 – After taking off from Dubai International Airport, UPS Airlines Flight 6 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold and crashes near Nad Al Sheba, killing both crew members on board.
2016 – The U.S. and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally ratify the Paris global climate agreement.
2017 – North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.
• [Wikipedia: 2017 North Korean nuclear test]
• [CBS: North Korea's latest nuclear test]
• [North Korea’s 2017 nuke test was 16 times bigger than Hiroshima bomb]
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Published at 5:00am on Sunday, September 03, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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