Dry high pressure will bring fall-like weather conditions to the
region through the first half of the weekend. Moisture increases
tonight into Sunday as a cold front approaches from the
northwest, with showers and thunderstorms possible along and ahead
of the front. Dry weather will return on Monday and persist through
the week.
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The Franklin Panthers defeated the East Henderson Eagles last night in the Panther Pit 24-8.
The Panthers rise to 1-3 for the season. The Panthers travel next week to face the Tuscola Mountaineers (currently 2-2).
Weather Sponsor
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Open 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM, M-F, located at 895 Hickory Knoll Road, Franklin, NC. Visit our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/Adams.Oldcastle.Franklin.NC
All your masonry needs are available. Our phone number is 828.524.8545, the public is welcome, we'll help you with your next project.
The Franklin Panthers defeated the East Henderson Eagles last night in the Panther Pit 24-8.
The Panthers rise to 1-3 for the season. The Panthers travel next week to face the Tuscola Mountaineers (currently 2-2).
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagles | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Panthers | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
Franklin Area
Today
Scattered showers, mainly after 3pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers likely, mainly after 5am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Sunday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8am, then a chance of showers between 8am and 11am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a chance of showers. Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 7 mph. Chance of rain is 30%.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Scattered showers, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Scattered showers. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Sunday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8am, then showers likely between 8am and noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. 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 before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Scattered showers, mainly after 3pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in tghe morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers likely, mainly after 5am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the south 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Sunday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 11am, then showers likely, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a chance of showers. Mostly clear, with in the lower 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 30%.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, in the lower 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Scattered showers, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 5am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8am, then showers likely between 8am and 10am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the west 3 to 8 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a chance of showers. Mostly clear, with in the lower 50s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of rain is 30%.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
Hazardous Weather Outlook
Updated Hazardous Weather Outlook:
Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are possible across the North Carolina mountains starting this afternoon. Lingering showers and thunderstorms will continue through the evening and into the overnight hours. The primary threats with any storm will be cloud-to-ground lightning and torrential downpours.
Record Weather Events for September 16th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 90°F in Franklin in 1947
Lowest Temperature 33°F in Highlands in 1904
Greatest Rainfall 7.13 inches in Highlands in 2004
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 16th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 107°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County in 1921
Lowest Temperature 30°F in Celo, Yancey County in 1985
Greatest One-Day Rain 16.55 inches in Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County in 1999
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)
On This Day
September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 106 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)
681 – Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council.
1400 – Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
1620 – A determined band of 35 religious dissenters – Pilgrims set sail for Virginia from Plymouth, England in the Mayflower, jubilant at the prospect of practicing their unorthodox brand of worship in the New World.
1701 – James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
1732 – In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two-thirds of its inhabitants.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
1810 – With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
1822 – French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, in a "note" read to the Academy of Sciences, reports a direct refraction experiment verifying David Brewster's hypothesis that photoelasticity (as we now call it) is stress-induced birefringence.
1863 – Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
1880 – The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
1893 – Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
1908 – The General Motors Corporation is founded.
1914 – World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
1920 – The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
1940 – World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
1943 – World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.
1945 – World War II: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.
1955 – The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.
1955 – A Soviet Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
1956 – TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
1959 – The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
1961 – The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.
1961 – Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people.
1961 – Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.
1963 – Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore is soon expelled from this new country.
1966 – The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.
1970 – King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict came to be known as Black September.
1975 – Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.
1975 – Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.
1975 – The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
1976 – Armenian champion swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir.
1978 – The 7.4 Mw Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people are killed.
1979 – Eight people escape from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
1982 – Lebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place.
1987 – The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
1990 – The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.
1992 – The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering.
1992 – Black Wednesday: The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.
1994 – The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988.
2004 – Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane.
2005 – The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.
2007 – One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.
2007 – Security guards working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad.
2013 – A gunman kills twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard.
2014 – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces.
2015 – A 8.3 Mw earthquake struck the Chilean city of Illapel, killing 15 people, injuring at least 34, leaving at least six missing, and causing extensive damage. One person also died in Argentina.
2019 – Five months before the COVID-19 stock market crash, an overnight spike in lending rates in the United States prompts the Federal Reserve to conduct operations in the repo market.
2021 – A 6.0 Mw earthquake struck Lu County, China's southwestern province of Sichuan, killing three and injuring more than 88.
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, September 16, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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