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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Limited moisture ahead of a cold front approaching from the northwest will produce some rain mainly over the mountains today. This vigorous front will cross the region tonight and usher in much cooler and drier air over the weekend. Dry conditions continue through at least the early to middle part of next week. We may get rain at the end of next week along with another shot of cooler temperatures.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog between 7am and 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday Night
Patchy frost after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
Patchy frost before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 60.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40.
Columbus Day
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the west 3 to 6 mph.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers before midnight. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Saturday Night
Clear, with lows around 34. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Sunday Night
Patchy frost after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.
Columbus Day
Patchy frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 60.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs near 62. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
Patchy frost before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 60.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40.
Columbus Day
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
Patchy frost before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40.
Columbus Day
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60.
Monday Night Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Patchy frost will be possible in sheltered valley locations around daybreak Sunday. More widespread frost is possible across the mountains Sunday night into Monday morning.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
A Ring of Fire and a Bumpy Ride | Space Weather News 5 October 2023 | Dr Tamitha Skov
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 Fri Oct 6 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Philippe, located a few hundred miles south of Bermuda.
1. Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A low-latitude tropical wave is expected to move off the west coast of Africa in the next day or so. Thereafter, environmental conditions appear generally conducive for gradual development of the system. A tropical depression could form by the early to middle part of next week as the system moves westward to west-northwestward across the eastern tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...50 percent.
Philippe Headed for Atlantic Canada (October 5th, 2023) | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 45 (GOOD/CODE GREEN) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 45 (GOOD/CODE GREEN)
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (4.0 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (4.8 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for October 6th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 89°F in Franklin in 1951
Lowest Temperature 26°F in Highlands in 1980
Greatest Rainfall 2.54 inches in Highlands in 1934
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of October Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on 10-05-1954
Lowest Temperature 12°F in Franklin on 10-30-1910
Greatest Rainfall 9.91 inches in Highlands on 10-04-1964
Greatest Snowfall 1.0 inches in Highlands on 10-20-1913
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of October Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 103°F in Wadesboro, Anson County on 10-03-2019
Lowest Temperature 8°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 10-21-1952
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 12.53 inches in Lumberton, Robeson County on 10-08-2016
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 11.0 inches on Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 10-25-1990
Climate Normals Accumulated Rainfall for the Year to October 1st
Franklin 42.38 inches
Coweeta Experimental Station 53.91 inches
Highlands 65.66 inches
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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)
10/7/23
Dave Stewart & Tim Lynch--This week don’t miss the many talents of Bill Peterson & Dave Stewart! Dave heads up a Songwriter’s group in Franklin and is involved in many groups. He’s a multi-instrumentalist with a melodic voice on his own creations as well as covers for many in the folk, pop/rock & other genres. Tim will be making his debut at Frog Quarters this week.
10/14/23
Charley Simmons & Paul Linser—Finger-Style Picking Champion in 3 states, the Frog is welcoming once again Charley! Charley has created some heartfelt songs based on his life’s experience. On many of his songs, you’ll swear you’re sitting on the prairie around a campfire just enjoying the music. And, Paul Linser takes an hour of the time. Enjoy his finger-style picking and sweet tenor voice on his ballads.
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
Grace and Frankie: WNC Nature Center's resident raccoons | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• Town of Franklin Begins Voluntary Water Restrictions on Friday, October 6th, 2023 [Macon Media]
• Next up for NC General Assembly: Votes next week on election, environmental bills [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Newman, Phillips vie for Mayor of Sylva [Smoky Mountain News]
• Overdose calls on the rise [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
• As NC reviews hog farm permits, groundwater and environmental justice play a role [Raleigh News and Observer]
---Recent News Recap---
October 05, 2023
Why Hundreds of Millions of People Just Got a FEMA National Alert | WSJ
• Rabies vaccine packets dropping from the sky for raccoons in Western North Carolina [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• NC voter residency law is unconstitutional, retiree group says in new lawsuit [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC’s Rep. Patrick McHenry ‘doesn’t give up.’ But will he remain in speaker role? [Ralleigh News and Observer]
• Mars Hill community rallies with musical fundraiser for postal worker hurt in carjacking [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
---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
Memorial held for Sen. Dianne Feinstein | PBS NewsHour
Biden admin to restart construction of border wall | KDFW-TV (Dallas, TX)
• Exxon Mobil Closing In on Megadeal With Shale Driller Pioneer [Wall Street Journal]
• Record chicken prices squeeze US shoppers, benefit Tyson Foods [Reuters]
• Biden’s dog Commander no longer at White House after biting incidents [AP News]
• Judge orders tabs kept on Trump financial transactions throughout fraud trial [Courthouse News Service]
• Trump allegedly discussed US nuclear subs with foreign national after leaving White House: Sources [ABC News]
International News Headlines
Is the EU ready to accept Ukraine? | Inside Story | AlJazeera
• Putin makes nuclear-powered Burevestnik missile test claim [BBC News]
• US shoots down Turkish drone over Syria [DW News]
• China wind farm sets high-altitude records, but how do turbines keep up in the thin Himalayan air? [South China Morning Post]
• Russia boycotts the 2024 Olympics in Paris (Russian Olympic Committee) [Africa News]
• Weather disasters caused by climate change displaced 43 million children, UNICEF [France 24]
Washington Today (10-5-23): VP Harris speaks of Sen. Feinstein's 'results, not rhetoric" at memorial | C-SPAN
Global National: Oct. 5, 2023 | Russian missile strike on Ukrainian village kills at least 51 people
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Oct. 5 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (October 05, 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.
COVID COVID-19 inquiry: Hearing told of 'chaos' and 'infighting' as pandemic took hold | Sky News
• Does Medicare cover vaccines? The new rules for shots that protect against COVID, flu, RSV, and more [Fortune Magazine (via Yahoo News) ]
• Viral kinetics of sequential SARS-CoV-2 infections [nature]
• First on ABC: 4M Americans have gotten latest COVID shot -- on par with last fall's vaccine rollout [ABC News]
• TWiV 1048: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1049: Long COVID’s book of homeostatic cats [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• The Sky This Week from September 29 to October 6: The year’s last Super Moon [Astronomy Magazine]
• The annular eclipse is coming soon. Here’s where and when to see it [Astronomy Magazine]
Could AI threaten democracy? | People and Power Documentary | Al Jazeera
• SEC sues to force Elon Musk to testify in Twitter probe [CNBC]
• September sizzled to records and was so much warmer than average scientists call it ‘mind-blowing’ [AP News]
• Laser mapping reveals hidden structures in Amazon—with hints at thousands more [Science Magazine]
• World’s largest space conference succeeds in making a Starship update boring [ARS TECHNICA]
• This limited-edition Flipper Zero is the latest transparent gadget [The Verge]
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 October 6 2023: Is That a Banana Spider In Your Pocket? | Level1 Techs
Wait an Attosecond!!! - DTNS 4619 | Daily Tech News Show
Why West Virginia is so Poor | Wendover Productions
Zero Point Energy and Vacuum Energy | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Nobel Prize in Physics 2023: What Are Attosecond Lasers Good For? | Sabine Hossenfelder
What Nadella's US v. Google Testimony Means | TWiT TV
Why Is Most of the Universe Hidden? | Astrum
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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 attack on Ukraine leaves more than 50 dead | ABC News
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 5, 2023 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 590 [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine updates: Russia says downed 8 drones [DW News]
• European Political Community Summit: Zelensky says future of continent hinges on unity [France 24]
• Germany to transfer additional Patriot system to Ukraine [Eurpmaidan Press]
Russia wages a secret war | Jon Sweet and Peter Duran | TVP World
Not just Ukraine: How does Europe prevent bloodshed at its doorstep? | FRANCE 24
Zelenskyy asks European leaders for further miltary aid | DW News
Let's talk about Ukraine, Russia, and the Black Sea Fleet.... | Beau of the Fifth Column
Ukraine War Update NEWS (20231004b): Military Aid and Geopolitics News, Info Space Analysis | ATP Geopolitics
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or articles/video about those who support Russia
Col Douglas Macgregor Full Interview: "This Escalates The Conflict" | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• We have to ‘build a new world’ – Putin [Russia Today]
• Putin: Russia did not start the war. Russia is trying to end it [Pravda]
• Putin says Prigozhin’s plane didn’t sustain any external impact [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 86 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)
105 BC – Cimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio accelerates the Marian reforms of the Roman army of the mid-Republic.
69 BC – Third Mithridatic War: The military of the Roman Republic subdue Armenia.
AD 23 – Rebels decapitate Wang Mang two days after his capital was sacked during a peasant rebellion.
404 – Byzantine Empress Eudoxia dies from the miscarriage of her seventh pregnancy.
618 – Transition from Sui to Tang: Wang Shichong decisively defeats Li Mi at the Battle of Yanshi.
1539 – Spain's DeSoto expedition takes over the Apalachee capital of Anhaica for their winter quarters.
1600 – Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period.
1683 – Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America.
1762 – Seven Years' War: The British capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.
1789 – French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace.
1810 – A large fire destroys a third of all the buildings in the town of Raahe in the Grand Duchy of Finland.
1849 – The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.
1854 – In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
1884 – The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
1898 – Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.
1903 – The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
1908 – The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1910 – Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
1915 – Combined Austro-Hungarian and German Central Powers, reinforced by the recently joined Bulgaria launched a new offensive against Serbia under command of August von Mackensen .
1915 – Entente forces land in Thessaloniki, to open the Macedonian front against the Central Powers.
1923 – The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.
1927 – Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.
1939 – World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.
1942 – World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
1943 – World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete during the Nazi occupation of Greece.
1944 – World War II: Units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps enter Czechoslovakia during the Battle of the Dukla Pass.
1973 – Egypt and Syria launch coordinated attacks against Israel, beginning the Yom Kippur War.
1976 – Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 is destroyed by two bombs, placed on board by an anti-Castro militant group.
1976 – Premier Hua Guofeng arrests the Gang of Four, ending the Cultural Revolution in China.
1976 – Dozens are killed by the Thai army in the Thammasat University massacre.
1977 – The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
1979 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
1981 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
1981 – NLM CityHopper Flight 431 crashes in Moerdijk after taking off from Rotterdam The Hague Airport in the Netherlands, killing all 17 people on board.
1985 – Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
1987 – Fiji becomes a republic.
1995 – The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered.
2007 – Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth.
2010 – Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded.
2018 – President Donald Trump appoints Brett Kavanaugh as Supreme Court Associate Justice, ending a contentious confirmation process.
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, October 06, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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