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GENERAL OUTLOOK
High pressure remains over the area through Thursday. A cold front crosses the area from the west Friday and Friday night with a secondary cold front crossing the area on Saturday. High pressure returns Sunday and into the middle of next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy frost before midmorning. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
A chance of rain between 9pm and 1am, then a chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 50%.
Friday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 60s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 6 mph.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph.
Thursday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday Night
A chance of rain between 9pm and 1am, then a chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 50%.
Friday
Showers likely, mainly before 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph.
Thursday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
A chance of rain between 9pm and 1am, then a chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 50%.
Friday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Chance of rain is 70%.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog between 8am and 9am. Patchy frost before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows around 40. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
A chance of rain between 9pm and midnight, then showers likely after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Light winds out of the south. Chance of rain is 60%.
Friday
Showers likely, mainly before 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Patchy frost is possible through midmorning.
Record Weather Events for October 18th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 83°F in Franklin in 1984
Lowest Temperature 23°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1943
Greatest Rainfall 7.00 inches in Franklin in 1879
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Tropical Storm Six of 1879. This was before tropical cyclones were given names)
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
Record Weather Events for October 18th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 92°F in Albemarle, Stanly County in 1938
Lowest Temperature 9°F in Marshall, Madison County in 1919
Greatest Rainfall 7.00 inches in Franklin, Macon County in 1879
Greatest Snowfall 2.0 inches on Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2009
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Tropical Storm Six of 1879. This was before tropical cyclones were given names)
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)
10/21/23
Sweet and Sourwood Honey—Guitarist Dan Watkins & Fiddler, Steve Vick head up a group that’s gotten a lot of attention at Frog Quarters (inside & outside) and at other venues. You’ll hear familiar country/bluegrass songs along with some of Dan’s own creations. Whether you’ve heard them or not before, you won’t want to miss these guys!
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
• WRAL's Travis Fain departs from N.C. General Assembly coverage [AXIOS]
• Attempted armed robbery sparks safety reminder at Western Carolina University [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Analysis: NC's evenly-split congressional delegation is likely to turn red. These Dems could be drawn out [WLOS-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Wife of Waynesville Vietnam veteran whose remains found after 54 years takes Honor Flight [Asheville Citizen Times]
• North Carolina governor sues Republicans over election rules change [The Hill]
---Recent News Recap---
October 16, 2023
Robert Kennedy makes campaign stop in Asheville | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Snow closes part of Blue Ridge Parkway north of Asheville [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Over $1 billion is owed to NC residents in unclaimed money; What to know to claim funds [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• CDC director Cohen, former Reps. Butterfield and Price to receive North Carolina Award next month [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Dozens of North Carolina colleges will waive application fees this week [WUNC-FM (Raleigh, NC)]
• The Supreme Court leaves in place a court victory for PETA over North Carolina's ag-gag law [BPR]
---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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On This Day
October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 74 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)
33 – Heartbroken by the deaths of her sons Nero and Drusus, and banished to the island of Pandateria by Tiberius, Agrippina the Elder dies of self-inflicted starvation.
320 – Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philosopher, observes an eclipse of the Sun and writes a commentary on The Great Astronomer (Almagest).
614 – King Chlothar II promulgates the Edict of Paris (Edictum Chlotacharii), a sort of Frankish Magna Carta that defends the rights of the Frankish nobles while it excludes Jews from all civil employment in the Frankish Kingdom.
629 – Dagobert I is crowned King of the Franks.
1009 – The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock.
1016 – The Danes defeat the English in the Battle of Assandun.
1081 – The Normans defeat the Byzantine Empire in the Battle of Dyrrhachium.
1356 – Basel earthquake, the most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps, destroys the town of Basel, Switzerland.
1540 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroy the fortified town of Mabila in present-day Alabama, killing Tuskaloosa.
1561 – In Japan the fourth Battle of Kawanakajima is fought between the forces of Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen, resulting in a draw.
1565 – Ships belonging to the Matsura clan of Japan fail to capture the Portuguese trading carrack in the Battle of Fukuda Bay, the first recorded naval battle between Japan and the West.
1597 – King Philip II of Spain send his third and final armada against England, but ends in failure due to storms. The remaining ships are captured or sunk by the English.
1599 – Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the Army of Andrew Báthory in the Battle of Șelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.
1630 – Frendraught Castle in Scotland, the home of James Crichton of Frendraught, burns down.
1648 – Boston shoemakers form first American labor organization.
1748 – Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.
1775 – African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).
1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.
1797 – Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria
1851 – Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is first published as The Whale by Richard Bentley of London.
1860 – The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.
1867 – United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
1898 – The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
1900 – Count Bernhard von Bülow becomes chancellor of Germany.[4]
1912 – First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
1914 – The Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement is founded in Germany.
1921 – The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
1922 – The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
1929 – The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
1944 – World War II: Soviet Union begins the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi Germany.
1944 – World War II: The state funeral of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel takes place in Ulm, Germany.
1945 – The USSR's nuclear program receives plans for the United States plutonium bomb from Klaus Fuchs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
1945 – A group of the Venezuelan Armed Forces, led by Mario Vargas, Marcos Pérez Jiménez and Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, stages a coup d'état against president Isaías Medina Angarita, who is overthrown by the end of the day.
1945 – Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón marries actress Eva Duarte.
1954 – Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.
1963 – Félicette, a black and white female Parisian stray cat, becomes the first cat launched into space.
1967 – The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
1977 – German Autumn: a set of events revolving around the kidnapping of Hanns Martin Schleyer and the hijacking of a Lufthansa flight by the Red Army Faction (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide.
1979 – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.
1991 – The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
1992 – Merpati Nustantara Airlines Flight 5601 crashes into Mount Papandayan near the town of Garut in West Java, Indonesia, killing 31.
2003 – Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
2007 – Karachi bombing: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto kills 139 and wounds 450 more. Bhutto herself is uninjured.
2019 – NASA Astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch take part in the first all-female spacewalk when they venture out of the International Space Station to replace a power controller.
2019 – Riots in Chile's capital Santiago escalate into open battles, with attacks reported at nearly all of the city's 164 Metro stations. President Sebastián Piñera later announces a 15-day state of emergency in the capital.
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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