Here is the weekend news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A strong cold front approaches the mountains Monday morning and
crosses the region by Monday evening. Modest rainfall chances mainly
Monday night into Tuesday. Breezy conditions behind the front
through mid-week, with some freezing temperatures Wednesday morning,
and a more widespread freeze Thursday morning. Temperatures warm
again toward the end of the week and through the weekend.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A slight chance of rain in the late afternoon. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of rain after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday
A slight chance of rain before 9am, then a slight chance of showers between 9am and 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Wind chills will be in the teens.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 50.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 23.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the west 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of rain after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday
A slight chance of rain before 9am, then a chance of showers, mainly between 9am and 11am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 20s. Winds out of the northwest15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Windy.
Wednesday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 20s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of rain after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10mph.
Tuesday
A slight chance of rain before 9am, then a slight chance of showers between 9am and 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 50.
Wednesday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 20s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A slight chance of rain before 8pm, then a slight chance of rain after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers between midmorning and noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 7 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 40.
Wednesday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 20s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
A widespread freeze is expected for Tuesday night and Wednesday
morning. Temperatures will be mostly in the 20s by daybreak
Wednesday, with the hard freeze likely killing any tender vegetation
left outdoors.
News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---
• The Franklin Panthers scored 3 points against the 49 points cored by the TC Roberson Rams in Buncombe County Friday night. Franklin ends the regular season at 2-8 (2-4 in the conference). The Panthers end regular season 6th out of 7 in the 3A Mountain 7 Conference.
• Why Do We Change the Clocks, Anyway? [New York Times]
Fruit puree pouches recalled after elevated lead levels found in North Carolina children: FDA | Queen City News | Charolotte, NC
• How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending Oct. 26 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• NC Democrats slam Dan Bishop for ‘racist’ post about Jeff Jackson’s TikTok use [Raleigh News and observer]
• Collett Ridge Fire slowly grows to 61 acres, moving westward [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NCHSAA football brackets released for NC high school playoffs 2023: First-round pairings [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Buncombe County Sheriff’s office launches co-responder program for people in crisis [BPR]
---NATIONAL---
Maine community grieves after 18 killed in mass shooting | NBC News
• Heroes of Maine mass shooting: Retired cop helped shield people in bowling alley [ABC News]
Mike Pence suspends presidential campaign | World News Tonight | ABC News
• Americans Can’t Stop Spending. Five Reasons Why. [Wall Street Journal]
• Federal Judge Reinstates Gag Order on Trump in Election Case [New York Times]
• ‘The rise is real’: Haley’s breakout is jolting 2024’s undercard race [Politics]
• Matthew Perry, ‘Friends’ actor, dies of apparent drowning at 54 [NBC News]
• Vice President Kamala Harris on Israel, Ukraine, gun violence and the 2024 election [CNS News]
International News Headlines
Albania's age-old law granting men's rights to women nears its end | Focus on Europe | DW News
Ghana: EU delivers 105 military vehicles in face of jihadist threat from Sahel | Africa News
• Nigeria’s Supreme Court affirms Tinubu’s presidential victory [Al Jazeera]
• Hurricane Otis: Mexico troops tackle looting in devastated Acapulco [BBC News]
• After Afghanistan quakes, women and children need urgent aid [DW News]
• Legislator flags alleged Chinese online campaigns to sway Taiwan's elections [Taiwan News]
• The ongoing military overhaul of China’s PLA has one goal in mind — Taiwan [South China Morning Post]
• 100 U.S. nuclear weapons should be committed to supporting S. Korea's security against N.K. threats: report [Yonhap News Agency]
Brooks and Capehart on gun policy debate after Maine mass shooting and new House speaker | PBS NewsHour
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, Oct. 27, 2023 | Washington Week PBS
Washington Today (10-27-23): Rep. Phillips (D-MN) launches presidential run, challenging Joe Biden | C-SPAN
Global National: Oct. 29, 2023 | UN warns civil order starting to break down in Gaza
ABC World News Tonight Full Broadcast - Oct. 29, 2023
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Oct. 29 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (October 29, 2023)
---COVID--- • For the 1st time since Covid, anti-Asian hate dropped. What's behind the 33% decrease. [NBC News (via Yahoo News)]
• China’s chief epidemiologist who helped drive the anti-COVID fight dies at age 60 [AP News]
• COVID Impacts: Immune Dysfunction [Memorial Sloan Kettering Library]
• Respiratory mucosal immune memory to SARS-CoV-2 after infection and vaccination [nature communications]
• TWiV 1056: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1057: CMV-based HIV vaccine with Klaus Früh [Microbe TV]
Science and Technology Strange Triple Star Disappeared In Just 50 Minutes and Nobody Knows Why | Antov Petrov
New Evidence We Are Entering An Ice Age Termination Event - EXPLAINED | Dr Ben Miles
• Cancers Attributable to Infections in the US in 2017: A Meta-Analysis [JAMA Network]
• Best stargazing apps: AR apps and virtual star maps to help you navigate the night sky [Space.com]
• Your phone gives your mind what it likes the most: endless possibilities for novelty [University of Copenhagen: Faculty of Humanities]
• Apple is getting ready for Prime Time [The Verge]
• Where the heck did all those structures inside complex cells come from? [ARS TECHNICA]
• What If Your EV Could Power Your Home During a Blackout? [CNET]
---SCIENCE VIDEOS--- The Level1 Show October 27 2023: The Pumpking | Level1 Techs
Tech News Near Me - DTNS 4634 | Daily Tech News Show
How India Got the Bomb | Asianometry
The Future of the Aircraft Carrier - New Threats, Power Projection & Growing Fleets | Perun
Snapdragon Takes on Apple Silicon | TWiT TV
8 Epic Cold War Plane Stories | Yarnhub
Special Section: The Hamas-Israel War of 2023
🔴 (NSFW) Israeli Ground Assault into Gaza Begins | Combat Footage Show | Funker530
Crowd storms Russian airport after arrival of flight from Israel | CNN
• Rioters storm airport in Russia’s Dagestan in hunt for Jews aboard flight from Israel [Times of Israel]
Israel strikes Hamas targets within Gaza with airstrikes | Fox News
• Israel at war: IDF operates in Gaza, Syria and West Bank [Jerusalem Post]
• Israel-Hamas war liveblog: Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises above 8,000 [Al Jazeera]
• Liveblog: Gaza doctors say hospital evacuation 'impossible' after Israeli warning [BBC News]
• Israel Palestine Conflict: Israeli air, artillery strikes target two Gaza hospitals in early morning assault [Al Arabiya News ]
• Netanyahu Fights for His Political Survival [Wall Street Journal]
ukraine • Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 612) [Al Jazeera]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 29, 2023 [Institute for the Understanding of War]
Hungary openly against Ukraine | World Today | TVP World
War continues in Gaza: Fears in Ukraine military aid diverted | Al Jazeera
• Ukraine updates: Russia says 36 drones downed over Black Sea [DW News]
• Belarus's Lukashenko says Ukraine-Russia conflict at stalemate, urges talks [France 24]
• Russia hikes interest rates to 15% as inflation soars [BBC News]
• As Fighting Rages, Ukraine Takes Its Battle to the Diplomatic Arena [New York Times]
• Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 614 [The Guardian (UK)]
----------UKRAINE VIDEOS------------ Ukraine War Upd. EXTRA (20231029): Wagenknecht, Unsustainable losses, & Self-Correction | ATP Geopolitics
Day 613: Ukraïnian Map | Ukraine News TV
Avdiivka under attack: Why is Russia stepping up attacks in this area? | DW News
Update from Ukraine | The Big Ukrainian Operation is coming on the South across the River | Denys Davydov
Russia's Avdiivka Disaster - Invasion of Ukraine During the Gaza Crisis | Kings and Generals
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On This Day
October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 62 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)
637 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Antioch surrenders to the Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of the Iron Bridge.
758 – Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates.
1137 – Ranulf of Apulia defeats Roger II of Sicily at the Battle of Rignano, securing his position as duke until his death two years later.
1270 – The Eighth Crusade ends by an agreement between Charles I of Anjou (replacing his deceased brother King Louis IX of France) and the Hafsid dynasty of Tunis, Tunisia.
1340 – Reconquista: Portuguese and Castilian forces halt a Muslim invasion at the Battle of RÃo Salado.
1657 – Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Ocho Rios.
1806 – War of the Fourth Coalition: Convinced that he is facing a much larger force, Prussian General von Romberg, commanding 5,300 men, surrenders the city of Stettin to 800 French soldiers.
1817 – Simón BolÃvar becomes President of the Third Republic of Venezuela.
1831 – Nat Turner is arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.
1863 – Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.
1864 – The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria.
1888 – The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.
1905 – Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
1918 – World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.
1918 – World War I: Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, a state union of Kingdom of Hungary and Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia is abolished with decisions of Croatian and Hungarian parliaments
1920 – The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
1938 – Orson Welles broadcasts a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing a massive panic in some of the audience in the United States.
1941 – President Roosevelt approves $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.
1941 – Holocaust: Fifteen hundred Jews from Pidhaytsi are sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp.
1942 – World War II: Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking code books from the sinking German submarine U-559.
1944 – Holocaust: Anne and Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they die from disease the following year, shortly before the end of WWII.
1945 – Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the baseball color line.
1947 – The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
1948 – A luzzu fishing boat overloaded with passengers capsizes and sinks in the Gozo Channel off Qala, Gozo, Malta, killing 23 of the 27 people on board.
1953 – President Eisenhower approves the top-secret document NSC 162/2 concerning the maintenance of a strong nuclear deterrent force against the Soviet Union.
1956 – Hungarian Revolution: The government recognizes the new workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads an attack on the Communist Party headquarters.
1959 – Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.
1961 – The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.
1961 – Due to "violations of Vladimir Lenin's precepts", it is decreed that Joseph Stalin's body be removed from its place of honour inside Lenin's tomb and buried near the Kremlin Wall with a plain granite marker.
1973 – The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.
1975 – Prince Juan Carlos I of Spain becomes acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco.
1975 – Forty-five people are killed when Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 450 crashes into Suchdol, Prague, while on approach to Prague RuzynÄ› Airport (now Václav Havel Airport Prague) in Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic).
1980 – El Salvador and Honduras agree to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice.
1983 – The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held.
1985 – Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.
1991 – The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Madrid Conference commences in an effort to revive peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine.
1995 – Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty.
2005 – The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.
2014 – Sweden is the first European Union member state to officially recognize the State of Palestine.
2014 – Four people are killed when a Beechcraft Super King Air crashes at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita, Kansas.
2015 – Sixty-four people are killed and more than 147 injuries after a fire in a nightclub in the Romanian capital Bucharest.
2020 – A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami. At least 119 people die mainly due to collapsed buildings.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, October 30, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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