**NOTE** The rainfall we received overnight is not enough to cancel the burn ban. The burn ban is still in effect for now.
“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”
-- G.K. Chesterton
Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A moist cold front will linger over the area tonight and into the weekend with rain chances increasing again on Sunday. Dry, seasonable weather returns for the early part of next week. Cooler temperatures and increased rain chances return by the middle of next week.
Here is a look at the overnight rainfall totals for Macon County and the surrounding areas. The average rainfall was around a tenth of an inch, not enough to really have an impact on the wildfires or cause a cancellation of the burn ban. It was enough to temporarily clear the air and allow for some improvement of the air quality for those of us that are a distance of the Collett Ridge Fire.
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A map of the currently active fires follows the three day forecast in the Hazards section.
• Wayah Bald Fire - 0.1 acres and 100% contained (Macon County) caused by an RV Fire
• Collett Ridge Fire - 5.335 acres and 15% contained (Cherokee and Clay Counties)
• Mill Mountain Fire - 675 acres 0% contained (Oconee County)
• East Fork Fire - 310 acres and 95% contained (Jackson County)
• Flat Mountain Fire - 5 acres and 100% contained (Jackson County)
• Casino Fire - 5 acres and 100% contained (Cherokee County)
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Burn ban issued for 14 counties in Western North Carolina due to hazardous forest fire conditions Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Veterans Day
A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly before 10am. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs near 60. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of rain after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Calm winds.
Sunday
A chance of rain before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm. Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.
`Highlands Plateau
Veterans Day
A 50 percent chance of rain, mainly before noon. Patchy fog before noon. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northeast 3 to 5 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 3am. Cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday
A chance of rain before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the east around 5 mph shifting to come out of the northeast after midnight.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Veterans Day
A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the upper 50s. Light and variable winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Light winds out of the southeast. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday
A chance of rain before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the east 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Veterans Day
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 9am. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of rain after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Calm winds.
Sunday
A chance of rain before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
East northeast windMostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Light and variable winds increasing before midnight to come out of the northeast around 5 mph.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40.
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Hazards
There are hazardous conditions that have the potential to impact Macon County residents. The Air Quality Alert for smoke from nearby wildires has ban canceled due to rain and a burn ban is now in effect due to dry conditions and low humidity. Anyone who was in Macon County seven years ago during the 2016 wildfires knows what can happen if people ignore the burn ban. [LINK TO BURN BAN INFO]
Air Quality Alert Message
Relayed by National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1219 AM EST Fri Nov 10 2023
Record Weather Events for November 11th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 80°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2006
Lowest Temperature 13°F in Franklin in 1957
Greatest Rainfall 2.88 inches in Highlands in 1998
Greatest Snowfall 2.0 inches in Highlands in 1968
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of November Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 83°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 11-04-2003
Lowest Temperature -3°F in Highlands on 11-25-1950
Greatest Rainfall 4.69 inches in Highlands on 11-29-1914
Greatest Snowfall 6.0 inches in Highlands on 11-28-1922
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Hilda)
Record Weather Events for November 11th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 85°F in Clinton, Sampson County in 1979
Lowest Temperature 4°F in Celo, Yancey County in 1957
Greatest Rainfall 5.20 inches in Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County in 2020
Greatest Snowfall 5.5 inches in Hendersonville, Henderson County in 1968
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of November Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 89°F in High Point, Guilford County on 11-04-1974
Lowest Temperature -12°F in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County on 11-15-1969
Greatest Rainfall 9.70 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 11-19-2003
Greatest Snowfall 13.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 11-01-2014
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Macon Calendar
MidDay Music, Saturdays 11a to 1pm at The Frog
573 E Main St., Franklin, NC ; frog28734@gmail.com; littletennessee.org
November 11th--BARRY ROMA—Classic love songs by artists such as Frank Sinatra, Roy Orbison, Johnny Mathis & more. You’ll love hearing Barry and his beautiful, baritone voice. You’ll swear you’re back on that date, back decades ago!
November 18th—Robby Greenburg’s Halfback Showcase—Several very talented musicians that have made their mark across the nation and finally have settled into the beautiful mountains of Western NC.
Frog Quarters is normally 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!
News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---
Carolina drought and wild fires [Ep. 470] | Carolina Weather Group
Collette Ridge Fire Helicopter 1 | R. Trevis Hicks
• Much-anticipated skate park opens in Franklin, fostering creativity and inclusion for skaters [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• The Wrap: Beth Wood vehicle saga drives on (audio podcast) [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitions to get on NC ballot as independent presidential candidate [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Fire burns in remote section of East Fork [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
• Code Purple for Nov. 12 due to Burning Ban [Mountain Xpress]
Global National: Nov. 10, 2023 | Explosions near hospitals as Israel pushes deeper into Gaza
ABC World News Tonight Full Broadcast - Nov. 10, 2023
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Nov. 10 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (November 10, 2023)
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On This Day
November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 50 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)
308 – At Carnuntum, Emperor emeritus Diocletian confers with Galerius, Augustus of the East, and Maximianus, the recently returned former Augustus of the West, in an attempt to end the civil wars of the Tetrarchy.
1028 – Constantine VIII died, ending his uninterrupted reign as emperor or co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire of 66 years.
1100 – Henry I of England marries Matilda of Scotland, the daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland and a direct descendant of the Saxon king Edmund Ironside; Matilda is crowned in the same day.
1215 – The Fourth Council of the Lateran meets, defining the doctrine of transubstantiation, the process by which bread and wine are, by that doctrine, said to transform into the body and blood of Christ.
1500 – Treaty of Granada: Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them.
1572 – Tycho Brahe observes the supernova SN 1572.
1620 – The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod.
• [Wikipedia: Mayflower Compact]
• [PBS: American Experience]
• [The Mayflower Compact: 1620 and the Formation of the American Republic]
1634 – Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery.
1673 – Second Battle of Khotyn in Ukraine: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jan Sobieski defeat the Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets made by Kazimierz Siemienowicz are successfully used.
1675 – Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x).
1724 – Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London.
1750 – Riots break out in Lhasa after the murder of the Tibetan regent.
1750 – The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity.
1778 – Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
• [Wikipedia: Cherry Valley massacre]
1805 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Dürenstein: Eight thousand French troops attempt to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force.
1813 – War of 1812: Battle of Crysler's Farm: British and Canadian forces defeat a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their Saint Lawrence campaign.
1831 – In Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising.
• [Wikipedia: Nat Turner's slave rebellion]
• [National Geographic Explorer]
• [Nat Turner & The Rebellion That Shook the South]
1839 – The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia.
1865 – Treaty of Sinchula is signed whereby Bhutan cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.
1869 – The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.
1880 – Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
1887 – August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.
1889 – The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
1911 – Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
1918 – World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.
• [Armistice on the Western Front]
• [Armistice - But Peace? I THE GREAT WAR Week 225]
• [The Armistice (11:00AM / 11th day / 11th month / 1918 )]
• [Armistice 1918]
1918 – Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland – symbolic first day of Polish independence.
1918 – Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power.
1919 – The Industrial Workers of the World attack an Armistice Day parade in Centralia, Washington, ultimately resulting in the deaths of five people.
1919 – Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence.
1921 – The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.
1923 – Adolf Hitler was arrested in Munich for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch.
1926 – The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
1930 – Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.
• [Wikipedia: Einstein refrigerator]
• [Einstein's Fridge]
• [Einstein's green refrigerator making a comeback]
1934 – The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
1940 – World War II: In the Battle of Taranto, the Royal Navy launches the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history.
1940 – World War II: The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis captures top secret British mail from the Automedon, and sends it to Japan.
1942 – World War II: France's zone libre is occupied by German forces in Case Anton.
1960 – A military coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam is crushed.
1961 – Thirteen Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to the Congo as a part of the UN peacekeeping force, are massacred by a mob in Kindu.
1962 – Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.
1965 – Southern Rhodesia's Prime Minister Ian Smith unilaterally declares the colony independent as the unrecognised state of Rhodesia.
1966 – NASA launches Gemini 12.
1967 – Vietnam War: In a propaganda ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, three American prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong and turned over to "new left" antiwar activist Tom Hayden.
1968 – Vietnam War: Operation Commando Hunt initiated. The goal is to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh trail, through Laos into South Vietnam.
1972 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization: The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.
1975 – Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam, appoints Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister and announces a general election to be held in early December.
1975 – Independence of Angola.
1977 – A munitions explosion at a train station in Iri, South Korea kills at least 56 people.
1981 – Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations.
1992 – The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.
1993 – A sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War is dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
1999 – The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.
2000 – Kaprun disaster: One hundred fifty-five skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel in Kaprun, Austria.
2001 – Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they are traveling in.
2002 – A Fokker F27 Friendship operating as Laoag International Airlines Flight 585 crashes into Manila Bay shortly after takeoff from Ninoy Aquino International Airport, killing 19 people.
2004 – New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington.
2004 – The Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.
2006 – Queen Elizabeth II unveils the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army.
2011 - A helicopter crash just outside Mexico City kills 7, including Francisco Blake Mora the Secretary of the Interior of Mexico.
2012 – A strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma, killing at least 26 people.
2014 – Fifty-eight people are killed in a bus crash in the Sukkur District in southern Pakistan's Sindh province.
2020 – Typhoon Vamco makes landfall in Luzon and several offshore islands. The storm caused the worst floods in the region since Typhoon Ketsana in 2009 and killed 67 people.
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, November 11, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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